About Beaujolais and Burgundy, The Wine Bible says “Even the spirit of each place is Singular. Beaujolais is fruit and joy; Burgundy is earth and solemnity.” #FunReadingTheWineBible. Floral, fruit and hints of spice on the nose. Fresh fruit taste; acidity a bit overpowering, but balances out with soft read fruits (strawberry?) — 7 years ago
Crispy dry, perfect with picnic lunch — 8 years ago
As stately as I expected it to be (can one really expect anything less of a wine as legendary as Cristal in one of Champagne's most celebrated vintages?) glinting pale gold, the color of a freshly-minted coin. The 2002 Champagne Cristal Brut Millésimé is imbued with soaring notes of pear and smoke, brioche and chalk. Disgorged in 2009, this is a precise wine—it has a sort of crystalline weightless density, with fruit buoyed by a fine mousse, and edgy saline-tinged minerality emerging at the close. 10 grams dosage.
"You must be as precise as a Swiss watchmaker, I tell my team," our host, M. Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon, Chef de Caves at Roederer stressed. Precision in spades. — 9 years ago
Nice ruby color with a nose of bright cherry. On the pallet is a tart cherry with ripe tannins. Medium acidity and a finish of ripe plum. — 9 years ago
Nice light wine — 10 years ago
Very even keeled. No negative steely after taste. Happens to be excellent ice cold on a hot summer day. — 10 years ago
Dinner w/ Joe + Lindley — 12 years ago
Very nice, especially from a price to quality perspective. Lighter red in the glass, but at a cool cellar temp this is already quite expressive. Mouth filling, peppery, long finish, great acid, just a bit of tannins on the finish. Excellent with a nice country pate at Bar Boulud. — 8 years ago
Sneaky ripe for an Hermitage. A lot of fruit right out of the gate, but as it warms/breathes...The classic tar, meat and leather starts to emerge. What a wine — 8 years ago
2009. Some rich cherry liqueur from the vintage, some interesting cut grass notes in the palate along with big time fruit. Nose gives up a lot of leather--goes in different directions like Bordeaux or aged Portuguese reds with Touriga Nacional. Quite nice! — 9 years ago
Excellent. — 9 years ago
2012 wow. A big rich wine with plenty of earth and fruit and a touch of funk. Thought it would be lighter. But not complaining — 10 years ago
Herby tasty very different from a lot of Beaujolais I’ve had. Nice body. — 5 years ago
Very pleasant and round gamay. — 7 years ago
Særs god :D — 7 years ago
Oily and beautiful. Not brimming with acidity that will shoot to the stars, but it's softer palate feel is welcomed and very pleasant to sip on. — 8 years ago
Very good white. 90% Rosanne grapes from Rhone valley in southern France. One of the better whites I have had. Medium sweetness very good flavor Had at Armas weekend. — 9 years ago
Superb balance. Elegance. Typical pheromonal depth and complexity. Fades early though. — 9 years ago
Dry, pear, lemon, a hint of butter and oak, mineral...an excellent white burg — 9 years ago
Reminds me of France. Of course. — 10 years ago
This is my first Burgundy (so that skews the rating) but it's omg delicious. Nose is all candied cherries and spice. Tastes goes from fruit, to pepper, to a soft gamey flavor. Delicate and watery on finish. Hubby who likes intense, dark wine and beer says, " I like it because it has flavors." — 10 years ago
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