WC Fields

9.2

Beautiful color. Fresh, bright, juicy with nice acid. Red berries, flower petals, mulberry, little bit of forest floor and crushed rocks. Always had a good bottle from this producer. — 8 months ago

Matt Perlman

9.3

In beautiful shape, better than I remember the last bottle being. Dried red and black fruits, dry dusty tannins, forest floor, dried porcini mushroom and old leather umami nodes, cedar, dried herbs. Did I mention it’s dry? But it’s a beautiful wine, the flavor profile exudes sun baked warmth but the alcohol clocks in at less than 12% so it doesn’t fatigue the palate — 2 years ago

Bruce Gunther

9.1

Nice wine..strong citrus, refreshing, not very sweet at all. Very smooth with hardly any acidity. Note: Our bottle is the Amarante grape.


IPS — 5 years ago

with Trish

Ron Siegel

9.2

This was elegant & floral with good spice showing notes of cherry, dried herbs & rose petal, — 5 years ago

Gustavo

9.9

1985. Tomado em Campinas. Com Gustavo e Patrícia — 5 years ago

Aline Rms

9.2

This is my kind of wine! The end taste is woody and it’s perfect with meat (specially a bbq made in the wood fire). Personal note: both, I and my fiancé loved this one, what is a rare find!! — 6 years ago

Michael Phillips

9.1

Crozes etienne Becharas La Prieure d’Arras. Drinking nicely good fruit relatively light — 6 years ago

Todd Scurci

9.2

#jupiter #nebbiolo — 8 months ago

with Annie

Ron Siegel

9.4

Great vintage for this PR. Lots of red fruits, soaring spice showing beautiful purity & finesse. — 3 years ago

Magdalena Gjefle

9.2

Cranberries, hint of violet, straw, in the beginning sour raspberries — 4 years ago

Mauricio Carvalho

9.1

There are years where the fickleness of the weather prevent the even ripening of all the grapes on the bunches, and as the grapes cannot be harvested before the stems themselves fully ripen, on these years any extra ripe grapes will detach themselves from the stem while on the “table de tri”(sorting table). Since the traditional Burgundy vinification methods require the grapes to be fermented “entière” (in whole bunches) the loose berries are not used, despite being wonderfully ripe. — 5 years ago

Bryan Hopkins

9.1

2005 vintage: on the palette, blackberry and grape jam with subtle notes of Marcona almonds. On the nose, the same notes but with some toffee. — 5 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Four day weekend. Gotta get it off to a good start. Been awhile since we had our 375ml of Ruinart.

The nose shows, ripe, slightly candied; black cherries, strawberries, kirsch cherries, rich, summertime watermelon, touch of orange citrus family blend, pomegranate juice, hints of fruit roll up & haunting apricots. Sea fossils & spray, a little bread dough, grey volcanics, chalky powder, orange, spring flowers with fresh & withering, red & pink rose pedals.

The palate is full & touch gummy/candied. Fruits are well extracted, deep, ruby; black cherries, blackberries, strawberries, kirsch cherries, rich, summertime watermelon, touch of orange citrus family blend, pomegranate juice, hints of fruit roll up & haunting apricots. Ghostly, not quite fruit brandy or fruit liqueur character, sea fossils & spray, a little bread dough, not quite medium, white spice with hints of palate heat, grainy, grey volcanics, chalky powder, orange, spring flowers with fresh & withering, red & pink rose pedals. The acidity lively and crisp. The round, well balanced & polish finish is always consistently satisfying and lingers for minutes.

Photos of; the House of Ruinart, Dom Thierry Ruinart, nicely light caves and rolling, hillside, Grand Cru Vineyard.

Not quite sure where “D” gets $83 when you can buy this all day at just under $65. — 5 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.6

Viaje WS 🇮🇹 Capri @ villa verde — 10 months ago

Jessica Williams

10

Shared for tasting. Top 3 of Clio Spanish and Del Dotto Cab U-Stave American. 2019 — 2 years ago

Neal Ferry

9.0

Very nice, a bit of pepper — 4 years ago

with TwiLea

Grant Harmsen

8.9

Needs time to open up but evidence of Arinto’s aging potential. Displaying classic notes of oxidized apples, citrus juice and preserved citrus peel. Saline on the finish. — 5 years ago

Billy L.

9.1

PNP, Entry level Napa Valley Cabernet.
Cheers 🍇🍷 — 5 years ago

Penny Wild-perkowski

9.1

Fresh. Cherries? — 6 years ago

Ryan Parker

10

Good body, light but deep. — 6 years ago