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Review	Product Vintage	Vintage	Rating	Date Sort ascending	Favorite
Domaine Blain-Gagnard - Decanter			91	Jul-2019
Review “The Blain-Gagnard style favors discreet and subtle rather than explosive wines. This shows muted pear and apricot aromas with a light toastiness. It's sleek and silky, concentrated but linear, with ample sucrosity to balance the acidity. While not especially complex, it's harmonious and still has a future.”
Tua Rita - Wine Advocate			94	May-2019
Review “I tasted this wine as part of a vertical tasting and masterclass I headed at our Matter of Taste event in Zurich in early 2019. Because we did not have a review in our database of the 2010 Syrah (the wine was not given the name "Per Sempre" back then), I decided to add it. This is a beautifully fleshed-out and mature expression of Syrah with dark, tarry notes that cede to dried cherry, spice and savory leather. The wine is traveling nicely along its evolutionary tract, and it still has the fiber and freshness to endure more bottle age.”
Juvé & Camps - Vinous	Reserva de la Familia	2010	89	Apr-2019
Review “Brilliant yellow-gold. Buttered toast, poached pear, honey and a subtle floral quality on the lees-inflected nose. Broad and pliant in the mouth, showing good heft to its ripe orchard/pit fruit flavors, which are braced by a refreshingly bitter lemon pith flourish. In an ample style but not lacking in energy. Clings nicely on the finish, leaving a faintly bitter suggestion of peach pit behind.”
Juvé & Camps - Vinous	Blanc de Noirs Brut Reserva	2010	89	Apr-2019
Review “Light gold. A deeply perfumed bouquet evokes ripe citrus/orchard fruits and pungent flowers, with a suave floral note building in the glass. Silky and broad on the palate, offering juicy Meyer lemon and yellow apple flavors that become spicier on the back half. The floral quality repeats on a long, nervy finish that shows very good clarity and a touch of smoky lees.”
Catena Zapata - Decanter	Nicolás Catena Zapata	2010	94	Feb-2019
Review “A really small and cool vintage, with yields down by 30% due to frosts and wind. This is 75% Cabernet Sauvignon from Agrelo and Tupungato, with 25% Malbec from Gualtallary and Altamira, aged for 18 months in French oak barriques. It has a fresh, vibrant and juicy nose, with notes of pencil shavings, sage and gravel. The palate is velvety and voluptuous, with fine, chalky tannins and a concentrated mid-palate of primary fruits and zippy, fresh acidity. It's still very much in its youth and is one to watch, as it should blossom beautifully in the bottle.”
Viña Bujanda - Vinous	Vina Bujanda Gran Reserva	2010	92	Feb-2019
Review “Brilliant ruby-red. Highly perfumed red berry and floral aromas are complemented by suggestions of potpourri and vanilla. Sweet, supple and broad in the mouth, offering intense raspberry and cherry-vanilla flavors that become firmer on the back half. Shows impressive clarity and spicy lift on the finish, which is framed by smooth, harmonious tannins.”
Finca Valpiedra - Vinous	Reserva	2010	92	Feb-2019
Review “Bright ruby-red. Pungent red fruit and succulent floral and herb qualities on the incisive nose. Juicy and tightly focused on the palate, offering concentrated red currant and bitter cherry flavors underscored by a vein of peppery spices. Unfolds very slowly on the nervy, spice-laced, impressively long finish, which is firmed by dusty, building tannins.”
Leclerc Briant - Baltimore Magazine	Champagne Extra Brut Millésime	2010		Feb-2019
Review “There is no substitute for actual Champagne, so when the occasion calls for the best, consider this impressive vintage bottling from Leclerc Briant. The Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier that make up this beauty are farmed organically, fermented for eight months in a tank, and then spend another 100 months in a bottle. It is rich and flavorful; while acceptable on its own, its broad structure and expansive character show best when paired with food. Consider richer cheeses, roasted meats, or lobster.”
Secondo Marco - Forbes	Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG	2010		Jan-2019
Review “Medium-full with aromas of red cherry, tobacco, anise and thyme, this is medium-full and extremely elegant, with very good acidity and notable structure, a hallmark of the great 2010 vintage. The key to this particular vintage - and with every wine from Secondo Marco wine (even the humble Valpolicella Classico) - is the subdued nature of the fruit and the emphasis on finesse and not power.” (Superb)
Montevetrano - Jamessuckling.com	Montevetrano Colli di Salerno IGP	2010		Dec-2018
Review In “Why I Did My Masterclass – A First for Wine,” James Suckling writes about his experience filming a video on wine appreciation with the online education platform, MasterClass. Suckling’s is the platform’s first video on wine. He writes about the behind-the-scenes aspects of shooting, such as how he “always brought fun bottles of Italian wine” to share with the crew, one of them being MONTEVETRANO Colli di Salerno IGP 2010.

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