Brendan Baker

9.1

Dark florals, red and black fruits, cracked black pepper, pure, slightly natty 👌 — 3 years ago

Matt

9.0

Quite intriguing, not a style of winemaking I reach for often, but an example of it done well. Minimal extraction and no SO2 with the allure and charm this has can be quite difficult. It’s a little skanky upon first opening, but after a night in the bottle it cleaned up considerably, the brett and VA melted into the wine a little more and its muddled melange of red fruit and earth became apparent. Crushed rainer cherry, decaying strawberries, rhubarb compote, white pepper, sweaty brett. I like blurring the lines between light red and rosé, and the wine worked well with roast chicken w/ spices and poblano mashers night one and fared well with tomato/avocado salad and grilled sardines the next night. That versatility at the table was impressive. — 4 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.2

Picking up a juiced pear on the nose today, but otherwise prior notes still apply:

Nose has ripe yellow apple, lightly oxidized green apple peel, baked phyllo dough, partially aromatic white flowers and damp rocks. I always get a natural wine vibe here, without the vinegar-like profile, but it seems alive!

Palate has baked green and yellow apple pastry, crisp acidity yet dense, candle wax begins on the finish and ends with dry granite. Great balance, very lengthy finish, clean and not cumbersome, superb vintage, long life ahead. We love you Jean-Jacques. — 4 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

This stuff pulses through my veins. Gorgeous nose. Very mineral but generous. Palate is just so good. Rich, Ripe and elegant with good acidity and terrific freshness from the minerality. So clean and very pure. — 6 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.3

3 May 2018 — 6 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

Pretty funky upon opening. Horsey like a Raffault. But there is a sense of big cherry fruit lurking. Very floral as well. Some combo there of fresh flowers and horseshit. After 30-45 minutes the shit is gone and it’s all violets, earth and cherries. Awesome. Morel is magic. Palate is deep, raw like only Morel can be, with terrific freshness and acidity and a lovely rusticity. St Aubin Rouge are not the most elegant Burgundies but they have so much more than elegance. This wine is long. Really long. It’s a crazy wine that I think with 3-4 more years will really show well. This is like a young version of the 08. — 7 years ago

Antonio Gianola

9.4

Hard to go wrong with anything from Charles Neal Selections $ — 9 years ago

Scott Pruitt

9.5

Hint of apple and oak. Really great. — 9 years ago

Rupert Taylor

9.5

Superb -mineral, tense & herbal. — 10 years ago

David Tabor

9.9

Very mature, full and elegant — 11 years ago

E & K G

9.2

Great nose of dried red flowers and red fruit. Juicy yet elegant fruit on the palate with an undertone of earthiness. LOVE! — 4 years ago

Jordi Pazo

9.2

Vila. 26,56.
07.06.20 — 4 years ago

Matt

9.3

Sandy, decomposed granite soils. Richly textured with a firm, tannic backbone support its dense fruit. Ripe, pushing soaked, black fruit, roasted meat, garrigue, talcum, menthol, violet, leather, and loads of pepper. There’s a firm thread of granite and sanguine throughout. This is wound up, I love the texture though, grainy and raw. It needs some time to harmonize its finish. Baby Hermitage! — 4 years ago

Angela Winnike

9.0

Strawberry deliciousness, grapefruit, something savory we can’t quite put our finger on and ever so lightly effervescent. Thanks Tyler for the rec. — 5 years ago

with Luke and Matthew

Severn Goodwin

9.5

On the Lawn at Tanglewood this evening with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Our conductor Andris Nelsons is leading just one wonderful piece, MAHLER (Symphony No. 3), accompanied with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus.

We're revisiting some producer bottles from our late Spring France vacation earlier this year.

Stunning nose of pineapple core, wildflower honey and wet stones, I'm not sure I can actually describe all the magic happening in this glass. Palate is evolving with each sip, under-ripe pineapple, over-ripe pear, watery honey, light oak touch and wet slate dust. Just amazing!

Photos of beautiful late Spring (2018) biodynamic vineyard rows in Saint Aubin, my winemaker crush Jean Jacques Morel giving us the low down inside his living cellar and our bottle of the evening.

We only enjoyed about 1/3 of the bottle, saving for a day or so to see where this goes, notes will be updated. — 6 years ago

Kenta Hayashi

9.0

Vibrant red cherries from first whiff. Fruit is very much alive while there is a cool earthiness and perhaps even iron. On the palate, dark cherries. Light medium body with some fleshiness. Medium acidity and finish. — 7 years ago

Mackenzie

9.1

Aperitif! Just to get us going n it's poifect — 8 years ago

Bart Hansen - Dane Cellars

9.0

Described as a oxidized wine, and it definitely was. But had nice tart & dried fruit. — 9 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.1

Grower champagne from Verzenay; also the chair of the Cave Co-op in Verzenay for some years, and JP's father before him (who has disgorged me wines still on lees back to 1928); is Verzenay Grand Cru though not stated; JP is a specialist pinot noir grower, with a slice of chardonnay; wine is boldly pinot power, nice tang on finish, fresh and delicious; taut, full, tons of yeast; great Christmas breakfast Champagne + fruit. — 9 years ago

Nick Pepe

9.1

Great crisp Sancerre that Betsy and I only drink at our favorite sushi place, Soto. Shove it, sake! — 10 years ago

romo

9.1

More a traditional white blend than the other cuvées. Still some skins but in the background. Halibut tacos. NV — 4 years ago

Martin Bergo

9.0

Has kept acid levels and vivacity well. Have tried about one per year from this vintage since released and this was the best one yet. I love the Chalonnaise!! — 4 years ago

Marc S

9.1

La Flandre — 5 years ago

Jean-Phillippe Landry

9.1

Some funkyness, more expressive as it opened up. Enjoyed by all. — 6 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Very impressive! Lots of black cherry, olive, raw meat, blood, iron, mineral with floral notes of rose petal & violets. Need to find more of this! — 6 years ago

Jennifer Saperstein

9.6

Had bottle at home with soba noodles and salmon. Delicious. — 7 years ago

Juan Pablo Perez

9.0

Nariz con aromas manzana, pera y melon con algo gramoso y/o hierbas frescas. Fruta fresca. En la boca acidez notable con aspectos citricos y de mineral. Largo en boca. Muy bueno. ( Ambrosia) — 7 years ago

Joe Mar

9.0

Fresh cut strawberries and a cut of minerals on the nose. Good acidity with a strong mineral midpalate and longish finish. A nice mid-priced rose — 9 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

In its window. Super aromatic. Terrific and pure. — 9 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Last bottle ever. Nutty, grassy, huge acid and wonderful purity. I love these wines. — 10 years ago