Ian Hamel

9.1

2020/12/22 with pan-roasted venison loin and tenderloin with sauce poivrade (after Richard Olney). This is a tricky one. I love Clape, and this wine was quite nice, in a brambly blackberry and funk vein. It did not, however, have any of the notes you’d expect from a mature Clape. It certainly didn’t feel old or faded - quite the opposite, it was still fleshy and fresh, if not terribly deep. Sometimes this happens, but sometimes I feel it happens a bit frequently with wines from my cellar. Perhaps it’s just too cold - I have heard some views that in cool, stable “benchmark” cellar conditions, wine can age much more slowly than is generally expected. One thing I can say is that my 2004 Clape and Allemand, stored with no cooling with family in the Bay Area, has already started to shown those delicious, gamy aromas. Should I raise my cellar temp a few degrees? As is, who knows how much longer this one could or should have gone, but as it’s my last bottle I guess I’ll never know. — 3 years ago

Chris Dockrey

9.0

Wonderful peach infused white wine that is delicious chilled and sipped on a hot evening. Pretty sweet. — 7 years ago

Limor Finkel

9.5

Tasting with Jon Olney himself. What a tremendous day. — 8 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.2

2020/5/5 with grilled lamb leg heart from a Lulu Peyraud / Richard Olney recipe and grilled zucchini. This certainly had the inimitable Northern Rhone bottle bouquet going, though it’s also quite lithe and red fruited, as opposed to deep and dark, with prominent acidity. It reminds you of the diversity in Northern Rhone terroirs - and that (if I recall) the Chance estate St. Jospeh is from relatively young vines — 4 years ago

J Manncini

9.0

Great chocolate flavor not overbearing taking away from the wine itself enjoyable to drink . Maryland wines have really come far in their quality — 6 years ago

Prem Salem

10

Very good wine. Crisp and light bodied, I love it :) — 8 years ago

Trevar Ondiek

9.5

🍎🍓🍇 so good — 5 years ago

Sherry Scheinman

10

Yummy at ricuci with Stan in Olney. Very rich strong potent flavor from first sip — 6 years ago

Doug Powers

9.8

Just classic Meursault aromatic profile, super rich without being fat, great cut, just a flat-out great white burgundy, even though it was probably fresher 5-10 years ago!! Thanks for making me buy this, John Olney, back in the day!! — 7 years ago

Kim Nguyen

9.2

Richard Olney recommends this with white fish terrine. He is not wrong. — 9 years ago