Manj Gunawardane

9.1

Balance, stuffing and decent complexity. Enough acid to keep it all in balance. Tasty for sure! — a year ago

Ben Lehman

9.2

This is ready to go (hence the horrible pours I suppose). Dark inky fruit, tons of spice and perfect acidity to boot. Everyone liked this — 3 years ago

HL Lille

9.0

Nice, would buy again — 3 years ago

Jason Sliwa

9.0

Solid, enjoyable. Trucked this back from Paris. — 5 years ago

with Vicki and Eli

Chris Tyler

9.2

So pretty. A delicate wine next to the Baudry. — 8 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.6

Tremendous performance out of this, easily the most impressive and also the most substantial Breton Franc de Pied I've had to date. I had previously viewed this bottling as a tier below the Baudry or Joguet FDPs but perhaps the vines have matured to the point where I should reassess (or maybe the wine itself is just maturing). This offers a powerful blast of complex aromatics right from the first sip, both earthy and savory and maybe even spicy, too. It's one of those wines where a lot of that personality moves into the background after a few minutes, so make sure you sample this one out of the gate instead of leaving it around to breathe all night. But from there the palate offers luscious fruit, significantly more concentrated and more layered than any prior vintages of this wine have been, with maybe a very fine bead of CO2 in there that you can barely notice through the fruit. You *can* get a sense through the fruit of some of the interesting things that were fleeting through those initial aromatics, savory root flavors and spice seasonings and what-not. But it's really the sense of power I find most impressive relative to prior vintages that were more in the camps of "elegant" or glou-glou. This is the kind of stuffing that makes you think it'll be virtually ageless and just coast forever on all that material, like the '59 Bordeauxs or something like that. — 9 years ago

Garrett Dale

8.9

"So fresh and so clean... clean" — 11 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.1

Riper & more dimensional than previous ‘ young’ vintages I’ve had from Raffault, & no cork taint obviously. A note to self that these can be delicious & reasonably priced when bought upon release. Plenty of bright red fruit, a brambly rose petal layer in secondary notes, & enough snap crackle pop in its low tannin body to keep it delicious. I didn’t go deep with Baudry but I did with Raffault despite its rep for faulty wines as they age- but I am excited by the promise here. May my ‘07s age gracefully… — a year ago

with Owen

Jonathan Wall

9.1

Recently I had a Baudry Chinon, and a Justification. This Red Mountain Cab Franc is a dead ringer for mixing those together. Which is delicious. (Would have rated higher if it was a tad less hot and dense). — 3 years ago

Sarah O'Kelley

9.0

Pure Chenin perfection: peaches, Parmesan rind and a lovely minerality! Delicious with a late summer meal of shrimp and okra stew over Rice of course 😋 if you see this bottle grab it there’s not a lot around and it’s also not that expensive 👍❤️ guaranteed to make you happy 😊 — 4 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.2

Rose’s can be hard to pinpoint but Petite Mairie’s is unmistakenly Loire Cab Franc and that’s precisely what I love about this wine. If you like the stripped down vastly undervalued Loire red wines from greats like Guibertau, Baudry, Thierry Germain, Catherine and Pierre Breton, and so on, you’ll similarly appreciate this wine.

It has that pure herbal vegetal frame - artichoke, asparagus, and sage surrounding wet gravel and light berries. The flavors include fresh tilled soil , green bell pepper, and roasted red pepper. Really terrific from the Rosenthal portfolio. — 6 years ago

Tim Herrmann

8.9

This actually reminded me quite a lot of the baudry from several nights before, but with less precise minerality and a touch of rustic green--but pleasant--flavors. And I loved it with thai food. — 9 years ago

Marshal White

9.3

This is the Baudry Chinon Domaine of Bordeaux to me. So. Damn. Tasty. — 10 years ago

Robert Krupp

9.2

Slight chill and full of personality. Crunchy fruit and perfect w grilled pork and a simple salad. Great detour from@ baudrys cab francs — 2 years ago

Pooneet K

8.9

Quite different that I remembered for this wine - less intense acidity, slightly more tropical almost. Still a nice wine. — 3 years ago

Chuck Gleason

9.0

Sancerre Romana 2018 drank late 2019 — 4 years ago

Fredybeans

9.1

Robe jaune claire
Nez groseille à maquereaux épices
Bouche ample ample et dense épices
Belle longueur sur la gourmandise et fraîche calcaire et gourmand — 5 years ago

Maxence Guilluy

9.8

Very fruity, melted tannins, light — 9 years ago

Matt Schwartz

8.9

Dark flavor for CF but easy drinking and delicious — 9 years ago

with Kelsey

Bryan Garcia

Sales Grand Cru Selections

9.7

Celebrating Racines 2 stars NYT! — 10 years ago