Used the Durand on the cork - soaked to the edge. Decanted for 2 hours.
This wine had some gaminess. Smooth. Fruit was a bit wild and overpowered by the savory flavors.
Paired well with the chicken skewers and onions. Needed complex flavors in the food to pair well.
Good but quite a bit below the Beaucastel — 9 months ago
Super, mellow, oxidized, buttery white burgundy. — 9 months ago
This was am absolutely lovely surprise!! This was gone between 3 of us in an hour, we simply loved it — 5 years ago
You’re going to have to just buy a bottle yourself and taste it to find out, peasant. (ok dark cherry forest floor that shit was good. I housed the whole bottle) — 6 years ago
Very smooth — 8 years ago
Very rich with flavor. More flavor then the regular red ménage a trois. Both are great! — 9 years ago
Very easy drinking. Nice style that goes with lots of different types of food. — 10 years ago
Very primary, but awesome. Meaty, beautiful black and blue fruit, acid, tannin. — 11 years ago
Pristine. Best of this btl i've had. — 11 years ago
Consistency is their middle name.
This has just started to shift from fresh to aging.
Bruised red apple/pear, lemon, lime zest, tropical melons, drier stone fruits, whipped cream, ginger, brioche, graham cracker, very light caramel/butterscotch notes, grey volcanics, limestone marl, sea fossils, gritty chalk, white & yellow flowers with greens, excellent lively acidity and a well balanced-knitted, elegant & smartly polished finish that lasts near two-minutes. — 8 months ago
Clear, deep ruby in color; on the nose, it's clean with pronounced primary and secondary aromas of cassis, cedar, and graphite on the nose; on the palate, it's dry with high acidity, high tannins, high alcohol, full body, and pronounced primary and secondary flavors of blackberries, black cherries, eucalyptus, and wet gravel with a medium finish. This wine is intense and complex, but a little too tannic and bitter for the amount of fruit (it probably needs more age, or more time in the decanter). After 30 minutes in a decanter, this wine is much more balanced and well integrated. Overall, I rate this wine as very good. — 9 months ago
White peach, tangerine, citrus acidity. Always good. — 9 months ago
Very good everyday sparkling wine! — 5 years ago
Disgorged 5.10.2016 — 6 years ago
My old chap cried a single tear of gooey joy drinking this beauty. — 7 years ago
Paired nicely with smoked quail egg that was marinated with wine.
— 11 years ago
Bijan Shahvali
Thought it paired really nicely with lamb dish I ordered and Zoe’s peppercorn duck dish — 6 months ago