Erin Hollrah

9.2

Marcel Lapierre Morgon… I smell it in the breeze, the warm kind that makes my head float above the leaves and just flutter down to the ground below — no matter if that ground be sand, snow, concrete or dirt. It doesn’t matter, for this wine personifies my favourite wine descriptor: high toned.

Medium garnet in colour, a generous nose of fully ripened strawberries; red and dark cherries; and warm, granite-rich earth leaves room for no other aroma to interfere. For a daydreaming stint, I become sweet sixteen. Everything is deep pink and love is such an easy red. Life is silky and breezy and good. I could live forever in the slipsteam.

The wine is dry but its fruits are gushingly sweet. A soothing mouthfeel and supple tannins offer too lovely an experience. It is so tempting to bite into the bitter little seeds inside the berries, but instead Marcel Lapierre Morgon begs you to roll with the black cherry skin and enjoy the simplicity before harsh aspects of life are unavoidable. The cover of YM magazine will never be interesting again, so why not enjoy it while it lasts?

Alas, the heartier-skinned wines and those unbathed in hippie funk; the awkward intrigues as well as dangerous lusts inevitably called my attention. Life may never be that raw and pristine again, but the beauty I can always recapture in this unforgettable bottle.

— 10 years ago

Andrew Whittle

Co-Owner/Director Summit Estate Wines

9.4

Perfect end to a great day of wine tasting & touring - life is good! — 10 years ago

Jonathan Tadros

9.3

I never see this as a true Chardonnay as you get hit with citrus like pa-pow pa-pow! So the start is crisp and dry. The finish is where that smooth oak and butter comes to life. Nice balance. A damn good white to enjoy on a hot day, or with some bomb seafood. #nothinglikenapa — 11 years ago

Howard Yang

8.9

Dark burgundy in color, smell of current, cider wood, raisin and mint, medium to long finish, soft tannin, good balance with nice acidity. — 11 years ago

Remi Barrett

9.6

89 Lynch Bages... So good! Tons of life in it. Perfect tannins — 12 years ago

Jessica Pinzon

9.5

The perfect Fall apéritif - Bordelet apple cider from Normandy... Like biting into an apple fresh off of the tree. So good! — 12 years ago

Max Gottesfeld, FWS, CSW

8.9

Dry clean crisp. Very good. — 10 years ago

John Trentacoste

9.5

Good riddance, intern. Hello Cider! — 10 years ago

Matt Easton

9.0

Light carbonation, good apple flavor, semi-sweet, natural tasting. — 10 years ago

Greg Sorensen

9.3

This has got life to burn. Super good. — 11 years ago

Martin Redmond

8.9

Nice dry, crisp cider. Very good, but prefer wine. May revisit when the weather turns warm — 11 years ago

Jamil C Williams

General Manager at Silverlake Wine

9.7

Pretty damn good. — 12 years ago

Lacey Chaput

9.8

Awesome tasting at Cade with my favorite people. Life is good — 12 years ago

Hal Halbert

9.1

Sweeter than expected but fabulous: good start to a birthday dinner with friends. — 10 years ago

Will Phelps

Joseph Phelps Vineyards

9.5

2004, in good form. Still so much life ahead. — 10 years ago

David MacMillan

9.3

All I can say is wow.....what a wine! Great company, great wine......life is good — 10 years ago

with Jonathan

Nils Bernstein

9.2

The 1988 Coutet. Great Sauternes/Barsac vintage. Still full-bodied & good acid w/lotsa life yet. Lemon marmalade, light toffee, some pungent spice and Rieslingy petrol realness, & a long Lemonhead candy finish.
— 11 years ago

Dana Svoboda

10

Not too fruity or sweet. Cross between chard & Pinot g (good from both). — 11 years ago

Zz Da

9.2

Not really tasting the ginger but still good and sweet. — 12 years ago

Daoud Sangwa

Sommelier Whole Foods Market

9.2

Finally found a very good french hard cider. Classic. — 12 years ago