Rick Bryant

9.2

Crispy dry, perfect with picnic lunch — 8 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.1

Hmmm-has the charcuterie & smoky minerality, good grip, dark blood color kind a thing. Good. 2012 — 8 years ago

with Paul and Owen

Christine Havens

9.5

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

Jeff Andrea

9.1

Dry, pear, lemon, a hint of butter and oak, mineral...an excellent white burg — 9 years ago

Philip Mallory

9.0

Reminds me of France. Of course. — 10 years ago

Andrew Holod

National Sales Grapes of Spain

9.1

Date night with my wife, out in DC. This was delicious. Just the right combo of stony, gravelly and mulberry, fleshy. Dry and bracing on the palate. Better with as slightly log cooked rabbit ragu than with lamb merguez. — 10 years ago

Louie Christensen

9.3

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

Mark Wilson

9.3

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

Robert Cunningham

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

9.4

Superb balance. Elegance. Typical pheromonal depth and complexity. Fades early though. — 9 years ago

Michael Perry

9.1

Excellent. — 9 years ago

Rajat Parr

Founder Sandhi Wines & Domaine de la Côte, Evening Lands Vineyards, Seven Springs & Maison l'Oree

9.7

Just the BEST!
A rare bottling. Produced from the second crop. — 9 years ago

Priscilla Chang

9.0

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

Pax Mahle

Owner/Winemaker Wind Gap Wines, Agharta & Pax

10

Cathelin & Pimento Cheese....I must be back in Raleighwood... And yes it was a humbling bottle of wine .... — 11 years ago

Jordan Gianelli

9.2

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

Justin Hansohn

9.2

Predictable. — 8 years ago

Jonathan Lipsmeyer

9.2

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

with Zachary

Sarah

9.4

Spsrking mineral taste green apple tart — 9 years ago

Anuj Purwar

9.0

Nice light wine — 10 years ago

Adam Reinhard

9.0

Very even keeled. No negative steely after taste. Happens to be excellent ice cold on a hot summer day. — 10 years ago

Rob Krauser

9.6

Dinner w/ Joe + Lindley — 12 years ago