Pastor Pascal ( new owner ) — 9 months ago
Tough Hermitage competition last night and it ranked slightly behind top producers JL Chave and Jaboulet (La Chapelle). Not quite as long and explosive, but who’s to complain — 2 years ago
マルサンヌ100%
綺麗な金色。白い花とオレンジの香り。適度な厚み、主張しすぎないオレンジの味わい @4100 excl tax — 3 years ago
$25 @ Domestique. — 5 years ago
Whelan Wine, I do have a soft spot for PN, all the red berries, smooth tannins, lovely defo have again. — 6 years ago
@Xavier Davila : a pu — 8 years ago
Me encanta ! fresco , durazno , caramelo, miel, mantequilla, acidez intensa, excelente retrogusto de 10 segundos o más ! Excelente con almejas o ceviche con moderadas especias! — 7 months ago
Les héritiers renaud, pouilly fuissé 2020
Wine 5 of my birthday blind tasting. The richness of the nose and the somewhat low acid palate threw me in the wrong direction. I called white saint joseph 🤷♂️.
There is pear, pineapple, lemon and tangerine on the nose, along with some chalky notes. It's not textbook. The palate is rich and broad, with pear, white peach and lemony notes. It’s almost sweet. There is a bit of phenolic grip in the rear, and a nice finish that ends up with a bit of bitter note. It’s actually quite nice and I must confess that I have been overlooking southern Burgundy whites largely over the past few years and I will need to remedy that. — a year ago
Delish in Paris — 3 years ago
2012 | Pinot Noir
Louis Jadot (Domaine des Héritiers); Les Pougets GC
Corton; Côte de Beaune, Aloxe-Corton, France
Fantastic, but youthful even with a 4H decant. Perfumed cherry notes with trailing dried cranberries, crushed red raspberry, tannins say open 2030+. — 3 years ago
Deep Ruby with aromas of black fruits, complex spice and notes of herbs and forest floor. On the palate subtle flavors cherry and red plum with notes of cacao, espresso and licorice. Fine tannins, adding to great mouthfeel, long finish ending with toasty cedar notes and earthy herb mineral. Good now as fruit starting to fade a bit, but still showing beauty and grace. Nice! — 5 years ago
Very pleasurable indeed. The 14' P-F's another excellent value number from Lafon's Macconais line-up. Quite firmly reduced, yet the underlying fruit still seems ripe. Floral tones. Rich with a decent dollop of oak, but all framed in mouth-watering acidity. Certainly a mineral drop. Atm, I've got a slight preference for the 16' Clos du Four due to its sheer potential and seemingly greater comcentration. — 7 years ago
A Chardonnay that always delivers. At first touch, buttery, toasty and stone fruits that hit my spots. A beautiful Easter Chardonnay. — 8 months ago
This is a very serious wine for the money. Tasted next to the 2022, this is more open and just starting to come into its drinking window, but with at least 10 years ahead.
Bright cherry and forest floor on the nose. The palate is still quite tight but complex. Great finely honed tannins. Old world burgundian pinot weight and complexity at a fraction of the cost. Fantastic p/q. — 10 months ago
Popped and poured and it’s nice right out of the gate. Nose has lots of wet straw-inflected earthiness, and almost Chablis-like brothy note, a vague whiff of toasted barrels, and some pear skin fruit. Lots of earth, crushed stone, and apple-pear fruit on the palate. Medium acids, and a weighty, lengthy finish with a dark, bitterish note that grows (in a nice way). Lots of character. — 2 years ago
American geography ignoramus that I am, little did I know that the Northernmost tip of the Rhone- Cote Rotie- is the kissing cousin of Beaujolais. St. Amour is more midpoint, but has that great granite terroir which makes this long standing Cru Bojo (& under 20$) a perennial fave. It’s that mineral tautness I love. — 5 years ago
Découverte de l'appelation Saint-Peray : cépages Roussanne Marsanne.
Complexe, beurré, gras, équilibré, puissant.
J'adore. — 5 years ago
100% Gamay.
Iron-tinted garnet. Clear and transparent.
The nose is royal. Complex commingling of floral note, red fruit, and minerality. Violet, rose petal, red cherry, wild strawberry, cranberry, tar, and iron. On the bouquet alone, this could very well be misunderstood for a Nebbiolo-based wine.
Structurally, the wine is built for long haul IMO. Grippy tannin, med plus acid, med low body (12.5 abv). 4 years old but this Beaujo tasted so young (who said it cannot age!). Still a lot of red fruit characters backed by mineral/stony frame. The same profile follows through from the aromas to the palate.
Pulled the plug on this bottle on a whim. No regret. Now I know I have to keep my hands off the rest of my bottles for another decade. Lovely juice! 91+ — 8 years ago
Steven Schafer
Clean and crisp. Beautiful undertones of pear. — 7 months ago