Delicious - crisp, nice acidity. Perfect white wine for a hot summer afternoon. — 8 years ago
How else to warm up for a trade tasting of invigorating Champagne this afternoon? Penetrating Sercial Madeira from the year that brought us the Boy Scouts of America. If wine were merit badges perhaps I'd nearly be an Eagle by now... After this evening's tasting I'll have quite a heavy merit badge sash for Champagne -an obsession that can reach no surfeit -it becomes more fascinating and evermore nuanced. For the moment however I'm awash in crushed kumquats in honey, marmalade, hazelnuts and roast peanuts -all layered among so much more in one of the richest Sercial Madeiras I've tried to date. — 9 years ago
Bolly! Fantastic sunny afternoon, lunchtime BBQ in the back yard...
What more is there to say? — 9 years ago
Fabulous with Lebanese food at boat quay Redolent with bright Berry fruits and Turkish delight notes . Delicious — 10 years ago
The delight of a well aged wine. Pine and underbrush. Soil and peat. Sweet fruit wrapped in earthy structure — 10 years ago
Crisp with hints of pear. Lovely Sunday afternoon drinker. — 11 years ago
Sheer delight! — 11 years ago
As close to perfect as you can imagine or taste. Immediately bursting with aromatics and brilliant color. The apricot and honey and peach and flowers are exceptional and constantly shifting in complexity and mid-palate sensation. This wine gently wraps your palate in a cool little blanket while you close your eyes and imagine yourself in an afternoon picnic somewhere in Sauternes. Relax man, you are drinking the juice of kings. — 8 years ago
Sheer delight. The nose is hibiscus and ruby red grapefruit. The mouth is a complex and grippy adventure with grapefruit, red papaya, lychee. This is not a NZ Sauvignon by any means, despite those notes, it's a serious thinking wine to sip for days with or without food. — 8 years ago
This was a delight... the '05 is drinking so we'll right now it felt like much more of a "special" bottle than its price point. I need more of this! Had lots of sediment... def. decant for an hour or more. — 9 years ago
The peppery finish is such a delight. So great. — 9 years ago
A delight. Deep with some minerality... tannic but not biting... very drinkable, but not boring at all. Managed to complement octopus with Calabrian chiles just as well as pappardelle with morels in butter sauce. Som. mentioned the fruit's soil had a volcanic ash to it. $70 at Babbo. — 11 years ago
I really enjoyed this one. — 11 years ago
A great afternoon tasting surprise. Still some great fruit but also some great secondary characteristics, leather, spicy and savory flavors. Delicious 11 year old Napa cab. — 11 years ago

One of my faves. I ordered two half bottles - imagine my delight when I received two full bottles at the half bottle price. — 12 years ago


Beautiful aperitif on a hot afternoon. — 8 years ago
Love this high acid green apple bomb! Crisp and well balanced. Light citrus on the nose with a lingering lime on the palate. What a great Sunday afternoon sipper we have here! — 9 years ago
rooftop french delight with the fam — 9 years ago
For centuries now, the luscious, bright, all-encompassing delight of Champagne has been used to toast happy occasions. Often times a decent bubbly does the trick, but other times, something grander deserves to be poured.
Dom Pérignon (named after the monk who put Champagne on the map), a 2000 vintage. It's the kind of Champs one drinks upon making the decision that wine is not just a hobby, not just a passion, but a career. — 10 years ago
Wow. Smoked pork butt...grilled mac-n-cheese....truly a summer delight. Killer Cab....rounding out the night... — 10 years ago
Really good 1983 complex notes of garden sweet peppers.. warm summer afternoon. — 11 years ago
Even though I looked for some Chenin Blanc or Pinot Gris for our ribs dinner this NZ summer delight did not disappoint. Light and crisp. — 11 years ago
Back in Boston enjoying an afternoon glass with my friend, Rei. — 11 years ago
Raging (!!) acidity. Tasty and bright and perfect for an unseasonably warm April afternoon. — 13 years ago
Laura Buergler
Nice afternoon with the girls — 7 years ago