David Kline

9.2

Yellow amber to antique gold developing in this 8 year old beauty. Nose showing pineapple and baked lemon, green onion and lemon bread. Lemon pith opening on the palate with lime peel, lemon zest and briny cucumber. Kumquat sharpness, white grapefruit, bitter orange, kefir lime. Not cellared, so rapid age expected, still a lovely treat.

#grandcruchablis #moutarddiligent #moutarddiligentchablisgrandcruBougros #bougros #grandcru #chablis #2014chablis #chablisgrandcrubougros — 6 days ago

David Kline

9.4

2010 vintage. Cocoa powder, black currant, river bank, cedar, cinnamon dusting, gingerbread, dark rye, espresso, sapodilla, and croissant nose. Red cherry, red currant, cinnamon bark, black pepper, espresso, tart blackberry, crushed violet, light anise and cherrywood. Lovely wine with lots to grow, and lots to love.

#chateaupichonlongueville #chateaupichon #chateaupichonlonguevillecomressedelalande #lalande #pauillac #grandcruclassé #grandcruclasséen1855 #1855 #bordeaux #leftbankbordeaux #leftbank #appellationpauillaccontrôlée #misenbouteillealapropriété #bordeauxrouge — 9 days ago

David Kline

9.3

2017. Soft lemon verbena and lemon panna -cotta notes; hint of lychee, lime zest and white pepper, but geared up on a cocktail of grapefruit and grenadine, with ginkgo fruit. Plush, lush and round nose. Lemon lime juices and zests waver between racy and ripe. Lemon pith is the lining. Tight and green in many ways but very enjoyable now!


#hubertbouzereaugruèreetfilles #hubertbouzereaugruère #bouzereau #MersaultCharmes #mersaultcharmes1ercru #whiteburgindy #bourgogneblanc #burgundy #misenbouteille #côtedor #grandvindebourgogne — a month ago

David Kline

9.6

2009. Tanned and healthy grand cru. Spicy holiday nose of clove and allspice with cinnamon sprinkles. Crumbly oak with mushrooms sprouting. Touch of mint and dried, red cherry. Tart cherry in a dervish with moist, dark tobacco. Incredible depth suggesting peppercorn dusted dried black raspberries, black cherry and truffle, baker chocolate and savory. This is a beefy slice of exquisiteness! Stunning!


#2009 #2009burgundy #burgundy #bourgogne #bourgognerouge #pierrenaigeon #gevreychambertin #chambertinclosdebeze #grandcru #vieillesvignes #pinotnoir #appellationchambertinclosdebezegrandcrucontrolée #monopole #singlevinyard #handpicked #handsorted #indigenousyeasts #unfiltered — a month ago

David Kline

9.5

Gorgeous garnet, star bright reflectivity. Rim to rim continuity. Cedar dusted black cherry and strawberry glow warmly in a vanilla and baked cran and ripe red currant dappling. There are red apple leanings and roobios-tulip whispers in a complex and seductive nose that stoops in bushes of thyme and all spice pods. Rich mouthfeel exhibits bits of its green youth, but has unveiled to reveal its abundance with a lengthy decant. Tart cherry and sweet tobacco, tart raspberry essence, dried violets and rose petal, dried strawberry and beet soaked thyme. Grossly underrepresented in this assessment, as the whole is like a wondrous river in a florid wood undulating with ripples of fallen blossoms. Astounding.


#chambollemusigny #DomaineFourrier #2019 #DomaineFourierChambolleMusigny1ercruLesGruenchers #lesGruenchers #viellesvigne #1ercru #1ercruChambolleMusigny
#1ercrulesgruenchers #AppellationCambolleMusigny1ercrucontrolée #burgundy #bourgogne #bourgognerouge #misenbouteille #redburgundywine — 6 days ago

David Kline

9.3

Underripe pineapple nose shows lemon zest, steely lime, ethereal jasmine, cool grapefruit, green pear, pea purée. Zesty lemon leaps from the glass and races along the palate, finishes lime and key lime, with a mineral oscillation. Chalky and refreshing simultaneously. Very satisfying dance of exotic starfruit and yellow pear tomato. Ginger and grapefruit build to a crescendo on an refreshingly buoyed, boisterous conclusion.


#phillipegonet #champagnephillipegonet #champagne #bubbles #alesmesnilsuroger #mesnil #mesnilsuroger #brut #blancdeblancs #champagnephillipegonetsignature — a month ago

David Kline

9.5

2006. Rich, filtered apple gold. Nose of Bosc pear, baked lemon, warm yellow apple, lemon tart, coconut husk, dry sage, roasted almond, and honey crystal. Palate shows honey flash before flood of lemon juices, lime juice and pith, sweet grapefruit and lemongrass. Sweet at 16, balanced and finishing dry and refreshing!


#trimbach #alsace #clossainthune #clostehunr #riesling #alsaceriesling #propriétareviticulteur #appellationalsacecontrôlée #since1626 #grandcru #rosackervineysrd #hunawhir #ceratitelimestone #muschelkalk — a month ago

David Kline

9.0

2012 vintage. Chocolate brownie with dried raspberries and tie red cherries. Baked black currant, dried blueberry, moist banana bread, violet in bloom, blackberry, vanilla, cinnamon.
Nice entry weight gives way to rich dark chocolate, dried strawberry, Cuban coffee, blackberry reduction, dark baked blueberries, grippy tannins, big fruit and density with a lingering depth.

#opusone #napavalley #napavalley2012 #Napa #robertmondavi #baronphilippederothschild #oakville #napared — 9 days ago

David Kline

9.2

Lemon custard narrows on the nose to Meyer lemon pith, lime zest, pomelo, gun flint glints with alumina, marmalade mix. Tart lemon palate puckers to a kiss of lemongrass awash in a lemon-lime sea of brine; spongey lemon pith finish.

#vincentgirardin #vincentgirardinlesviellesvignes #lesvillesvignes #vincentgirardinpulignymontrachet #pulignymontrachet #whiteburgundy #bourgogneblanc #whiteburg #chardonnay #frenchchardonnay #appellationpulignymontrachetcontrolée #côtedor — a month ago

David Kline

9.6

2014. Light petrol/rubber interplay, with black lime, lime pith and smoky cherrywood, graphite, underripe pineapple, igneous rock dripping with lemon. Sweet pineapple, lemon essence infused into lemon marmalade and emerging profoundly drier. Lime reduction, candied kalamansa with an ethereal distillation of floral and mystery citrus admixture.



#dönnhoff #dönnhoffniederhäuserhermannshöhlerieslingauslese #auslese #riesling #rieslingsuslese #niederhäuserhermannshöhle
#nahe #erzeugerabfüllingweingutdönhoff #dönnhoff #vdp
#vdpgrosselage
— a month ago