Château Roche Lalande
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Pauillac de Pichon Lalande Red Bordeaux Blend 1966
1966 vintage. Mid-shoulder fill. Lip under the foil an anthrax fever dream. Cleaned than up with an ice cube and a napkin. Used a Durand but this cork merely chuckled at it. Worst cork I’ve ever (tried to) extracted with a Durand. Bring out the funnel with screen to sift/filter out all the semi-ancient cork sed. Wasn’t going to decant as per usual guest wishes so went with the smallest decanter. Tasted 15 minutes, 45 minutes and 1.5 hours after opening. Light, well aged-Burgundy body. Substantial, (STILL!!!) feminine-styled offerings fruit/spicewise. Ummm…reason why Pichon-Lalande-and La Mission Haut-Brion-are my two fave BDX big guns. This was still showing better than you woulda thunk. 8.14.26 — 2 months ago
Pierre Brisset
Sous Roche Dumay Saint Aubin 1er Cru Chardonnay 2024
Château Haut-Surget
Lalande de Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend
Has aged remarkably well Probably because of the year. Drunk April 10, 2026. A great indicator for the aging of wine. Pomerol and this winery. — 7 months ago
Château Tournefeuille
Lalande de Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2022
A high quality price ratio wine! Very approachable with soft tannins, dark fruit and sundry oak influences that make for a nice wine. This bottle cost less than $30!! — 9 months ago
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2005
My last of three.
The 05 vintage is basically perfect fruit etc…
This started a bit slow from an hour decant. It really pick up steam w/ the Waygu Ribcap.
The Bordeaux elegance & earth profound. The fruits are floral-laden. Dry blackberries, raspberries, both plum, with skin, dark cherries, dry strawberries, baked rhubarb, hints of raspberry, dark chocolate bar, light caramel, dark spice with a little heat, dry limestone. topsoil, dry riverstone, cigar box with ash, old used leather, dark forest floor with leaves, clove, touch of cinnamon, vanilla and a pinch of nutmeg sweet graphite, used charcoal, black tea, mid berry cola dark wuthering flowers, hence of lavender and old violets, perfect around acidity with a well-balanced structured, evenly tensioned finish that last minutes and lands on dry earth and spice with florals — 4 days ago
Domaine Hubert Lignier
Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2001
Hubert Lignier's Clos de la Roche 2001 is an elegant beast—powerful in structure, layered and unfolding progressively, with fleshy texture, dark fruit, and black pepper intertwining. It's a very 'un-Roche' Roche. I've had AR's Roche and Dujac's Roche before, but neither had this kind of sheer power.
The 2014 DRC Richebourg exceeded expectations. I wasn't a big fan of the 2014 vintage before—it's a weaker year after all. But this one only started to open up after three hours of decanting, from 5 PM to 8 PM. I poured it three times over the evening, and each glass showed a different evolution:
· First glass: hawthorn and sour plum soup.
· Second glass: elegant rose perfume began to emerge, along with white pepper spice.
· Third glass: fully opened—red fruit, floral notes, and licorice intertwined, with a slender, lean, elegant frame—charming and refined, never cloying.
What a joyful evening. Both bottles were absolutely delightful! — 4 months ago
Domaine Leroy
Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Pinot Noir 1998
Louis Latour
La Grande Roche Montagny 1er Cru Chardonnay
Well balanced wine, deep and rich taste — 7 months ago
Château La Fleur de Boüard
Lalande de Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2011
Great balance. Superb — 5 years ago
JC Garnier
La Roche Bezígon Loire Valley Chenin Blanc
Most fresh — 4 days ago
Domaine aux Moines
Savennières-Roche aux Moines Chenin Blanc 2017
Classic chenin blanc. Med plus acidity, peach pear white flowers and of course lambswool. Could go for at least another 5 years. — 2 months ago
Château Siaurac
Lalande de Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2019
A beautiful classic Right Bank Bordeaux smooth, velvet texture with notes of dark plum, black cherry and a little cocoa. Medium to full body elegant rather than jammy. Best pairing with filet mignon, roast lamb. Elegant, smooth and beautifully balanced. — 6 months ago
Belle Roche
Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Nice and fruity. Medium body with a short finish. Get good notes of fruit and some pepper on the nose — 6 years ago
Ray Vanderhoff
From the Cote’ Chalonnaise. Murky garnet color with a ruby core. Aromas of cooked red fruit, dried flowers, smoke and wet soil. Flavors of ripe cherries and strawberries, mushrooms, sweet baking spices (especially cloves) and a bit of minerality. Long and very savory finish. Silky tannins, mouth coating texture and bright acidity. 13% ABV. Delicate and satiny. Excellent quality for the price. — 22 days ago