Dock Hooks

9.4

Crazy good paired with dipping into gamba al ajillo (emphasis added), at Napa's groovy/real Zuzu, catching a classic deeply dirty nose while still sporting sun-drenched fruit that initially reworks one's first blush front mouth with an iodine edge that morfs into red and black fruit edgy with acid/tannin slow dancing to the depths and begging for another pinch of broth soaked chewy freshly baked bread and the associated next swig of this sweet juice...rhythmically stellar by day or by night😎🌌👣🍷🌀🎼

PS hit Zuzu (friendly, delicious and real...

— 10 years ago

Sybaritewino C.Lawrence

9.2

savoury key lime tart with buttery crust and hints of fresh rain on hot mountain rock and that comforting whiff of petrol. palate is clean crisp limey and bright as the sun on a fresh spring morning. Yum! — 11 years ago

Toby Beevers

10

Great white, needs to be very chilled. 12%
Sitting outside in the sun, fantastic flavours of passion fruit, citrus and sweet. 1-10 sweet, this is a good 4/5 — 11 years ago

Jimmy Smith

Director, West and North London Wine School

9.4

Deep, dense and concentrated with ample red fruit (cherry, red currant) smoky bacon oak coming through, lovely meaty leather notes. Broad, quite Gevrey 1er Cru smelling. Delicious! Medium to full, textured, meaty, good red fruit, light to medium tannic grip and balanced acid, a wine of 8+ years. — 10 years ago

Morgan Harris

Head Sommelier Aureole New York

9.4

2011. Blanc. No one drinks enough of this. That's because there are so few things to which its a good partner, but it would be an incredible cheese-and-charcuterie wine. Broad and oily, there's just enough acid to keep you coming back for more. Sun-baked yellow orchard fruits dominate, but there's more exotic fruits too (mango and dried pineapple) yellow flowers, tons of almond husk bitterness, green olives, bay leaf, oregano, tarragon, white cheddar. Oak is assertively present but not overwhelming. Place dominates over grapes here, as it's a mix of Clairette and Grenache Blanc and a hodge-podge of other things. — 11 years ago

Aron Hegyi

9.2

Fresh, super aromatic, spring! Want to drink this in the sun at a farm dinner. — 12 years ago

Ellen Shaughnessy

9.3

Reminds me of a crispy sun-setting eve overlooking Sonoma vineyards: ahhhhh — 10 years ago

with Edward

Mike Davila

9.1

My first time with this wine, big nose of cherries, dark color, bigger fuller style, has a great acid component on finish to balance the fruit — 11 years ago

George Leon

9.3

Great, great bouquet of minerality, jumps at you with a remarkable mouth feel with texture and energy. Acidity and structure burgundian yet without the sun deficiency seen in some french wines (survival of fruit) — 11 years ago

Scott T

VP/Senior Wine Specialist Christie's

9.4

Adventures in pulling corks: provenance check. A fantastic 61, still alive, sun sweet, smoky red fruits, modest maderization. One of the best non-1er Cru or Left Bank I have tried. Excellent storage is the reason. Level was top shoulder, excellent for age. — 12 years ago