Tom Casagrande

9.3

This is a really nice Pouilly-Fuisse, an AOC I generally think is overvalued. Bright nose has limestone minerality, bright apple and pear fruit, wet straw, and the barest hint of barrel spice. Lower-toned on the palate than the nose suggests, it’s relaxed and deeply-flavored, lots of fruit and crushed rock minerality. Medium acids. Nice balance and depth. — 8 months ago

John Willison

8.9

Jasmine, honeysuckle, stone fruit. — 4 years ago

Dino

9.5

Great dry Chardonnay. Balanced alcohol and acid. Medium acid. Medium- high alcohol. Slight peach aroma. Slight bitter finish but not to a fault. Very rich mouthfeel and thick texture. Good burgundy. — 5 years ago

Whiney Guy

9.4

Easy drinking jolly rancher blend of white and red grapes — 5 years ago

James Webb

9.3

A spiced melange of interesting - this was medium in body and full of nuance. — 6 years ago

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9.7

The 1990 Cristal is remarkable. Polished, nuanced and light on its feet, the 1990 is all class. Citrus, orchard fruit and floral notes are wonderfully lifted throughout. A slight reductive note adds character on the finely knit finish. I can’t think of a better way to start this tasting. Simply put, the 1990 is a total rock star. Moreover, it is much more delicate than most wines from this ripe vintage. Amazingly, the 1990 tastes like it is still not ready! “Nineteen ninety was my second vintage here,” says Chef de Caves Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon. “It was ideal. The fruit was just perfect. We blocked the malolactic fermentation completely and only fermented 6-7% of our lots in oak, as opposed to the more typical 20%, in order to preserve as much freshness as possible. The wine was made by my predecessor, Michel Pansu, but I was learning. This was the first year I started working with oxygen by reducing sulfites in vinification to pre-oxidize the Chardonnay musts, as I do know, which allows me to get rid of all the unstable, oxidative compounds. With Pinot, on the other hand, you need a little bit of sulfur at crush or you lose the brilliant fruit. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, December 2018) — 7 years ago

Rob Brobst III

9.6

Same tasting notes! Ethereal fruit bomb with complexity and texture… — 8 months ago

Andrew Liguori

8.9

Barnyard funk, burnt chicken, cranberry and kirsch with dry soft tannins. — 2 years ago

Kate Parkerson

9.2

Excellent. Smooth, not too dry. — 4 years ago

Sébastien F

9.1

Fruits acidulés belle longueur. — 5 years ago

Al Doyle

9.1

Olivier Cousin’s son, doing cool things. This is on the light side of oxidative Chenins, just a little buzz upfront and then settles into refreshing sours. Intriguing. — 6 years ago

Severn G

9.3

Confrerie Des Chevaliers du Tastevin Sous-Commanderie d'Albany, Pauleé Dinner; 27 January 2019 at Lake Ridge Restaurant, Round Lake, NY — 7 years ago

Sean Lowry

9.3

2009v. Light gold color. On the nose: petrol, tart yellow apples, and a little lemon and tropical pineapple. That clean and juicy lemon comes through on the palette, too. Racy acidity, very dry, and a little salty on the finish. An intricate but delicate wine- best with simply prepared seafood or chicken, or with rich soft rind cheeses. Lovely! 12.5% ABV. — 8 years ago

Peter Sultan

8.9

Entry level bottling. On the grapefruit pith & lime spectrum, both on palate & nose. Chew it & the slate & crushed minerals come out more. Drank over two days, with day 2 even better, clearer. On sale for about 13$, so a serious QPR. — 2 years ago

Sébastien F

9.2

Beau savagnin de maceration. — 3 years ago

Vin d’Ottawa

9.2

Dangerously quaffable. Sweet marzipan with underlying tang. — 4 years ago

Mark S.

9.0

A bit sweet, strawberry. Then sour. A bit forest flavor. 2018 @460/G,1780(2300), domaine, 200926 — 5 years ago

Eric

10

Lyndale Liquor — 5 years ago

Nicolas Busquet

9.0

Upon recommendation from the wine ship guy, i opened this 2-3 hours before tasting, which was good, except for tge fact that it got too warm. I popped it back in the fridge for 20 minutes and then it was perfect. Very fruit forward and fresh with a nice structure despite its youth (2017 tasted in August 2019). All the guests loved it. — 6 years ago

Adam Kincaid

9.1

Local wine shop has me on this Corsican kick lately for which I am thankful. This wine is deep and intense with dark complexity and a moody dried fruits and herbs combo. — 7 years ago

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