Kelly Seiler

10

Wine club selection October 2019, tastes like a crisp cold fall day - nice tannin, rich with a light peppery dark fruit taste — 6 years ago

Bill Bender

9.1

Decanted prior to my arrival. Initial taste showed a bit muddled and nondescript. Time and air gave it lift. Flavors of dark cherry and sous bois, with nice balance. — 6 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

Deep yellow gold, heavy in the glass. Great leesy old white burg nose. . Notes of sweet lemon, apricot cardamom spice, more lemon peel and some river stone. Rich in the mouth. Tons of structure and acidity. Needed 5 hrs of air to really come on. — 6 years ago

Anthony De Blasi

9.0

My first 2015 Bordeaux. If this represents the Right Bank vintage we're in for real treats! Rich, medium to full bodied but showing elegance where it's needed. Good stuff! — 7 years ago

Joe Lucca

9.8

Not a bad way to start the night. Extremely floral, loads of violets, crushed limestone and some damp earth on the nose.
Very delineated palate. Clean and bright layers. Loads of minerality. With air, it becomes pure raspberry velvet. Such an infant. Put this in your cellar and hide it!!! This is proof positive why I am so in love with Burgundy. — 7 years ago

with Frank, Kevin and 1 other

Raul Puga

8.9

Very smooth. Great value — 8 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.3

2001 vintage. At Chez Simon in Flagey-Echezeaux. Medium golden hue. On the nose, stone fruit and almond profile, hazelnut and honeyed. On the palate medium acidity and body - silky and slightly oily. Good concentration and long, but not overly so. Very refined. Slightly disappointing relative to expectation. Drink now until 2026+. With air, mineral wet stone and honey character to the fore. Suggest opening for a day before drinking. — 9 years ago

Andrew Dick

8.9

Earth tones are prevalent — 9 years ago

Gareth Owens

9.9

2001. Cooler vintage that is slowing grace in ageing. Still lively acid with strong primary fruits. Showing hints of honeysuckle and acacia tones with air. Fascinating wine, showing the grace and tension of great charging — 10 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

Really a nice little wine. Lots going on. 2010 is a great Bordeaux vintage it seems for little wines like this. — 11 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.6

Medium gold but looks youthful in the glass with steady fine bubbles. At first it’s youthful and one dimensional with notes of bread, citrus and apples. With an hour of air it gains complexity with ample acidity and develops a pleasing creaminess. Resembles a nicely aged Chablis. Palate coating long finish. In a great place. — 6 years ago

Andrew Schirmer

9.0

Honey and flowers. Well-integrated oak. Rather lovely. — 6 years ago

with Alsu

Tom Casagrande

9.1

I had to carefully decant this, as it had a lot of that light, floaty sediment that starts zooming around if you even look at the bottle the wrong way. It’s got a light color, and loads of tangy cherry/ berry fruit, accented by a musky floral note and some stony minerality. In the mouth, it’s quite fluid and gulpable. Bone dry, but with nice pure fruit and lingering minerality. Deceptively complex. — 7 years ago

with Lyle

Matt Trader

9.2

Valentine's Day 2018. Paired with Roasted Butterflied Lobster Tail, and a Chocolate Truffle Torte. Notes to come:)

- - Brane-Cantenac is a special wine to my wife and I. It is the first Bordeaux Chateaux we ever visited on our honeymoon. It is this little modest estate sitting in the shadow of the oversized Chateaux of Cantenac Brown, but it couldn't be more opposite when you bring the wine into the mix. Classic Margaux nose but less funk and more fruit. Terrior is hard to define, but if you have been somewhere memorable, and have a wine or food from that place.. it's when you have it again and it transports you back that to that place and time that defines that for me. It smells of the cool clean air and morning dew, sunshine, gravel dust from the road we had just driven in on, leather and wood from the barn, and the fresh overtones of fruity wine just beginning fermentation in the production facility that make up the core character of the wine. It is the terrior of Cantenac, and more specifically of Brane-Cantenac.

Paired this with Roasted Butterflied Lobster, and Broccolini, and a little left over for the Chocolate Truffle Torte I made as well for Valentine's Day. — 7 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.4

Still young. Needs air.
Great after an hour in the decanter. — 7 years ago

Ashley Diaz

9.0

Soyka special delicious wine — 8 years ago

Marc Piro

9.4

Prefer it freshly opened with limited air while it's still tight. Really good. — 9 years ago

with Anna

GC1

10

We bought almost a case of that from Costco on 2007. They don't sale this vintage anymore but I still have one bottle left. — 9 years ago

J Krause

9.5

Balanced and light, acidic and fruity on the palate — 10 years ago

with Roshni

Rita Kwong

10

Very complex yet still very drinkable. Absolutely love. — 11 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.3

Medium gold. Nice weight. Citrus and sea shell nose. Also notes of white stones, sweet kiwi and some tan spice. Rich and powerful in the mouth, a bit disjointed, but it began to come together with air. Shows a little more age than I would expect but its a nice drink now. — 6 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.6

Tour d’Argent. Surprisingly young color, light gold. At first it’s soft and delicate. With air it shows notes of citrus, tan spice, white clay, minerals and some cardamom. Starts with great fruit and has structure and acidity that builds with air. There’s a sweetness that stays with it over 3 hours. Great wine. — 6 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.8

Tasted blind. Straw gold. Knockout nose. Notes of apricot, lemon, wet river stones, tan spice, minerals and a little bit of iodine. Rich and impactful in the mouth. Great acidity that is equally matched by the fruit. With air time, notes of the Ramonet mint come on in a wonderful way. Guessed 93 Ramonet Montrachet. Super impressive and still youthful. One of the best whites I’ve ever had, and certainly the best BBM. — 7 years ago

Michelle Pautz

9.5

Cherry, tobacco — 7 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

Light gold. Heavy in the glass. Memorable nose with notes of lemon, cardamom spice, white stone, mint and a little honey. At first, quiet and shy. After 4-5 hours of air this blossomed, and the structure and acidity came on. Lasting finish, coats the palate. Not the biggest of Clos, but still a really great experience. When you hit on one of these, it's a great night regardless of the other bottles. — 7 years ago

Peter Sultan

8.9

If a wine can be honest (& a farmers wine to boot), this is it. Even threw off a bit of sediment for such a youngin'. Much much better the 2nd day. Doesnt have the acidic snap that some of my fave Bourgueils do, but Im rootin for it — 8 years ago

Richard Steinberg

9.1

Very nice surprise. Especially for price paid. Nice black cherry fruit with some oak and cedar hints. Not a ton of mouthfeell but very pleasant. — 9 years ago

Eric Egan

9.4

I suspect this didn't get quite enough air. Not quite pop and pour but it was only open for 45 mins before we drank it (we were perhaps over-concerned about the mid shoulder level). Lovely (and lively) russet core with long legs as a ruby rim; nose of pencil shavings, cigar tubes (hint of metal with lots of tobacco), blackberry stalks, and lingering aromas of compté cheese rind and venerable (on-the-edge) rose petals; long and satisfying - persistent tannins and well integrated but still present acidity. From half bottle - need to give the next one more time!!! — 9 years ago

Phaedra Brucato

9.6

Just right. — 9 years ago

Flyingfish55

8.9

I wish we could of made it to the top of the Eiffel Tower, I was so jealous of the couple that we saw get engaged. — 10 years ago

with Jamison