Masafi

9.7

Tasted on Wednesday 14 May 2025: A wine that evokes the heart of a burning forest — old-vine Grenache and century-old Carignan conjure up smoldering earth, wild herbs, and dark berries. It’s raw, intense, and untamed, like fire licking through ancient woods.
— a year ago

Robert Brown

8.9

Excellent. Helen's. — 4 years ago

with Cynthia

Whiney Guy

9.4

Easy drinking jolly rancher blend of white and red grapes — 6 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2016 / great balance — 6 years ago

Emily Virgil

9.3

Ultra brut pairs perfectly with cipolline fritti e pizza margherita!
Superb value — 7 years ago

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9.7

The 1990 Cristal is remarkable. Polished, nuanced and light on its feet, the 1990 is all class. Citrus, orchard fruit and floral notes are wonderfully lifted throughout. A slight reductive note adds character on the finely knit finish. I can’t think of a better way to start this tasting. Simply put, the 1990 is a total rock star. Moreover, it is much more delicate than most wines from this ripe vintage. Amazingly, the 1990 tastes like it is still not ready! “Nineteen ninety was my second vintage here,” says Chef de Caves Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon. “It was ideal. The fruit was just perfect. We blocked the malolactic fermentation completely and only fermented 6-7% of our lots in oak, as opposed to the more typical 20%, in order to preserve as much freshness as possible. The wine was made by my predecessor, Michel Pansu, but I was learning. This was the first year I started working with oxygen by reducing sulfites in vinification to pre-oxidize the Chardonnay musts, as I do know, which allows me to get rid of all the unstable, oxidative compounds. With Pinot, on the other hand, you need a little bit of sulfur at crush or you lose the brilliant fruit. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, December 2018) — 7 years ago

Andrew Liguori

8.9

Barnyard funk, burnt chicken, cranberry and kirsch with dry soft tannins. — 3 years ago

Rasmus Schmidt

9.1

Funk n’ easy — 5 years ago

Christopher Fowler

8.9

LOVE. Loire might be my favourite French region.

Some green pepper on the nose. Dangerously drinkable. Food friendly. Went well with spiced ground beef and rice, but this red would be a good companion for red or white meat, Indian dishes, or on its own. — 6 years ago

with Michael

Al Doyle

9.1

Olivier Cousin’s son, doing cool things. This is on the light side of oxidative Chenins, just a little buzz upfront and then settles into refreshing sours. Intriguing. — 6 years ago

Kent Aron Vabø

8.9

Pizzasted i Malmø — 7 years ago

Michael Morris

Wine Director The Park Café

9.1

How have I never had this before! Black olives, pepper and licorice floating on Kirsch. Going back for more — 9 years ago

Marcio Morelli

9.3

12%
Dégorgé le 10/05/2016
1045 Bouteilles
Jantar Otávio c/ 20G — 9 years ago

with Otavio

Sébastien F

9.2

Beau savagnin de maceration. — 4 years ago

Kyle Harvey

9.0

Cellar raid #23 - mini Cornas from GG - brooding, becoming feral, still young. — 4 years ago

Kate

9.0

Chardonnay I actually like! — 6 years ago

Eric

10

Lyndale Liquor — 6 years ago

Nicolas Busquet

9.0

Upon recommendation from the wine ship guy, i opened this 2-3 hours before tasting, which was good, except for tge fact that it got too warm. I popped it back in the fridge for 20 minutes and then it was perfect. Very fruit forward and fresh with a nice structure despite its youth (2017 tasted in August 2019). All the guests loved it. — 7 years ago

Bradley Krom

9.2

$565. Less bold / oxidative than Anselme. Also less evolution from time of opening. Lightly sparkling, saline, long finish. Would not chase currently. — 8 years ago

with Margot

Chris MacLean

9.2

Very good stony gamay from a small producer just outside of Lyon. — 9 years ago