Chris Kissack
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Author of Winedoctor, providing detailed coverage of the wines of the Loire and Bordeaux since 2000.
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Just a small tasting today at
@domainedechevalier
. 40 tasters + 40 vintages = 1600 glasses.
#wine
#bordeauxwine
#bordeaux
#winetasting
#pessacleognan
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One of many old vintages drank last night, I feel the 1914 Lafite-Rothschild deserves special mention. A remarkable showing for its age. Tiring but with harmony, at 110 years of age - no mean feat. A privilege!
#bordeaux
#wine
#pauillac
#lafiterothschild
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The glory of Bandol; outside the Loire, one of my favourite wines. Checking in on the 2003 Cabassaou this evening.
#bandol
#domainetempier
#tempier
#cabassaou
#mourvedre
#wine
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Pheasant stuffed with haggis for dinner; I figure at 25 years old, this will work well.
#ogier
#coterotie
#rhone
#rhonevalley
#wine
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New addition to the family. Yet to determine if he prefers Loire or Bordeaux wines - a ‘training task’ for the future. Does he qualify for
#dogsofwine
?
#dogs
#labrador
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Time to check in on another 2000. Time for Talbot!
#bordeaux
#chateautalbot
#stjulien
#bordeauxwine
#bdx2000
#wine
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Château Pontet-Canet 1924, the cork pulled and drank at 100 years of age. A Bordeaux primeurs flashback!
#bordeaux
#pontetcanet
#pauillac
#wine
#winetasting
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A good chance to tuck into another 2003 this evening.
#bordeaux
#bordeauxwine
#sauternes
#chateaurieussec
#rieussec
#wine
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More than two months on from
#bdx22
and I’m still explaining on Insta that (a) I did not commit infanticide on a 2022 Petrus (b) so I don’t deserve to be banned from drinking wine (c) I did not drink a fake Petrus because it can’t have been bottled yet. It’s a primeurs sample! 🤪
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Has anybody figured out yet that wine discourse has room for expert commentary, *and* 100-point scores, *and* peer-to-peer reviews, *and* elegantly flowery prose? And that none of them have to ”die”? And that wine drinkers can read/use whichever suits them?
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Four of the wines poured
@chateau_figeac
last night - 1995, 1989, 1975, all of which showed very well, but the vigorous 1946 was undoubtedly the headline act.
#bordeauxwine
#stemilion
#wine
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Margaux on a misty Monday. Except it’s Tuesday. But as Meatloaf once sang…. two out of three ain’t bad. A day in Margaux and Pauillac begins here.
#margaux
#wine
#winetasting
#bordeaux
#bordeauxwine
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A misty ol’ morning in St Emilion. First appointment; Château Ausone.
#bdx21
#bdx2021
#stemilion
#bordeaux
#wine
#ausone
#chateauausone
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The sun sets on another day in Bordeaux. In case you haven’t guessed, I finished the day at Latour! 😁
#chateaulatour
#latour
#pauillac
#bordeaux
#bordeauxwine
#wine
#sunset
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Surprised by just how delicious this is tonight.
#chassespleen
#chateauchassespleen
#moulis
#moulisenmedoc
#wine
#bordeauxwine
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Of all Bordeaux’s vineyards, I think those of
#Fronsac
are perhaps the most picturesque. And they certainly disprove the notion
#Bordeaux
is flat and featureless. By the way, a bonus point if you know what the green ‘blobs’ in the trees in the final image are.
#wine
#vineyards
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Published today: Bordeaux on a theme of '3'; I check out 60 wines, from 2013 Château d'Yquem back to 1923 Château Siran. (5/9)
[subscribers only]
#wine
#winetasting
#bdx2013
#bdx1993
#bdx1983
#bordeaux
#bordeauxwine
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There’s a little supermarket in the Loire that carries all sorts of mature classed growth Bordeaux and similar, in bottles as well as magnums. It’s a bit of a treasure trove - this is a *tiny* taste of their current selection.
#wine
#bordeauxwine
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Two hundred years since Hugh Barton purchased Langoa in 1821 means the 2021 gets this fancy label.
#langoabarton
#stjulien
#bordeaux
#bordeauxwine
#wine
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It’s a Sauternes Saturday. Except it’s Thursday. Oh well, close enough.
#sauternes
#chateauguiraud
#bdx2001
#bordeaux
#bordeauxwine
#wine
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Roast beef, Yorkshire puddings, horseradish sauce, and 1996 Talbot. A bottle from “the clingfilm years” meaning it has been in the cellar since at least 2005. Great wine, btw.
#talbot
#chateautalbot
#stjulien
#bordeaux
#bordeauxwine
#wine
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It’s January 7th and I have a candidate for white wine of the year already. Just breathtaking.
#saumur
#drinkchenin
#cheninblanc
#fandechenin
#wine
#loire
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This one knocked it out of the park! A superb Pomerol at 60 years of age, wine made by Pierre Lasserre (also of Clos René) before the great Denis Durantou took over in the 1980s.
#bordeaux
#wine
#pomerol
#egliseclinet
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Pan-fried venison, what to do?
Why, what else but Ducru?
The 1998
#chateauducrubeaucaillou
looking good tonight.
#bordeauxwine
#stjulien
#wine
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This should help my New Year’s Eve along a little. 😃
#huet
#domainehuet
#closdubourg
#premieretrie
#cheninblanc
#drinkchenin
#wine
#loirewine
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Tuesday night is Hermitage night, right?
#hermitage
#jaboulet
#rhone
#northernrhone
#hermitagelachapelle
#syrah
#wine
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Top Sancerre for Fish Friday (Orkney crab and baked haddock, as you ask).
#alphonsemellot
#sancerre
#sauvignonblanc
#loire
#loirewine
#wine
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Fairly dramatic and unusual Coravin blow-out - the first press of gas blew the side of the bottle out in a single piece. Good colour for a 2009 Anjou-Villages. Managed to savage a glass! Now let the clean-up commence.
#coravin
#anjouvillages
#domaineogereau
#loire
#wine
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Published today: I tour the estate's new state-of-the-art cellars, and taste 25 vintages of Château Haut-Bailly.
[subscribers only]
#wine
#winetasting
#bordeauxwine
#pessacleognan
#graves
#chateauhautbailly
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Twenty years on, time to check in on some 2003s. Starting with Domaine de Chevalier.
#bordeauxwine
#wine
#pessacleognan
#domainedechevalier
#bdx2003
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Just published: I return to 2021 Bordeaux. A look back at the primeurs and growing season, plus details of forthcoming reports.
[subscribers only]
#wine
#winetasting
#bdx21
#bdx2021
#bordeauxwine
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Another busy day on the right back. This is what my morning looked like.
#stemilion
#bordeaux
#wine
#figeac
#quintus
#canon
#chevalblanc
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Time to check out the 2023s from Angélus, with Hubert de Boüard.
#angelus
#chateauangelus
#bdx23
#bdx2023
#bordeaux
#wine
#stemilion
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Just published: Thinking what I might drink with roast goose a week from now, the 2010 Château d'Issan comes to mind.
[free to read]
#chateaudissan
#chateauissan
#margaux
#wine
#winetasting
#bordeauxwine
#bordeaux
#bdx10
#bdx2010
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I started the weekend with 1998 Ducru-Beaucaillou, finishing it with 1998 Léoville-Las-Cases (with Triple Zero in the middle). A good weekend! 😀
#bordeauxwine
#wine
#stjulien
#chateauleovillelascases
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A bit of a Rhône vibe this week, so I might as well carry on with this old favourite. 2003 vintage.
#wine
#rhone
#southernrhone
#grenache
#chateauneufdupape
#vieuxtelegraphe
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Couple of jobbing 2009s to round off a long Easter weekend. Will pull a few more 2009s from the cellar and write them up - after the primeurs I guess, as that’s only a week or two away.
#bdx2009
#bdx09
#bordeaux
#cantermerle
#chassespleen
#wine
#bordeauxwine
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A morning in St Emilion and Pomerol, including the 2023s from Clos Fourtet, tasted with Emmanuel de Saint Salvy.
#closfourtet
#bdx23
#bdx2023
#bordeaux
#wine
#stemilion
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Another chance to see: I check in on another thirty-year-old, the 1993 Chateau Musar.
[free to read]
#wine
#winetasting
#chateaumusar
#musar
#lebanon
#sergehochar
#gastonhochar
#bekaavalley
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Wow.
I think that might be my entire tasting note.
#cheninblanc
#fandechenin
#drinkchenin
#saumur
#domaineguiberteau
#guiberteau
#loirewine
#wine
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In my glass tonight; one is the most remarkable wines to come out of Vouvray during the late 20th century. Superior to many (all?) of François Pinon’s 1989s, the 1996 Cuvée Botrytis.
#vouvray
#francoispinon
#cheninblanc
#wine
#loire
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Nice to call in on Château Canon and taste the 2023s with the team here.
#chateaucanon
#canon
#bdx23
#bdx2023
#bordeaux
#wine
#stemilion
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Yes, I raided the sweet wine corner (more like an entire wing 😆) of my cellar before I left for the Loire. Why else would I be drinking Claude Papin’s 2009 QDC here in Chinon-land? 😋
#quartsdechaume
#chateaupierrebise
#anjou
#chinon
#loire
#wine
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Going off piste tonight with this Rioja, aged 25 years. It’s nearly ready to drink - it just needs another, say, 25 years.
#rioja
#riojagranreserva
#ygay
#castilloygay
#wine
#marquesdemurrieta
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My Petrus 2022 post was so popular now other people are drinking it. 🤔
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One or two wines you might recognise. All of which I tasted today. Great to take a look back at the 2014 vintage in Bordeaux. Full report to come on Winedoctor later this year.
#lepin
#petrus
#chevalblanc
#angelus
#ausone
#hautbrion
#latour
#bordeaux
#bdx14
#wine
#winetasting
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@DanielLambert29
What a very sad thread Daniel. Thanks for taking the time to write it. I'm deeply saddened by what Brexit has done to your business.
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Seriously last-minute, but seriously good, addition to tomorrow’s Loire 2013 at Ten Years report.
#Loire
#Loire13
#Loire2013
#pierrebise
#chateaupierrebise
#anjou
#quartsdechaume
#wine
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It’s easy to forget just how good the 2008 vintage was for the demi-sec style in Vouvray. Until you pull the cork that is.
#vouvray
#demisec
#huet
#domainehuet
#wine
#loirewine
#loire
#loire2008
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With this evening’s roast chicken. Expectation not too high, being a warm vintage, and Le Haut Lieu being arguably lower down the league table than Le Mont & Clos du Bourg. But what a stunner, fresh and cool, mineral and bright. A success!
#domainehuet
#vouvray
#cheninblanc
#wine
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Time to check in on another 2000 I think.
#bordeauxwine
#stestephe
#calonsegur
#chateaucalonsegur
#bdx2000
#wine
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Published today: A cut above the rest; I check out the 2019 Crémant de Loire Chenin Brut Nature from Château de Plaisance.
[free to read]
#wine
#winetasting
#loire
#loirewine
#fandechenin
#creamantdeloire
#chateaudeplaisance
#vanessacherruau
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Published today: I check out 2020 Sauternes and Barsac, including Yquem, Coutet, Suduiraut & more.
[subscribers only]
#wine
#winetasting
#bdx20
#bdx2020
#bordeauxwine
#chateausuduiraut
#sauternes
#barsac
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I’m over the moon to have completed my first Trail de Sancerre. A killer cross-country course through the vineyards of Sancerre. Here I am in a post-race haze, clutching my prize, a 2023 Sancerre from the Caves de Sancerre.
#sancerre
#traildesancerre
#running
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Nice to see
#chateaufigeac
#bdx22
samples wearing their new Premier Grand Cru Classé “A” status. The product of many years of hard work.
#bordeaux
#bordeauxwine
#stemilion
#wine
#winetasting
#bdx2022
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Just published: My 2023 Bordeaux vintage report, starting with the latest adventures of Monsieur Propriétaire, with a weather and harvest report, and my broad impressions of the vintage.
[subscribers only]
#bdx23
#bdx2023
#bordeaux
#wine
#vintagereport
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I love pétillant Vouvray with a bit of bottle age, but tonight’s bottle is truly delicious. From the wonderful 2014 vintage. And it has another five or ten years in it.
#vouvray
#cheninblanc
#fandechenin
#vincentcareme
#loire
#wine
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Another 1997 pulled from the depths of the cellar, tasting good at 25 years of age - when
#Musar
really begins to shine for me.
#chateaumusar
#wine
#lebanon
#lebanonwine
#bekaavalley
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Back to 1999 again this evening. Roast confit duck and Bernard Burgaud’s 1999 Côte-Rôtie.
#coterotie
#syrah
#rhone
#wine
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Some cracking Cab Francs, all from Chinon, tasted at 2023 Wine Paris.
#cabernetfranc
#chinon
#loirewine
#wine
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What is Saturday evening for, if not returning to check out a favourite 1989?
#vouvray
#cheninblanc
#drinkchenin
#fandechenin
#domainedesaubuisieres
#loire
#loirewine
#wine
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Is the wine trade's love affair with Riesling universal? I have tasted and drunk plenty of older Rieslings, mostly German, several this week, and they rarely excite me. Give me an equally mature Chenin Blanc, however, and I'm in heaven. Should I seek help?
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Moelleux Monday has officially been moved to Wednesday. Err….it is Wednesday, isn’t it? 🙃
#vouvray
#huet
#domainehuet
#closdubourg
#premieretrie
#loire89
#loire1989
#easterweek
#publicholiday
#couldbetuesday
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Kicking off Friday evening with black pudding, asparagus and poached eggs, with some 2009 Savennières. Not sure it will work, but there’s only one way to find out!
#savennieres
#pierrebise
#chateaupierrebise
#anjou
#cheninblanc
#drinkchenin
#fandechenin
#wine
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Pulled a little Leroy from the cellar. The latest in a little line up of 2013s.
#richardleroy
#anjou
#loire
#loirewine
#cheninblanc
#fandechenin
#wine
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I little piece of me dies every time I see a wine pigeon-holed according to an understanding of the appellation as it was 20+ years ago. Regions and styles evolve - especially in the Loire with a framework of new crus, a new generation of winemakers and a new climate.
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My cellar isn’t all
#cabernetfranc
you know - tonight I’m off to
#pinotnoir
country (and I don’t mean Sancerre).
#wine
#gevreychambertin
#domainebachelet
#burgundy
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Another super visit in Vouvray, this time to see the wonderful Céline Champalou, pictured here among the vines outside her cellars which are the source of Le Portail.
#vouvray
#champalou
#cheninblanc
#wine
#loire
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What a way to round off a great first day back in
#bordeaux
, tasting
#chateaudyquem
2020 & 2019, side-by-side.
#bordeauxwine
#sauternes
#wine
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Nicolas Glumineau showing off two of his creations; the 2023 Pichon-Comtesse and 2023 Pez.
#pez
#pichonlalande
#bdx23
#bdx2023
#bordeaux
#wine
#stestephe
#pauillac
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Published today: I check out the new cuverie and cellars at Clos Rougeard, and taste Le Clos, Les Poyeux, Le Bourg and Brézé in recent vintages, 2022 to 2015.
[subscribers only]
#wine
#winetasting
#loirewine
#saumur
#saumurchampigny
#closrougeard
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I’m in France, which has driven home some UK/France differences in approaches to
#Covid
testing. One is cost:
Test before leaving UK - £89.
Two tests on return to UK - £170.
Test on arrival in France - free.
Test before leaving France - free.
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Well, well, look where I ended up. Tasted 2022, 2021 and 2020 with Philippe. Full report to follow.
#philippealliet
#chinon
#loire
#loirewine
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Read my Bordeaux 2022 Vintage Report, with details of the weather, harvest and broad impressions of the wines. And what you are really looking for - the latest instalments of Monsieur Propriétaire's adventures.
[subscribers only]
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It’s another (première trie) moelleux Monday. Truth is, I pulled this bottle for my birthday two weeks ago, but couldn’t get around to opening it. That’s to my benefit tonight.
#vouvray
#cheninblanc
#domainehuet
#loire
#wine
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So today I went back in time to check out the
#bdx13
vintage. Just as important to revisit lesser as well as great vintages!
#bordeauxwine
#winetasting
#wine
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I’m in a restaurant! With oysters! And music! And atmosphere! And tables and chairs! And wine. And did I say oysters? Oh, it’s been too long…..
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Time to check your sofas for lost spare change! Most valuable wine collection ever (est. value £41m) comes to auction; large-format Petrus, Jayer, Rousseau, Cheval Blanc & more.....
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Didn’t expect this to be as good as it is! A twenty-year-old sec from François Pinon, in an ‘off’ vintage. Maybe not so off?!
#vouvray
#cheninblanc
#francoispinon
#loire
#wine
#drinkchenin
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Peter makes good wine choices! Be more like Peter. 😀
Saturday night drinking with leg of lamb. Can’t wait! Based on
@chriswinedoctor
Montrose 2023 review, we’re in for more treats in another 24 years!
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The new label for St Emilion’s Château Beauséjour seen in the flesh today, on the 2021 vintage, the first at this property for Joséphine Duffau-Lagarosse.
#beausejour
#stemilion
#bordeaux
#bordeauxwine
#wine
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All hail King Amphora, and his army of Oeufy underlings. When earth is eventually invaded, it will surely be by creatures like this. Maybe they’re already here?
#bordeauxwine
#winecellars
#amphora
#amphorawine
#eggs
#ivelostit
#endofprimeurs
#thelastvisit
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Beautifully tangy and gently moelleux Romorantin tonight. What a treat.
#courcheverny
#romorantin
#loire
#wine
#francoiscazin
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It’s been a while since I opened one of these, so something special for this weeks
#moelleuxmonday
.
#vouvray
#huet
#domainehuet
#cuveeconstance
#wine
#loire
#loirewine
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