Jeroen Koenen

9.4

Pop n pour:
Time has taken care of the overt and opulent blend of bacon fat and blueberrypie.
Today, 5 years later, this has significantly more elegance (!) and better balance. Gorgeous notes of lavender, dark plums and blackberries, coffeebeans, a spicy pepper/cinnamon/nutmeg mixture and a whiff of cocoapowder.
Great wine. Delicious. — 4 years ago

Chris miller

9.1

Totally delicious. Honey, lilacs, apricot, green apple sweet and a balanced acidity, medium body — 5 years ago

Sam T

9.6

Absolutely outstanding — 6 years ago

Shay A

9.5

Jack & Arden put together a wonderful evening of delicious food and great wines, and a few of us attendees contributed some bottles to enjoy as well. Great night!

My contribution. Wow! The aromatics here are some of the most intoxicating I’ve come across. Ripe pineapple bathed in honey butter, apricot preserves, orange marmalade and honeycomb. Light on the palate with zippy acidity. Fantastic! — 7 years ago

with Arden, Jack and 3 others

James Park

9.5

Impressive mix of honey and apricot. — 9 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.6

WoW! Unbelievable vitality. Impressions of violets, honey. Mahony color. Superb balance. Wonderfull chenin, I love love love it! Elegance. — 10 years ago

Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.0

Honey on toast straight off the bat, walnut oil and a very light touch of twiglet makes me think this isn't in the greatest shape but shows some great complexity. In the mouth there is snappy red apple skin from the off though the mouthfeel is rather thin, sleek on the finish with plenty of class. — 11 years ago

Christian Broder

GM/Sommelier The Social Wine Company

8.9

Sour honey, dried dill, quince, honeycomb, creme fraiche, lemon peel. Not as haunting as old tondonia, but always solid. — 12 years ago

Franck Gestin

9.7

Great Vouvray ! Citrus, pear and honey. Beautifully crisp ! — 12 years ago

President Obama

9.1

@derek's. Honey colored, few bubbles, tasted more like an apple cider than wine. — 4 years ago

Brendan Baker

9.2

Chamomile, lemon-lime, bright and lean ⚡️ — 5 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.4

Medium gold, heavy in the glass. Awesome aged Raveneau nose. Notes of citrus, kimmeridgian white stone and light colored dirt, some honey, some spice. Great mouth feel, with acidity that powered up over 4-5 hours. Awesome with some angel hair pasta and shrimp, looking out over the Kohala Coast. — 5 years ago

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.3

Apricot jam. Flowers. Honey. So viscous. — 6 years ago

with Noah, Grace and 2 others

Conrad Green

9.2

Very fresh and bright. Young and dynamic with honey and sweet white flowers. Zesty and fun — 8 years ago

with Jean-Francois, Chris and 1 other

Andris L

9.2

Floral, apricot on the nose. On the palette floral and honey. — 10 years ago

Ash Lover

10

Sweet awesome No Alcoholic aftertaste when chilled properly — 10 years ago

Rita Jammet

Owner La Caravelle Champagne

9.6

Beautiful fruit, hint of acacia honey (however not sweet) and a superb acidity. Super versatile. Bravo @Charles Puglia you rock! — 11 years ago

Joanne Close

9.4

Decanted and constantly evolving, chestnut honey, apricots, honeysuckle, sultanas...on and on. — 11 years ago

with Jim

Patrick Knöfler

8.9

Half-bottle. The wine was medium amber in colour and offered orange peel, apple, honeycomb, caramel, smoke, spices, sherry and a mouldy note on the nose. On the palate the wine showed orange, peach, apple, cane sugar, caramel, smoke, spices, creamy honey, some coffee, a hint of chocolate, sherry, mild black tea and a mouldy note, paired with medium-plus acidity, a creamy honey mouthfeel and very good length. Judged by this half-bottle the wine has just passed its plateau and started its slow journey on the downward slope. A good, medium-bodied Sauternes with lots of botrytis character. Drink now. 89 — 12 years ago

Juliet Pullis

9.7

Ad-hoc, great wine w cheese, honey and hazelnut flavor — 13 years ago

Vasanth Balakrishnan

9.2

#sauternes so sweet and balanced. Third of three bottles for my wife’s 40th birthday. We saved the best for last, as it turns out. Honeyed layers as this gently warms in a Burgundy bowl - caramel, marzipan, toasted almonds, some petrol, apricot jam. Tastes exactly how it smells with the acidity taking a step back from the honey sweetness swirling around a luscious oily mouthfeel. Touch of orange pith bitterness on the finish - lovely wine. Indeed it pairs well with Indian food but the force of this wine could have easily matched even spicier dishes. Beautiful wine and what’s amazing is it seemed this wine could easily go another 20 years. Good Sauternes is ever youthful. — 5 years ago

J Chechik

9.3

Besides having a great, cool label - Herman Story wines are so spectacular. This is not your standard “red blend” & the Tempranillo/Petit Verdot give a great complexity. Easily paired w/ a huge range of food. — 5 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.6

Light gold. Looks young. Took 5 hours to open up and show its stuff. In hour 6 this was cruising. Saline and sea shells, wispy lemon fruit, some honey, some white stone. The guesses from the fellas were 2002 Rav Clos and 1996 Rav Valmur. Shows how these properly stored aged Raveneaus can age effortlessly. — 6 years ago

Dean Bernal Sr.

9.5

The Beast by Del Dotto. Hugely powerful but still balanced. Dark/inky colored with a round full mouth feel. It embraces the tongue with a well saturated finish. Decadently delightful!💓 — 8 years ago

with April, Jeff and 1 other

michael pandolfo

9.0

Very sweet but not overtly cloying. Lots of custardy lemon & honey. Effervescent acidity in the end — 9 years ago

Lorenzo Marco Savona

10

Fantastico, stupendo, bello vino frizzante with Xmas antipasti. — 10 years ago

Eugene Kim

9.4

Classic Northern Rhone, waxy mouthfeel, butterscotch, beeswax, honey- very nice — 11 years ago

Jonathan Lipsmeyer

9.1

2007 Dauvissat Forest. Creamy and perhaps further along than is proper to be, or perhaps I just am in denial about how long ago 2007 was, but still crushed seashell and acid and if only it had some honey wow it might be fabulous. — 11 years ago

with Zachary

Nora Trodden

9.5

Fresh floral aroma. Flavor of pears and honey followed by warm tannins. A lovely complex Chardonnay. — 12 years ago

Erin Pooley

Owner/Winemaker Good Luck Wines

9.1

Like diving into honey and getting a big firm hug — 12 years ago