Stas Medvedev

9.3

🏅 Rating: 93/100 (4,3🌟)

PYCM 2015 Horizontal

Tasted right next to powerful Genevrieres, so showing less power. More grassy green young aromas. Seems weaker and diluted, but still rich Meursault style with nice texture and hints of exotic fruits. Vibrant acidity. — 7 years ago

Stas Medvedev

9.2

🏅 Rating: 92/100 (4,2🌟)

PYCM 2015 Horizontal

Waxy, less depth as opposed to l’Abbaye. Palate is floral and citrus. Energetic and nervous.

Baudines is situated near Santenay, much cooler as it’s one of the most elevated plots of Ch-M. Less deep white clay soil. Pierre-Yves has dealt with the same source since 2005 and knows the plot as if his own. — 7 years ago

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9.4

The 2008 Trotanoy is a ferociously backward Pomerol that did not engage at Farr’s horizontal. Another bottle served over lunch that had undergone a long decanting was far more representative. It has a gorgeous bouquet with raspberry and menthol, a little dark chocolate and cedar. The palate is medium-bodied with ample freshness and vigor although it clearly demands a long aeration to really click into fifth gear. This is a multi-dimensional Trotanoy that probably needs another couple of years in bottle. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners’ 10-Year On tasting. (Neal Martin, Vinous, May 2018) — 7 years ago

Zack Hall

9.5

Horizontal tasting veritas nyc — 8 years ago

Daniel M

8.9

Nose of blackberry, garrigue, olive. Fruity full bodied palate. Both horizontal and vertical dimensions are showing. Always fun to go on with this quality team we are having — 9 years ago

Daniel M

9.0

A splendid and intense nose of black currant and wet earth. Some secondary aromas there too: smokiness, a bit of oak and roasted coffee beans. The palate is great even upon opening the bottle: red and black fruits + a slight saltiness on the horizontal dimension, a nice acid frame which makes the wine go longer and longer. This is a really good wine and a superb value (13€). Should have bought by dozen — 9 years ago

Andrew Holod

National Sales Grapes of Spain

9.2

Dense, packed, powerful, embryonic and yet one can see what an elegant wine this will be with time in the cellar. My second favorite, at the moment, of a blind, horizontal tasting of top wines from the 2010 vintage in our book. — 10 years ago

Joel Hodorek

9.2

Wine 1/6 of a Bordeaux second label horizontal tasted blind. Wines were difficult to distinguish given age and vintage however the noses helped to differentiate. Petit Verdot on the nose then classic berry. Easily confused with the three Paulliacs in the tasting. Surprisingly good - my first time with this wine. Intriguing and compelling.
— 10 years ago

Amie Hendrickson

9.2

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Rich Bluth

9.9

Great horizontal tasting! 3 great Ridge Zins. The top pick was Mazzoini Ranch. — 12 years ago

Stas Medvedev

9.6

🏅 Rating: 96+/100 (4,65🌟)

PYCM 2015 Horizontal

Beautiful Meursault nose - fragrant and powerful with much volume and depth. Layers of rich dense fruits. Flinty mineral with citrus finish. Full-body with developing buttery and almond flavours demonstrating huge potential for aging.

Almost on par with Caillerets, so mostly depends which style do you prefer more: Mersault or Ch-M?

Genevrieres are among commune’s finest wines located on the limestone slopes. — 7 years ago

Stas Medvedev

9.4

🏅 Rating: 94/100 (4,4🌟)

PYCM 2015 Horizontal

Pronounced aroma intensity with a fine citrus top-line. Flinty mineral. Fills the mouth with considered energy and a very nice complexity. Super finishing flavour, discreetly long and mouth-watering.

Own vineyards in the same section of Chassagne as Les Champs Gains. Very difficult to choose between these two, but Chenevottes to my taste is 1-inch behind in this 2015 PYCM tasting. — 7 years ago

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9.4

Luminous, pale straw-green. Wonderfully vibrant, perfumed nose combines pear, green apple, Meyer lemon, ginger, lemon verbena and a steely, iodiney quality. Densely packed, tight and young, with a terrific core of citrus, powdered stone and orchard fruit flavor of uncommon purity. Already seamless but still youthfully imploded, this really coats the palate with its concentrated flavors on the horizontal, extremely long finish. This is so complex and rich it actually tastes as if a portion of the grapes had been hit by noble rot. Clocks in at 14% alcohol but you can hardly tell. Along with Terlano’s Vorberg, Nalles and Magré’s Sirmian and the Pinot Bianco by Doro Princic, this is Italy’s best Pinot Bianco wine. (Ian D'Agata, Vinous, May 2018) — 8 years ago

E & K G

9.3

Part of a 2005 horizontal of Arnaud Ente's Meursaults. This was a great balance of mineral and fruit, with just enough butter coating. — 8 years ago

Jeff Loo

9.4

Beautiful. Part of a horizontal of Selosse. — 9 years ago

tim heyman

8.9

horizontal with branaire pretty gd but better day 2 than 1 — 9 years ago

tim heyman

9.4

2000 exquisite even better than malescot 2000 in horizontal tasting with duck — 10 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.3

From Pisoni's (excellent) second label Lucia, this was part of a three bottle horizontal consisting of the 2011 Santa Lucia Highlands, Garys' Vineyard, and Soberanes Vineyard offerings. The Garys' was definitely drinking the best, but I suspect this one will ultimately surpass it. Right now it's a bit too closed and probably should have been decanted. All three wines were terrific, though (not at the level of the Pisoni Estate, but still excellent wines). — 10 years ago

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Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.1

2008 Larner Grenache horizontal- no new oak, great acidity. Nimble and pretty, the lightest of the three and my favorite. (No surprise there). I think this has the most upside, though already showing interesting development. — 11 years ago

Rafael Landestoy

9.7

Had this about a year ago and it was the second one in a month that I had enjoyed. The first was during a horizontal of 1982 Bordeaux tasting and believe it or not this was one of the stars of the night with Margaux being the top dog. — 12 years ago

Stas Medvedev

9.4

🏅 Rating: 94+/100 (4,45🌟)

PYCM 2015 Horizontal

Fruit nose with ginger hint. Here comes the Meursault mouth-filling power and high acidity. Less depth as opposed to Ch-M we tasted in the previous flight. Generous wine, but still a baby.

Fruit comes from the prized Dessus sector (top part), in the middle of Lafon’s portion, next to Puligny Combettes and touching Perrières. — 7 years ago

Stas Medvedev

9.7

🏅 Rating 97+/100 (4,75🌟)

PYCM 2015 Horizontal

Stony mineral with great aromatic depth. Almost silky herb note and camomile. Pure with a richer body and intense flavour. Steely elegant.

Parcel from wine-maker’s parents towards the top with stony and shallow soil. It’s his reference for all the other wines, never high alcohol, never low. Caillerets is one of the most distinguished wines of his cellar and my personal favourite of the tasting.

Multidimensional Grand Cru quality in all but name. — 7 years ago

Carol Sigman

9.1

Silky smooth sweet cherries and vanilla with a hint of espresso. One of the oldest vineyards in Saint Emilion. Call out to the man, lovingly called “The Boogeyman”, for the great Left Bank/Right Bank 2012 horizontal tasting recommendation this evening. — 8 years ago

E & K G

9.1

Part of a 2005 horizontal of Arnaud Ente's Meursaults. Lots of tropical fruit notes in this Meursault with a strong mineral backbone. Not my fav style of Meursault, but this is good! — 8 years ago

Hanif Perry

9.3

Great bottle. Horizontal tasting with another. — 9 years ago

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Zach Cherry

Account Manager Worldwide Wine & Spirits

9.0

Decent, but the legend of Heidi wasn't shown here to it's fullest. I had the Amuse Bouche 2014 Horizontal together. Very linear, with florals throughout start to finish. The Syrah was greatly suppressed, with Merlot taking front and center, but lacked the velvety texture I would hope for from that style. — 9 years ago

Andrew Holod

National Sales Grapes of Spain

9.1

I usual like this wine very well, but today the oak was obtrusive and covered some of the fruit/soil elements I hoped to find here. Third best in a blind, horizontal tasting of top 2010s from our book. — 10 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.3

Part of a horizontal tasting of Central Coast mourvedre at our Wine Party, this wine is typical of the great stuff Ryan Pease is doing at his label Paix sur Terre. I don't know how he manages to produce such an elegant wine from 100% mourvedre, but that's exactly what this wine is: elegant. Beautiful fruit, with smooth, sweet tannins that just dance on the palate. Great stuff! — 10 years ago

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Carnet Williams

9.0

Not my fav year but shone bright compared to other 2009 horizontal flight. — 10 years ago

Melissa M. Sutherland

Importer Winebow Wines

9.0

More horizontal are the elements. Broader, denser, with precise hallmarks of Chablis in terms of minerality and acids. Truly liked this over two days. — 11 years ago