Les Chenes De Domeyne
Domaine François Buffet
Taillepieds Volnay 1er Cru 2023
Wow. This is one hell of a Taillepieds. Nose is deep, dark black cherry fruit with twizzler, mid season cherry with pitch perfect clarity. Taillepieds always brings the drama and this goes to 11. Dark roses, Dried and fresh. So complex and so darn dramatic, Gorgeous roundness to the nose. Just insane. 9.8 nose. Some wood spice, but more like shavings from 7th grade woodshop. Wow. That palate is just insane. It’s got the cherry fruit, sour, dark, mid season, dark red all on a chord progression and all at the same time. Cherry fruit, everything, everywhere, all at once. Unreal internal aromatic and it has a decadence but outlined by this tart cherry fruit that circles opulent black cherry fruit. Just stunning. More open than the Clos des Chenes. A genius wine. Equal to CDC in 2023. Wow this nose goes hard as air gets into it. My god this is hedonistic but also fresh and energetic like 2008 or 1996 but with the fruit of 2019. This is absolutely a showstopper. Gorgeous tannins. So well crafted. The purity is the star here as is the transparency. The nose goes hard after an hour. It’s hard to describe as it’s got a lot of “non wine” aroma. 9.8 nose. Heavenly. Super sweet and silky now. Gorgeous fruit and opulence. What a finish. Unreal blackberry and black cherry inner mouth aromas an hour in. So structured and young but just incredible. After a day this is just stunning. Deep, dramatic and juicy. Wonderful structure and sexy black cherry fruit. Silky as silky can be. — 4 days ago
Château Domeyne
St. Estèphe Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2018
Dark purple in color.
Fruit forward on the nose, and medium plus in body with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with nice complexity and mouthfeel.
Showing red and black fruits with wood, earth, vegetables, spices, tobacco leaf and dark coffee.
Nice finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.
Peaking now and will continue to drink nicely in the next few years.
Plush and easy drinking. Elegant and nicely balanced.
A blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon. Aged in (30% new) French oak barrels for 18 months.
13.5% alcohol by volume.
90 points.
$30. — a month ago
Château Bouscaut
Les Chenes de Bouscaut Pessac-Leognan Red Bordeaux Blend 2019
Nice, understated, classic Bordeaux — a month ago
Georges Laval
Cumieres Les Chenes Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Brut Nature Millesime 2015
Nice champagne with mellow acidity — 4 months ago
Domaine François Buffet
Clos de la Rougeotte Volnay 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2023
The great Monopole from Buffet. In some years this is neck and neck with Clos des Chenes and Taillpieds. Gorgeous nose of dried and wet leaves, deep cherry, some oolong tea, Really compelling fruit on the nose. Such clear cherry, cherry bubblegum which is so typical of Rougeotte and stunning florals. Nose is so layered and complex. Gorgeous. What a palate. That classic chord progression again if sour/mid-season and late season cherry along with unreal sweetness. The sour-sweet cherry combo in 23 is the Buffet signature. Really well worked velvety tannins and exceptional freshness and acidity. Terrific inner mouth aromas and such purity. Extremely complex already and such suave texture despite there being girth and structure as is par for the course of Rougeotte. This needs to open but I think once it does it will be equal to or surpass the Champans. Let’s see. The nose now is more feral, but sweet feral. Big cherry but the chord effect and a bit of a maceration effect. Then that Rougeotte Hubba Bubba thing. Wow this is so good. So shockingly intense like you stuck a fork in an outlet. This is better than the Champans. This has gotten so suave and explosive now. Unreal texture and sweetness plus the finish and attack just explode onto onto the palate. — 6 hours ago
Alain Graillot
Les Chenes Vert Crozes-Hermitage Marsanne Roussanne Blend 2019
Very smooth and balanced. Melon and chalk with rich finish. — 4 months ago
Sarl Garaudet Pere & Fils
Champs Fulliots Monthélie 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2021
Gorgeous nose. Unreal vivid cherry. Sawdust. Loads of stones and rocks. Super pure and so nimble. Loads of spice and flowers. Wow what a palate. Super elegant but has that rustic Monthelie charm. Also a lovely meatiness on the nose is developing with air. Needs air but man is this meaty, floral, sweet and super deep. Like a baby Clos Des Chenes which it abuts. Terrific energy and transparency. Big tannins need air to calm down. With air this is getting so elegant and it’s just teeming with energy! Wow Florent has killed 21! Overnight this gained in body and sweetness but still had some unresolved structure but man that finesse is there. — 6 months ago
Henry Fuseler
5/2025. Great flavor and mouthfeel. Nice color. Drank well even with an alc of 12% — 21 days ago