Hiroshi Tominaga

8.9

Good. Rich, dark cherry but balanced. Bought at Mitsukoshi for ¥5,000. — 6 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.1

Tasting pour at Hospice du Rhône Saturday Grand Tasting. Great CDP Blanc to start the afternoon. — 7 years ago

Adam Crane

9.5

Wine bar in Verona with several decades of WS Grand Awards. Killer list! — 9 years ago

Florian Perolini

9.0

In English and French.

What a luck !

- A magnum Hermitage La Chapelle 1975 from Paul Jaboulet Aîné.

Bottle opened 24 hours before drink.

The wine is brown and trouble.

A big density, the bouquet offer lot of spicies, cinnamon, dried grappe, old cherry in alcool, date fruit.

The palate :

Full of spicies, deep. Again the cinnamon followed by date fruit and dried grappes, smooth and elegant, a long and fresh finish on the ground aromas like mushroom an old and luxury wood.

Not so old ! A great wine. Loved it.

Around 1200 - 1700 €


- Chance incroyable !

Degustation autour de ce magnum de 1975. Rare. Bouteille ouverte 24h à l'avance.

Sous sa robe usée, trouble et marron, ce vin cache une ceritable fraîcheur.

Son bouquet s'ouvre sur les épices, cannelle, fruits secs, raisins secs, cerise à l’eau de vie et dattes fraîches d'Iran.

Un grand bol de fruits secs, d'épices, de dattes, beaucoup de matière et de tendresse. Un style tout en élégance.
Une longue finale sur des notes tertiaires de mousse, champignon, et de vieux cèdre.

Très beau. J'ai beaucoup aimé.
Attention, le goût de vieux vins est toujours particulier !

Autour de 1200 - 1700 €.

À bientôt.
Florian. — 9 years ago

Erik Sjolund

8.9

So fruity and drinkably nice. Not the grand complexity, it's young but fine. — 10 years ago

john wilkes

9.0

Realty nice Bordeaux. Smooth, nice finish. Not oaked - which helped. — 10 years ago

Gus Kalaris

9.4

Fantastic , oxidized wonder. Complex nuttiness and great richness- 2007 — 10 years ago

Ilaria Ropolo

9.1

Appellation Saint-Emilion Gran Cru Contrôlée 2006, 13%. Bottle tasted in September 2014. At first a was a bit worried because the cork was very wet and not in very good conditions, but I poured half a glass and I left the bottle to breathe for a couple of hours. The wine was then quite beautiful, with a oaky nose slightly smoky, ripe dark red fruits, plum marmalade and nuts too. Very smooth and pleasant in the mouth, was paired with aged french cheese. — 11 years ago

Benoit Duhamel

9.3

Première bouteille ouverte manquant beaucoup d’éclat. La deuxième était nettement supérieure. Un vieux bourgogne subtil et délicat. Le nez est hallucinant sur le sous-bois, le cuir, les champignons la terre et un peu de rose. La bouche est un peu
rustique, viandée et terreuse et la finale n’est pas très longue. Ne plait clairement pas à tout le monde mais j’adore ces vieux bourgognes plus délicat. — 7 years ago

Thierry POUSSIN

9.4

1978, vieux très grand vin de 1978, 39 ans. Encore beaucoup de tenue, puissance, nez de cuir et vieux livres, équilibré en bouche, un grand plaisir de boire ce vin de légende. — 8 years ago

with ZHAO

Florian Perolini

9.1

In English and French.

Whisky !

- Kavalan Solist Vinho barrique. 59.4%
Single Malt. Taïwan.
Matured in White and Red wine oak.
Distilled in mars 2010. Bottled july 2015.
212 bottles in the world.
Single Cask. Cask Strenght.

Taïwan is an isle south Est of China.
Kavalan is in the North. Hot and wet climate.
The Angels'share is more important : 10% each year. Scotland : 1% each year.
And the maturation is faster. For exemple, a 7 years old Kavalan Whisky will look like to a 18+ years old Scotch. Impressive.

Best Single malt and best of the best for the 2015 world whiskys ?

The fact ???
Lets try it !!

The color is impressive. Dark brown. Beautiful.

Just 2 cl in the glass and ... explosion !
Old cedar, pine wood, nuts, fresh vanilla, passion fruit, mango and coconut, red fruits to !!. Original.
Love it !

59.4% alcool.... strong, but fatty, so easy to drink. Red fruits, cherry, pine wood, exotics fruits : mango and passion fruit.
Nice balance, you can feel a little sweet sensation.
The finish : cassis, dark chocolate and leather.
Long, very long.

An impressive whisky with high density and good complexity. Best whisky in the world??? That's totaly subjective. For me ? No, but one of the best i ever tried !

Now, in France the price is around 250 euros. Dont know for other country.


☆ Kavalan Solist Vinho barrique. 59.4%
Cask Strength. Single Cask
Distillé en 2010. Édition 2015. 212 bouteilles pour le monde.
Taïwan.
Whisky élevé dans des fûts de vin blanc et rouge.

Taïwan est une île au Sud Est de la Chine.
La distillerie Kavalan se situe au Nord Est.
Climat chaud et humide.
La part des anges est de 10% par an, par comparaison, elle est de 1% en Écosse.
La maturité y est aussi plus rapide, un whisky de 7 ans est comparable en complexité à un whisky de plus de 18 ans en Écosse !

Alors !? Meilleur whisky du monde 2015 ?
Qu'en est-il ?

Après avoir juste versé 2 cl dans mon verre, le bouquet à littéralement envahi la pièce.
Vieux cèdre, sapin du sud-ouest, aiguilles de pin. La noix, gousse de vanille, Fruits rouges. Puis, très exotique, sur la mangue, le fruit de la passion et la noix de coco. On s'y perd ! Puissance aromatique énorme !

59.4% c'est beaucoup! Mais finalement quelle douceur, c'est gras.
Les arômes de cerice et de fruits rouges lancent le bal, le sapin, les fruits exotiques : mangue et fruits de la passion.
La finale s'étire très longuement sur le cassis cuit, le chocolat noir, le cuire et la banane flambée.

C'est très impressionnant !

Alors meilleur whisky du monde 2015 ??? C'est une question de goût ;, subjectif.
Pour moi, non, mais fait parti des meilleurs whiskys que j'ai pu déguster à ce jour.

Un grand whisky ! Comptez 250 euros en France....

À bientôt.
Florian. — 9 years ago

Vincent Bottreau

9.3

#1981 la classe d'un grand et vieux Barolo. Bluffant — 10 years ago

Bo Shi

8.9

Big and a little spicy but not juicy. — 10 years ago

Benoit Coledan

8.9

A bit strong but very enjoyable — 10 years ago

GabWine

8.9

Color : White
Wine estate : Romain Papilloud
Designation : Vétroz (AOC Valais)
Name : Amigne Grand Cru de Vétroz
Country : Switzerland
Vivino : 4/5
Note : Romain Papilloud, self-made-man, became a winemaker in 1979 and owner in 1987. The majority of his vineyard is located in Vétroz (Valais, Switzerland). We will observe on the top of the bottle 1 to 3 bees which represents the sugar content (A bee means 0 to 8 grams).
With a yellow robe, the nose of this amine is rich with flavors of citrus (tangerine) and honey. On the palate, a beautiful structure with apricot flavors and a delicacy in the end.
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Romain Papilloud, autodidacte, devient vigneron en 1979 et propriétaire en 1987. La majorité de son vignoble est situé à Vétroz (Valais, Suisse). On observera sur le haut de la bouteille 1 à 3 abeilles qui représente la teneur en sucre (Une abeille signifie 0 à 8 grammes).
Avec une robe jaune, le nez de cette amigne est riche avec des saveurs d’agrumes (mandarine) et de miel. En bouche, une belle structure avec des saveurs d’abricot et une gourmandise en final.
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👍🏻Vivino, FB : GabWine | IG : gabriel_dvl 🥂 — 7 years ago

Stas Medvedev

9.0

Deep red bordeaux color with brownish rim of some age. Powerful vibrant aromas of confiture fruits, savory notes of leather, earthy. Very good acidity that gives pleasant freshness to the wine. The wine is at its peak. Blend: Merlot 80%, CabFr 20%.
Grand Cru status means just a slightly tighter restrictions on production compared to St.Emilion AOP wines. 30 yrs old vines. Machine harvesting. Vinification in cement and steel tanks. Aging in vats 50% and new barrels 50%. Rating 4,0/5 — 9 years ago

Tanja Yokum

9.0

Chateau Haut-Segottes, buttery and full; lunch at Toque in Vieux Montreal. — 9 years ago

Niki Spreng

9.0

Lovely needs to breath a bit smells delightful tastes like chocolate plumbs — 10 years ago

Damien Bielle

9.6

Dense et profond, belle fraîcheur, onctueux et joli tanin, un grand vin! — 10 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.7

My oh my oh my. Let me first try to describe this as objectively as I can before I start babbling in tongues about why it's awesome. So, okay, we'll start with the color, which is somewhere between a rosé and a pale red. That's as good a portent as any for what you get when you taste it, which is this ethereal, gossamer, lacy thing that would probably flutter to the earth even slower than a feather if it were a solid object. It has a sense of freshness and light without being overtly fruity, i.e. it features the freshness and essential perfume of the fruit without the sweetness or fat. It has a minerally element too, subtle (though everything about this is subtle) but clearly reminiscent of gravelly rock pulverized to an ultrafine powder (everything about this is ultrafine). The word "finesse" is a cliché, ditto for "ethereal," but ultimately that's what's so awesome about this. I have had a lot of disappointing German pinot noir, even from highly regarded producers, and they never turn out to be what you think German pinot noir ought to be (i.e., as clear and pure and transparent as riesling, with all that cool-climate lightness). Somehow some of them turn out to be big fat Sonoma pinot lookalikes, which I will never understand. This is not like that. I am really at a loss to think of anything from anywhere to compare this to that so effortlessly pulls off such a vivid personality out of material so fine it only barely seems to have a corporeal existence, and not a flaw or seam to be seen in the way it is all put together. I can think of a Jura pinot that was in the ballpark (the '08 Chais des Vieux Bourg) and the weight and physical presence bring to mind something like Coteaux Champenois or the Dirty & Rowdy reds, but as far as I am concerned this is sui generis. There are aspects that bring to mind all sorts of things but it really needs its own frame of reference. It is profound but not in the same way that grand cru Burgundy is profound; it's a brilliant soloist, not a symphony, almost minimalist in its simplicity and tranquility, best paired with your favorite easy chair and some quiet moments. — 10 years ago