Karla Loeb

9.3

Blind tasted. So confusing and delicious. Need More. Want more. — 9 years ago

Anna Marie Dos Remedios

8.9

Pure Chinon. Musty. Olive. Pretty acidity. Cut grass. Brings us back to Spring in the Loire! — 9 years ago

with Deb

Chris MacLean

8.9

Subtle dark fruit aromas. Slight sweetness mutes expression. A touch soft overall, especially after the acidity of the Trapet Gevrey. Solid but not exceptional. Wine 2/10. — 10 years ago

Tiffany Yarde

9.0

Great fruity nose; lovely crisp and refreshing — 10 years ago

Olivier

9.0

Lovely wine, spicy, a bit earthy with dark berries — 10 years ago

Andy Anderson

10

This was an amazing wedding gift — 11 years ago

Lars Hansen

9.6

Great wine from perhaps the finest wine district in the world. Highly recommend. — 12 years ago

Chris Grimm

9.3

#ocwd16p2 Fantastic. Paired with porchetta--everything was in unison. — 9 years ago

with Brooke, Jonathan and 2 others

Paul Heyrman

8.9

Really nice Syrah. 2009 Well balanced now. — 9 years ago

Patrick McKee

9.0

Dark red, auburn rim, heavy sediment. Cooked strawberry and black cherry, leather, earth, graphite, tea, VA. High acid, soft tannin. Slightly past peak. — 10 years ago

Adam Jesberger

8.9

The most extracted and hottest chinon ive had. 15%abv, and its well integrated after it opens up a bit. The 05s are supposedly very ageworthy, the acid, tannins and extraction make me a believer in that. Glad a got a few. The nose is deep rich jammy black cherry and currants. Overwhelming dark chocolate and green bell pepper. The end of the nose is all tobacco and coffee. The palate is acidic and grippy. Bruised/overripe black plum and some tart black raspberries on the palate with a chocolate and herbaceous mid palate with a maple like finish. Very classic seeming and at a bargain. Thanks delectable! — 10 years ago

Maxence Guilluy

9.7

Very nice wine! Cherry, anis, blackberry, blueberry, raspberry, light tannins! Great wine! 2010
— 10 years ago

with Bertrand

Nicole Galvan

9.7

A little old. Showing birch chips and beechwood as the wood on the nose — 11 years ago

Rich Shrieve

9.6

Flinty with rich acidity. Not fruity. Been sitting this for a while and it's come along well. — 12 years ago

Justin Anthony

9.0

good rouge to pull — 9 years ago

R J Thom

9.5

Drinking perfectly right now. Some developed fruits balanced with nice acidity and a lovely long finish. Delicious! — 9 years ago

with Askly

Jim Westby

9.5

2002 vintage. All meunier in honor of Rene Collard the Marne Valley meunier master. Great acid structure, but with broadness from the grape, barrel development, and aging on the cork. This is labeled de Meric, but it's the same single-foeder production as later disgorgments labeled Ginsburg. — 10 years ago

with Cleora and Gary

Dave Chambers

9.1

We were given this Chinon by our friend Igor and I thought it would be fun to try it tonight. This bottle is still quite young being a 2011 vintage but is already developing nicely. The color is a deep dark red, almost opaque. The nose has wonderful dark fruits and some vegetal notes such as green peppers. There is acidity to balance the high alcohol content so it doesn't come across as too powerful. The plums and dark berries combine with the earthy flavors quite well. The finish is medium. — 10 years ago

with Heather

Patrick Knöfler

9.7

With my wife. The wine was pale lemon in colour and offered bouquet of flowers, citrus, peach, orange peel, almond, fresh sea breeze and mineral notes on the nose. On the palate the wine showed white flowers, stone fruit, peach, orange peel and almond, complicated by a salty mineral touch, paired with medium-level acidity, a great, buttery mouthfeel, and very good length. The medium- to full-bodied wine had good complexity and tasted concentrated yet fresh. A great Condrieu! 92 — 11 years ago

Michael Ochsner

9.5

BIG mid palate. Sweet tabaco. — 12 years ago