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6 6 Domaine Huët Vouvray Demi-SecHuët Le Mont Domaine 2016 Vouvray Demi-Sec Le Mont Score 95 2016 Price $44 Score 95 Cases Made Price $44 2,000 Tasting Note 2,000 Cases Made This tilts toward the flatterTasting Note ing off-dry,the showing Thisside tiltsoftoward flattera plump feel to theshowing core of ing side of off-dry, creamed pear,towhite peach a plump feel the core of and yellow apple fruit. creamed pear, white peach Lovely verbena, and yellow applehoneysuckle fruit. and mineral accents keep Lovely verbena, honeysuckle this balanced and driven, and mineral accents keep with a long finish that lets this balanced and driven, the fruit echo. Drink now with a long finish that lets through the fruit 2032. echo. Drink now —James through 2032.Molesworth Region: LoireMolesworth Valley, France —James Issue Date: Sept. 30, 2017 Region: Loire Valley, France Issue Date: Sept. 30, 2017
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Gaffelière Château Canon-La St.-Emilion 2014 Gaffelière Score 95 2014 St.-Emilion Price $61 Score 95 Cases $61 Made 4,083 Price Tasting Note 4,083 Cases Made This cuts a wide swath, with Tasting Note mouthwatering and This cuts a widetobacco swath, with warm ganache notes leading mouthwatering tobacco and the way, followed by aleading wave warm ganache notes of blackberry thefig, way, followed and by a black wave currant preserves. Shows reof fig, blackberry and black markable definition already, currant preserves. Shows reeven though the structure is markable definition already, strident. Tempting now, but even though the structure is just put this in the back of strident. Tempting now, but the Best 2020 just cellar. put this in from the back of through 2035. the cellar. Best from 2020 —James through 2035.Molesworth Region: Bordeaux, France —James Molesworth Issue Date: March 31, 2017 Region: Bordeaux, France
Meyer Cabernet Sauvignon Meyer
Pahlmeyer Chardonnay Pahlmeyer
Napa Valley 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Score Valley 95 2014 Napa Price $70 Score 95 Cases $70 Made 1,200 Price Tasting Note 1,200 Cases Made Strikingly complex and deTasting Note tailed, withcomplex supple, and harmoStrikingly denious blackberry, tailed, with supple,currant, harmoanise, licorice andcurrant, crushed nious blackberry, rock flavors. Gains depth anise, licorice and crushed while holding focus and perrock flavors. Gains depth sistence. Drinkfocus now and through while holding per2032. Drink now through sistence. —James Laube 2032. Region: —James Laube Napa Valley, California Region: Issue Date: Napa Valley, California Sept. 30, 2017 Issue Date:
Napa Valley 2015 Chardonnay Score 95 2015 Napa Valley Price $75 Score 95 Cases $75 Made 2,500 Price Tasting Note 2,500 Cases Made This offers a gorgeous Tasting Note mouthful of buttery This offers a rich, gorgeous Chardonnay, loaded with mouthful of rich, buttery exotic tropicalloaded fruit, pear, Chardonnay, with melon and pineapple flaexotic tropical fruit, pear, vors. Impressive for its opumelon and pineapple flalence and silkiness, a nice vors. Impressive for its opucombination. Drinkanow lence and silkiness, nice through 2022.—James Laube combination. Drink now Special Designation: through 2022.—James Laube Highly Special Recommended Designation: Region:Recommended Napa Valley, CA Highly Issue Date: JulyValley, 31, 2017 Region: Napa CA
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Gigondas 2015 Château de St.-Cosme Score 95 2015 Gigondas Price Score $43 95 Cases Made 4,000 Price $43 Tasting Note4,000 Cases Made A textbook version of the Tasting Note brawny sideversion of Gigondas, A textbook of the this offers a grippy alder bass line brawny side of Gigondas, this underneath layers of darkline curoffers a grippy alder bass rant and fig fruit, while lots of underneath layers of dark curtobacco, and bay rant and rosemary fig fruit, while lots of leaf fill inrosemary throughout. tobacco, and Muscubay lar energetic, this isMuscubuilt leafand fill in throughout. for the cellar. Best from 2019 lar and energetic, this is built through 2030.Best from 2019 for the cellar. —James through 2030.Molesworth Special—James Designation: Molesworth Highly Recommended Special Designation: Region:Recommended Rhône Valley, France Highly Issue Date: Region: Rhône Valley, France Nov. 30, 2017 Issue Date:
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