Marvin Velazquez

9.5

Strong but smooth — 6 years ago

Joey Pepper

8.9

Cool Cab Franc! Light funk and nice acidity. — 7 years ago

Sharon B

9.2

Delicious just like every other year! — 8 years ago

with Eric

Adrien

8.9

2006 en 2016. Le vieillissement en magnum est tout doux. Vin encore jeune, d'une grande élégance. Bravo monsieur Dider. — 9 years ago

Xulio Babou

10

FANTASTIC. Thanks Monsieur le Sommelier. — 10 years ago

Erik Rosenberg

9.5

Great natural bobbles! — 10 years ago

Jesse Marsden

9.1

Brite and chipper. — 10 years ago

Brian McMahon

Sales Polaner Selections

9.4

Varietals: Gamay
Organic: Certified
Vineyard: A true clos (walled vineyard) and eight hectare monopole of Dutraive's. Vine age ranges from 30-70 years old. A true clos (walled vineyard) and eight hectare monopole of Dutraive's. Made from the oldest vines in the vineyard, planted in the 1940s.
Orientation: South, southeast-facing
Soil: Pink granite shingles
Viticulture: No herbicides or pesticides, organically farmed, certified since 2009 vintage.
Vinification: Traditional vinification without sulfur and with natural yeast at very low temperatures. Carbonic maceration and little or no filtering.
Aging: 100% in 1-5 year old french oak barrels

Rating: 92 JG
The old vine bottling from Monsieur Dutraive hails from a parcel of sixty-five to seventyfive year-old vines and is raised entirely in Burgundy barrels, ranging from one to five years of age, so there is a little wood influence to this cuvée. The 2013 is outstanding, offering up a deep and nascently complex bouquet of cherries, raspberries, coffee, gamebird, lovely soil tones, spice elements redolent of clove and mace, a bit of mustard seed and a nice touch of cedary new wood. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and youthfully structured, with a sappy core, fine soil signature and a bit of tannin to resolve on the long, youthful finish. This is emphatically not a classic style of Fleurie, but it is an extremely well-made wine whose inspiration seems to be as much Vosne-Romanée as it is Fleurie. The focus and balance here are impeccable and I see no reason this wine will not age superbly well, and for those who are looking for a gateway Fleurie to make the transition from the Côte d’Or to Cru Beaujolais, this is a perfect wine! 2017-2030+. - John Gilman — 10 years ago

Adriel Lares

Vintner/Owner Memento Mori

9.6

Monsieur Touquette does it again — 11 years ago

Jon Maxwell

Founder Veritas Wine Consulting

9.0

Fuzzy Bear wine. And really good!! Very fresh and fruity. Energetic. Fun. Simple pleasure. Merci, Monsieur Bear. Dig it! — 11 years ago

Tom Frymire

9.0

A Hello Fresh evening. — 7 years ago

MJ Tsay

9.8

celebratory champagne after our first bottling of 2017! — 8 years ago

Dirk Brinckman

9.0

Refined, buttery with balanced touch of citrus, win the lengthy finish — 8 years ago

Matt Trader

9.4

I finally had the pleasure to try this new vintage release of CJ Melka Cabernet Sauvignon from the legendary Philipe Melka. It was yet another fantastic vintage, but from trying the past 3, it is easily going down as my favorite. This juice, as always, had a very enticing nose. It was rich, and full of notes of dried tobacco leaf, Spanish cedar, mocha, gravel dust, lavender, red fruits, and a faint hint of green bell pepper, which only livens the olfactory senses in a good way. In the glass, its youthfulness is shown in a dark royal purple hue with a lavender hued rim, and very long legs due to its 15.5% ABV. Upon entry into the pallet is an explosion of flavor, coating the mouth with lush blackberry and ripe cherry notes, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg, and a very gripping finish, leaving a mocha after taste. The wine had ample tannin structure, and good Oaky nuances that with its medium plus acidity all came together make a truly supurb wine. Great job Monsieur Melka! Can't wait to be in Napa in August and hopefully meet you! #melkawines

Cheers!

$74.99 — 9 years ago

David Moore

10

Since the 2007 vintage, this has been my informal "house red" (informal, because it's not going to be a perfect paring with everything). The 2012 (I have one bottle left) is concentrated, black fruit and minerality, and wonderfully aromatic. This is organically-farmed tannat, cabernet franc, merlot, and Monsieur Bozzi has a few rows of syrah planted as well. The small winery receives its barrels (one-used) from Vega Sicilia in Spain through the consulting oenologist, Stéphane Beuret. — 10 years ago

Aleksa Semenova

9.3

2013 - très fruité et délicat — 10 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

10

This is not Chardonnay but it is Meursault and in great form! Kaleidoscopic in aroma and flavor. Fresh, linear, crazy complex and intense yet elegant at the same time, a melange of fresh citrus and apples, with seashell and mineral cut. The vibrancy and energy on this wine is insane but not if your are used to Monsieur #Roulot — 11 years ago

Henry White

9.6

Monsieur Henri, Paris — 11 years ago

Bryan Rodriguez

9.0

It's wonderful, buy a bottle or 3. — 11 years ago

Krystof Zizka

9.5

Monsieur Zangs does it again! — 12 years ago

web bond

9.3

Monsieur Rouget suffered a nervous breakdown on 2nd day of harvest, so a certain Uncle vinified the 1997. — 7 years ago

Lea

9.0

My favorite at Monsieur Bleu — 8 years ago

Reza Oliyai

9.6

2010 vintage. Dinner after the Opera at Monsieur Benjamin. Full body Cabernet with taste of dark cherry, tobacco, and chocolate. Very complex yet well balanced tannins and acidity. — 9 years ago

Hum

8.9

Slate, blackberry, tar, menthol, iron ... Good with a croque monsieur. — 9 years ago

Brian McMahon

Sales Polaner Selections

9.5

Jon Gilman wrote-Rating: 95+
The 2013 La Côte is a brilliant young bottle of Sancerre. Monsieur Boulay only began producing a single vineyard bottling from La Grande Côte in the 2010 vintage, as these are some of his younger vines, and until the celebrated their twentieth birthday in 2010, he felt that they were simply still too young to be bottled on their own. The 2013 La Côte is brilliant, wafting from the glass in a stunning mélange of grapefruit, lemon, kaleidoscopic minerality, petrol, complex botanicals, a touch of smokiness and a topnote of citrus peel. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, complex and again simply shows off stunning mid-palate depth for the vintage, with brisk acids, laser-like focus and great grip on the pure and dancingly long finish. Great, great wine. 2016-2035+. - Jon Gilman — 10 years ago

Guillaume Guersing

9.3

Excellent ! Vin équilibré, une bonne longueur en bouche, un nez fin. Diner de poilus ! — 10 years ago

David Burgundypapi

9.2

Merci monsieur wineburglar — 11 years ago

with Fredrik

Vinny Eng

9.4

Spotted at Monsieur Benjamin soft opening! — 11 years ago

Kenneth Gustavsson

9.6

Tres bien monsieur Ente! Tight acidity with minerality abundant. — 11 years ago

Pouyan Haidari-Tabrizi

10

One of my favorite regions, there are no words the describe this wine!!!! — 12 years ago