Daniel M

9.2

Remembering Jean Pierre Marty, former wine director of Talbot who passed earlier this year. Jean Pierre was my father's best buddy from university.
The nose is made of tar, a bit of cocoa and coffee, black currant, a bit of green bell pepper (?) and bit of heat too. The palate is great! Superb acid drive, very subtle, silky mouthfeel, black currant, cocoa notes too, before a massive mid palate in form of a sphere that initiates some disturbance in the mouthfeel with a layer of grain, powering up a long finish of black currant, cocoa, that silky mouthfeel with a grain and a nice bitter touch that shows up in the end. Great testimony of a great wine and a great wine maker. — 4 years ago

Michelle H

9.0

Lovely to drink with dessert. I taste pear, honey, and orange with tiny little bubbles. Sweet but delish! — 5 years ago

Phil Vachon

9.2

Reminiscent of an Italian wine. Dry, acidic but pleasantly balanced. Very interesting texture! — 5 years ago

with MV

donat agosti

9.1

Cépages

Clairette 80%, grenache blanc 10%, bourboulenc 5%, ugni blanc 3%, muscat blanc 2%.

One more of the atypical french wines. Fuller bodied. A slight touch of resin, but otherwise nothing chatacteristic — 5 years ago

Scott Rowe

9.2

Okay here is the breakdown 60% Sem 23% Ugni B 12% Viognier 3% Clairette 2% Muscat-a-Petit Grains.
It’s a serious mouthful in every way.
At 12% abv it is balanced and worth sipping. — 7 years ago

with Jade

Rick K

9.0

Zingy balanced Rosé. Better second might after vacuvin. — 8 years ago

Byron Fuller

9.1

Muscat rouge — 9 years ago

Daniel P. Drake

9.2

This evening the wine of choice is the 2018 Mount Veeder Winery Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. The blend is 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 6% Petit Verdot and 4% Malbec.

The nose gives us notes of black cherry, blackberry, black raspberry, plum sauce, spice, vegetal notes, green bell pepper, black pepper and violets.

On the palate there are sumptuous notes of black cherries, blackberries, black currant, vegetal notes, black pepper, green bell pepper and a nice earthy component.

The wine is medium to full bodied with medium to medium + acidity and medium+ grippy fine grain tannins which moves subtly into a long black fruit, black currant finish. A lovely wine that is not overly hard on the pocket book. What a way to start the week. The week ahead looks bright. Please stay safe and healthy. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷

On the palate — 4 years ago

Daniel M

9.0

Tar, cedar, black currant and maybe a little bit of red currant too. It's a very nice, noble nose. The palate is well designed. A strong acid drive, a good width with a nice matter on the side, a bit of a grain which expands in the rear to create a nice wall of tannins which are now well integrated. The finish shows a nice blossoming fruit, these fine tannins too, creating some asperities, a nice, noble bitter note appears at the very end. It's a bit under the 2 previous vintages I tasted but it's a very good wine for the vintage. — 5 years ago

Ron from VA

9.1

This is my second review of this build from the fantastic 2017 vintage… 46% Muscat Ottonel provides sturdy viscosity while 22% vermintino + 16% Viognier + 16% petit manseng energizes the acid and structure. Altogether elegant while the acid from 2 1/2 years of bottle aging is weaning a bit… It provided beautiful lime sweetness and verve when paired with our caprice salad on baguette. Opulent floral nose and elevated mouth feel make for a very distinguished build… On par with some of the finest Rieslings on the East Coast for reference.  — 5 years ago

Daisy Streatfeild

9.0

Refreshing — 7 years ago

Kyle Groombridge

9.0

Well if that isn’t a hot summer’s day in a glass, I don’t know what is. A charmat method blend of muscat a petit grains, macabeo, and xerel-lo from Penedes. The muscat dominates the nose with a fruit cocktail of sorts, leading you to believe it’ll be sweet. But BAM, you’re hit with a bright acidity, cleansing bubbles, and tart green apple and lime flavors. Super refreshing and great for summer. — 7 years ago

Rachel Caggiano

8.9

Great expression of Viognier & Good blend. — 8 years ago

Ron from VA

9.1

Linear yet elegant…dense, darker red fruit carries balance thru the attack into a medium+ weighted finish (think artisan cola) - highlighting fine grain tannins. Fall Herbs lend subtle accent to polished build. Oak is not intrusive The 2016 Meritage is a blend of 45% Merlot, 28% Petit Verdot, 9% Cabernet Franc, 9% Malbec, and 9% Cabernet Sauvignon. The majority of the fruit came from Rougemont vineyard in Keswick, VA, with the remainder coming from Adventure Farm, Wild Meadow, Carter's Mountain, and Honah Lee. The grapes are fermented with natural yeast in stainless steel tanks and then barrel aged in 54% new French oak individually and blended for a total of 21 months. We believe that the Bordeaux blends produce some of Virginia's best and most expressive wines. The 2016 Meritage blend is a reflection of what we strive for in both the grape growing and winemaking. — 4 years ago

Alder Yarrow

Wine Blogger Vinography

9.5

There are excellent wines, and then there are magical wines. But some fewer still are singular and peerless, unique in their bearing, composition and inspiration. Such is the case with Burg. A stupefying field blend that harnesses everything that Alsace might be or become and transmutes it into something akin to watching the evening sun burst through a technicolor stained glass window on high. An all-encompassing blend of Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Sylvaner, Muscat d'Alsace (white and red), Muscat à Petit Grain, Riesling, Gewurtztraminer, Traminer, Chasselas, and Chasselas Rose. This old bottle yielded wine the color of amber, smelling like candied orange peel, beeswax, and dried yellow flowers. Silky flavors of citrus rind, bergamot, honeysuckle and candle wax mix with still-excellent acidity and a stony underbelly that lingers through the candied-mandarin-rind finish. Slightly to moderately sweet. A wine of meditation to be sure. — 4 years ago

George

10

Pure perfection — 5 years ago

Amanda Wadeson

9.0

From Australia Wine Geek Week, floral, delicate, dry, Muscat — 5 years ago

with Zach

Michael Piaker

8.9

19 July 2018. Aēsop, Brooklyn, NY. — 7 years ago

Al Doyle

9.3

Well I thought this was excellent. — 8 years ago

with Koko and jams

Raphaël Smm

9.4

Delicious Amphora wine from Domaine Viret !! — 9 years ago