Aaron Rankin

9.0

I always enjoy D&R wines for their tasty, quaffable nature. Great weekday easy drinkers. Where I’m let down is in their homogeneity. Each bottle seems like same wine repeated with little varietal character. Maybe it’s the concrete ferments and/or carbonic maceration. — 7 years ago

Wine Travel eats

10

Nose rich plum. Lush mouthfeel, with bright acidity and full of fruit. Lovely balance
— 7 years ago

Brecht Spileers

9.8

100% Grenache and 100% savoir faire. Red mulled and rich fruit, almost “sweet” but only in the best and most elegant sense of the word. Would have a hard time pairing this with food, but then again there’s no reason at all to even consider that. — 7 years ago

with Charlotte

Joshua Crisp

9.1

I had the opportunity to visit this small boutique winery today and I have to say, I am looking forward to what the future holds for them! Andrew is in the process of getting his estate biodynamic certified and he throws his own amphora pots to ferment his wines as he ferments and ages more and more in this non-traditional yet traditional method. This sort of intentionality is reflected in this rosè, as he reserves a section of his vineyard specifically for this bottling. Traditional Pinot funk, fresh peppercorn, picked watermelon and June strawberries recall a Provence-style rosè. Bright yet generous upon the entry, with fresh strawberries and cut blood orange greeting the palate, unfolding to early-season mango and ripe, orange pith, and finishing with Bing cherries, dried river stones, and acid for days. Balanced and thoughtful - just a rosè, but speaks well for the future of this winemaker. I look forward to seeing more from him! — 8 years ago

with Dagan and Deb

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.1

#algueira #galicia #merenzao #pintxos #donosti this for me is an example of when freshness, bright acidity and spicy aromas are part of a wine's dna and not fake or forced by stem ferments or partial carbonic maceration. Real Atlantic character here — 10 years ago

Courtney Cochran

Sommelier/Host hiptastes.com

8.9

Beguiling medium garnet hue, a hint of violet coming thru both in color and aroma upon swirling. Set your nose this task: seek out the rhubarb spread notion, the pomegranate seed explosion, the Christmas cake concoction. From there, have your palate investigate the suggestion of pink peppercorn, juicy red plum, dash of herbal savior faire and flirtation of holly. Want more? Take in the oak leaf in autumn, the micro-plane-d cherry Starburst, the peppy minerality. That all this delicious comes replete in a lean, generous-but-decent profile rife with energetic-freeze-dried-strawberry attitude and a POV calibrated to the always-a-good-idea South of France 👉🏻 means you'll be super happy sipping this on your porch come Saturday. And really, what more do we want?? — 10 years ago

Fabre Pierre

9.0

Grosse matière
A faire vieillir au moins 5-7 ans de plus
A tout le potentiel d'un grand vin
Ouvert trop tôt...😢 — 11 years ago

Julien Marchand

9.6

Faire plaisir pour la St-Vakentin, c'est ça... — 12 years ago

Francis Plante

9.0

Mitch et moi on est d'accord. Quand c'est bon comme ça pourquoi faire vieillir. Équilibré, jeune, fruité. Une belle réussite. Il m'en reste plus :(. IP Syl-Vins — 12 years ago

Peter Anthony Riso

9.0

70 Mourvèdre
15 Cinsault
15 Grenache
Mis en Bouteille par SAS Gueissard 83110 Sanary sur Mer-Var, France
Estate located in the heart of Provence.
Low yields, hand picking, exceptional terroir, and our ‘savoir-faire’ reveal the elegance, character, and finesse of this great wine!
14.5%ABV — 7 years ago

GabWine

9.1

Color : White
Wine estate : Louis Bovard
Designation : Saint-Saphorin
Name : Salix Chenin Blanc
Country : Switzerland
Vivino : 4.5/5
Note : The Salix from Bovard is beautiful! A light yellow silky robe and a nose of citrus fruits, pears and apples accompanied by a slight mineral touch. On the palate, Salix is ​​gourmet, tasty, long and refreshes us. A taste as an aperitif, eating or even alone, it will always make you happy.
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Le Salix de chez Bovard est magnifique ! Une robe soyeuse jaune claire et un nez d’agrumes, poires et pommes accompagné d’une légère touche minérale. En bouche, le Salix est gourmand, savoureux, long et nous rafraîchit. A déguster à l’apéritif, en mangeant ou même tout seul, il saura toujours vous faire plaisir.
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👍🏻Vivino, FB : GabWine | IG : gabriel_dvl 🥂 — 7 years ago

Olivier Huguenin

9.0

Belle découverte de l'appellation, excellent blanc qui peut faire concurrence aux voisins de chassagne! Super grillé, bonne acidité qui amène le peps qui faut, des fruits jaunes, légèrement solaire. Top! — 8 years ago

Joe Cox

Production Assistant, Wine Writer

8.9

Let it come to temperature and you have a lovely all occasion wine. — 9 years ago

Pierre-Hugues Carmichael

8.9

Pour ne pas faire de favoris après cette finale d'Euro — 9 years ago

Laurent Van Damme

9.2

Magnifique vin blanc avec des arômes de miel et de brioche.
À déguster avec plaisir, le vin garde un très bel équilibre.
2003 peut faire peur, mais ici la fraîcheur est encore présente.
Un régal ! — 10 years ago

Karen Curham

9.1

Sweet and smooth. Love it! — 10 years ago

Adam Lechmere

Wine writer Wine Searcher, Decanter, World of Fine Wine, Food & Travel, Meininger's

9.5

Lovely label, lovely wine — 10 years ago

Kelsey Pobanz

9.0

Nice crispness and slight sweetness like a Viognier — 11 years ago

Conrad Kenley

9.6

Savior Faire is fantastic! — 12 years ago

Morton Hensley

9.7

Morton had this 12 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.2

I think Denis Berthaut's impact on Fixin is invaluable. He showed how an often overlooked terrior can produce truly elegant and transparent wines. This mantra and his mantle has been passed down to his very capable daughter, Amelie, and it's been up, up, up ever since. I'm a big fan of Amelie's wines!

2013 is Amelie's first vintage and her changes are clear - more oak, stems, and supposedly warmer ferments resulted in deeper, more complex wines. And it's constantly changing as she finds her stride. This is especially obvious in this cuvee.

The 13' Les Arvelets is a little richer than their newer iterations, which is reasonable given the difficult vintage - it was a late harvest due to the rain. Darker fruit, but crystal clear. The palate's really crunchy, pure fruit, herbal elements... think cincau... deep minerality, fine fine texture, lovely acidity. In a way like Serena Williams... There's a strong nearly brutal element, yet undeniably feminine (cliché I know but oh so true) and elegant. I do prefer more recent vintages of this vineyard, but this was excellent... Such a balanced wine!

I said it before and I'll say it again... Amelie's the next big thing, if not already one. The viti is more thoughtful than ever... Winemaking so detailed and smart. The sheer potential here... Especially with her mother's Gevry, Chambolle, and Vosne vineyards now under her sleeves... And her incredibly talented fiancé, Nicolas Faure, managing the domaine's vineyeards 🔝🔝🔝 — 7 years ago

Guylain HOin

9.0

Après 27 ans, la structure est intacte, le passage en fût un peu trop présent pour faire apprécier le fruit. La personnalité persiste agréablement. — 8 years ago

Joe Cox

Production Assistant, Wine Writer

8.9

Really well balanced and fun to pick apart. Also fun to drink. — 9 years ago

Matt Sterr

9.1

Delicious rosè. Strawberries and tart fruit. — 9 years ago

roland benedetti

9.1

Graillot sais y faire — 10 years ago

with Toby

Scorewine

Wine writer http://www.israelwines.co.il

8.9

A lovely Swiss Merlot, rich, complex, elegant and fruity. Ticino is the capital of Swiss Merlot and the platinum is a gorgeous example of this local savoir faire. The grapes of Platinum are dried before being pressed to achieve maximum density and concentration. The wine is aged in barrel for about 20 month. It has a dark garnet red, nose perfumed with black and red berries, spices, licorice, herbs, a touch of bell peppers and plums, medium to full body, nice acidity, green tannins, long fruity finish, my score 89, drink to 2019 perhaps longer. — 10 years ago

Deborah Heath

8.9

#Carbonic #merlot #cabfranc from #bergerac from Rawfair veterans — 10 years ago

with Thomas, Lena and 1 other

Lloyd Blander

9.0

This delicious wine ferments in a giant concrete egg shaped vessel to lightly oxygenate it. It's delicious. — 11 years ago

Nico Koch

9.1

Il n'y pas à faire: ça vaut vraiment la peine de conserver ce type de vin pendant plus de 10 ans ;-) — 12 years ago

Jeff Burrows

9.6

nice winter white; rich but not oaky, limestone, nuts, still refreshing — 13 years ago