Allison Lyzenga

9.0

Cloudy translucent white; medium intensity aromas of cherry blossom, button mushroom, yeasty, porridge ; dry, frizante, medium acid, medium alcohol, medium body, medium intensity flavors of button mushroom , yeast, rice porridge, cherry blossom; medium finish, savory and earthy — 6 years ago

Craig Mitchell

9.0

Lovely floral nose and lime meringue flavour. — 8 years ago

cc

9.0

Had it at PF changs with Billy. Loved it. Lot of depth less fruity. A bit dry. — 8 years ago

Christopher Sachs

9.2

White button mushrooms and rustic red berries on the nose, earthy and powerful. Palate is light and delicate with just enough grip and character to be lovely!! — 9 years ago

Shannon Ryan

9.0

Delicious wine! Full and gentle with warm berry flavors. Birthday gift from Billy 2016 — 9 years ago

Luke Blanch

9.2

Best Aligote I've ever had... Thank you Billy! — 10 years ago

with Clinton and Erina

Chris Paiz

8.9

A Billy favorite from Lolinda — 10 years ago

Adam Dudley

9.0

Volcanic gamay — 6 years ago

Devra Glowinski

8.9

With Billy and Sheryl. Delightful, with a screw top. This was the night before jess"s wedding. — 7 years ago

Erik Helms

Sommelier/Wine & Beer Buyer Whole Foods Oakland

9.3

Sunday mornings, football, donuts, and Billy Brut. Can't beat it. — 8 years ago

Robert McNally

9.2

Spicy fruit forward. Long lasting & downright very good. If this is where we are starting price range with big basin, can't wait to see where we go from here. Very happy purchase. Repeat button for sure — 9 years ago

Adam Jesberger

10

One of the best bottles of GC Burg I've had. This is in perfect form right now. Showing a perfect intermingled harmony between fruit and tertiary vinous character. Not over oaked at all. Very tart intact red and black cherries with acrid pomegranate and bramble. A kiss of brett with moist, mossy soil like earth including a white button mushroom presence. Dusty stone minerality with a cedar and light pepper finish. This is quite wonderful. I think 99 burgundy is just so spot on to drink now. — 10 years ago

with Jenelle

Matt

9.6

So complex and funky. Layers and layers. Quince, bruised pineapple, oxidative, button mushrooms, hazelnuts, saffron(?). 2006 vintage, 8 years on lees! Jan 2015 disgorgement, 4 g/l dosage. 80% chard, 10% pinot noir, 10% pinot meunier. — 10 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.0

Minerality and button mushrooms compete with well delineated and just barely ripe tropical fruit. No boxwood or jalapeño here. Much better with food than without. — 10 years ago

Michael Seely

9.2

Dramatic positive shift into the second pour. Lovely, characteristic of Santa Barbara — 7 years ago

with Jeff and Joe

Oliver Seaman

9.5

No control — 7 years ago

Dave Kahler

8.9

Super ripe apricots and golden apples with mandarin orange, button mushroom, spicy bell pepper, honey, flowers, and beeswax on the nose. Fruits continue onto palate with ginger spice and cinnamon. Finish reminds me of Apple Jacks. A touch of RS. Fun wine, a good expression. — 8 years ago

Chris Scanlan

Sales Amy Atwood Imports

9.0

She's temperamental. And expressive. It ain't no a Billy Joel Song; it's a Soings en Sologne, sung by the son of a son of a viticulture (well maybe only the cousin). Very fucking cool wine. Unique for this region. Kind of Sebastian Riffault-like in his rule breaking to Sancerre, but perhaps more... tame. Oxidative for this vintage, maybe that's consistent? Tastes like there's some skin contact on the romorantin, a roller coaster of acidity and sapidity across the tongue, and Menu Pineau, I can find it if I look. If you don't like oxidative wine, you probably won't appreciate this. But I judge a wine whether it's empty or not, and this one didn't stand a chance. Tastes better when it's warmed up and breathed for an hour. vintage is technically 2012 -not on label. Wife (New Zealander) Heidi Kuka makes the eye-catchingly, ornate almost Maori-like tribal tattoos for the labels. Julien Courtois is able to knock it out of the park on occasion, but mostly, he makes very good, expressive and interesting, but most importantly drinkable wine from the western Loire. — 9 years ago

Timmo Rol

8.9

Billy Kwong - Soft and fruity, not sweet but well balanced. — 10 years ago

ESF

9.4

Billy Badass ... Textbook Amarone from a monster vintage tipping the scales @ 15.65 - yeah it was high octane but the flavors were so vivid I lingered over them for hours — 10 years ago