Tom Casagrande

8.9

I was ready to be skeptical about this because I generally am that way with Italian whites, but this is damn good. Nose has lots of fragrant stony minerality, fresh pear-like fruit, and a light herbal, slightly resinous note. Fresh, but with nice concentration and a long, very pure finish. Pretty nice! — 7 years ago

Raj Harb

9.1

Chartreuse. Still developing and a bit green. Stony. Tasty. — 9 years ago

Mike Beltran

9.2

19 yrs old and still stunning late harvest CHARDONNY... Complex with vibrant fruit and acidity. Only two barrels made. The finest late harvest CHARDONNY I have ever had.... Lush and balanced. Only have one bottle left. Very lucky to have a few bottles.....
— 10 years ago

with Joe

Scott Wren

9.0

Citrus stony juice--lemon from a rock. Super refreshing — 10 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.3

Incomparable Riesling! Very oily and mineral. Nose is dominated by stony complexity: wet rocks, moss, white tea, straw, wool and jasmin. Discrete fruit associations in the back: peach kernel and red apple peel. Hints of petrol. Salty palate, very mineral and stony too, wonderful concentration and focus. Lots of tension and persistence in the impressive finish, which caries its alcoholic content (14%) well. Oh, and its completely dry! It rocks, big time. — 10 years ago

Michael Mendes

9.2

Run, don't walk. They leave just a hint of RS. This wine could lay down for decades, but fantastic now. — 11 years ago

John Willison

9.2

Salmon, orange in color. Citrus, watermelon rind, and stony minerality with some good acidity and a lingering finish. Sinskey is a perennial Rose favorite, and for good reason. Well made and enjoyable. — 11 years ago

Jay McInerney

Novelist, Wine Critic Town & Country, Expensive Wino & Gastronaut

9.2

2005 vintage. Don't love the vintage but this is lean, racy, stony, classic Raveneau MDT — 11 years ago

John Breen

9.2

Very smooth. No bitter after taste. — 12 years ago

JulietNErb

9.8

Disappeared pretty damn fast....probably a good thing! :-) — 13 years ago

James Brenner

9.0

Perfect finish. Well balanced. — 7 years ago

Matt Perlman

9.5

One of the great terroirs of Sancerre, paired with buffalo chicken salad because why not. This wine is just pure pleasure—rich and expansive but with plenty of mineral cut, stony but honeyed and suffused with a kaleidoscope of citrus and stone fruit, with a hint of marzipan and toast on the finish. — 8 years ago

William Hughes

9.2

Tasted from Magnum. Eighty plus year old vines planted on granite and sand. Youthful crunchiness in this stony wine. Plenty of acidity. Needs a couple of years to integrate. — 10 years ago

John Giaquinta

9.2

Decant, Decant, Decant. Dark red fruits, white pepper and floral notes are expressive and detailed. It's dense and substantial, with pretty floral, herbal and earthy aromas and stony, smoky, olive flavors. Good to the last drop. — 10 years ago

with MG

Gerald Montoya

9.3

Wow. Depth, persistence and concentration. Grapefruit pith, stony minerality and subtle lime notes. Great acidity keeps everything well balanced. Serious SB from CA. — 10 years ago

Michael Mendes

9.0

Picked for rosé. Pressed and fermented white. Small amount of Cab added at the end for color. Tons of acid. Very refreshing. — 11 years ago

Rory Williams

Owner/Winemaker Calder Wine Company

9.1

Stony, lemony, savory. Good grip to the texture. — 11 years ago

with Molly

Aron Hegyi

9.3

This Etna rosso is quite nice, stony, so much volcano mineral ash! — 11 years ago

Jonathan Cristaldi

Writer First We Feast, LA Magazine, SOMM Journal

9.7

Winter grass, sweetart notes, green apple, grapefruit, bracing acidity and stony, chalky finish. — 11 years ago

Maria Lebedeva

9.9

Superb red vine, one of the best — 13 years ago

Tom Casagrande

8.9

This is clearly intended to portray a Burgundian profile. And it largely succeeds. The Chablis-like nose has wet stony earth and apply fruit. Crisp acids. Minerally flavors. The problem — and this is a problem I see whenever someone in a region with abundant sunshine actively tries to rein in the ripeness by picking early — is that by picking before the time when nature gives you the ripeness IT wants, the wines somehow lack depth and feel a little “clipped.” So, in sum, I like this, but it lacks the depth to be profound. — 8 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. — 8 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.0

Citrus and orchard fruit, then stony minerality, finishing with a acid/saline palate refreshing snap. Simple and refreshing, complex and engaging - your choice. — 10 years ago

Lara Abouhamad

9.0

Pepper, plum, tobacco - stony, bright red — 10 years ago

with Reed

Candice Paulsen

9.1

A gorgeous red blend. — 10 years ago

Chris Leon

9.2

There's a slick (modern?) profile at the core but comes with the stony, mineral Morgon characters still. Delicious. — 11 years ago

George Heritier

9.2

All stony mineral and beeswax. A real treat and not yet at its peak. — 11 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Big expansive nose. Terrific. Macerated cherries. Griottes. Terrific. Long. Chewiness. Stony. — 11 years ago

David Kline

9.3

Soon good. — 11 years ago

Mark Freund

9.6

Great stony minerality with citrus notes. Elegant Chenin and a freakin' steal at this price. Buy it if you can find it. — 12 years ago