emily a

9.0

Light and fresh with a hint of spritz — 7 years ago

carmen

10

Pique poul is a rare rosé. It’s light, very pale, refreshing with a fruity finish — 8 years ago

Lorenzo Marco Savona

9.1

I can't understand why southern French whites are not more popular. This beautiful white with mango, melon, hints of ginger and white pepper is a charming, food friendly, easy to drink wine — 9 years ago

Dana tolley

9.3

Sweet red wine. Great taste. — 9 years ago

Kendall Johnson

9.5

Just enough spice to pique your interest without being overwhelming. Luscious dark berries. So delicious!! #wsjwine — 9 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.2

New producer to me, but if you want to pique my interest, then "Vignes Centenaires" is certainly the way to do it. Apparently the producer worked for Allemand before buying this plot next door to Brouilly. It certainly tastes more distinguished than the generic appellation normally suggests. This is juicy, super-drinkable Beaujolais with a neon-bright magenta color and crystal-crunchy fruit, but it's also loaded with crushed rock and commensurately grainy tannin - you can practically visualize those thick-skinned tiny berries popping in your mouth and getting gritty with it as the sweet fruit oozes out. With air it starts featuring some non-fruit notes in a much deeper pitch - think cloves and cigar tobacco. — 9 years ago

James Parmiter

9.2

From Charlie ; delicious — 10 years ago

David Fransois

8.9

Very nice Bergerac. — 7 years ago

Peg Hanssen

9.8

Preparing for our adventure to Portugal Surdyks’ Recommendation:
(Douro) Portugal is a prolific wine country, best known for its sweet dessert wine - Port. World famous in its many styles, Port is sweet and fortified, prized for its rich flavors and lush texture. Portugal also has fabulous dry red wine. Dow’s “Vale do Bomfim” is made with the same grapes and sourced from the same historic Douro Valley that produces Dow’s great Ports. Portugal’s indigenous grapes – Tinta Barroca, Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, and Tinto Cão – are names that should pique your interest and draw you to this imported discovery. Picked by hand and manually sorted with great care, the grapes are fermented in small vats. The resulting wine has complexity and style. Portugal’s Douro Valley has consistently good climate and growing conditions almost every year. The flavors are dynamic and the tannic structure is soft and silky. This is a really good wine for all occasions, with an affordable price and value.
$8.49 Spring 2017 ($14.49) — 8 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.0

I think if I were drawing up exactly what I want Dolcetto to be, it would be this wine. Fresh dark cherry, moderate tannins, yet textured & aromatic enough to pique one's interest. — 9 years ago

Daniel Watt

9.0

Could be a few years older but distinct notes of leather and currant, slight hints of truffle, possibly from my steak, but a fine wine nonetheless — 9 years ago

Mike Hillman

9.3

Cork broke on us so we were worried but all was well. Earthy and chewy but very delicious. With steak. — 10 years ago

Mark Watson

10

Our favourite rose. Delicate light fruity flavours, dry and well balanced. We have been drinking this wine over a number of years and it is consistant; always a pleasure. — 10 years ago

Christopher Appel

9.1

Interesting pique flavor. Great value wine — 8 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.2

All the things I love in a skin contract white wine. This eschewes the more common apricotty notes in favor of confit lemon and Mandarin orange, backed by great texture, tart acidity and a kiss of Brett. Evolves dynamically over the course of the evening, always showing a new pique of interest. Wine for lambic lovers.

NB: Stand this up for a while and carefully open and decant - otherwise you'll end up with a hazy, New England style IPA situation. — 8 years ago

Alexandre Bouchard

8.9

Super bueno... Bien mieux que ma dernière tentative (un 2002).
50 balles sur table. Ça pique quand même. — 9 years ago

Ben Kaminsky

9.1

Vanilla, pear and pomelo for days. Good structure. Really lovely, long, crisp finish. — 9 years ago

Michael Malecki

9.2

Pique-nique!! — 9 years ago

Elaine Thap

8.9

Carbonic maceration. Bone dry with dark fruit notes. Fresh start but will mellow out with some time. Save a couple bottles for later! — 10 years ago

with Peter

Jhonel Faelnar

Sommelier The Fourth American Brasserie, Botequim, and Singl Lounge

9.1

Some pretty sexy and spicy Carmenere. Lighter than most, not overextracted, very herbaceous and just that right tip of the tongue spice to pique the palate. 2014 vintage. — 11 years ago