Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.7

Laser beam to my Chardonnay pleasure center. Such focused orchard fruit, flint and sappiness , with a hint of salinity. Reductive (surprise!) upon opening, much more giving with a couple hours in the decanter. Every time I question the QPR of white Burgundy, Roulot reels me back in. Thanks, @Evan Vallee. I need a winning lotto ticket or something... — 10 years ago

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Ron Siegel

9.4

Lemon, citrus, wet stone, oyster shell, gun flint, and saline notes. Love the tension in the ripeness of the vintage against the bracing acidity. Raveneau delivers again! — 11 years ago

Purple Wine Company

10

Flint & Steel adds a crisp flinty backbone to classic Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc. A lovely nose of honeysuckle, peach and grapefruit rind is followed by flavors of mango, kiwi, lemongrass & freshly squeezed grapefruit. The wine is medium bodied with a smooth and refreshing finish. — 12 years ago

Lauren Vance

Buyer Whole Foods Market Oakland

9.3

Extremely layered but delicate nose lets you know you are in for a treat. There's no kick of gooseberry or cat pee, funk or wool. Instead, a great balance between the signature gun smoke, flint and lit match, layered with extra clean lemon, lime, and grapefruit. Palate is rich and round, full of citrus fruit and a stream of acidity. — 10 years ago

Alder Yarrow

Wine Blogger Vinography

9.1

Funky lanolin gives way to flint and lemon. — 11 years ago

Justin Timsit, MS

Wine Director, The Rittenhouse

8.9

Dense and round. Flint and gun smoke. Lemon. Apple. Cream and toast — 12 years ago

Jeremy Noye

CEO Morrell & Company

9.0

Slate, flint, pine, lemon zest. 2012 Louis Michel MdT showing well on this hot summer night. — 12 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.0

Mature cool climate Chardonnay. Penfolds Whites are starting to gain the reputation of their illustrious Red offering. After 6 years funk is replacing the Flint of a few years ago. Nice stone fruit notes and long. Enjoyable. — 11 years ago

John Fiehrer

9.1

Flint and wet rocks all up in there. Full chard and with nice acid — 11 years ago

Mark Freund

9.2

Took a couple hours to open up then showed terrific gun flint minerality, bracing acidity and tangy lemon-lime fruit. Would lay off for a couple years before trying again when I suspect the components will be better integrated. — 12 years ago