Claude Bentz

Claude Riffault

La Noue Sancerre Rouge Pinot Noir 2021

High stakes fall baseball and a Sancerre rouge. This is quite nice for the difficult ‘21 vintage. Color is super light. Nose is quite fragrant, with wafting sweet cherry juice, a mid-toned floral note, and flinty crushed stone. Enters gently on the palate, with cherry juice leading, but a bitterish note quickly appears and accelerates on the slightly short finish. Overall, a fine effort given conditions, and lovely with a simply roasted chicken. — 7 days ago

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Jean-Claude Boisset

Les Ursulines Bourgogne Pinot Noir 2022

Aromas of dark fruits, soft almost silky tannins. Earthy with a peppery finish. Very nice Burgnone Pinot. — 3 months ago

Jean-Claude Lapalu

Vieilles Vignes Brouilly Gamay 2022

Brouilly, to me, is the fruitiest of the crus, and this is fruit in spades. So tangy and fruity. A bit of barnyard funk on the nose adds complexity. Very zingy and fruity in the mouth. Downright tangy!

UPDATE: After a couple hours of air, this is getting funkier and funkier. Clearly a low- or no-sulfite wine. I Vacuvin-ed a bit to see whether it will even be drinkable on night 2. My guess is it won’t be. (Further update: it was still good but it became clear to me that the funkiness was I was getting on night one was actually brett, which was somehow easier for me to identify the next night.)
— 4 days ago

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Doug Powers

Doug Powers

I visited Lapalu once when a few of us spent a day tagging along with Eric Texier to his favorite Beaujolais producers!!

Domaine Jean-Claude Marsanne

Saint-Joseph Syrah 2021

Jeremy Shanker
9.0

Solid St Joseph — 3 months ago

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Louis Claude Desvignes

Côte du Py Morgon Gamay

Plenty of ripe red fruit, bubble gum, medium body and a lot of brett on the nose. — 5 months ago

Claude Dugat

Lavaux St. Jacques Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2001

This was showing well with good weight, length & finish — a month ago

Lyle, Neil and 2 others liked this

Anne Claude Leflaive

Clau de Nell Anjou Grolleau 2018

Very deep cherry red. Aroma has complexity including leather, animal, oak, spices like clove, nutmeg, anise. Concentration. tannin. First time to taste matured Grolleau. Anne Claude Leflaive Clau de Nell Anjou Grolleau 18 @5049, Umem, 250629-250710 — 3 months ago

Les Cailloux du Paradis (Claude Courtois)

Racines Vin de pays du Loir-et-Cher Red Blend 2020

Interesting wine, 13 grapes, natural without being annoying. Opens up nicely. Not overly heavy, nice balance. Fresh with good acid. Good suggestion from the fine folks at Joe Beef in Montreal, and a good pairing with the very rich food here. — 5 months ago

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