Aaron Tan

9.0

Guessed this as a 2018 white burg. A successful blind by all accounts! Ripe, lush Chardy fruit (even a touch of pineapples) and excellent quality oak, all wrapped in a lively, saline package. Deceptively light at the start, but air does bring out quite a bit of texture and power. For me, certainly a wine of its soil (white clay on limestone) and vintage, once revealed. Delicious, although I did find it a tad heavy at the end of the night. — 2 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.1

2021/4. I feel like de Villaine’s Chardonnays have a bit more depth and savor than they did a decade ago - and they were certainly good then. This was lovely, with lots of fresh fruit and acidity but some sneaky stone, butter and hazelnut lurking. — 4 years ago

Douglas Braun

9.2

2015 Vintage - So precise violets, cherry , mineral , leather, ever so light oak character — 5 years ago

Robert La Londe

9.5

Very pleasant. A nice medium body with excellent after tones. — 6 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.9

Still holding unbelievably
It feels like a great Bordeaux with a mesmerizing eucalyptus decoration rather than other kind of greens
There is no other Australian wine that gives me this pleasure
Super elegant and endless — 6 years ago

Christopher Losa

Owner/Wine Director Bar Bambino

9.0

in a perfect place right now. nearly orange-hued in color and lusciously velvet in the mouth. lemon meringue, coconut cream. acid backbone well intact. — 7 years ago

Holly Gamblin

10

@Estiatorio Milos in Miami enjoying this lovely Sancerre with our Dover Sole and Branzino. This has got to be the lightest, feathery Sancerre we’ve ever had. Sancerre is my favorite for many reasons. Just a beautiful wine for any time of year but beckons you to the beach and a warm breeze. — 3 years ago

Simon Gilligan

9.5

Amazingly found this bottle at rustic pizza, Clare Valley at a $130. Thought this might be our only chance to drink a Wendouree so grabbed it. Beautifully fresh fruited, lovely balance, crisp acidity, medium bodied. Black/red fruited with violet highlights, spice, earth, eucalypt, silky dry tannin. The longer we sat with it the leather and tannin became quite firm, perhaps overwhelming some of the earlier fruit flavours. Drunk too young but still memorable. — 4 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.7

Outstanding blanc de blanc! Nose of flowers, honeysuckle, bread, lemons. Palate was a lemons, lemon curd, something herbal, I think some barrel influence which is really nice. So we’ll balanced. — 5 years ago

Adam Shaylor

9.1

Honey, lemon, and hints of minerality. This is something special. — 6 years ago

Charles Antin

Senior Wine Specialist/Auctioneer Zachys

9.4

Eucalyptus and mint. — 6 years ago

Douglas Braun

9.0

Yellow apple creamy leesy character well crafted — 6 years ago

Jennifer

9.1

Reading old reviews. Ha. I AM a fan of Spanish whites. Oh how we mature. #winenoobie always learning... — 7 years ago

John Riddick

8.9

Very delicious Pinot, but was expecting a little more complexity. Wonderful pairing with salmon. — 3 years ago

Daniel Bloom

9.5

Oh my! Where do you begin?
N: Go down to the pier and get yourself a bag of salted, buttered, nuts. Saline butterscotch, with mold(good)around the edges.Oranges and flowers, Almonds.
P: Saline, Iodine, brown butter, viscous on the tongue with a long sharp acidic, citrus finish. Marvelous. There’s tobacco and wood when you hold it in your mouth and take in air.
Double fortified to 17°, winter, heavy flor.
Ya! — 4 years ago

Casey Curbow

Sales Associate Windsor Wine Merchants

9.2

Transparent & die cast with power and depth. — 5 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.2

2020/8/25 with pork and crab gumbo. Forest floor and mushroom notes but also bright red berry fruit and lively acidity, simultaneously light and substantial. De Villaine is always, always lovely, and this bottle also reminded how well good Chalonnaise wine can age. — 5 years ago

Andrew

9.5

Second bottle, this one was great; first bottle (last year) was certainly a bit tainted. Pale color quickly deepened to rich gold in the glass; smelled like honeyed fruit, and tastes like it too; bright and citrus; smooth and long lasting. Light to medium sweet. Delicious at nearly 31 years! — 6 years ago

Mauro Gabriele

9.6

When you live the dream!!Deep ruby color like this baby just got few years old on the nose an explosion of fruits combined with the miracle of the aged cabernet with notes of cinnamon cigar mushroom black truffle violet liquorice red orange and pink pepper i wish i had another bottle to open in 10 years time!! — 7 years ago

with Ceccherini

Eli Barton

9.3

This was a really nice Sancerre, fresh, crisp and well balanced. More please! — 7 years ago

with Jennifer