Louie Christensen

9.2

Lush red and black fruits, showing oak aging well. Not an over the top coconut, America oak Rioja. It shows composure, stays true to tradition. Nice acidity, great complexity. Easy drinking as well. — 9 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.6

A stunning example of quiet composure and authenticity. Smoky dark berry & earthy character wraps around the astonishing, still-present acidity. Draws you in like listening to Sketches of Spain. Fantastic and full of life. — 9 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.0

First wine I've had from this producer I've been intensely curious about. Extremely gassy, even past Badoit territory, needed some serious Mollydooker shaking and decanting to get into drinkable territory and then a bit more time beyond that to get its composure. It's got pure red-fruited flavors and aromas in the same tone, but instead of fruity the scents are intensely floral, very rosy along with something else underneath like rhubarb or some other member of the root family. Unfortunately I think there is also a nick of volatile acidity. The texture is lean and refined, perhaps not to the extent of some of the Eyrie wines but not so far off. — 9 years ago

Kyo Jin

9.6

Wine of the night for me. Balance and composure...stunning. Still much life ahead. — 9 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.1

Tasted blind & thought high quality vouvray producer. As it warms more of the tropical fruits come out but maintains its composure. Lovely mouthfeel. Yum. & under 17$--- — 10 years ago

with Owen

Kyo Jin

9.3

Thought it was a blend then thought it was from Cali then thought it was from Sonoma then thought it was a single varietal, and then thought it was a cab sauv....not really. Tremendous display of restraint and composure. Very blue though. — 10 years ago

Justin Hansohn

8.9

Showing its age a bit. The rich intensity of what this used to be is starting to fade slightly. Must say that the brightness, the acidity, and the finish, regardless of its sort of muddled composure were fully intact and keeping this alive. That familiar smell of fruit aged a bit too long and getting pruny is showing a little. I let it sit out overnight and the rich nose left behind mainly shoe polish but the brightness and muddled fruit had opened up to be something more enjoyable. Whoever wrote the little tag next to this wine at the shop was perfectly correct in saying 'hard to tell where this is headed or how to make sense of it' — 10 years ago

Kyo Jin

9.1

Such a fun night of blended scotch vs. single malts. Learned a lot more from the blended side. Composure and restraint goes a long, long way. — 10 years ago

Alex Alvärëz

9.4

After a full day open, this was incredible. Very Northern Rhone Syrah-like in its profile, with less animal edge. Has the composure to go for a long time, but I love the prettiness of it now. — 11 years ago

Kyo Jin

9.0

One meaty, yet refined riserva. Showing quite a bit of restraint and composure. — 11 years ago

Kyo Jin

9.3

Very competent and slick with much composure and with tremendous confidence. Just lovely. Get one if you see one. — 9 years ago

Greg Gregory

9.8

Ginger, coffee, cassis and mint swirl enticingly on the nose, and the wine opens with mint and black fruit, some apricot notes. At the mid palate poise and opulence seem to be dueling for precedence, but then the Mouton menthol, spices and nuttiness, and here some caramel and cassis, almost overtake the experience, and the nicely rounded tannins, and the seamless pervading core of fruit, the spice enlivened composure, lively if subtle acidity, along with truffles captivate on the simply bravura finish. — 9 years ago

Kyo Jin

9.3

Great composure. Intense nose of ripe tropical tones backed up by woodsy minerals. In a great place. Balanced. — 9 years ago

with Chaad

Saman Hosseini

Writer Maison Abattoir

9.2

Drinks like a Graves with a decade or so of age.... Stellar composure. — 9 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.5

Pudding wine; #bordeaux #sauternes #guiraud #2005 ; excellent composure; slow development; eminently fresh; 20+ yrs; 13.5% — 10 years ago

Kyo Jin

9.4

Waves. I think it's the best way to describe its composure and focus. Not tumultuous yet aggressive, but gentle. Globs of purple spray. — 10 years ago

Courtney Cochran

Sommelier/Host hiptastes.com

9.2

Quicksilver kid! Thanks for sharing the fun-quirky, generous notes of stone gumball, fuzz of white peach, lemon dust crunch and graphite shavings. Your Yellow marigold happiness, radish intermezzo, and fresh air composure bring a smile to my lips, a flutter to my olfactory. On the palate, your nervy embrace charms, your acid bite just piquant enough to keep me on my toes - mellower now that we've known you a few years - and your biscuit dough-limeade composure is one of a kind. Even your sucker-punch jalapeño-apricot-preserve note is more of an embrace, really...

Being cool like you are, OF COURSE wrap with a Tangerine and wet hay finale, that awesome acidic impertinence polished to a perfect lilt!! Then, just stony silence 😭

Geek notes: brilliant, w/ pale straw and green hue. High- intensity, transitional nose. High acid, med alc, med-long finish. Balances on the knife edge of sanity/insanity, just right. 💚
#sancerre #OldWorld #France #Loire #SB #legends #pouillyfume — 10 years ago

Stuart Robinson

9.2

Has a cool, graphite body - composure, balance, allure. — 10 years ago

Jon Nofullname

9.0

Balanced acid and tannin composure. Short finish. High cherry with relation to dark fruits. Excellent everyday Malbec and great price for real Cahors. — 11 years ago

Saman Hosseini

Writer Maison Abattoir

9.0

Ripe, burley, and complex. Replete with brambleberry, spice and truffle. With just enough structure on the finish to give length and composure. — 12 years ago

H

9.2

A very, very nice bottle. Compared to my previous bottles this seemed to have settled a bit with more restraint and composure. Good development in my view. — 9 years ago

Greg Gregory

9.7

This had a marvelous perfumed nose, redolent with dark fruit, garrigue, spices and pepper. The wine is just delightful, a more grown up, sophisticated version of the ’45, lacking some of its zest, but expressing beautiful composure, seductive in its remarkable balance. You get licorice and sweet truffles past the mid palate, it is showing somewhat more lavish fruit than its more famous ’61 sibling, thyme and provencal herbs emerge next, and the beautifully cushioning tannins are evident in the midst of the sumptuous fruit, all cohering so wonderfully on the brilliantly elegant, panache-filled finale. — 9 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.1

Resonant through composure & nuance rather than fireworks. Memorably vibrant light melon, textural & aromatic complexity. Hard to capture the essence of this, like catching a firefly. — 9 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.8

A stunner from the very first sip. Maybe the best Poyeux I've ever had - up there with the best Rougeards I've had. Sophisticated and refined texture, feminine and satiny like a fancy Pomerol - even Burgundian in some moments - flowing with pure, ripe, red berry fruit that retains its classy figure and composure despite its piercing primary intensity. The flavors beyond the fruit are classic cabernet franc and a pure STGT of a Loire red, with a vivid snap of cracked black pepper and forestal brambliness. Earthy and yet clean, even slick and shiny. Many luxe Bordeaux would love to taste like this. — 10 years ago

Christine Havens

9.6

Roberto Voerzio's Barolo Cerequio 2007 is pure seduction. Perfumed, there is a heady outpouring of rose petals, Madagascar vanilla, black cherries, Italian plum, tar, black tea leaves, and tobacco. The attack is forceful, though not without composure, boasting stunning power and a graceful, masculine energy. Taught, fine-grained tannins, and a structured core signifies long aging potential. Notes of truffle, aged leather and tobacco lead into a polished and incredibly persistent finish. — 10 years ago

Kyo Jin

9.1

Composure with a certain trust. Solid, rock solid with the Chardonnay displaying its opulence. — 10 years ago

Kyo Jin

9.5

Simply Pauillac. Purple fruit. Composure and confidence. Solid. — 10 years ago

Kyo Jin

9.0

Composure, reserve, and power. Wielding. — 10 years ago

with Bree, Chaad and 1 other

Andrew Kitz

9.4

This man simply cannot make an average wine. Great composure all the way through the bottle. Pure fruit expression and secondary rustic character. — 11 years ago

Kyo Jin

9.1

Vibrant red, closer to amber? Leather, tobacco, and purple fruit on the nose. Shows tremendous amount of restraint and composure on the palate with very sweet core and a ridiculously long and complex finish. — 11 years ago