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

Douglas Braun

9.2

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

Miriam De Lyon

9.0

Happy birthday thomas with a wonderful wine from Spain! — 6 years ago

with Nikki

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

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

Robert La Londe

9.5

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

Adam Shaylor

9.1

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

Peter C

9.3

perfect with szechuan food straight from chengdu. showed really well. the acids and sugar was a nice complement to the ma and the la. wish @Aravind Asok had this bottle instead of the one a few days ago. — 6 years ago

Douglas Braun

9.0

Yellow apple creamy leesy character well crafted — 7 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

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. — 5 years ago

Casey Curbow

Sales Associate Windsor Wine Merchants

9.2

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

Severn G

9.4

A beautiful, cool early Autumn evening, relaxing by a fire in the chiminea.

100% Pinot Noir, Disgorged February 2019.

Words escape me... Just wow!
(Notes later, I promise)

24 Hour Update:
Nose has yeasted dough, flat seltzer, limestone infused apple juice, hard crusted bread, oxidized red apple peel and bruised yellow apple.

Palate has tart yellow apple, saline puff pastry, faint lemon juice, limestone infused water, lemon zest with balanced acidity and a long, long finish. Outstanding.

The P-F wines always need a minimum of 24H open, 48H really if you have patience because then they open to just the most beautiful Champagne you've ever paid under $100 for, every time. No fear, the bubbles will wait over 48H so plan ahead for maximum enjoyment. — 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

Charles Antin

Senior Wine Specialist/Auctioneer Zachys

9.4

Eucalyptus and mint. — 7 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

Severn G

9.1

Entering a decanter now...
I decant almost everything, except rosé, unless Cotat.
Air is generally good, for everyone.
2014 so good for P-F, please vote with dollars and endorse this vintage! — 8 years ago