Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

81% Pinot Noir and 19% Chardonnay, pale salmon color with aromas of red berry, tropical fruit and floral notes. On the palate flavors of cherry, raspberry and strawberry with citrus zest, vivid acidity, light mousse with medium toasty yeast finish. Nice! — 13 days ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

Elegant & floral with dark fruits meat, iron, licorice, mineral, pepper, olive & violet — a month ago

John Willison

9.2

Strawberry, raspberry, brioche. — 2 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

A very ripe vintage here.

Nose: tropical fruits. Yellow flowers.

Palate: tropical. Mineral of course. Delicious. Not as razor like as other vintages.

Needs 2-3 years or a serious decant now. Day 3 much better. It’s gone from goofily tropical to seriously tropical. Great balance. You get that weltner razor like balance. Bravo. More lemon on the palate with elegant 33% pineapple.

Fass selections. — 2 months ago

Steven Heydemann

9.4

Outstanding. Honeyed, fresh, apricot, mineral. Really lovely. — 14 days ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.5

Deep almost opaque ruby , narrow ruby rim . Quite closed and mineral at first , cassis , dark richer rounder fruits , blackberry and dark cherry . Richer more dense darker fruits on the palate , cassis , blackberry , with quite a mineral , grafite , earthy undertone . Rounded but high gritty tannins , good balanced refreshing acidity . Quite a big powerful wine but the alcohol is well integrated . Good length , with a touch of grafite and spice on the saline tinged finish. This should be given time , another 10 years preferably , and will show well for a further 10-15. — 9 days ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

Rich, racy with mineral, green apple & pear fruit. Always delicious — 2 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

Racy with a linear style showing notes of citrus, green apple, mineral & white flower — 3 days ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

Expressive nose showing dark fruit, graphite, spice, mineral with meat, blood, iron, underbrush & violet that is balanced, finessed with a silky texture — 15 days ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

Another great 07 floral, elegant showing beautiful red cherry, aromatic spices, underbrush, earth, mineral with fresh picked roses & violet — a month ago