Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.6

Haut-Bailly Dinner in SF with Veronique Sanders of Haut-Bailly.

The 2010 is an excellent vintage but, it is for the later part of your life or your children.

This is drinking beautifully with a 4 hour decant. The structure & tension are just starting to their softening stage. The length and balance are in the forget about it range and will just get better & better. Ripe, stunning fruits of; blackberries, dark cherries, black raspberries, plum & a touch of blue fruits. Moist clay & top soils, stones, mint, graphite, fresh tobacco, dark cola, anise to black licorice with stunning, withering floral bouquet. Acidity is perfect. The finish is everything you want in a Bordeaux.

Definitely a 99-100 point wine in 15 years plus.

Served with the Cheese Plate; Red Hawk, Hop Along & Roquefort. @Mathilde French Bistro

Photos of; Clyde Beffa Owner of K&L Wine Merchants & Veronique Sanders, dinner menu & pairing, Veronique talking terroir/vintages & dinner guests. — 5 years ago

Jose Otero

9.1

Niche Bistro
Acacia Hotel — 6 years ago

Emily Wilson

9.3

Just-right bistro wine. Medium bodied and a tad earthy, light but notable tannin, with a super nice balance. Drink it with a nice steak and some frites. Or a blanquette de veau! Oui oui! — 7 years ago

with Fred and Saarim

J B

9.0

Maison Pucha Bistro with Eileen. Steak. Silky smooth. — 8 years ago

Laura & John Griffin

9.0

Bought at Ingles. Good wine. Dark cherry flavor.
— 8 years ago

Bradley Brown

Owner/Winemaker Big Basin Vineyards

9.1

Awesome fresh and vibrant lunchtime bistro wine — 9 years ago

Hans-Ole Jochumsen

9.5

Coco Bistro, Turk & Caicos — 10 years ago

jean-jacques peyre

9.1

Mineral accentef aromas of raspberry and tangerine carry a suave floral top note. Impressive intensity and depth on the palate offering ripe red berries and a touch of honeysuckle. Clean and good length. — 6 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.3

From a Paris bistro list. Dark ruby and opaque in the glass. Attention grabbing nose. Notes of black cherry, iron and graphite, earth and some menthol. Silky and rich in the mouth. Palate staining. Outperformed my expectations. — 6 years ago

Jordan Wardlaw

8.9

Classic Cab Franc character and phenolics. Bright acid, mineral-driven mouthfeel with expressive strawberry jam flavors. Smoky flint accents and plenty of cow pasture funk. Straight-forward glou-glou bistro wine with freshness and slight effervescence. — 7 years ago

Bob Dylan

9.1

"For when you feel like a beer" ideal bistro wine. Price is right. — 7 years ago

E & K G

9.1

Big volume and yeasty flavors. A real beautiful champagne to start a meal. A favorite new bistro find. Recommend to anyone who is in Paris. #wheninparis — 8 years ago

William Hughes

9.3

If this is a bistro style vin de soif, then I wish I could have this more often. The Mourvèdre adds some crunch, however this is still a lighter style made with a deft touch. — 9 years ago

Jay

8.9

Le Bistro @ CIL — 6 years ago

Tyler Schlater

9.0

Glass at wine bistro upstairs at urban space manhattan. Sweetest reisling she had, though I thought it had nice balance. Paid 14 for glass for a bottle that cost 16 — 6 years ago

Rufus King

9.3

Deep red, full bodied, crisp, dry Rosé from Rhône Valley at Blue Talon Bistro in Williamsburg — 7 years ago

Nancy Jacob

9.5

Had this at Bistro Grave on 3/17:18 — 7 years ago

Joseph Gannon

9.0

just fun juicy Beaujolais, all you need in a bistro wine. — 8 years ago

Andrew Schirmer

9.0

Fantastic bistro wine, tannat dominates, great acidity, vibrant. — 8 years ago

with Alsu

Dock Hooks

9.0

So, it's like 60 degrees outside plus massive rain on this mid-December day, with Christmas around the corner. Lisa and I are splitting the French presentation by Chef Chris @ sweet Lauren's Soundside, Steak & Seafood (and more) Restaurant (our amazing local bistro in west Morehead City, NC) where the food is only outdone by the people! For us, it's a large chicken breast with hand-handling drumette😎 and broccolini dipped in an old favorite, (but crazy good when it's good) French onion soup (amazing)! Then there's the wine working its magic making all this good stuff exactly what it was meant to be😎! It's a sensuous nose of coarse chocolate hiding in a lid-bag (words from yesteryear) opened, nakedly exposed and sensually inhaled at the same perfect moment of biting into a late-spring perfectly-fetched strawberry followed by a similarly chocolate-coated Bing cherry, all at once luxuriously coating the front of the lucky drinker's mouth, as it starts a sexy, slow dance home - near magic, but somewhat unfortunately interrupted by a strong hand-to-throat tannic twist that tightens and squeezes either enticingly or curtly (depending on how you like it) as you fantasize another pour, perhaps another year (maybe the 10) where you might languish, linger in a sweaty finish (a good night or a wine fantasy - your choice...)
Cheers! PS inexpensive, but expressive... — 9 years ago