Julie Johnson

9.1

Lots of bubbles in the mouth. Beautiful color. Great for drinking on its own. — 9 years ago

with Janet

Dan Lipton

9.0

Solid single malt scotch. Chocolate flavor. Smooth. — 9 years ago

Brendan Walsh

9.2

Almost orange color, great with food or on its own, paired well with a glazed ham. Very yummy. — 9 years ago

Hum

9.1

I love this sulphuric, orange peel and tea leaf stuff. Easy drinking on its own, great oily fish red. — 10 years ago

Roel van der Burg

Sommelier at Restaurant Entrepot

9.2

Even I can easily finish a whole bottle on my own at this alcohol level (10,5%). Ultimate light mouthfeel but full of subtle flavors. — 10 years ago

Joe Rice

9.4

Had this side by side with a respected vin jaune a little while ago and the Puffeney more than held its own. So good. — 10 years ago

Brett Jones

9.0

Pale gold. Earthy fruity notes, good fizz, dry, bright, touch of oak smoky dark red fruits. Attractive on its own and with vegetable first course. — 12 years ago

with Toni

Alexandra Dumitru

10

Not to drink on its own; purrfect kickoff to a garden party starring seafood — 9 years ago

Michael Sinclair

10

Shared with James MURPHY at his own bar. Life is good. — 9 years ago

Ben Walker / Caravin

9.6

Magnum. Apologies for the sketch of Al's arse- we were adding our own poor taste Ganevat label. Big tension here between that lactic texture, its searing minerality and acidity. Analogue hi-fi warmth. Tape hiss and Rhodes. — 9 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.1

OK, so this is Fiano. From Sonoma. Aged sous-voile. And it works. Definite nutty and cidery flor influence, in lovely tension with bright yellow fruit. It's own animal, neither Jura nor Jerez, 100% delicious. — 9 years ago

David Kline

9.3

Pink peridot clarity. Star bright initially, turning day bright only on the dregs. Smoky blood orange and roses nose, almost Valtellina-esque in its smoky, volcanic delicacy. Smell of raw beef prevails against an underripe strawberry edge that never relinquishes its minerally, and sour blood orange core! Deceptively delicate, yet ready to hold its own wrassling rare beef! Giddyap, and yee-haw, and buongiorno! Spaghetti westerns here I come! Via the French Alps of course!!! — 10 years ago

with Courtney

Kirk Wallace

9.6

2009. The new stuff. Doesn't have the depth or verve of the marnes bleues , but savory and complete in its own right. — 11 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

8.9

Sacred Thirst tasting. New to Ploussard on its own. This is a summer red and charcuterie wine. — 9 years ago

SF

9.1

#youthful #strawberry note. Very easy to. Sip on its own — 9 years ago

Abigail Miller

9.6

Okay. So this is may be my new favorite red. It's got everything I love. Just the perfect amount of funky weird grassy barnyard. It's wonderful. Just... Wonderful. I would recommend on its own or with something hearty. — 9 years ago

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

9.5

1990; close to perfection, this bottle provided a history lesson on its own. Crystalline aromas and flavors with a pulsating finish where hard-to-beat minerality take centre stage. — 10 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.7

My oh my oh my. Let me first try to describe this as objectively as I can before I start babbling in tongues about why it's awesome. So, okay, we'll start with the color, which is somewhere between a rosé and a pale red. That's as good a portent as any for what you get when you taste it, which is this ethereal, gossamer, lacy thing that would probably flutter to the earth even slower than a feather if it were a solid object. It has a sense of freshness and light without being overtly fruity, i.e. it features the freshness and essential perfume of the fruit without the sweetness or fat. It has a minerally element too, subtle (though everything about this is subtle) but clearly reminiscent of gravelly rock pulverized to an ultrafine powder (everything about this is ultrafine). The word "finesse" is a cliché, ditto for "ethereal," but ultimately that's what's so awesome about this. I have had a lot of disappointing German pinot noir, even from highly regarded producers, and they never turn out to be what you think German pinot noir ought to be (i.e., as clear and pure and transparent as riesling, with all that cool-climate lightness). Somehow some of them turn out to be big fat Sonoma pinot lookalikes, which I will never understand. This is not like that. I am really at a loss to think of anything from anywhere to compare this to that so effortlessly pulls off such a vivid personality out of material so fine it only barely seems to have a corporeal existence, and not a flaw or seam to be seen in the way it is all put together. I can think of a Jura pinot that was in the ballpark (the '08 Chais des Vieux Bourg) and the weight and physical presence bring to mind something like Coteaux Champenois or the Dirty & Rowdy reds, but as far as I am concerned this is sui generis. There are aspects that bring to mind all sorts of things but it really needs its own frame of reference. It is profound but not in the same way that grand cru Burgundy is profound; it's a brilliant soloist, not a symphony, almost minimalist in its simplicity and tranquility, best paired with your favorite easy chair and some quiet moments. — 10 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.6

Jura lacquer-gorgeous crushed white petals, like a painters studio on nose tho one thought green r white tea.great w/strong stinky cheeses r on own — 12 years ago