Arnaud Combier

Fleurie Gamay 2022

9.2

Second bottle of this in the past year. It’s deep, complex, and drinking really well now. A little note of barnyard adds a dimensional to the deep ripe fruit and deep granite on the nose. It’s dry and very deep on the palate. Deep savory and mineral notes are prominent, nicely augmenting the dark fruit. Nice but soft acids. A teensy little bit drying on the finish, so this is definitely designed for the table, where it will shine with stews and braises and pasta and . . . — 3 months ago

Ray, Tom and 28 others liked this

Château de Rayne-Vigneau

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 1990

Neil Valenzuela

9.3

Medium amber color. Aromas of crushed pineapple, dried apricot and orange marmalade. Burnt honey on the palate, tropical fruit flavors and caramel on the finish. Very tasty Sauternes! — 8 months ago

with Quentin

Daniel, Lisanne and 14 others liked this

Arnaud Mortet

Ma Cuvée Gevrey-Chambertin Pinot Noir 2018

Ian Hamel

9.2

2022-3 winter. The previous bottle of this I had felt like the most overripe and in-Burgundy-like 2018 I’d tried, and by some margin. I figured some time might help, but have a growing suspicion that my cellar is too cold to really mature wines without multiple decades of wait. So…experiment time. I stored this for a couple of years in the basement but outside the cellar. It’s not a textbook environment, at least for the summer months. Lo and behold, this had loosened up a fair bit, with more expressiveness on the nose too. It was still riper and heavier than it needed to be but was good. Would it have been better with 30 years at 14 degrees? Perhaps, but it’s a near-academic question for me given the prices of burgundy these days. — 3 years ago

Ira and Billy liked this

Arnaud Briday

Domaine des Chers Vieilles Vignes Saint-Amour Gamay 2020

Brooke Gannon

8.9

Rustic and earthy…. Crunchy feeling — 4 years ago

with Joseph

Beth and Romain liked this

Domaine de Vigneau-Chevreau

Cuvée Clos de Vaux Demi-Sec Vouvray Chenin Blanc 1918

Mats Rytther

9.0

Lovley, quite sweet. Could go to food, dessert or just enjoy. Easy to like. Evolvs nicley as let breath. — 5 years ago

Mats liked this

Domaine Arnaud Lambert

Coulee De St-Cyr Saumur Chenin Blanc 2015

Douglas Braun

9.1

Spiced apple /pear , melon ,slight wet wool, beautiful in the mouth great screaming acidity minerality and bruised apple — 6 years ago

Mario, Mark and 5 others liked this

Domaine Arnaud Lambert

Brézé Clos Mazurique Saumur Cabernet Franc

Jamie Noon

9.0

Delicious! — 6 months ago

Arnaud Briday

Domaine des Chers Vieilles Vignes Julienas Gamay 2020

Ray Vanderhoff

9.0

Solid Cru Beaujolais. Medium garnet color. Bright aromas of ripe red and black cherries, earth and violets. Expressive flavors of red and black cherry/raspberry/currant fruit, tobacco and a pleasant hint of baking spices. A bit of black pepper and the presence of stemmy carbonic maceration on the very long and tingly finish. Quite juicy and crisp. Fruit forward, nicely structured and pretty well balanced. — 7 months ago

Tom, Dave and 2 others liked this