Jean-Francois Pelletier

9.3

Ruby-garnet color. Rustic nose of black and red fruit, wild game and leather. Full body, long finish. — 8 years ago

with Chris, Stanley and 1 other

Ian Manti

9.3

Strong finish of cinnamon and nutmeg. Great fall wine — 10 years ago

Josh Orr

9.2

My kind of Syrah. Great intensity of flavor. Almost Cornas like. — 10 years ago

Boris Bakovic

9.5

Still has lots of fruit for a 12 year old cab. — 10 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.1

Wild blue and red berry fruit, subtle notes of spice and game, a barely there touch of green comes through as herbal. While the alcohol is high, the wine shows elegantly and very feminine in style. Sauve and silky textured this has very ripe and fine tannin that get lost in the glycerol of this wine's youth. Always a perennial wine of the vintage and a great value (imo). #pegau #grenache #CdP — 10 years ago

Jimmy Smith

Director, West and North London Wine School

9.3

Stunning wine retaining freshness, elderflower and lemongrass, white flowers, all pumped up with a creamy oaky, vanilla note. Grapefruit, hint of Passionfruit sneaks in. But it's the palate where this kicks in. Good texture leading to a medium bodied wine, creamy, savoury, leesy, with peachy, tropical fruit, and only light green notes. This will give Pessacs a run for their moolah! — 11 years ago

Jeffrey Lew

9.5

I guess the new Wednesday label! This lasted about 20min.. Great fruit, structure and balance. My kind of California. — 11 years ago

Jesse Smith

8.9

Kind of like a lemon pound cake but lost a bit of sparkle — 12 years ago

Andrew Reetz

9.7

Unsulfured, wild, noted of cranberry and unique vivacious wafting odors. My favorite natural wine in a while. #petitmondewinemarchant — 12 years ago

Rob Lateiner

10

Chocolate, a little green bell pepper twang that reminds me of VA but It definitely is not. Some heat though the wine is definitely too warm. Lighter bodied, less textural refinement compared to the 08 which is silk but everything could change with air. The wine was just popped and put on ice. Showing much better cooler but still needs lots of air. Unless the fantastic 2008 is still to shut down, this shows tremendous longevity. Fully ripe, fully loaded tannins, this is the most structured Vintage of Clos Rougeard I have tasted yet. Wine gets too cold and the oak becomes more prominent. Gets to the ideal temp and the oak comes across nicely and balanced, if not significantly so. Seems like a classic mid/mid-plus toast. Not the char of vosne nor the low coconutty temps of chambolle. The importance of oak matching fruit can hardly be overstated and is perfectly executed here. Could even be perceived as a touch heavy for some purists but that would be too nitpicky for me. Almost a gamey side to the great oak that plays in here, it's like the nuttyness and the char of the oak that seems to contribute this. Comes across more Vosne like when temp is cooler. Reminds a bit of Grivot actually. Black currant fruit here to the slightly lighter shades in the 08. Some black cherry in a more intense way than burgundy. Unfortunately no decanter but as the wine opens up after an hour and a half, the fruit comes out a whole lot more. The initial green, lighter body is gone and the profile is dark fruit with a little touch of ash momentarily evolving into incredible deep cigar tobacco with gorgeous blackberry notes. Not decanting this wine for an hour was probably one of the bigger mistakes I have made in wine consumption. This blackberry and cigar is the true nature of the wine as it has filled out. Always a humbling experience to see a wine change so incredibly like this. Unbelievable and beautiful. Texture will get there I imagine but isn't wildly seductive yet like the '08. The last sip is some incredible wild maine blueberry syrup/all those wild dark berries from around New Foundland, with a wild savory quality. Not at all sweet in an excessive way, just in the purest flavors of perfectly ripe and highly concentrated fruit. Probably the most dynamic shift in a wine I have seen other than Barolo. One of the better wines I've had though tannin and texture suppleness is not there yet. Jesus. — 12 years ago

Chad Buchanan

9.6

One of our favorite Chardonnays. Melon, apple and savory notes like vanilla. Some spice and minerality add a different texture. Just enough oak- not too much. — 9 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

On the nose, bramble fruits of; wild blackberries, plum, raspberries & sweet dark cherries. Green pepper, vanilla, salted caramel, dark soils and fresh & dry dark florals. The body is medium lean, tannins are extremely soft & round. Wild blackberries, plum, raspberries, sweet dark cherries, green pepper, black oil, wood shavings, dry stone, black cherry cola, vanilla, salted caramel, dark soils and fresh & dry dark florals. The acidity pours over the palate. The finish is not quite there but Randy's wines are 20 plus year wines. However, it's well balanced with 50-50 fruit and earth. Only concern here was the green bell pepper. Photo tour of; their Howell Mountain vines, barrel rooms, low yield vines and the legendary Randy Dunn. — 9 years ago

Louisa Jarvis

9.1

Much richer and more textural than expected of a semillon...delicious — 10 years ago

Mark Barber

10

My kind of wine , depth, fruit and quite a finish ... — 10 years ago

jason restivo

9.9

Decanter worthy! Wild cassis to luxury leather. Truly one of the best California Cabernets I have ever had, the other was 1984 Mayacamus Cabernet. Next up - 1988 Nalle Family wines Cabernet. — 10 years ago

Magnus Reuterdahl

9.2

Very good assyrtiko from Gaia who also have vineyards in Nemea. This wine had both good acidity and minerality creating a nice complexity. There is also a hint of oak and its ever so slightly oxidized that builds on the complexity and gives it a little body. Very good! Don't like the syntethic cork though! — 11 years ago

David Musser

Sommelier The Little Nell

9.5

This wine was $25 bucks. I don't know if I could find a wine I enjoy drinking more with this kind of value. Barnyard, earth, funk, dried red fruit. This is a great bottle of wine. — 11 years ago

with Chris

Lewis Chester

10

1993 vintage. From Jay. the cork on this bottle was pulled approximately two hours prior to being decanted. the wine was poured immediately post decanting.
the colour of the wine immediately grabs your attention. a glorious ruby hue worthy of a gemstone. perfect translucency and frankly a joy to observe. pinot juice as perfect as it can possibly look, majestically glinting in the tables candle light. after being allowed to gently open in the glass the wine displayed a degree of feminine ferality in a most pleasant manner. with time this was complemented by fraises sauvages, crushed black forest fruits and cuban tobacco wrapper. the feral element continued to present through a very slight earthiness and tones of wild mushrooms. this eventually gave way to crushed violets and roses which eventually poured over the glass and across the table. quite wonderful. the body was full with great complexity and finesse. this wine has tremendous power. its balance was beguiling and the combination of femininity on the nose with a gracefully powerful structure and depth of fruit truly provided the best of both worlds with an astounding finish. this is an epic wine which frankly ticks every box and is certainly within its drinking window. the acidity and abundant levels fruit still mean that this wine has many years ahead of it but frankly i'd be hard pressed to hold off. in short, this is a dessert island wine. 100/100
— 12 years ago

Christian Damiano

10

It's that kind of day
Locavore...!!! — 12 years ago

Scorewine

Wine writer http://www.israelwines.co.il

9.1

Another visit to this lovely wine and another confirmation that 2008 was a great vintage and most probably one of the best value vintages in the last decade in Bordeaux. The wine is rich, round, elegant and smooth, already ready for drinking, with earthy notes, coffee, black current, wild berries, full round body, lovely tannins, elegant long finish. A pleasure. My score 91, drink to 2025 — 9 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.3

Much more civilized than the 2014. Usually THE best Rose of the year and this one does not disappoint. 20$ are insane for this. A touch of Quince and bitterness which i love.
Forest floor and wild strawberries 🍓. I bought it by the case and even my wife likes it! — 9 years ago

with Angelika

Erik Bader

9.1

Kind of the best thing ever. — 10 years ago

James Mace

9.3

Full-bodied Pinot, long finish, full of flavor but not overbearing. Very solid Pinot for a cab lover.
— 10 years ago

with Jill

Drew Golley

9.0

I've been a WH Pinot fan for years, and this vintage continues to impress. Bright & lively with lots of berries, rich color, bit of peppery tone, very smooth and food friendly. Price/value tough to beat. — 11 years ago

Jules van Cruysen

9.6

Wild. Dried fruit but very supple. Lots of musky spice and liquorice. Woodsy. Stellar! — 11 years ago

Bill Bender

8.9

Out of .375 jump start lunch — 11 years ago

Tim Herrmann

9.1

Bright with red plums, wild herbs, and a lemon-juice like kick, I badly want to see what happens to this with 5-10 years of age. This is definitely high quality; I want to see where the complexity will go. — 11 years ago

Manali Karmarkar

9.3

Delicious- smooth, hints of cherry, stone, mineral. — 12 years ago

Greg Sorensen

9.6

One of a kind. — 12 years ago

Mason Balistreri

Sommelier, International Wine Guild; Balistreri Vineyard; Sales, Joy Wine and Spirits

9.2

This wine reminds me distinctly of a Muscat my grandfather produced in 2010; and the color is the first indication. Obvious extended skin contact, but low enough extraction to reach a lite-honey color. The nose is pungent and intense with tangerine skin wrapped in wild, homemade perfumes. The mouthfeel is giving yet tense, with slightly underripe mandarin orange and a twist of lime. Interesting wine. Authentic wine. — 12 years ago