Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Long day cleaning & painting getting our rental property getting it ready for our new tenant. We are burnt but, a glass of Ruinart Rosé always perks us up.

We’ll be doing this a lot over the next two weeks. Hope everyone has better weekend plans than we do! Cheers!🥂

All my previous notes apply.

Photos of; the House of Ruinart, painting of Dom Thierry Ruinart, their caves & one of their Grand Cru vineyards. — 6 years ago

Paco Suro

9.1

That was fun @$72 on list. Eclectic selection #birba. Dry. Medium to full. Sandalwood. — 7 years ago

Ricardo Beltran

9.0

This is definitely a top surprise. "Amateur" but with a huge potential in bottle. Acidity of the 2011 harvest in 2017 is still alive and promising the release of some exaggerated alcoholic syndromes. Very good for fat red meat. — 8 years ago

Eric Hoepelman

9.2

Rood
Tinto — 8 years ago

Ricardo Beltran

8.9

The marbel fermentation gives it an epic spicy side in perfect harmony with a very soft aging in new oak. Awesome! — 9 years ago

Ariane Veilleux Carpentier

9.2

Beurré et minéral! Parfait pour célébrer! — 9 years ago

with Edouard

Charles Mires

9.5

Outstanding. — 6 years ago

Maddie Fromell

8.9

Listening to fado in Lisbon — 6 years ago

John Allen

9.0

Erin DeByl brought this to us. Easy to drink, flavorful red, no bad aftertaste or strong acidic taste. Stays in mouth well. — 7 years ago

Javier Alonso

8.9

Añada 1980. — 8 years ago

Jeff Christner

8.9

It's there own label. Nice dry white with seafood in Lisbon. — 8 years ago

Kendra Riggs

9.2

Liked a lot. Would buy again. — 8 years ago

Stanislav Lobanov

9.0

(16.5/20) Аромат варенья из чёрных ягод и клубники, кожи и корицы. Умеренная кислотность и гладкие, деликатные танины. Очень хорошо! — 9 years ago

jonas bonnetta

9.4

Tasty sipper. Smooth and smoother. — 9 years ago

with Caylie

Michael Mallon

9.0

A gentle behemoth. Brooding blackberries, blueberries, gravel, black pepper with a savory finish. Well integrated tannins. Naturally, you'll want to give this some air. — 6 years ago

Jared Sheffield

9.2

Very unique wine. Similar characteristics to Nebbiolo. Beautiful color from the age reflecting a very earthy earthy full-bodied wine. The initial nose also has tar, wet soil and cassis. Needs half a day (at least) to open up. The flavor has cherry, raspberry, tobacco and beef-like flavor. Great smoky finish. Very different for me — 7 years ago

Riccardo L.

9.0

Mmmmmmmmmmm so beautiful. How can you possibly do better than this for $15? Full, thick, deep... sounds x-rated. — 8 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2014 - yeast, citrus, melon, complex smell, good effort — 8 years ago

Eldon Sproule

9.5

This is quite a complex wine. Give it some time to breathe and it will reward you for that. Doesn't need any more time to age, if anything drink it soon. I didn't have another to compare it to, but it may be just past it's prime. Primary flavours: Tobacco, stewed plum, dried sour cherry. Secondaries: leather, smoke, white pepper, vanilla. Tertiaries: green capsicum, spearmint. Full body, long finish, very intense, very complex, many levels of expression.

The short answer - buy it and drink it — 8 years ago

Stephen Zipp

9.0

Wonderful. This was has impressively delicate minerality. Just a little acidic and warm. Lovely wine that I thoroughly enjoyed with mussels fra diavolo. — 9 years ago