Cru Monplaisir

Domaine François Raveneau

Butteaux Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2011

Creamy thick lemon fruit with good acidity. — 24 days ago

Ira, Tom and 4 others liked this

Château Fleur Cardinale

Grand Cru Classé Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2020

Deep cherry red. Black currant berry cherry dried plum. Leather gentle Fruitiness M+ Sweetness M Acidity M Tannin M Smooth Body M++ Finish M+ 14% Concentrated. Good Level of readiness for drinking, still potential for aging Château Fleur Cardinale Grand Cru Classe Saint Emilion 20 @, , 251219 — 18 days ago

Vincent Dauvissat

Les Clos Chablis Grand Cru Chardonnay 2002

Jan A
9.9

Rich tropical nose and very seamless chablis like palate, at its apex. Beautiful wine! — a month ago

Dave, Roman and 17 others liked this

Domaine François Raveneau

Clos Chablis Grand Cru Chardonnay 2010

Amy Acker auction — a month ago

Jan, Serge and 1 other liked this

Domaine Leflaive

Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru Chardonnay 2007

Andava bevuto prima. Ma ancora super! — 2 months ago

Vincent Dauvissat

La Forest Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2015

2015 -Vintage- Meyer lemon, lime zest, Stoney, oily texture, custard medium plus acidity — 25 days ago

Mark Eastom
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Mark, Tom and 2 others liked this

Château Pavie

Saint-Èmilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 1998

Damn. So subtle, tannins were mellow and benefitted from an hour decanting. — 18 days ago

Mark and David liked this

Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier

Clos de la Maréchale Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2022

Mary H
9.0

Beautiful translucent ruby red in the glass. So aromatic and heavily perfumed - I thought I was smelling the lady next to me but no, it’s the wine. White gardenia, violets. Not much fruit at all. Tannins are quite grippy for pinot noir, surprising. Finish is short-ish, bummer. The taste is very whelming but the aroma goes on forever and ever… and finally I smell that freshly rained-upon forest floor!! At the very bottom of the glass… pee-like ammonia. Not the best ending to a pretty glass. — 7 days ago

Billy and Ira liked this

Vilmart & Cie

Cœur de Cuvée Rilly-la-Montagne 1er Cru Brut Champagne Blend 2006

Love this champagne. I think my last bottle of it

A lot of finesse and very smooth. Drinking from a red burgundy glass.

Has a nice consistent sweetness to it that is balanced by a citrus flavor such that it’s a pleasant sweetness and not sugary.

Delicious
— 24 days ago

Andrew, Tom and 2 others liked this

Comte Armand

Clos des Epeneaux Monopole Pommard 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2012

Quite a deep colour , deep garnet , with a medium wide garnet rim . Needs time to open , quite discreet but quite deep and dark on the nose , with some blackberry tinged , liquorice , dark cherry , earthy sous bois . This opens up after a while to show more floral influences, lighter , redder fruits . On the palate this is quite dense , with a blackberry , dark cherry hint , earthy , mineral with quite grippy tannins . Good volume and density . Balanced acidity and earthy , mineral tinged finish. This needs time and improved quite a lot with air but really needs a few more years in the cellar , maybe come back in 5 years and will last well at least another 10. Promising . — a month ago

Dave, Tom and 6 others liked this

Domaine de L'Arlot

Clos des Forêts St. Georges Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2023

Somm David T
9.4

I am a fan of their work. This wine is so weightless, soft & gentle, it might float on water.

I met Toby Bekker in Australia who I thought his Grenache and Syrah wines were made in a Burgundian style. I asked him about his time in Burgundy and if that influenced his wines. He said, there he learned what not to take from grapes/wine. This is a shinning example of what he was taking about.

The fruits are perfectly ripe, floral & extracted. Cherries, strawberries, pomegranate, rhubarb tones, plums, haunting raspberries, light & softly layered baking spices- clove cinnamon, nutmeg & vanillin, understated red cola & licorice, excellent oak use-barrel powder, hints of dry herbs, understated dry twig, hints of grilled meats, notes of dry tobacco w/ ash, soft used leather, red flowers, red & pink flowers, excellent acidity and a well balanced, softly waking tension with grace and elegance on the two-minutes that lands gently on spice & earth.

Beautiful!
— a month ago

Bob, Paul and 10 others liked this

Château Latour

Premier Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2012

A 2012 Latour with a 90 minute decant showed what a first growth could be post its first growth stage. With the usual Latour signature it was very drinkable considering its relative youth. One more bottle in the cellar — 13 days ago

Ira and David liked this

Château Brane-Cantenac

Grand Cru Classé en 1855 Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2021

2021 vintage. Courtesy of @Neil Valenzuela Decanted and tasted after 1 hour. Light medium/medium body. Backing band and structure mainly there. Intro and middle of the song catchy. Last third/finish will round into form in the next 7-8 years. Pretty introduction as we speak. Def beyond above-average producer that strives for (leaner) balance. So young but feel like this will represent that eventually. 12.10.25. — a month ago

Neil Valenzuela
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Neil, Andrew and 11 others liked this
Neil Valenzuela

Neil Valenzuela

Deep purple color. Aromas of dried violets, tobacco and cedar. Took a bit to open up, elegant flavors of black fruit and oak on the finish.

🍇74% cab, 22% Merlot, 2% cab franc, 1% carmenere and 1% petit verdot.

🏅95 Points - Vinous
🏅95 Points - Decanter
9.2
Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

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@Neil Valenzula My pleasure!

Jacques Selosse

Initial Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Champagne Chardonnay 2017

Amazing! Concentration, flavour...wow! — 19 days ago

Tom, Tom and 17 others liked this
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Jan de Weerd

Jan de Weerd

What an experience!!!
Andrew McIntyre

Andrew McIntyre

@Jan de Weerd a truly exceptional Champagne. Quite a lot of hype around the producer and often in this situation the wines don't live up to it or arent your taste. This was amazing!
Sidenote: if you are ever in Paris then the restaurant was great. Offered the wine for below market price as well🥳

Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé

Bonnes Mares Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2015

(En Magnum)…One to live forever, but with proper aeration it’s plenty giving, perfumed and seductive with a powerful, vibrant and structured palate with killer Grand Cru density and stunning length that seemingly never dissipates. For the long haul! — a month ago

Tom, Austin and 14 others liked this

Domaine Leflaive

Clavoillon Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Chardonnay 2018

And from the shaky 18 vintage who would have guessed? Great Clavoillon! — 2 months ago

Serge, Jonathan and 4 others liked this