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
Beefy, smoked fruit, popcorn, seaweed nose with lingering cherry pit finish. Pretty freaking great! — 11 years ago
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
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. — 9 years ago
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
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. — 11 years ago
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
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
2004. Golden raisin, petrol, apricot pit, white flowers. Round, opulent, viscous yet very nearly bone dry. At peak. — 10 years ago
This Tasmanian winery make four different Rieslings based on different residual sugar levels. — 11 years ago
Scott Rowe
No medals but always a pleasure to follow and see what else is happening in Tassy. — 8 years ago