Severn Goodwin

9.0

Toasty brioche, lemon curd lite, wet chalk, distant white Rose, nice balance. Great aperitif wine, solid producer!
Disgorged: Mar 2017 — 5 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.1

Beautiful, dusty raspberry/cranberry, oak but distant. — 6 years ago

peter taylor

10

Still drinking the 89 while storing at temps rainging from 50 to 90 degrees F for the last 22 years. 2 bottles left. Not one bottle in all thes years was less than perfect. I would rate it as a 98.5, but, i am no expert. I have had great assulase, tokaji aszu and chateau d'Yquem but, for the price i paid (20$/bottle), it far exceeds the others. It is now a medium amber color complex fruity tones great finish. I feel sad when the last drop leaves my teast buds. I also have a few of the 90's to us as a comparison. They are a distant second. — 6 years ago

Dock Hooks

8.9

Kicking back letting the local tunes adjust my attitude with wine:30 showing on the clock she strolls in my direction digging the slow roll Hendrix spinning left then twisting right dressed in deep purple clinging and flowing interestingly crimson along her rim and edges back to casually claret whispering that she's from a small chateau hanging on the right bank of the Gironde near Arveyres. Offering her hand, I accept pulling her in close then a slow spin and a slower twirl she comes close bathed in the essence of blackberry and spice, young but ripe, wet earthy slowly working her way to a first kiss dripping then gripping, pulling tightly then going soft and silky still clinging while working her way deeper. I close my eyes, Hendrix stops and she's gone. A distant guitar string bends an unknown player. I spot her by the bar, her colors waving in the breeze of a lazy fan I reach out take her firmly by the neck, then lower bending her gently back then spinning her my way, she again engages, her essence lingering in my memory, we dance on as the tunes continue their spin. Later, when we are both done I figure she's likely a fine Merlot brightened by Cab Franc having found her way through new French oak nestled by the river, intelligently nuanced well worth the dance and cost is not an issue...

Hanging at Promise' Land Market where the tunes are always righteous, the people are cool, the conversation is groovy and wines dance from the walls... — 7 years ago

Robert Branden Shine

9.2

Spot on amazing this year so layered so structured many of you have a lot to learn. This wine means a hundred percent mistake its taken way after most cote de Rhone with super high Brix. But it pans out perfectly he's got the right amount of structure light oak and distant layering!!! — 8 years ago

Alejandro Castillo

9.0

This one has a filthy nose dried meat dusty straw / Hey pickled red fruit distant herbes de Provence medium light bodied seamless start to finish going well for its age — 9 years ago

Alejandro Castillo

9.7

An amazing wine exceptional mouth feel tons of wet earth distant bacon fat leather wet moss seamless from start to finish great balance red fruit precise acidity with a great length one of the best I've had in recent memory — 9 years ago

Vanessa Pritchard

9.0

Over ice with a twist. Musty and earthy, distant sweetness, bitter finishing with the gentian. — 9 years ago

Richard Lewis

9.4

Distant vanilla on the nose, black currant and raspberry with black pepper. Could have decanted muuuuuuch longer, but still a great pleasure when tight. — 9 years ago

with Lynne

Dimitri Fedotov, C.S.

Sommelier Osteria 177

9.4

Wow... Check out the nose: boiled beets, hard boiled dark egg yolk, boiled potato skins, distant bresaola, old Washington apples' skin... Thank you, Andrew at Red Red Wine, Annapolis, MD — 10 years ago

Paul J

9.2

Young and should have never ordered this along side of Haut Brion. It was a distant back up to the Chateau Margaux, which sold just before we could lock it down! Probably above average by itself, but tonight it was mediocre with the other wines. — 6 years ago

with Brooke

Patrick Hu

9.2

A not-too-distant relative of Sandhi. — 6 years ago

with Ron

D Bender

9.1

Pretty tightly wound on the nose with some raspberry and distant spice and oak. On the softer, more refined side of Pinot Noir but the core has a density that eludes to some longevity with a real balance of acid and tannins that match the perfumed sweet red fruit. Very pleasant to drink now but give it 3-5 more years and we should have ourselves a wine with all of the goods, and drive the average score up a point or two! — 6 years ago

with Danielle

Al Doyle

9.3

I am very into this, but I am very into this vibe of wine. Tropical fruits balancing distant bitters, but dry for all that, bini/sullivan vibes. — 7 years ago

with Christina, Koko and 1 other

Dock Hooks

9.2

This fine thing pulls me in as I breath her earthen essence faintly fragrantly post-rain flowerlike wet, dripping a whiff of some distant weed working its way around the corner as a horn player lays out a rhythm to which we dance turning, twisting, eyeing discriminately she shows her plum-to-burgundy rim, then goes deeper, as she lightly touched my lips showing red fruit unctuously lava-like clinging leaving a ripe plum-like memory touched by cassis long and lasting begging for more - so we continue...amazing locally-farmed, open-water oysters... — 8 years ago

Alejandro Castillo

9.2

Clean red fruit, fresh raspberry, light and lean across the palate with a fine film of tannin that's almost not there, distant red cherry beautiful green anis around the perimeter seamless finish, tones of dried meat and earth an amazing wine-1998 vintage — 8 years ago

Alejandro Castillo

9.0

Dark burgundy in color lively dried red fruit very distant spice dusty aromatics distant candied cherry pez powder medium light body bright acid tannin profile is a little lean med long finish over ripe red fruit on finish..a touch clumsy - if they work out the tannins on the back end this one has a lot of potential — 9 years ago

Jay Green

9.6

So good. Mild bubbles. Suicide seems distant. — 9 years ago

Nicholas Livingston

9.2

Interesting to sip a Pouilly Fumé Cuvée Silice from one of the most trusted values in the region at such an age. While she's in the repose of her twilight years she's not merely a beauty of a bygone time but instead lively and lovely whose company rewards whoever has a chance afternoon with her. Who would ever credit Sauvignon Blanc even one of this crystalline emerald variety as a wine that might take an age in a cool cellar? 13 years! Even through the crazing crows' feet these eyes shine brightly and despite how cray paper skin drapes over the cheek bones of Sauvignon Blanc, this is still nimble and pulses with lives yet to live -not merely memories to regale its audience of how things once were, what she once was or could have been. Honeycomb, lemon curd, nettles wilting in grassy green olive oil, and then the lime leaves...so familiar and yet always exotic of distant shores and climates so far from this northern land of four resolute seasons. As to ratings: how can any of us quantify sensual pleasures really. This was a joy no matter how you cut it and yet given my surprise at Sauvignon Blanc at 13 years on still having so much to say I cannot speak highly enough. The Blanchets do it again! — 9 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.3

This is a distant cousin to Gewürztraminer — 10 years ago

Aaron Rankin

9.3

This is Chablis and I see a need to associate more. Beautiful, butterscotch-kissed nose enveloping peach, distant stones, and citrus mist. — 6 years ago

Samantha Potter

8.9

🍯 Distant taste of honey on its second day. Almost a bit syrupy but pleasant. This was a decent and refreshing choice for a hot New York day (in the 90s!) 🔥 #Vermentino — 6 years ago

D Bender

9.2

Lemon pith and very gravely with some distant richness. A bit too sour today, but the pedigree is there. See you in 5-7-10 years. — 6 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.0

Pale yellow colour.
Lemon, pear, kiwi. Seabreeze, wet rocks, lovely vegetal veins and a distant hint of candyshop.
Very nice!
— 7 years ago

Derek Hearst

9.2

Plum and blackberry with hints of leather and tea. A bit tightly wound now, but this is going to give lots of enjoyment in the not so distant future. Pretty solid wine with lunch today! — 8 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

8.9

Sweet brambly cassisfruit, thick creamy oaky vanilla on the nose. Palate seems less dense, medium-to-full bodied, sufficient acidity. Distant hints of damp earth, graphite, mint, soft tannines. Well made, no apparent flaws, but could use some more depth and personality. — 8 years ago

Dock Hooks

9.7

Showing its rhythmic licks and groovy colors (Deep Purple and bold) presciently savvy to a rock-n-roll world well before its time and blasting some bright-lights bling showing bing cherry gradually toned down by dried fruit right out the archer bag (often strapped across my back) while on brisk hike along wet leaf-lined trail through a late-evening forest (think musky mossy spice) as a 3/4 moon shines its magic over a distant blue pacific as the Zin unctuously offers a bigger-yet blueberry coating, front to back, and soft tannins bring back the dried fruit and a leisurely downhill creep to that distant ocean thereafter rewarded by a sit down on the seaward primary dune gazing at the moon and, of course, another hit. It's a rock-n-roll love affair in a bottle, top to bottom. Get some...😎 — 8 years ago

Alejandro Castillo

8.9

Cherry pez on the nose and palate bright on acid soft backbonr with a distant green menthol /green charactet ruby red hue slight dried citrus rind fine slightly firm tannins
A young simple wine with good potential to age ovet the next 3 to 5 yrs .... a touch awkward in a good way ... — 9 years ago

Drew Gaiser

9.6

Interesting blend of Zinfandel, Syrah, and touches of Grenache, Mourvèdre, and Alicante. — 9 years ago

William Leslie

9.3

Nose has a sweetness and distant oak characteristics. Flavors have a small tobacco flavor yet predominant smoke texture. Underneath there are quality cherry, mild raspberry and plum flavors with a medium spice that lingers. Overall, medium body, quality spice, smoky oak. Great flavor for the price. Comparable with more tobacco and smoke: Mad Duck. — 10 years ago