Pinotman /// Andreas

9.4

The wine maker is Leon Gold the importer is Lyle Fass. A Pinot in a Riesling bottle. I know Lyle will not be happy this wine needs time to rest but I expect these 15’s to be robust. Very dark. Cherry nose touch Cardamon. In the glass flat out like a 1er Cru Burgundy. A German Gevrey Chambertin at 33% of the price quite spectacular. I hope I bought the 16. Boy this is really really good. Earthy in the glass but also 🍒 touch cinnamon and a spritz of Mexican lime. There is really no need to pay 100$ for Burgundy if you can get this. Wanne by the way means tub. So this is probably a warm well protected site with plenty of sun. I will visit this winery for sure. — 7 years ago

with Lyle

Tom Casagrande

9.4

Mein Gott is this good. Deep gold color. Nose oozes honeyed, petrolly minerality and peach pit. So much dry extract here. Zingy acids buoying up very stone essence minerality and pithy fruit. Wow. — 8 years ago

with Lyle

Mike Saviage

9.1

Light gold. Slightly heavier and deeper color than the D&S (Coche) Meursault. Tropical nose of apricot, sweet ripe fruit and vanilla. In the mouth its rich and glycerol with more weight. A little heat too. Longer finish. Side by side I like the Coche more. — 9 years ago

Sarah Stierch

Food & Wine Editor Sonoma Valley Sun

9.5

Pinot, Syrah and Semillion make for a funky as heck sparkler with s beautiful gold-orange hue. 🍾👌🏻 — 9 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

From the ‘King of Chenin’ Ken Forrester, this flagship wine is rich and complex. Bright yellow with gold edges and strong aromas of fruit and spice with underlying yeasty notes. On the palate peach, apricot and lemon with s touch of honey and sweet vanilla spice. The wine sits on oak so an added level of complexity is shown. Finish is fresh, crisp and lingers with great length. A tad pricey but true example of one of the finest Chenin's made. — 9 years ago

John Van Trijp

9.9

Auction (Versteigerung) bottle gold capsule AP#23
Wooow, where to start? The JJ Prüm 05's are one of the best they ever made. This one has a beautiful nose of botrytis, white chocolate, honey, pineapple. Like Fritz Haag, these wines have the intensity of beerenauslese without losing their freshness. What will it taste like in 100 years from now....105/100! — 9 years ago

Scott Wiegand

9.3

My favorite cider. A sweeter cider but well balanced and slightly spicy for an overall great flavor profile. Their Saskatoon cider is great if you are looking for something a little sweeter and more unusual. — 10 years ago

Geoffrey Turnbull

9.1

Somm Factory II - Evolution
Session 1 - Burgundy VS Oregon
Ac: M
Alc: M
B: M
T: -
S: Just dry
Brilliant, clear, yellow with gold;
Fruit turning brown, lactic smell, nuttiness, burnt caramel;
Cooked fruit, transforms to crab apple - classic old world finish
— 10 years ago

Geoffrey Turnbull

9.0

Somm Factory II - Evolution
Session 3 - Germany vs Ontario
Ac: H
Alc: M-
B: M
T: -
S: Off-dry
Gold appearance, floral nose w green fruit, honey and brown apple flavours. — 10 years ago

Peter Hamilton

10

Segal´s Unfilter Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

Double Gold Terravino 2012 Winner

Extremely dry finish, sophisticated break, deep rich start — 11 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

I bought my first vintage from this producer & terroir beginning with the 2010 vintage and what a vintage to start. I bought four bottles for right around $50 or a little less. They were so amazing, I drank through them in no time at all. For those of you that read my posts, that’s not normally what I do. I like to drink one & age the rest. Since then, I have looked & looked for more. I’d finally given up hopes of finding more until recently I struck gold. I should have bought all nine bottles but a calmer head prevailed. It’s definitely changed since having it fresh. On the nose, the fruits are slightly macerated. Heather honey, beeswax, golden & green apple, pineapple upside down cake, slight orange citrus blend, mango, glazed nuts, soft, delicate, chalky minerals, a touch of jasmine & yellow lilies. The body is much rounder & thicker than when it was young. Waxy. So, beautifully layered across the palate. Much of the palate matches the nose. Heather honey, beeswax, golden & green apple, apricots, peach, pineapple upside down cake, slight orange citrus blend, mango, slight molasses character & glazed nuts with citrus blossoms, yellow lilies & jasmine. The minerals are much more grippy & bold as they cut across and set on the palate. The acidity round & phat. The texture is amazing as is the length, balance & beautiful, rich, long finish that lasts two-minutes plus. So glad I found more of this wine! Hubert Lamy seriously over deliver the terroir & the price point by a country mile. If you are not buying this wine on pre-arrival, you are missing great wine and excellent value. Can’t say enough good things about it. Especially, the 2010. I expect the 15 to hold similar quality. Photos of; Olivier Lamy, Olivier working in this vineyard, barrel room and their Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Vineyard. Producer notes and history...There have been Lamy’ s growing vines in St-Aubin since 1640, today it is run by Olivier Lamy. Olivier is a new breed of Burgundian grower keen to progress. He trained Méo-Camuzet & made a number of vintages before taking over in 1996 from his father Hubert. Hubert Lamy used to sell fruit to négociants, but that stopped in 1997. He grubbed up and sold off peripheral vines, keeping only the best and oldest sites. Currently he is experimenting with different planting densities in a quest to capture even greater expression of terroir. The Domaine produces both reds and whites and now has 16.5 hectares of vineyards, mostly in St-Aubin but also own a few parcels in Chassagne-Montrachet and a tiny plot in the Grand Cru Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet. Yields are kept low and recent innovations have been introduced with selection tables in the cuverie to ensure that only the healthiest and ripest grapes are used. His more recent move to reduce the amount of new oak with the introduction of demi-muids 300-600 liter barrels have also helped to improve the wines. Vinification is traditional and the wines are matured with only 20-30% new oak for 12 months before minimal filtration and then bottling. The quality is very high and is often superior to many wines from much more prominent villages that sell at twice the price or more. — 7 years ago

Eric Egan

9.5

Phenomenal Auslese from this out-of-the-way Staatsweingut Trier vineyard. Pale green-gold sheen of a very young wine. Beautifully pungent yet delicately nuanced nose of raw unripe grape juice and pips, peach kernel, Chinese gooseberries, dragonfruit, and dandelions; stunning concentration of flavours on the palate with crushing layers of musky fruit and incredible knife-sharp acidity. This excellent example of the '83 vintage just goes to show how nowhere in the world even comes close to the M-S-R! — 9 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

9.5

15% alc.
A non-vintage bottling from a Solera established in 1921.
Bottling date unknown but based on the overall look and condition of the bottle I would guess this is from late 70's/early 80's.
Stunning!! — 9 years ago

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

8.9

From magnum. Our aperitif with the Cattier father and son team who make the wine for Jay Z in Chigny-les-Rose on the Mountain of Reims. The current 750's are based on 2012, but this is based on 2010 as they did not use 2011 for Armand de Brignac. Toasty, tasty, simple Champagne. — 9 years ago

Riccardo L.

9.5

My mouth feels like is on fire. Like a lightning bolt just scorched everything and left s smoky, salty, ashy, pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Scotland, Ireland, leprechaun, scotch bonnets, Jamaica. what? — 10 years ago

Dennis Turner

9.1

Pale gold with an orchard fruit nose. Creamy mouth feel with a little citrus complexity on the finish. Liked very much particularly after it warned s little.
Drank 2009 on 5.15.15 — 10 years ago

Jared Cocke

9.4

Jameson Gold purchased 17 years ago. This is s different whiskey than what they sell now. Fantastic, a classic. — 10 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.2

Excellent mature Eden Valley riesling from the venerable S Smith & Son family company known in cuddly terms as Yalumba, based in Angaston for 165 years; pale gold wine; ultra dry; lime juice acidity; nose of burnt toast, brioche, leather, leatherwood honey. — 10 years ago

James Parker Huston, CWE

Sommelier Charlie Palmer

9.9

Called 78 Barolo. Bonné Chance to my friends in Aspen. Bring home the Gold and Red! — 11 years ago

Matt Sterr

9.2

This is what affordable American Lager should be. It doesn’t taste like corn syrup, which is a plus as well as a rarity these days. Light enough that you can drink a bunch of them with the flavors I imagine the myriad of independent regional American lagers of the ‘50’s and 60’s might have exhibited. Loved this one. — 7 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.2

Tasted blind. Medium gold color. Looks older. Notes of dried apricots and beeswax. In the mouth it's nicely rich, but there's no significant acidity to balance against the fruit. We are all convinced this isn't Chardonnay. I guess 70's Bordeaux Blanc. No, its (old) CA Chardonnay. Interesting data point. — 7 years ago

Bruce McKillican

9.0

Tastes like Christmas — 8 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.3

Light straw gold. Succulent nose with bright fruit... apricot, lemon, clay, marzipan and spearmint. Rich and round in the mouth. Nice structure that weighs on the fruit side more than the acidity. Really nice juice. One of the better 06's that I recall tasting or drinking. Can certainly improve but nice now. — 8 years ago

Jared Mayron

9.5

Great minerality, red fruit, floral, great finish, SF international double gold — 9 years ago

Emily Rath

9.2

Beautiful yellow gold with pineapple, peach, mineraltiy, chalk, light honey bursting from the glass. Fruity with underlying nuttiness, butter, toast, granola. Smooth, round, and great med +acidity balanced out by a hint of RS. Med + acid, med + finish. LOVELY

💜s scallops with beurre Blanc, roast chicken with romesco, bloomy or fresh cheeses

— 9 years ago

Marshall Todd Herron DPM

9.5

Hello my friends! Well it is time to review another sake! This is my favorite so far. It is Gekkeikan 's Black and Gold. This is an amazing cold filtered sake. The bouquet reminds me of wild flowers and honey. The initial palate is so smooth and buttery. It has to be ice cold to appreciate the butter cookie dipped in milk effect. The finish is dry with hints of chocolate raspberry tart. I give it my highest rating yet for sake! I need salmon sushi now and another sip! WOW! — 9 years ago

Curtis Osborn

9.0

Curtis had this 10 years ago

Geoffrey Turnbull

9.0

Somm Factory II - Evolution
Session #1 Burgundy VS Oregon
Ac: H+
Alc: M+
B: M+
T:
S: Dry
2008 vintage
Brilliant, clear, yellow/gold;
French oak — 10 years ago

Martin Redmond

8.9

Pale gold color with tiny bubbles and apple, spiced ginger, peach, and pastry dough aromas. On the palate, it s light, refreshing and appealing with tart apple, peach, hint of pear, ginger flavors and some appealing minerality. It's young. My bet is that given time it will improve with age. — 10 years ago

Pamela Ewald

9.2

Tasting my way through the 2012's. Really fab now. Can't wait for later!! — 10 years ago