Stephen Redenbaugh

9.5

Screaming blast of tart lemon acidity. Not very pleasant. Beautiful light yellow with tiny scrubbing bubbles. After about 15-20 minutes a type of weighted creamy mid-palate makes me smile. Way too young, but simply luscious and lifted with a long, caressing finish. — 2 years ago

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9.2

The 2019 Pinot Noir Jolie is the most ethereal and lifted of these Pinots. Crushed red berry fruit, cedar, mint and orange peel hover across the palate. Understated and classy to the core, the 2019 is impeccably balanced, not to mention a real charmer. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, January 2023) — 3 years ago

Gor

9.2

Fun stuff. So lifted for a full body wine like this. Dark cherries, plums, herbs and hint of floral notes on the nose. Great acidity and structure. Balanced. — 4 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.6

Dancer’s Perrieres vines are sandwiched in between the great Roulot and Lafon, and his 2013 Perrieres is a stunner. There is so much depth to this wine and it’s about so much more than just reduction. It’s detailed, complex and layered with yellow fruit and stony minerals with superb density and inner mouth tension. It’s powerful and intense but its weight is so lifted and the freshness of the vintage keeps it impeccably well balanced. There is a line of pulsating acidity and exhilarating energy on the palate that leads to an explosively long finale. — 4 years ago

Alan Weinberg

9.3

painfully intense in a very good way, bright fresh dense fruit all lifted by a well-integrated acid backbone. Superb creaminess, fine mousse, long future. Damn, makes me want 08 even more. Blows away 04 and 06. — 5 years ago

Conrad Green

9.6

A wonderfully pretty nose of bright red cherry, rose, lifted delicate acidity. Very three dimensional and clear. Uplifting and gorgeous. This is wow stuff. — 6 years ago

with Bex and Lindsay

Conrad Green

9.5

Very fresh and bright on the nose. Lifted sherbet lemon and steely acid. On the palate great clarity and cut with real sharp edges and lovely poised midpalate. This is a pup but has excellent material. — 7 years ago

with Howard, Paul and 1 other

Chad Melville

9.5

Beauty, pure, lifted. Ripe no doubt.
It’s as good as it gets with Grenache — 3 years ago

LM Segal

9.4

As if anyone ever needed confirmation of P del B’s great product and value. Entering its prime, bright red flowers on the nose leading a deliciously dry and delicate array of red cherry, leather and sandalwood notes. Nicely lifted and perfect match for Wagyu. — 3 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Smoking nose of bright tangy mid to late season red cherries. Ethereal, confectionary and gorgeous. Really bright and lifted. Expansive and deeply aromatic. Layered and full of nuance. Really terrific nose. 9.6. Just stunning. Palate is sweet, silky, gamey and just flat out gorgeous with a very expressive hit of delicate and elegant minerality. This is mindblowing. Did not expect this to be that great. Beautiful light and translucent color as well. Such fine tannins. Hit of licorice develops on the nose. Really wonderful sweetness but also terrific depth and such finesse. Usually Beaune is more bigger and brawny but this one. Blind I’d say Volnay. Very impressive. — 4 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

Of course the 2014 Chaillot is in its early stages (although it is considered to be an early maturing and approachable vintage for Northern Rhône), but a multi-hour pre-dinner decant served it well as it was very open, giving and multidimensional showing great depth, power and an elegant backbone. Black raspberries, liquid stones, violets and a hint of black olive. There is a great midpalate richness leading to a long, finessed and lifted finish. — 5 years ago

Conrad Green

9.7

Ooh. This is a seriously seductive wine. An opulent nose with rich blue fruit, blood, hints of leather, soft cherry, some lifted floral notes on the nose. In that perfect window of maturity where there s all kinds of complexity but the fruit is still there, but settled. A gamey, meaty midpalate with mint and dried herbs. Plush and great motion from first taste to the end palate which is long with superb balance. Really great stuff — 6 years ago

with Aaron, Walker and 1 other

Conrad Green

9.6

Very light and pretty. Sour cherry fruit. Super clear with lifted high toned fruit. So gorgeous and floral and exciting. Wow! — 7 years ago

with BOT, Matt and 1 other

Gor

9.5

Orchard fruit, white flowers, quince, spices - bright and expressive on the nose. Wonderfully lifted acidity on the palate with salinity that balances the fruit and leads to an endlessly long finish. — 3 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.3

Absolutely delicious. Lifted aromatics with hibiscus, rose petal and dark red cherry. Will only improve with time. — 3 years ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.3

Levet is always one of my favorites. unfortunately these wines are getting harder and harder to find.

Black pepper, pastille, “Australian licorice”, black currant, black cherry, dried thyme/sage. It’s showing more fruit than I remember (this vintage? The point in its development?), but the fruit is pretty and lifted and not overripe. Of course, this wine is still showing the dirt under its fingernails—just enough barnyard filth to make it a proper syrah. Ripe, silky tannins. So much finesse.

Cote Rotie was the perfect red to pair with everyone’s entrees: duck, pork chop, wagyu, roast chix. — 4 years ago

Conrad Green

9.2

Very bright and lifted. Zesty lemon, limestone. A little light on the midpalate. Shells and a touch of salinity. Refreshing — 5 years ago

with Bex

Conrad Green

9.4

Intense on the nose. Lifted and sappy lemon. Really viscous with great attack. Really good acidity, drive and balance. Great — 5 years ago

with Major-General and David

Conrad Green

9.4

Deep and lush sweet lemon, honey, mint notes. Pretty acacia flowers and lifted precise yet lush fruit. Sweetness and criots lightness. Lovely stuff. — 6 years ago

with Major-General, Tony and 1 other

Jordan Wardlaw

9.4

Lush, powerful and focused. Tremendous weight but still feels lifted by fresh acidity and the exotic spice character that I often get from red Altamont soils in this vineyard. The finish is an irresistible basket of ripe, bright red forest fruit that really is spellbinding in good vintages which 2013 certainly was. Incredible compliment to last night’s Chinese duck. — 7 years ago