Holidays in Brittany (Selosse rosé, Egly-Ouriet VP, Bonneau du Martray CC, Germain Charmes, ...)

Great wines, near the sea :
Champagne Selosse rosé
Champagne Egly-Ouriet VP
Henri Germain Meursault Charmes 2011
Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne 2012
Peyre-Rose Syrah Léone 2004

Excellent wines :
Monbazillac Tirecul la Gravière 2001 (50 cl)
Bartolo Mascarello Barolo 2006
Arbois Fumey-Chatelain chardonnay 2019
VdP Vaucluse Domaine des Tours red 2016 (as always, with a fantastic Q/P)

Good wines :
Etienne Loew Riesling Altenberg de Bergbieten 2020
Discoveries :
Domaine des Rutissans Chignin-Bergeron la Frontière 2020
Hameau du Touche-Boeuf (Simon Gastrein) VdF l’Effontée 2020 (Blanc – 60 % Viognier, 20 % Marsanne, 10 % Roussanne, 10% cépages autochtones (Cugnette))

Disappointments :
VdF Clotaire Michal A fleur de peau 2019 (gamay) : too much VA (flawed - discovery - I will try another bottle)

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Great wine :
J. J. Prüm Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr auslese 2002 (2/04) : 18/20

Excellent wines :
Karl Erbes Riesling Ürziger Würzgarten Eiswein 2012 (18/13) : 17,5/20
Henri Germain Meursault Perrières 2016 : 17,5/20

Discoveries :
Stéphane de Sousa Bourgogne Côte d’Or blanc 2020 : 15/20

Pierre Weber Riesling L-3-C 2020 : flawed (underprotected, VA, oxydation)

Gamet Champagne Brut rive droite BdN (noir et meunier) : 17/20

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Exceptional :

Rousseau Chambertin Clos de Bèze 2009 : 18,5/20

Great wines :

Rayas rouge 2006 : 18/20

Dow’s tawny 30 years : 18/20

Excellent wines :

Saumur-Champigny Clos Rougeard Les Poyeux 2015 : 17/20

An excellent Rougeard, but not great.

Robert Weil Riesling Kiedriech Gräfenberg GG 2013 (55/14) : 17/20

Nuits St-Georges Clos de l’Arlot blanc 2006 : 17/20

Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne 1999 : 17/20

Savennières Coulée de Serrant 2008 : 17/20

Clape Cornas 2008 : 17,5/20

Accomasso Barolo Rocchette Riserva 2009 : 17/20

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Egon Müller Riesling Scharzhofberg Kabinett 2012 (3/13) : 17,5/20
Unsurprisingly brilliant.

Côtes-du-Rhône Fonsalette red 2006 : 18/20
A slight rusticity but my friends hesitated between Rayas and Pignan.

Burlotto Barolo Acclivi 2011 (magnum) : 17,5/20

IGT Toscana Pachina Pachna 2011 (magnum) : 17/20
Fewly protected. I had never tasted this wine (I mean this particular cuvée), with surmaturity (16,5°, perfectly balanced by a high acidity).
Once again, the differenciation between nebbiolo and sangiove is not obvious.

Cos d’Estournel 1995 : 17/20

Pape-Clément 1996 : 17,5/20

Muga Rioja Muga Prado Enea Gran Reserva 1981 : 17/20
Ages longly well, as expected, like a serene evoluted red burgundian pinot noir.

Need time :
Bernard Faurie Hermitage Bessards (red collar) 2016 : 16,5+/20

Châteauneuf-du Pape Xavier Vignon Anonyme 2016 : 16+/20

San Giusto A Rentennano Vin Santo Giusto 2011 : 18/20
Very opulent, yummy, balanced. Not easy to guess (thought Layon rather than Tokaji, which would probably would have had an even higher acidity, even in essenzia aszu style - 8P).

Discovery (and wait) :
Arnaud Lambert Saumur blanc Brézé Monopole Clos David Les Parcellaires 2017 : 16,5/20

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