Alvaro Bustillos

9.4

Omakase lalo — 3 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

At dinner at Le Cabotte. Entering a gorgeous drinking window. The nose is classic Chinon, loaded with red currant, crushed herbs, mineral dust, and hints of cassis. Beautiful Cabernet Franc herbaceousness, not green or vegetal, but alive. Red currants, crushed herbs, a little tobacco leaf, iron, stone, and that unmistakable Loire freshness. The fruit has enough generosity from the vintage to give a subtle fleshiness underneath the structure. The palate is all tension and energy. Incredible freshness, mouthwatering acidity, and a long mineral spine carry the wine across the palate. Unlike Baudry’s larger, more powerful bottlings, this is about movement. The fruit feels suspended in the acidity, and every sip seems to pull the next sip forward. After forty minutes of air, the wine became even more expressive. The red currant and herbaceous notes moved to the forefront, joined by gorgeous minerality and tremendous freshness. It is not thick or heavy like Cabernet Sauvignon, nor does it possess the density of Baudry’s biggest cuvées. Instead, it is all acid, tension, energy, and precision. Juicy, vibrant, and effortlessly drinkable, with the kind of electric persistence that makes great Cabernet Franc impossible to put down. — 4 months ago

Matt Perlman

9.4

Noice and juicy, but balanced. Love this vintage in Beaujolais — 5 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2012 vintage. Opened, not decanted. Nice fill and ridiculously, picture perfect cork. Tasted 40 minutes after opening. Medium body. Domestically reminiscent of Calera Jensen Vineyard pinot noir. So. Much. Chalk. And. Limestone. Barely restrained power. This will outlive me. Hopefully, not you. One bottle left. 1.23.26. — 8 months ago

Amier

9.0

Drank w/ Francis and family — 5 years ago

Pooneet K

9.0

Very nice Syrah, but slightly underwhelming for the price point. Decanted 4 hours and it needs it at this point. Dark dark fruit, olive, some cured meat. — 5 years ago

Jason Chiu

9.4

Late disgorged from 2006 after nine years on Lees. Find with oysters. Long life ahead — 10 years ago

with Steve

Neil Cornish

9.0

Crisp and delicious as always. Mineral, light footed acid and bright fruit — 11 years ago

Nino Milenkovski

9.1

Dusty as my grandfather basement!Love it!! — 13 years ago

Garen Staglin

9.3

Nice fruit and concentration. Needs more time — 3 months ago

Alexandre Pagliano

9.3

This was as good as cab franc gets outside the right bank in Bordeaux. Very elegant, dense, mineral. Very very long in the mouth. Outstanding. — 4 months ago

with Jose, veronique and 1 other

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2013 vintage. Decanted and tasted after one hour and 3 hours. Medium body. Dark fruit and no stranger to structure. Balanced but on the dry side of the ledger. No front-running, plushy pony here. Really nice stuff and not recommended to pop as the extra bottle for the casual palate. 5.23.26. — 4 months ago

Richard Sohn

9.2

Perfect w/ homemade invisible apple cake — 8 months ago

Ericsson

9.2

First time tasting this. Thought it was outstanding. — 10 months ago

Karyn Fricke

9.1

Really nice wine to enjoy with friends on a birthday. Went well with the homemade chocolate Grenache cake which was fantastic. Plenty of tannins which Improve with aeration. — 2 years ago

Jon Ruyle

9.0

Rather surprisingly, this 1999 is still drinking quite well. Thanks, Henry! — 8 years ago

John Miller

9.0

Lovely super Tuscan — 8 years ago

Orlando Tadeu Ruschel

9.5

Wonderful wine. High aging potential it should be magnificent in some 7 -10 years from now. But it is great already. Ample and full in the mouth, black fruits, some spices, high persistence in the mouth. It's a wine to remenber . — 11 years ago

Alex Krause

9.6

Very interesting and delicious showing how far one can push and still have freshness even with a fairly oxidative style. Cool. — 12 years ago

Rick Phillips

9.3

Just beginning to hit it’s stride! Still a little strong on the front. Dense fruit with a lot of oak. As the evening progressed it opened up nicely with plum, blackberry and cherry. Oak smoothed out to earthy undertones, smoother on the end. Will develop nicely over the next few years. — 3 months ago

with Letha

Chris MacLean

9.3

Great vintage to buy this old favorite — 4 months ago

with Sarah

Jack Krawczyk

9.4

fun bottle - will be great in 5 years. nice pre-ripe black currant on the finish — 4 months ago

Scott Miller

9.4

Dark cherries, cassis, smooth tannic tongue weight, leather like I’m being bound, pepper, apricot, delicious! — 7 months ago

Ross Bathgate

9.6

Non vintage but with >5 years bottle age. Amazingly dry and crisp. Was not expecting apple and dryness. So fine with yeasty notes. Long and satisfying — 9 months ago

Ira Schwartz

9.2

Lots of complex aromatics that became even more expressive as the bottle warmed up. Some oxidative notes mixed with bread and flowers. In the mouth this leans to the vinous side. Acid driven which allows it to be consumed through out the meal. Just a hint of bitterness on the finish — 3 years ago

Rachel Goble

9.5

Happy New Years! — 8 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.0

23 May 2018. The Four Horsemen, Brooklyn, NY. — 8 years ago

Peter Wassam

9.0

Lush fruit integrated with bretty Ness with aplomb. Spicy finish but not too much thought. — 11 years ago

Peter Mansell

9.0

Moelleux not sec — 11 years ago

with Noah

Max Coane

9.0

Brioche. Wolly as duck. I like the older demi sec better — 13 years ago