Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Pale lemon color with aromas of stone fruits and blossom and spice, fruit from the Martinelli Charles Ranch, two miles in from the Pacific, aged for 12 months in 25% new oak. On the palate flavors of apple and pear with a touch of zesty lemon, crisp, with nitty vanilla notes. Nice mouthfeel, vivid acidity, medium+ finish ending with fruit, vanilla and citrus mineral character. Nice! — 4 months ago

ESF

9.8

last bottle and it was the best — ever!

opened for an old friend and after battling a broken cork and decanting, it ended up absolutely pristine, darn near flawless. A testament to Fred Scherrer — 8 months ago

Robert Ahlstrom

9.2

Berries and tobacco, opens up with time — a year ago

Serena Wu

9.2

Notes of plum, earth, soy sauce. I thought tannins were still fairly pronounced but not rough. Lovely pairing with our smoked abalone and black cod….. — 3 years ago

with Brad

Brooke Long

10

Had the 2004 in Willamette valley at Antica Terra from their benchmark wines collection — 5 years ago

with Stephen

Sophia Rodriguez

9.3

Clay loved it. Soph liked but not as much as clay but would drink again. — 5 years ago

Ellen Clifford

9.1

Fabulously surprising! This wine is one of those warm robust bear humans who wraps you in a hug that doesn’t smother you, it frees you. It’s fresh. Oodles of dark berries and plums plus vanilla and a very herbal earthy thing and something like leather. So very very good. — 6 years ago

Gregory Fulchiero

9.2

Well integrated - velvety and fine tannins - fruit still with crispness - dried flowers in the nose. Subtle earth. Outstanding. — 5 months ago

Karla Farjo

9.3

Light bodied. Delicious with notes of licorice, but not overwhelming. — 6 months ago

Ron R

9.4

Boys weekend in Detroit.
A very lifted expression of burgundy. So much focus and separation on the mid palate. Waxy lemons define the texture on the palate, which then combine with white fruits. Superb length on the finish. Moderate acidity and delicate sweetness bring home a wonderful experience from start to finish.
Even better on day two. — 8 months ago

with Andrew and Rick

Pooneet K

9.3

Really a wonderful Burgundy for the always reliable (and now quite pricey) Bize. This 17 Savigny is in a great spot. High toned, balanced, refreshing acids, good mix of earth and fruit. Perfect pairing with the classic Sunday roast chicken with mushrooms. Tonight drinking better and more enjoyable than the several premier crus we have enjoyed from him in the past few years. — 3 years ago

Nik Kannan

9.4

Really incredible wine. Not paired with any food, the wine is flavorful, quenching w/ oak flavor adding the right dryness and notes of plum & vanilla to finish - really well balanced and opened well. Bottled was empty far too quickly : ) — 5 years ago

with Emily

Martin Bergo

9.1

Floral, deep, high quality. — 6 years ago

Daniel Anderson

9.0

A bit syrupy on the nose but the highish abv is surprisingly well balanced. Lot of blueberry. One of the better Pinots imo but not worth the extra wait and still boring — 5 months ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.2

Funky and mineral. — 6 months ago

Kamall

8.9

Quite pleasurable — 9 months ago

Parker Peters

9.1

Light cab, not as full flavor but pairs well with meat — 2 years ago

Dave Mayers

9.5

BANGO! Fresh af. Bize is banging when it’s this good. — 3 years ago

Tara Meehan

9.0

Easy drinking, well balanced, hardly any tannins — 5 years ago

Billy L.

9.2

🍾🥂👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 — 5 years ago