WineRascal

Domaine Tempier is the leading winemaker in the Bandol appellation, part of the overall Provence region. It is an area along the Mediterrane...

Pontet-Canet is a Bordeaux property that seems to have really upped its game over the last 15 years. It was another very dark, inky colored ...

Leoville-Barton is a Chateau that I have tried often. In the early 2000's I would splurge on their wine during the week as the price was...

The initial nose on the dark burgundy colored wine was one of dirt and tobacco. It was very earthy and not particularly nice, but within ten...

Dark inky purple wine. Reminds me of  Chateau  La Conseillante with the color. The aroma is classic Margaux with a perfume like floral scent...

Pretty deep ruby red wine in the glass. The nose is very closed, heavy legs which foretold heavy tannin. The wine has a tangy strong fruit t...

L'Hermitage is a Merlot Cabernet Franc blend. The nose on this wine is very nice. It comes right up with pleasing cherry/berry aromas. Q...

Another Beltramo's tasting. This time it was focused on 2008 Bordeaux, but included this 1995, and two 2005 wines. Overall it was an oka...

So, two nights after opening this I went back to the bottle that had sat room temperature on my counter, with a simple stopper in the bottle...

This wine was a mystery. The nose was subdued. It really did not give off much of anything. The wine itself started with a burst of tannin a...

Okay, this was the best wine of the group by quite a margin. It was also the most expensive at $115 per bottle. What made this special? Firs...

This wine starts with a dark color and right away on the nose backs it up with a heavy berry nose, mixed with a slightly burnt hint. This wi...

Nose of berries and a lovely ruby color. Fresh fruit starts off the mouth and opens up with strawberry hints. It is very light, but with exc...

This was a bit of an odd one. It was closed in the same way that the Mongeard-Mugneret, and on the first sip I thought it was going to be a ...

This was a very closed wine. Essentially no nose in the glass. Follow that up with the taste of chalky dirt and gravel. Not a revelation. Cl...

Berry/cherry nose, lovely color in the glass. Starts with a tight acid bite, but loosens up and has a nice dark fruit, blackberry(?), flavor...

This wine started flat on all accounts, opened up on the nose a bit, with Cinnamon and ginger(?). The taste was bitter, strong tannin and ac...

Simple, open strawberry nose, moderate structure. Quite drinkable today, but this is not going to last for years. 5th place out of the 9 win...

The next sequence will be a very brief set of notes on 9 French Burgundies. Prices range from $30 to $115. Beltramo's has a very functio...

"A tour de force in winemaking" no less authority than Robert Parker. I opened this tonight on a whim. It is a very nice bottle of...