Morgan

Double L Vineyard Pinot Noir 2015

9.2

Cherry pie, rhubarb pie, and fresh strawberry on the nose. The palate displays dark cherry, cooked strawberry, cedar, white pepper, and solid minerality. A big bodied but silky Pinot with medium minus tannins, medium plus alcohol, and high acid. — 5 years ago

with Susan

Loosen Bros.

Dr. L Sparkling Riesling 2015

Evgeniia

9.5

Very good. — 5 years ago

Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein

L Schieferformation Laubach Uhlen Erste Lage Riesling

Evie Olson

9.2

Dude. We we’re eating Indian when we opened this bottle & it was the most perfect thing with the cuisine on the table. It’s mineral, it’s acid driven, it’s flavorful, there’s the right amount of RS with a refreshing zippiness that just kept me coming back for more. — 6 years ago

Jason and David liked this

L. Aubry Fils

Brut Premier Cru Champagne Blend

Joyce Lin

9.3

Slightly savory, lemon curd, salinity, sea spray, green apple, pear, lean with subtle toast almond, sour dough, mouse bubbles and racy acidity. Med plus to long finish. What a beautiful neat champagne could go with almost everything. — 7 years ago

Domaine Jean-Marc Morey

Les Champs-Gains Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Chardonnay 2011

Liz Howng

9.0

Drinking well - earthy with a little funk — 8 years ago

Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey

Les Champs Gains Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Chardonnay 2012

Desmond Echavarrie

Master Sommelier, Senior Wine Advisor Soutirage

9.8

One of my favorite wines on one of the greatest places on earth! — 8 years ago

Cody, Mike and 11 others liked this

Cody Short

@Desmond Echavarrie Have fun at Grailey's! Such an awesome place and great people!

Domaine Jacques Carillon

Les Champs Canet Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Chardonnay 2012

Michael Ochsner

8.9

Niiiccce. Huge limestone and contrasting canned pineapple and pear. Monster wine, lots of material here but still waiting to integrate. — 9 years ago

Neil liked this

Jorge

Sorry, this wine is perrieres not referts

Domaine Michel Cheveau

Les Champs Grilles Saint-Amour Gamay 2011

Loretta de Guzman

8.9

A nice burgundy. Smooth and a bit smoky at the end — 10 years ago

L. Aubry Fils

Dualis Brut Sablissime Champagne Blend

Pam Starr

Owner/Winemaker Crocker & Starr Wines

9.5

Super interesting. Red plantain banana creamy lemon curd. No food required — 10 years ago

with Norm

Norm, Leslie and 3 others liked this

Ariel Arce

Ok I did It! Your the best, happy new year!

Pam Starr

Welcome to delectable

R. & L. Legras

Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Champagne Chardonnay

Nose Reiko

9.5

I really like this champagne. Crisp, fresh, certain aroma but not too rich. Good for matching with dishes. Not destruct the foods. Want to drink this as daily champagne. — 11 years ago

Gérard Raphet

Les Grands Champs Cuvée Unique Bourgogne Pinot Noir

Pooneet K

9.1

From a lieu dit surrounded by Gevrey. Definitely young but with a couple hour decant quite enjoyable and accessible. Tons of sweet cherry on the nose; aromatically really quite intense. Full on the palate, get more tannin than I was expecting, but very nicely balanced by a lot of acid. Enjoyed it with a roast chicken provencal but could have stood up to red meat too. Nice qpr at ~$30. Note this is not the “cuvee unique”, which apparently a 100% new oak bottling - this is the regular which is 85% old. — 5 years ago

Severn, Ira and 7 others liked this

R. & L. Legras

Cuvée St. Vincent Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Champagne Chardonnay 2008

Conrad Green

9.1

Really fresh, yeasty, with steel, lemons and good definition. A lot of promise. Young — 6 years ago

with Bex and Major-General

Severn, Douglas and 5 others liked this

L' Umami

Willamette Valley Pinot Noir of Oregon 2015

Natasha Cepeda

9.5

Nice and light - had at richies with nuggets — 6 years ago

Domaine Labet

Les Champs Rouges Les Parcelles Rares Jura Sud Revermont Chardonnay 2014

Todd Abrams

9.3

Tropical fruit salad nose yet wound and stony. Cool stuff. — 7 years ago

J, Ted and 1 other liked this

Ted

Loved this one.

Mark Haisma

La Croix des Champs Gevrey-Chambertin Pinot Noir 2011

Jon Ebsworth

8.9

Nicely mellowed 2011 and still a good amount of the familiar Haisma spice. — 8 years ago

Château de l' Eperonnière

Croix Picot Savennières Chenin Blanc 2010

Michael Meagher MS

Chairman/Founder Boston Sommelier Society, Beverage Director Cafe Escadrille

9.3

There is something about Chenin with some bottle age. Confected fruits, funky and nutty, oxidative edges all held together by ample acidity. — 8 years ago

Jess, Drew and 1 other liked this

L. Aubry Fils

Aubry de Humbert 1er Cru Champagne

Nico J. Snyman

9.4

Disgorged Oct '14, Not familiar with this cuvée, but Aubry has been a hit with me, great richness, showing development, beautiful acidity. Really solid wine. — 8 years ago

Trixie liked this

Les Champs Libres (René-Jean Dard & Hervé Souhaut)

'Lard, des Choix' Vin de Pays de l'Ardèche Red Rhone Blend 2013

Paul Barnes

9.5

Smoky, earthy, funky & awesome. — 10 years ago

Domaine Pierre Luneau-Papin

Le 'L' d'Or Cuvée Médaillée Sur Lie Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Melon de Bourgogne 2010

Joanne Close

9.3

2010 with such fresh crisp fruit. Meyer lemon and powdery minerality. Want to put away a few bottles, see the evolution. — 10 years ago

L. Aubry Fils

Ivoire et Ébène Brut Premier Cru Champagne 2009

Morgan Harris

Head Sommelier Aureole New York

9.2

For all your sparkling 1er Cru Meursault needs, look no further. Holler at the noble reduction. — 11 years ago

Greg, Roy and 2 others liked this

Morgan Harris

Yeah, you've got it. It's to separate those nasty aromas that you might get from mercaptin in unhealthy reduction environments. The winemaker at Von Winning first used it around me and I stole it from him. It's pretty complicated and I don't totally understand it, but it starts from having sufficient nitrogen levels in the ferment to create a healthy yeast population, from there it involves longer term lees aging. The lees act as a battery to suck up oxygen, so they keep the wine fresh, but they also impart and aroma, kind of like autolysis. For me it's easiest to spot in Burgundy because Chardonnay is so neutral. It shows up as a sort of shaving cream and marshmallow fluff aroma, sometimes mint. It also compliments mild new oak. Coche or Roulot would be big Burgundian practitioners, but there are many others. In the new world it's easily spotted on the Chardonnays of Kongsgaard, Sandhi, Aubert, Ceritas, Kumeu River and Montelena, just to name a few.