Matt Trader

9.2

Valentine's Day 2018. Paired with Roasted Butterflied Lobster Tail, and a Chocolate Truffle Torte. Notes to come:)

- - Brane-Cantenac is a special wine to my wife and I. It is the first Bordeaux Chateaux we ever visited on our honeymoon. It is this little modest estate sitting in the shadow of the oversized Chateaux of Cantenac Brown, but it couldn't be more opposite when you bring the wine into the mix. Classic Margaux nose but less funk and more fruit. Terrior is hard to define, but if you have been somewhere memorable, and have a wine or food from that place.. it's when you have it again and it transports you back that to that place and time that defines that for me. It smells of the cool clean air and morning dew, sunshine, gravel dust from the road we had just driven in on, leather and wood from the barn, and the fresh overtones of fruity wine just beginning fermentation in the production facility that make up the core character of the wine. It is the terrior of Cantenac, and more specifically of Brane-Cantenac.

Paired this with Roasted Butterflied Lobster, and Broccolini, and a little left over for the Chocolate Truffle Torte I made as well for Valentine's Day. — 8 years ago

Carol Montoya

9.0

Fruity, light. Nice little spice on the finish. — 9 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.0

Mature cool climate Chardonnay. Penfolds Whites are starting to gain the reputation of their illustrious Red offering. After 6 years funk is replacing the Flint of a few years ago. Nice stone fruit notes and long. Enjoyable. — 10 years ago

Nicole Hakli

Sommelier The NoMad Restaurant

9.2

Dry botrytis= drytritis — 11 years ago

Lyle Coffield

Sommelier Kokkari, Evvia Estatorios

9.1

Serve cool NOT cold to make the acid POP.
My guys say.... Lighter bodied dry white. Drinks reminiscent of a fine) fino sherry with a light briney nutty flavor (salted nutz? :) and a squeeze of lemon. Roasted fish, octopus, saganaki. — 11 years ago

Ashley Jones

9.1

Easy drinking. Cool crime statement on cork. Tarty but caby. Interesting history. — 12 years ago

Patrick Blondin Sommelier

8.9

Grenache Gris, Blanc, Maccabée et Vermentino! Richesse et fraîcheur bien intégrée. — 8 years ago

with Francis

Paul Barnes

9.3

The star of Christmas Eve — 9 years ago

John Strubert

9.6

This is great, almost gets there. Cool.
really opened up after 30 minutes. Great! — 10 years ago

Randy Johnson

10

Vanilla is the first thing that hits you. The caramel adds a certain sweetness to the taste. I would literally drink this all the time if I could get it. Dark, tasty, perfection. — 10 years ago

Michael Hildbold

9.6

Wine # 2 for me out of the 12. — 11 years ago

with Kathy

Patricia Wallace

9.1

Fruity light — 12 years ago

Mitchell Mulder

9.6

One of the Best Lager's out there, and I am not just saying that because it is come from my home town, Excellent! — 12 years ago

Michael Chelus

9.2

Blackberry, raspberry, cherry cola, cassis, vanilla, licorice, oak and hints of eucalyptus. Great structure and velvety tannins. — 8 years ago

Vito Polosa

9.4

Lemon pie, custard, bergamit, sandy and stony, expansive mid palate , grippy finish. — 9 years ago

Colby Landis

9.1

Fuck. Cool. — 10 years ago

with Katie

Nathaniel DiMaggio

9.0

A lot of bottle variation on these guys. This is my 5th bottle in 3 weeks. Beautiful bright blue fruit. Yummy! — 10 years ago

Robert McDonald

9.4

Great wine, just can't remember where I live...... — 11 years ago

with Hilary

Rebecca Chapa

9.6

This is amazing. Dense flavors of coffee and chocolate, very velvety Amy Currens said shoo fly pie in a glass. So aromatic and malty. Super long finish — 12 years ago

Sabrina Yao

9.8

One of the oldest sake winery. — 12 years ago