Epic vintage that is just starting to open up. Accessible but a lot more complexity should develop with time, based on the secondary characteristics that started to show with air — 6 months ago
Very nice and pleasant wine. Dry fruit and aroma. A touch of sweetness. Went very well with broiled walleye pike. — 4 years ago
Got my first shot of the Biontech/Pfizer vaccine today, time to celebrate. After recently trying the surprisingly good 2007 I have turned to the 2008. JS rated this 100 points and others have it 98+. For me it’s not quite there yet, but it might get there in a few more years or who knows in a few hours after this gets more air. This is such a typical Comtes, such an unmistakable character that lets the Chardonnay shine. The balance of citrus and fruit flavors is amazing and lingers in the mouth forever. Definitely one of the greatest years for the Comtes, perhaps indeed the best yet. I look forward to storing the remaining bottles for a few more years. — 4 years ago
Superb. Such intensity and linearity and youthfulness even at 8 years old. It’s a baby still. Gloriously balanced and drinks beautifully right now, but I can’t help but wonder what’s to come as it opens up over a decade or two. Love it! — 6 years ago
thick fresh green pepper on the nose — a month ago
サンテミリオンの有名どころらしい蔵のAOC。インポーターが2014年もの全量を買い付けたらしく、販売元以外ではネットでも見つからないやつ、ワイン専科なんと激安の6本税込9900円。本家は飲んだことがありませんが、フィネスを感じるお上品さ。まとめ買いしてよかった。🥰
#ワイン — 4 months ago
More then 15 years old and still so smooth and yellow fruitet in the palate !! Great stuff! — a year ago
Buttery and complex. Smooth and aged well. Never disappoints — 4 years ago
Got to pop some special bottles when my good friend Shawn came in to town!
I was ecstatic to open this and it ended up being one of the most spectacular champagnes I’ve had in recent memory, and possibly one of the most spectacular champagnes I’ve ever had. This single vineyard Blanc de noir from EO spent 6 years (!) on the less and was disgorged July 2018. Gorgeous golden straw color in the glass with minuscule bubbles. A totally dizzying aromatic display of ginger shavings, toffee, caramel dipped golden delicious apples, red berries, orange honey roasted cashews and some beautifully oxidized notes. Rich without being dense, a gorgeous palate profile of hazelnuts, lemon cream, brioche, chalky limestone and a finish that just doesn’t want to stop. This is a marriage of Krug & Taittinger Comtes. Stunning! — 5 years ago
Full bodied, needs lots of time but comes through In the end. Lots of dark berries, soft after a couple of hours. — 6 years ago
French Chardonnay, preferred over California one, per Särä — 2 months ago
Beautiful, purple-red, well balanced somewhat young, very nice in a couple years — 3 months ago
1/7/2025: FIN TRAITEMENT MAMAN EN FAMILLE COLMAR — 4 months ago
First wine since July trips! Back label: This 25-acre vineyard, planted in day and limestone soils, is situated in Salignac Gironde, 15 miles northeast of Bordeaux. He belongs to the Comtes de Tastes. Welldrained, south-facing slopes explain the name : Beaulieu, or
"beautiful plage".
Under the enlightened management of Count Vianney de Tastes, cover tropping, "green-harvesting" and leaf-pulling are the rule.
Consequently, yields are very low for the appellation at just 2,5 tons/acre, the equivalent of one bottle of wine per vine.
The 15-year old vines include 55% Merlot and 45% Cabernet Sauvignon. At 2,226 vines/acre, density is twice the average of most New World vineyards!
The hand-harvested fruit undergoes a pre-fermentation, cold maceration (3-5 days) after which the juice is slowly fermented (10-15 days), and then macerated for as long as taste (Tastes?) deems necessary. Malolactic then takes place in barrel, 60% of which are new.
The wine is aged on its lees for 12 months, gaining additional richness, freshness, and complexity and then bottled on the estate. Enjoy it now and over the next 5-7 years. Nice wine with complexity, earthy plummy aromas and lively palate. — 8 months ago
For $9 it’s amazing. Pretty standard cremant — 5 years ago
Amazing. It's fruity, but I've felt only a sweet, ripe plum. But the best is the rest: spicy aromas with leather and smoke like from smokehouse. I simply love it! — 6 years ago
Ron Siegel
Another great btl that was rich & creamy — a month ago