S.S. Mandani

9.2

Woah. Love this bouquet. Super fresh, super zingy.

Love the cloudiness in the hue. A bushel of berries, a garden, a sharp and breezy forest.

Blackberries, raspberries, cherries. Tangerines, pomelo. Parsley 🌿

Lovely. Celebrating a big milestone today. Just received news that I’ll have my first print publication for a short story of mine that will be published in pages alongside one of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s short stories as well.

Over the moon 🌙 — 5 years ago

Jordan Wardlaw

9.3

Raul is one of those special and unique producers whose wines stand out in just about any field with others of similar quality. I could fill pages with tasting notes, but I feel it’s more appropriate to simply reiterate that these wines are beautiful, complex, superbly crafted and downright delicious. It is nearly impossible not to drink a whole bottle. I’m giving an extra point or two for the Saint Jacques Mencía cuvée because of the exceptional value it delivers at well under $20. This would embarrass many village level Burgundies at three or even four times the price. — 7 years ago

Dimes

8.9

Dryer side of Bordeaux — 7 years ago

Peter Wassam

9.3

Honey and apricot and gas and clear botrytis influence and lush but clear acidity. Awesome — 8 years ago

James Forsyth

9.3

Vaucluse is Michael White's Upper East Side French restaurant with a slight American twist. And so it is the wine list. Large sections of French wine are bookended by their US equivalents. Two pages of Burgundy are followed by a handful of Sonoma and Oregon Pinots. We stayed Old School and went for a Bordeaux. Red fruit, tar, leather, somewhat advanced beyond its decade of life. A tasty mid weight wine that was lovely with the rack of lamb and establishment atmosphere. — 9 years ago

with Cara

Ron Siegel

9.2

Not familiar with this Sauterne. Mahogany color but surprisingly fresh with good acidity. — 9 years ago

Josh Luhn

Luhn Wine Consulting Owner, Luhn Family Wines

9.5

Good as F. The tasting note could 3 pages long! So much packed into this wine. Trust me find some, drink some. — 9 years ago

Silver Eyes

9.0

Simple, versatile, drinkable Bordeaux - sometimes, that’s all you need. — 6 years ago

S.S. Mandani

9.5

Quarantine materials ready. Creature comforts are getting me through this thing. Give me good coffee, pavement to pound, a pen that dances on the page, a worn notebook with still empty pages to fill, jazz weaving the air, and a bottle of wine, and I will kill all the time there is.

A magenta shawl in the glass.

Earth’s fragrance caught in a bottle. Sweet, sweet clay. Leather. Intense plums and orange zest. Sea breeze. This is a memorable and rich bouquet.

Subtle smoke quality reminiscent of the char in the bark of good brisket. A reserved dark fruit quality which is there, but just teases you as a spicy black peppercorn note swings in for a jab. It’s smooth.

An eloquence in the expression and structure. Like a mathematical proof or a line of poetry you cannot easily forget.

It slaps. — 6 years ago

Shane Lennon

9.1

Great picpoul, tart finish but not sour. Lemons and lemons and minerals — 7 years ago

Eric Newhouse

9.2

[to the Picture Pages theme song]

🎶Château Siran, Château Siran
Here's an '04 Château Siran
Cherries and blackcurrants stuck on pencils🎶

#siran #margaux #bdx04 #crubourgeois #exceptionnel — 7 years ago

James Forsyth

9.3

I was excited to dine at the (relatively) new Union Square Cafe. The previous venue closed some time ago and caused a bit of a ripple throughout the New York restaurant scene: Rising rents wreck regarded restaurant. I prefer the look of the new venue. High ceilings, homely yet chic furnishings, beautiful lighting and a cool mezzanine level. It looks the part. The staff could not be friendlier or more helpful. And the food is every bit as good (and goodness me so filling) as it has always been.

The wine list is terrific. There are a pages of legendary wines but plenty of values to be found and the markup is very reasonable, particularly considering that tips are included.

Take the 2014 Produttori del Barbaresco. It is just superb. Classic Nebbiolo through and through. Midweight but with grip, more powerful than the translucent coloring would imply. Delicious now but would last.

It was $90 on the list. Take off the typical 20% tip and you have $72 on any other list. I saw this in a store the other day for $40, so that's a less than 2x retail markup. Not bad and very fair.

I'm looking forward to my next visit to USC. — 8 years ago

with Cara

Isaac Pirolo

9.3

There's something to be said about the state of the US wine industry when two wine and food bloggers in Atlanta can leave everything behind for California to start a winery that specializes in producing an inverse version of Mourvèdre. I'm sure that anyone making wine in California if asked where these guys would be after six years would unanimously say they'd be lucky to still be doing it. And certainly wouldn't say they'd be making the cover Wine & Spirits.

There's no doubt this is carbonic from the second the cork is pulled. As long as you're not pouring for Master Somms, everyone will assume this is Beaujolais. Juicy plum and mixed berry meet pungent violet, wet gravel, thyme, and a full rack of spices. The dark side of Mourvèdre seeps through over the hours, and in a wave of panic you'll realize you're not drinking Beaujolais, like realizing you're on the wrong plane during take off. In one moment you're mindlessly flipping through the pages of an airline magazine, and in the next you're fully aware of the adventure that awaits. — 9 years ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.0

OMG that label. As down home and unpretentious as they come. The aroma is smoky, rusty, & reminds one of paper pages in old books. Flavors are also of the aged-ed sort. Cherry chocolate cordials meets cigar boxes and autumn red apples from the tree. Things could be a bit more harmoniously balanced and integrated (the acids and the alcohol spike a bit), but this is an elegant and complex ‘mountain wine’ with as much personality as Bob the dog appeared to have. — 6 years ago

David Valenti

9.1

Scent of caramel, wood, spices, black berries, black currant, dark cherries, cocoa,charcoal, all very elegantly balanced. Warm palate, round and rich, greasy and sticky. Lingers pleasantly. — 6 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.7

At the Come Taste the Stars Dinner hosted by Tyson Stelzer. Tyson was gobsmacked by this Champagne giving it 100 points. The colour was Salmon with a touch of copper. Strawberry notes with rose petals. Louis Roederer have been working hard on their biodynamic regime in the vineyard. Biodynamics create greater vigour in the vine allowing the roots to penetrate deeper into the chalk. Incredible depth length and precision - stays in the mouth for minutes. Only 31 bottles came to Australia and 8 bottles used up on this dinner. One could write pages about the production techniques used in this Rose Champagne - like Carbonic Maceration of the Pinot bunches by Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon the winemaker. At Montrachet Restaurant in Brisbane. — 7 years ago

Lewis Chester

10

1979 Clos Du Mesnil. What do you do when you are confronted with a legendary wine? You hope it doesn’t disappoint. At Pages in Paris today, Tomo delighted us with this outstanding bottle. Medium golden hue. The nose was to die for: fresh, white flower, chalk and honeyed - alluring and forever changing in the glass while keeping its freshness. Hints of truffle wafted away within minutes. What seemed like an impossible dream of the ultimate Champagne remained intact. Fine but persistent bubbles, huge but balanced concentration with a refreshing, zesty acidity and a finish I can still taste an hour and a half after having drained the last few precious drops of this legend. Wow, wow, wow. Incredible. 100 points. Don’t be afraid to open now or in 20 years. — 8 years ago

Sarah Oettel

9.2

At Pages, Paris. — 9 years ago

Michael Greene

9.0

This is the 3rd wine from Chateau Margaux. Expressive nose of licorice and truffle. Tasted of cassis with silky tannins. Finish was short at first but gave more with time in the glass. Drank with chicken and white asparagus at Restaurant Pages in Paris. — 9 years ago

Brian Grech

9.1

Ripped from the pages of 1001 Arabian Nights: dates, honey, orange flower water, molasses, and the illicit embrace of a masked princess — 9 years ago

with Justin, Ashley and 1 other