Thank you @Benoit Touquette This is a very special wine for me. One of my favorites of all time and I was not disappointed last night. — 7 years ago
22 March 2017. Vine Wine, Brooklyn, NY. — 8 years ago
16 October 2015. The Four Horsemen, Brooklyn, NY. — 10 years ago
Interesting. Juicy, racy, mint 豆蔻, floral. — 10 years ago
やっぱり好きなエルミタージュ。スパイシーな感じがたまりません♪ — 12 years ago
100% Roussanne.
Nose...If I ever had a white that I could tell you was "oily" this is that wine. Caramelized honey, pear, guava and wet clay.
Palate is hazelnut butter, macerated pear, over-ripe apricot. F...this is an amazing bottle, I don't happen across Roussanne like this everyday, or like ever! — 7 years ago
Light but full at the same time, love it! Could drink this nonstop.... — 7 years ago
Great for the price. Complex, medium finish. Lots of red fruit — 9 years ago
Pale gold color. Nose of lemon grass and the ocean. Bright acidity, lemon zest, grapefruit, balanced with honey and minerality. Enjoyable and a good pairing with clams. — 9 years ago
Grandiose... Santa approved — 10 years ago
@Benoit Touquette killer juice. Soooooo well integrated and balanced — 7 years ago
27 July 2018. Discovery Wines, New York, NY. — 7 years ago
Thanks Benoit — 7 years ago
Hints of mint on the nose. Clean slate, wet pebbles, dry citrus. Very nice for when austerity is in order, no excessive flowers or fruit juice here. Proper. — 8 years ago
Stinky sweat to pistachio tart. — 9 years ago
Lovely! Yeasty! Pears, apples and classic texture. Declassified premier cru fruit! — 9 years ago
Good acidity and balance for a bottle at this price point. Nice value. — 9 years ago
Enjoyed at Nico. Very tasty. — 10 years ago
This is a silkier, more elegant vintage of the Chapelle, at least relative to the 2010, which was really in my zone, as well as the 2009, which I found over-the-top, but in both cases I think there was more stuffing there than here. This would've shown better if I'd opened it with white meat or even fish or something else where a lightweight presence and loose-knit structure is called for. It's an excellent wine in that idiom but lacks some of the solidity and grip it has offered in other years. It's not imbalanced at all, and the trademark stony mineral flavors are still here, it's just a slimmer version of its usual self. — 10 years ago
Rob Sternthal
Pre and Post Yom Kippur wine. I forgave @Benoit Touquette for all his sins!!! Haha. Extraordinary effort. This wine gets better with each vintage. — 7 years ago