Chris Sowick

9.0

Garagiste selection. Excellent Bordeaux. Merlot finish. $20.90. — 6 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.2

Great use of 18 USD! Good selection by the Garagiste — 6 years ago

Anthony Ortiz

9.0

Great wine — 7 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

8.9

Amber colour.
Not as massive and sweet as expected when considering the cepage and designation. Lychees and rose-petals, dash of oriental spice, mint and pepper, medium-bodied, surprisingly elegant, maybe the finish is a tad on the short side. Lovely next to some Etivaz, old Cantal and Achelse Blauwe. — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.6

Mid fading ruby with a tawny rim. Very Burgundian in appearance and palate. Plummy Earthy aromas with a touch of tan boot polish. With air more floral notes with rose petal. Close planting and site selection has enabled Phillip Jones to craft an incredible Burgundian look alike. I think this is consistently Australias finest Pinot. Not cheap for an Aussie Pinot but cheap compared to Burgundy and I would rate this higher than a few of the Grand Crus I had last Saturday. — 8 years ago

Ted

9.4

Almonds, ginger ale, peaches. Very rich. I have a wine shop for you to check out @Donna Saxton. Elie Wine Co., in Birmingham. Amazing selection of mostly French and Spanish wines with a nice selection of Champagne. — 9 years ago

Russell Patterson

9.6

Uncorked in the lobby bar of the Ritz Carlton Grand Cayman. I am sure the company and the locale didn't hurt, but this bottle was tremendous. — 10 years ago

John Bradford

9.6

Wonderful discovery! A Beccy Wasserman Selection! — 11 years ago

Lukas Treu

8.9

Pehu Simonet! — 11 years ago

Maddalena de Zambiasi

9.3

9 acidità , 266 zucch. 8% alc. L'acidità bilancia abbastanza gli zuccheri che risultano comunque importanti. Caramella Ricola alle erbe e citronella, miele, frutta secca e disidratata, zenzero candito. — 11 years ago

Eric Kozlik

8.9

On the nose, strong black pepper, anise, and green pepper slightly overshadow the blackberry and currant base. On the tongue, exceptionally smooth, revealing soft, sweet plum and caramel on the medium-long finish. — 12 years ago

Ryan Vento

9.4

Fantastic selection and a perfect accompaniment to sushi night. Very floral with dried pineapple, lemon zest, orange rind, grapefruit, and rain-drenched slate.
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Base wine vintage: 2013.
70% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay.
Disgorged: 03.2018
Dosage: 2,7gr/l — 6 years ago

with Krystal

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

I bought my first vintage from this producer & terroir beginning with the 2010 vintage and what a vintage to start. I bought four bottles for right around $50 or a little less. They were so amazing, I drank through them in no time at all. For those of you that read my posts, that’s not normally what I do. I like to drink one & age the rest. Since then, I have looked & looked for more. I’d finally given up hopes of finding more until recently I struck gold. I should have bought all nine bottles but a calmer head prevailed. It’s definitely changed since having it fresh. On the nose, the fruits are slightly macerated. Heather honey, beeswax, golden & green apple, pineapple upside down cake, slight orange citrus blend, mango, glazed nuts, soft, delicate, chalky minerals, a touch of jasmine & yellow lilies. The body is much rounder & thicker than when it was young. Waxy. So, beautifully layered across the palate. Much of the palate matches the nose. Heather honey, beeswax, golden & green apple, apricots, peach, pineapple upside down cake, slight orange citrus blend, mango, slight molasses character & glazed nuts with citrus blossoms, yellow lilies & jasmine. The minerals are much more grippy & bold as they cut across and set on the palate. The acidity round & phat. The texture is amazing as is the length, balance & beautiful, rich, long finish that lasts two-minutes plus. So glad I found more of this wine! Hubert Lamy seriously over deliver the terroir & the price point by a country mile. If you are not buying this wine on pre-arrival, you are missing great wine and excellent value. Can’t say enough good things about it. Especially, the 2010. I expect the 15 to hold similar quality. Photos of; Olivier Lamy, Olivier working in this vineyard, barrel room and their Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Vineyard. Producer notes and history...There have been Lamy’ s growing vines in St-Aubin since 1640, today it is run by Olivier Lamy. Olivier is a new breed of Burgundian grower keen to progress. He trained Méo-Camuzet & made a number of vintages before taking over in 1996 from his father Hubert. Hubert Lamy used to sell fruit to négociants, but that stopped in 1997. He grubbed up and sold off peripheral vines, keeping only the best and oldest sites. Currently he is experimenting with different planting densities in a quest to capture even greater expression of terroir. The Domaine produces both reds and whites and now has 16.5 hectares of vineyards, mostly in St-Aubin but also own a few parcels in Chassagne-Montrachet and a tiny plot in the Grand Cru Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet. Yields are kept low and recent innovations have been introduced with selection tables in the cuverie to ensure that only the healthiest and ripest grapes are used. His more recent move to reduce the amount of new oak with the introduction of demi-muids 300-600 liter barrels have also helped to improve the wines. Vinification is traditional and the wines are matured with only 20-30% new oak for 12 months before minimal filtration and then bottling. The quality is very high and is often superior to many wines from much more prominent villages that sell at twice the price or more. — 7 years ago

web bond

9.4

Hugel et Fils Gewurtztraminer Selection de Grains Nobles 1997. 100% Sporen Grand Cru. — 9 years ago

Murray Hestley

8.9

Goes well with our homemade mild chicken chili — 9 years ago

Scott Grubbs

9.5

Wonderfully smooth, with notes of apricots,sultanas, and honey. Also, it has a nice, long finish. Perfect as an after dinner selection. — 10 years ago

Lindsay Lankford

9.0

Easy drinking chard with nice finish. Clean and fresh. — 10 years ago

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9.6

2003 Peay Sonoma Coast Pinot & WSCV rabble-rouser Andy Peay. Stellar library selection for #wowsebastopol grand dinner. — 11 years ago

with Peay and West Sonoma

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.2

This is the top wine it spend 3 years in new oak from the same vineyard a selection only 2700 bottles — 12 years ago

Ryan Vento

9.1

I love this selection. Very Krug-esque in its expression with copious amounts of chocolate & caramel nougat, almond liqueur, and overripe, candied citrus fruits. — 6 years ago

with Krystal

Charlie Evans

9.3

Freaking awesome — 8 years ago

Chris Buffum

9.2

One of the better cabs we have had lately.... — 8 years ago

Miles Skorpen

9.0

Fruity, high acid, some residual sweetness. Has nice body/full mouthfeel. Unusual, good. — 9 years ago

Michael Mendes

9.0

Zippy. Red apple, iodine with fine bubbles. — 9 years ago

Stanley Lipkin

9.0

2008 Le Clos. Lemon & minerality. Vanilla in a full bodied taste. — 10 years ago

Vinny Eng

9.1

Pierre Paillard, a beautiful @sacredthirst selection. #champagneambition — 10 years ago

Dwight Sperry

9.0

Soft, with a mild aftertaste. Pleasant fruity flavor. — 11 years ago

Joe McGee

9.2

Another great selection from Kristen.
— 11 years ago

with Kristen

Miguel Oqueli

9.4

Lapostolle Cabernet Sauvignon 2007. Chile. — 11 years ago

Gilles de Chambure

Master Sommelier & Educator

9.5

98 charmes chambertin super drouhin great selection only 3000 bts — 12 years ago