Le Bel Esprit

Château Bel-Air Lagrave

Cru Bourgeois Moulis en Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 1995

JKT
9.0

Balance and soft textures thirty years! Say ten years after acquiring from JR whose email says matriarch passing freed up this library holding back then. — 7 months ago

Château Bel Air

Lussac-St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

Liked it with and without food, had a bit of a bite. S actually said he liked it (he tried it on the second day it was open) — 4 years ago

Tablas Creek Vineyard

Esprit de Beaucastel Red Rhone Blend 2006

The benchmark of Espirt is my book, layered, elegant, red berries, earth, spice. — 5 years ago

Alice et Olivier De Moor

Bel Air et Clardy Chablis Chardonnay 2018

2020 spring / summer. Really nice - I hadn’t had any de Moor in a while but this was at least as good as I remembered. Honeyed and savory, lots of chalky minerals — 6 years ago

Bel Colle

Monvigliero Barolo Nebbiolo 2010

Truly special! — 6 years ago

Trent, Lyle and 1 other liked this

Clos Ste. Magdeleine

Bel-Arme Cassis Blanc Marsanne 2017

One of three new wines from Clos Sainte Magdeleine. Oh my. Nothing in the world like standing in that vineyard, then tasting their lineup, then going for a swim in that cove afterward. What a day. — 7 years ago

Iwan, Keith and 1 other liked this

Tablas Creek Vineyard

Panoplie Esprit de Beaucastel Red Rhone Blend 2005

Poured into a decanter about an hour prior to service. The 2005 “Panoplie” pours a deep garnet color with an opaque core; medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is vinous, with notes of ripe and desiccated black and red fruit: blackberries, Marionberries, raspberries, black cherry, strawberry, leather, mushrooms, purple flowers, cocoa, old wood and a mix of dry organic and inorganic earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and simply delicious. Drink now through 2040+. — 9 months ago

Ely, Douglas and 13 others liked this

Henri Giraud

Esprit Nature Champagne ADN

Congrats Mike & Amber — 5 years ago

Spinifex

Esprit Barossa Valley Red Rhone Blend 2017

Very special rose from Barossa. Savory and ripe red berry flavors and intense flavor and long lasting. Will chill it and drink more later — 6 years ago

Château Villa Bel-Air

Graves Red Bordeaux Blend

What a great find! Received the 2000 vintage bottle via an exchange in the Bay Area & couldn’t be more thrilled. Usually a North snob, this Product of the Boudreaux region is simply a treat. Not too many in the states left where I shop, so I was able to savior this special number 🙏🌎 — 6 years ago

Champagne Collet

Esprit Couture Brut 1er Cru Champagne Blend 2012

Vintage 2012 | Refined elegance — a year ago

Berry, Andrew and 13 others liked this

Tablas Creek Vineyard

Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc Paso Robles Roussanne Blend 2012

Some bottle variation on these, but this one was excellent. — 2 years ago

Lyle, Severn and 3 others liked this
Pinotman /// Andreas

Pinotman /// Andreas

Used to visit the winery. Prices kind of took of.

Maison de Grand Esprit

Cuvée Grand Esprit Marquis de La Mystèriale Champagne Blend

This is definitely an extra dry. The champagne starts dry and finishes dry. In between there is nice green apple. A very nice drinking champagne!!! — 5 years ago

Domaine La Grange Tiphaine

Bel Air Touraine Amboise Chenin Blanc 2018

Green apple, lemon zest, walnut skin, smoke, lentil, and beeswax. Searing acidity. Called it a Hunter Semillon in a blind tasting, ugh. Never would have expected it to be of 14% alcohol! — 6 years ago

Domaine du Bel Air

les Vingt lieux dits Bourgueil Cabernet Franc 2017

Wine club selection October 2019, tastes like a crisp cold fall day - nice tannin, rich with a light peppery dark fruit taste — 7 years ago

Château Villa Bel-Air

Graves White Bordeaux Blend 2015

Honey and flowers. Well-integrated oak. Rather lovely. — 7 years ago

Alsu Shakirova
with Alsu
Keith, David and 1 other liked this