S.S. Mandani

9.0

A supple fragrance of leaf fronds and slight tropical fruits like pineapples, lychee, and mangoes. Finally some underlying pine aromas.

A little less balanced, but in a good way. Leaning towards higher acid, but the tropical sweet notes balance this out, which is a nice playfulness.

It looks stunning in a glass, and has that end note of unctuous salinity and the overall freshness of skiing through pines. — 5 years ago

Raun Kupiec

8.9

Decent tannins, spice, hint of vanilla. Drinking very nicely now, but don’t think there is enough acidity or tannin for this to last for the long haul. Very nice drinkable wine now, though. — 6 years ago

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Hannah Parsons

10

Easy drinking, light, fruity, fabulous for cheap. $14.99 — 6 years ago

Jinda Cui

9.3

The one and only vintage. A cab gem from FLX. True to the varietal. A balanced and pure expression. Love. — 6 years ago

Jinda Cui

9.2

A dry Riesling made from grapes usually for ice wine. Balanced very well at this high alcohol content for a Riesling. Raisin and apple nose with light rubber. On the palate it’s crispy yet complex, enough acidity. Powerful aftertaste. Still too young at the moment. Give it five to ten years and open it on an important occasion. — 7 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.3

On the Lawn at Tanglewood tonight to listen to Keith Lockhart conducting the Boston Pops live score E.T. The Extraterrestrial along with the film tonight.

Spätlese in style, hands down the best Riesling you can buy in the Finger Lakes for under $25!! — 8 years ago

Scott Hopkins

9.0

Really golden color...petrol coming through that I don't remember when tasting this vintage a couple years back. Mrs actually thought it was a boundary breaks 239 clone when tasting blind. — 9 years ago

Philip Patston

9.2

Superb balance as even though it’s dry it has lots of body and mouthfeel. Lots of Riesling character. The only weak area imho is that it finishes a bit harsh and does not linger. But another really fantastic wine from this top producer. — 5 years ago

J. Kim

9.0

An excellent wine but not an irreplaceable one. Does not push the boundary and remains too conservative. — 6 years ago

Truby Gravatt

9.6

Deep flavor stout with a good shot of chocolate coffee flavour. Slightly bitter. texture wise a bit watery, but overall a most satisfying brew! — 6 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.1

At the intersection of natural and traditional is Cos. There is a nod to the old world and nothing is overly avant garde or boundary pressing. It’s also fresh, unfaulted, unadulterated. Always pleasurable balance of bright red fruit and earthy damp forest floor - without too much crunch or sour.

I turned 34 when I drank this. — 6 years ago

Donna Craig

9.0

Very nice! Had st Patrick’s Day. — 7 years ago

Matt

9.0

Great value. Young Syrah vines planted on a plateau just beyond AOC boundary for Cote Rotie. Acidity confirms the vintage, bright with tart fruit that works well with food. Peppercorn, crushed rocks, violet, light savory notes. Delicious and example for N. Rhône Syrah. — 8 years ago

Jillian Levi

9.2

So smooth, very easy drinking. Not super dry. Great and would definitely drink again! — 9 years ago

Patrick O Driscoll

9.7

This is a wine of distinction, noses full of flavour whilst delivering a crisp but smooth rounded velvet experience on the palate. From Napa It sets a high boundary for USA wines to follow. — 5 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.7

No. 2 in the Vosne Romanee Grand Cru bracket. Tasted blind. My brief note (sensory overload has set in again!): A perfumed woody smokiness - sweet and gorgeous with a beautiful texture and mouthfeel. “ With Romanee Conti to its eastern boundary it is similar but slightly different. Les Richebourgs to its northern boundary. La Romanee is a Monopole owned by the Liger-Belair family and is the smallest appellation in France at. 0.8452 hectares producing only 250 to 350 cases each vintage. A wonderful wine with at least 2 decades of cellaring before it reaches its peak. — 5 years ago

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9.1

As usual, this is the one dry Hexamer wine to perpetuate the tradition of Prädikat, and that is done solely to satisfy the Norwegian importer who takes all of it. (All to one country, yes; but this has become a high-volume cuvée by estate standards.) The fruit comes from the Eisendell as well as from a site known as Grosser Stein for the huge stone that marked the boundary between the holdings of the Rheingrafen (counts) and those of the Disibodenberg monastery. Picked nearly a month earlier than was the highly-impressive 2016, this weighs-in at 11.9% alcohol, and that shows in an attractive sense of levity and spring vis-à-vis Hexamer’s other dry Rieslings of this vintage. Fresh lime, apple, piquant aromas as well as a juicy, crisp-edged and pip-tinged presence on the glossy palate serve for penetrating. Subtly bitter but cooling and stimulating notes of melon rind compound the sense of crunch and piquancy while lovely, bittersweet inner-mouth perfume adds allure. The combination of vivacity and refreshment with floral and mineral intrigue renders the buoyant, bell-clear, seriously-sustained finish next-sip compelling. (David Schildknecht, Vinous, April 2019) — 6 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.2

12 October 2018; Boundary Breaks tasting with Bruce Murray.

Nose of warm fig/pineapple.
Palate has rich tropical fruits, great acid/RS balance. — 7 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.1

Very nice effort for the first sparkling offer from the FLX region 🌠, assume this is Chardonnay based. Nice yeast/bread notes, crisp, Brut for sure, glad we have two more bottles in the cellar for age comparisons. — 7 years ago

Matt

8.9

Single parcel just outside the CNDP appellation boundary. High-toned aromas, structured CDR with elevated yet ripe tannin. Kirsch, powdered sugar, lavender, stoney minerality, sweet spice. Great value, approachable — 8 years ago