Eric Blackshear

9.3

Great wine and a great meal in Livingston, Montana. — 8 years ago

with Lora

JKT

9.1

CVed 10/28/16. Darker inky color than Clos du Val. Nose had peppery and herbaceous notes with very mature black fruits. Body very firm and still tannic and powerful. Finish is long and gradually dried out but balanced and quite impressive. A power wine strutting its stuff. Z Auction. again CVed 12/27/16 and similar findings. However nose not herbaceous but more earthy. Comped with Livingston and Barnett. Opened Latham 12/30/16. Still the same. — 9 years ago

Nicholas Livingston

9.5

Domaine de la Presqu’île 2011 Cahors, Southwest France | 12% | A blend whose lion’s share is Malbec with a splash of Merlot, this is a delicious glass of red. Brambly wild blueberries and black currants, black plums, sandalwood spice, juicy acids, and soft and chewy tannins make the 2011 Domaine de la Presq’île Cahors a scrumptious wine start to finish. Such a wine inspires countless food pairings from zatar and lemon lamb chops to charred köfte shish kabobs, choice beef hamburgers to rare venison or duck in a demi-glace or even something as hearty as a game pie –hot or cold.
Wine review by Nicholas Livingston, March 29, 2016 (all this praise on a Leaf Day no less) — 9 years ago

Kristen Brown

9.5

Tried 12/25/15 — 9 years ago

Nicholas Livingston

9.4

Heidi Schrock 2014 Rosé Biscaya, Burgenland | 12% | From the warm continental (what they call Pannonian) climate of Neusiedlersee-Huggeland in Burgenland –Austria’s eastern most wine region pressed against the Hungarian frontier, this vintage seems to have dropped the St Laurent of previous vintages and is made of 40% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Pinot Noir although Heidi admits to using eight varieties in all –each in supporting roles. It’s a beautiful rosy red with a fragrant headful of umeboshi pickled plums of Japan for their tension of salty tart fruit and their fragrant shiso perilla leaf lift, but other fruit wafts up bright and fresh. Red currants and white cherries all carry over as well onto the palate –a scrumptious sip of tang and texture, brine and savor –for which it bears that saltwater taffy charm that I love about this rosé –in a watering-at-the-corners-of-the-mouth sort of way. It’s appealing in a way I’d never known before it –like feelings of fervor among inchoate lovers before which everything seemed so certain and after which the world seemed wide. Prepare yourself for a first kiss where red fruit orchards meet the sea. Food? Who needs food? …if I were to dream up a dish for this specifically it might involve a crispy rendered duck breast with a compote of those gamey black currants but you name it: pork chops, schnitzel, tempura, or citrus poached fish of the herring family.
Wine review by Nicholas Livingston, July 20th, 2015 (Fruit) — 10 years ago

Knightsbridge Wine Shoppe

9.5

Simply fantastic with years to go. — 10 years ago

Brian McMahon

Sales Polaner Selections

9.1

Quite alive!!!! — 8 years ago

Jerusha McFarland Pitney

9.0

Cool blackberry notes, feels semi dry, nice dark dinner wine — 8 years ago

with Gigi

Matthew Hayes

9.3

Smooth and what I expect in a Chianti. — 9 years ago

Andy Fannin

9.0

Slight bit sweet but has a full body bite at the finish. Great wine for the price — 9 years ago

Matthew Waits

8.9

Nice and sweet — 10 years ago

Kenneth Shaw

9.0

Big wine but smooth. Really drank nicely after being open for about 30 minutes. — 10 years ago

Charlie Peterson

9.2

Bomber purchased in Livingston, Ca. Light sweetness, great mouthfeel, and notes of chocolate, caramel, and slight vanilla. — 10 years ago

Patrick Cappiello

Wine Director/Partner Pearl & Ash, Rebelle NYC; Wine Writer Playboy.com

9.5

Pretty in pink! #saberit @Kimberly Livingston! — 10 years ago

JKT

9.1

Wine dinner 4/29/17. Still tasting good like last time. Balanced and rich with that Cali profile of soft tannins resolving into sweetness. — 8 years ago

John Browning

8.9

Smooth not to sweet nice soft tannins and some oak flavors I think. — 8 years ago

Nicholas Livingston

9.3

Clos du Mont-Oliver 2014 Côtes-du-Rhône | 13.5% | Mellow red fruits ranging from tender raspberries to sliced strawberries combine with a fragrant expression of the garrigue we yearn to find on quality Côtes-du-Rhône but in this case less the sapid rosemary and resinous herbs and more the scrub roses and lavender bound for Gras. 60% Syrah for its subtle but certain depth and structure, this blend also includes 40% Grenache for all its fragrance and fruit. The Famille Sabon who are the Stewards of Clos du Mont-Olivet tell us the “vineyard is located north of Bollene at the boundary between the Vaucluse and Drôme Provençale. The Syrah forming the basis for this wine are grown on the locality "Montueil" –slightly elevated and surrounded by trees, ideal conditions for they are not overripe. The tank is filled by gravity with 60% of the grapes whole cluster on the stems. The work of the wine is made without seeking maximum extraction to further emphasize the elegance and freshness. Breeding begins in enamel tanks to preserve freshness and after malolactic fermentation, the wine is placed in barrels.”
Wine review by Nicholas Livingston with notes from the Famille Joseph Sabon, March 29, 2016 (all this praise on a Leaf Day no less) — 9 years ago

Kristen Brown

9.0

Drank 12/23/15 — 9 years ago

Virginia Philip

9.4

Wow!! Oldie but goodie. Fantastic. — 10 years ago

Julia Weinberg

9.5

The master @Jean-Marc Roulot, the prodigy @Kimberly Livingston, the magical liquid thread that entwines us. Some damn good #lapaulee moments. — 10 years ago

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