Julia Geisler

9.6

It’s been two weeks since any activity on my end 🤷🏻‍♀️ I promise I’ve been drinking well! A thank you to @Antonio Galloni for letting @Samantha Potter and I join a mid-tasting lunch with a glass of this wonderful wine. I sadly didn’t take notes but I do remember it went down like silk, really delicious. — 7 years ago

with Antonio and Samantha

Chris England

9.2

After the amazing 2010 I had to try the 09 @ £30! Owned by & next door to Cheval-Blanc on old Figeac land 👍 & it's a fab buy to drink now to next 5yrs

🍇 80% Merlot & 20% Cab F

🍷 Opaque deep ruby

👃 Dark plum, blackcurrant & dark cherry through rich smoked oak w/ crushed minerals & farmyard then choc cherry gateaux

👄 Med+ creamy body of ripe chewy black plums/cherries/berries w/ a warm cocoa & gravelly backbone

🎯 Med+ full fruity dark fruity creamy coating w/ a mineral & melted chocolate wallop — 8 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

In 2005 Marie and Frédéric Chauffray came across the perfect plot of land—25 acres on the plateau of Arboras in Terrasses du Larzac, situated in the Langeudoc. They sold the prestigious wine shop they owned outside Paris and embarked upon the dream of making wine, together founding Domaine de La Réserve d'O. Berry fruit and cacao notes. Cherry and mocha with spice and fine tannins. Lingering finish with ending with mineral notes. — 8 years ago

Evan Bienstock

9.2

This property has had its ups and downs of late. 2012 is great. 2013, not so much. This 2012 is terrific. It has an amazing color that looks like dark rubies in the glass. It makes you expect a lot -- and it delivers. Black cherry and currant on the nose. Plum and pepper. In the mouth it's full and rich with the same deep dark fruit expressions and a long, lingering finish. Silky integrated tannins. I love this now but it has legs for some more years in the cellar. Hard to find now but worth it! — 9 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.1

Still young and wound up, but full of promise, tart fruit and herbal undertones. — 9 years ago

Gae Saccoccio - NdC

9.0

Ampeleia, beyond this winery in the heart of Maremma (Tuscany) there was a swiss couple: Erica and Peter Max Suter, they bought an abandoned piece of land which since 2002 has been reorganized under the protection of Elisbetta Foradori. Roccatederighi's the ancient town nearby that spread over the Metalliferous Hills. All the Ampeleia wines bear names that recall ancestral ideas and profound concepts taken from ancient Greek culture: Kepos, Empatia, Ampeleia. Biggest enemy in the wine region is an excess heat and too much sun exposure of the vines which could provides too mushy wines or some dispreferred overipe. How does Marco Tait in the vineyards first then in the cellar, fight against such an adversary? Altitude, actually three different altitudes! Ampeleia di Sopra is where they've got vineyards between 450 and 600 m.a.s.l., here's for instance, the main reason why this vintage 2004, a blend of Cab Franc, Sangiovese and four others Mediterranean grape varieties despite his twelve years behind it is still that vibrating, breezy, unbroken and savory! http://www.ampeleia.it/ — 10 years ago

Lori B

10

Very nice, easy sipping wine. — 10 years ago

Daniel Watt

9.7

Very good with room to grow still, raspberries and dark chocolate, holds up with the best of France, a real one percent...the brother man from the mother land, if you will...this is the Shaft of California cabs — 11 years ago

Daniel P. Drake

9.1

Tonight I am going with another Pinot Noir. I feel I am getting into a Pinot rut so this I promise will be it for a little while, but what can I say, I love me some Pinot. Well the nose comes on with good notes of black cherry, cranberry, allspice, clove, earthiness and floral notes of lilac. On the palate the black cherry comes through with notes of pomegranate, good tannins with green vegital notes, oak which all blends together very well in a full mouth feel. — 11 years ago

Georg Salzner

9.5

Great fruit forward Pinot noir — 8 years ago

Junaid Mohiuddin

9.4

Classic Pinot. Soft on the tongue but full of flavor. — 8 years ago

Joseph Gannon

8.9

Youngish, which is to be expected for Raffault. Full of promise, revisit in five years — 8 years ago

Mya Sjogren

9.8

An outstanding Sauvignon Blanc. Among the best I have had. I tend to love Marlborough wines and this exemplifies what I love. — 9 years ago

Christine Havens

9.2

Really lovely, the Evening Land Seven Springs Vineyard Chardonnay 2014 brings with it sense of refinement. Like a classically tailored blazer, its texture is soft but structured, underpinned by a layer fine tannins and bolstered by lithe and lovely notes of lemon zest and blanched almond, pencil shavings and orchard fruit. Under winemaker Sashi Moorman's direction even a warm year like 2014 feel reserved and just a little bit Burgundian. Sample — 9 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.1

Way too young, full of promise.. — 9 years ago

Blair Campomizzi

9.0

Solid Pinot. Nice minerality with layers of red and black berries. Fantastically smooth in the second day. I was stunned. — 10 years ago

Brianna Matz

9.1

Smooth. Dark fruits. Acids provide more promise of future taste. Complex and hints of wood. — 10 years ago

Sean Razee

Master Sommelier

9.0

2010 vintage. Fresh red cherry with subtle turned soil aromas. The aroma and taste of the wine carries this, but the finish is a bit short. Very good in terms of Bourgogne AOP. — 11 years ago

Mike Fifer

Writer The Wine Monologues

8.9

Bright cherries, touch of vanilla and earthiness makes this very enjoyable. — 11 years ago

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

9.7

Too bad there is so little. This is excellent, perfectly balanced bourbon... What a nice 40th bday gift! — 12 years ago

Anneliese

9.0

Has that typical petrol nose. Little bit of frizzante going on. Oily mouth feel. Lemons,pine nut,pineapple and apricot — 8 years ago

Karen Wade

9.6

Naked Pinot Gris the best I've tried so good I finished the whole bottle to myself def buy again fab — 8 years ago

Justin Hansohn

9.0

Today's lesson is on patience. Over a 24 hour period this showed quite a bit of promise. That's all it showed th0...it was worth opening and checking out and ''twas quite gorgeous where it was but this will reward sitting around for a while. Real chambolle in this bottle, don't be fooled. — 8 years ago

with Taylor, Gregory and 1 other

Vadim T

9.1

Solid in character, good promise for further development with aging. Oaked, but without any noticeable vanilla. Fruit is of tart sour cherry, but without any sourness to report. Sheer pleasure of Shiraz. — 9 years ago

Maciej Kurka

9.3

Wet leaves, smoke on the nose. Flavors of leather, tobacco and sour cherries. Color of ruby red. Well balanced and mature. Great Pinot Noir — 9 years ago

George Chen

9.2

My favorite baby Pauillac as I like to call them for some reason...classic notes of the land. — 9 years ago

Daniel Steilen

9.0

Insane nose, smelled of underripe fruits (not in an unpleasant way) and rhubarb and strawberry.. Good amounts of color. Had lots of life left (tons of acidity and fruit) and was probably opened five years early. Thought this wine had the most forward looking promise of them all tonight. — 10 years ago

with Aneessa and Glen

Dock Hooks

9.7

A near perfect rosé at a great price. I prefer this soft fruit tempered by a light floral note all properly and proportionately positioned against a mineral intensive rocky bottom as swift waters twist and turn their way downstream leaving one's palate clean and refreshed but laced with the memory of the moment😎🌀 - buy the magnum at my favorite local Morehead City, NC hang - Promise Land Market (thx sweet Janeen and Daniel for spinning some crazy sweet tunage!)! Find this place in all its realness, and drink this wine! — 10 years ago

Birgit Riimann

9.0

The first taste when it touches your tongue is hard to explain, but it's very refreshing. Feels like summer and freshly cut grass. — 11 years ago

Ryan Guy

9.3

"From the slurp factory of Barossa," single vineyard from Ebenezer. Lifted nose: milk chocolate, wintergreen, vanilla extract, brambly dark berries. Bright on the palate with rich forest berries, finishes strong with black raspberry tart. In a great place right now! — 11 years ago