Mike Saviage

9.4

Tasted blind. Medium gold color. Crazy nose with notes of pineapple, tangerine, stones and some soil. Sweet pit fruit and amazing texture in the mouth. Guessed mid 80s Leflaive. Was happy being wrong with that guess. Fun wine. — 6 years ago

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9.4

Limpid orange-pink. Vibrant, mineral-accented cherry pit, peach, raspberry and melon scents, along with building orange pith and floral nuances. Stains the palate with incisive red berry, citrus fruit and lavender flavors that deftly blend depth and liveliness. Shows superb tension and intense mineral character on the strikingly long finish, which leaves bitter quinine and blood orange notes behind. (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, June 2018) — 7 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

9.4

From 85-100 year old vines, the Vielles Vignes shows remarkable structure and character. A bright, stony vibrancy coupled with a broad, flowing lemon oil acidity. Citrus peel, peach pit, mango skin, perfume oils, acacia and orange blossom. Utterly delicious and constantly changing in the glass. — 7 years ago

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9.1

Brilliant orange-pink. Potent, mineral-accented red berry, cherry pit and blood orange scents show very good clarity and lift. Taut and focused on the palate, offering concentrated red currant and bitter cherry flavors that deepen and become sweeter on the back half. Smoothly blends depth and energy and finishes long and minerally, with a suave floral note coming in late. (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, June 2017) — 8 years ago

S S

9.0

Simple and lovely. Perfect after dinner. With Peter Docker in Sydney. — 8 years ago

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Mike Saviage

9.5

Light straw yellow gold. High pitched fruity nose. Notes of ripe pit fruit, apricot, leesy lemon, cinnamon, and river stone. Rich but hugely structured mouth feel. Long satisfying finish. For me, everything you want in a nicely aged white burg. Bravo. — 8 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.1

Loads of Meyer lemon, green apple, pineapple, touch of nectarine, grapefruit w/ pit, touch of honey, nice chalk & saline, minerality, creamy, touch of mushroom, waxy, big, lush, round and beautiful long finish. Love this producer and this underrated terroir. — 8 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.3

Lt gold, straw color. Piercing nose of pit fruit, lemon, white flowers and stone. Rich and glycerol in the mouth. Good mouth feel. Med+ finish. With air this became more fruit forward and showed heaviness. — 9 years ago

Darin See

8.9

Wild, rich blackberry without drinking overwhelmingly ripe. A glass or two with my Dad on a quick trip to Vegas left me boorish if not harmlessly belligerent. A decade ago, I would have been escorting my Dad out of the casino at the pit boss's request. Oh, how times have changed! — 10 years ago

Michelle Matthews

9.0

This Tasmanian winery make four different Rieslings based on different residual sugar levels. — 10 years ago

Kate Bleasel

9.5

Drank 2009 - still so fresh, lime in colour and zesty in the mouth, but with an undertone of oily aged delight. Fantastic. — 6 years ago

Emily Kresie-Harrington

9.1

2017 vintage. Very fragrant and floral. Little bit of stemmy herbal-ness going on in the nose. Red and purple flowers: hibiscus, lilac, violet, rose petals, raspberry, peach melba, wild strawberry, green tea, lavender, tarragon. Tastes a lot like a good cru Beaujolais. — 6 years ago

Douglas Braun

9.0

Marzipan peach pit honey, medium bodied — 7 years ago

Alex Pastuszak

9.2

Yeasty, bright, with fruit and nice acidity. Great wine for the price! — 7 years ago

Joel Stevens

9.1

Post game juice by the fire pit. — 8 years ago

with Jennifer

Matt Perlman

9.2

Balanced and restrained while still conveying a sense of warmth. Fleshy but with good acidity. Chamomile and spice aromas, ripe pit fruit, citrus and marzipan flavors — 8 years ago

with Steven

Daron Watson

9.4

rich creamy fruit as well as bright fruit ~ oak, acid & a mineral/stem&pit sensation — 9 years ago

with Aaron

Matt Bernstein

9.2

Peach pit...awesome — 10 years ago

with Jasdeep

Erik McLaughlin

Vice President Seven Hills Winery

9.3

2004. Golden raisin, petrol, apricot pit, white flowers. Round, opulent, viscous yet very nearly bone dry. At peak. — 10 years ago

Anna Childers

10

Beefy, smoked fruit, popcorn, seaweed nose with lingering cherry pit finish. Pretty freaking great! — 10 years ago

Jonathan McCarthy

9.4

My favorite Yquem so far, the explicit apricot and marcona ride over a smokier, spicier background. Clean briquettes of fine Japanese coal with a skewer of white champignons and allium petals are roasting and carbonizing. Super compelling. — 6 years ago

Brendan Baker

9.1

Juicy blue and black fruits, cherry pit, smoke and spice. Very different flavor profile than Beaujolais — 7 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

9.1

Whereas most of Bandol's top estates concentrate themselves in the appellation's center, Domaine de Terrebrune, a personal favorite, finds itself on the eastern edge. While its name may connote heavier soils, a bedrock of limestone gives Terrebrune's wines their finesse and ethereal precision. With flavors of rounded river rocks, cherry pit, raspberry, Bergamot orange peel, and sweet garden herbs, the Terrebrune 2016 demonstrates why Bandol is such a singular place for top tier rosé. 50% Mourvèdre, 25% Grenache, 25% Cinsaut. — 7 years ago

Scott Rowe

9.0

No medals but always a pleasure to follow and see what else is happening in Tassy. — 8 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.0

Dry herbs, spice, waxy & oily, schist soils, touch of honey, cream, lemon, Bosc pear, grapefruit with pit, lime, fresh ripe pineapple, yellow flowers & white lilies. Photos of the vineyard property. — 8 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.7

Brought to Eleven Madison Park for lunch. Medium gold, heavy and viscous. Like motor oil in a glass with a swirl. Huge fragrant bouquet in the nose right off the get go and over 5 hours. Notes of sweet apricot, pit fruit, lemon, iodine, stone and lemon. A kaleidoscope of color in the mouth. Took 3-4 hours of air for the acidity to come on and match the richness and glycerol texture. Everything you could hope for in a white burg. The holy grail. — 8 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.6

Tasted blind. Med gold. Citrus notes on the nose with pit fruit, stone, apricot, white flowers, orange peel and a bit of honey. Rich and glycerol in the mouth. Good acidity and if it was flabby early on, it tightened up with several hours of air. Very exotic and nobody guessed Chablis. But after the reveal you could pick out the Raveneau characteristics. — 9 years ago

David Kline

8.9

Started as a new, grey rubber assault. But blew off to a subdued floral honey. And cut, nearly dried grass. White peach poking its fuzzy head into the equation. Medium-heavy mouthfeel explodes with aromatics from peach and lemon-lime to grapefruit pith in a moment of acidic clarity that effervesces against sunflower, and dandelion and a sweet pistachio that dunks your head in its sensually charged unctuous-ness. Stony and Indian gum interplay with the pit fruit in an enduring ending. — 10 years ago

with Courtney

Mike Saviage

9.6

From the Tour dArgent wine list. FnA. This is amazing Chablis. Light to med gold. Closed at first. Just wait... There it is. Kermidgean white soil and white rock stone. Shell bits. Over 3 hrs this built into that honeyed mineral stone pit fruit thing that is aged Raveneau. It's what got me interested in Chablis. It's why that disease continues. — 10 years ago

Lena Chiong

10

Minty, mineral nose due to the volcanic terroir.
Cherries, minty still young in the palate with silky tannins. Long lingering length. — 10 years ago