Ben Lehman

9.5

Remember first tasting this is 2010/2011 (?) at a dressner tasting where Pierre-Marie poured this for me. was absolutely blown away by the pure minerality and terroir upon first sip. I’ve checked in on this wine in subsequent vintages and haven’t felt that same spark, but this one (2018) is really doing it for me. Minerality for days but balanced by that creaminess that the extra time on lies gives you. Can’t recommend enough — 4 years ago

Fredybeans

9.0

Rubis fonce
Nez réglisse myrtille frais
Bouche mur ample épaisse et fraîche
Finale sur le fruit — 5 years ago

Ben Edwards

9.0

It's not that it's sublime; it's that it's cheap and light, and great for the last hot days of summer. A little berry up front that drops quickly. Last chance for the grill. — 7 years ago

Marc Deschenes

8.9

Beautifully fresh in the mouth with a delightful cherry taste, it bears well it's name — 7 years ago

Freemark Wine Enjoyer

9.0

Had this at the house at St Barths, with Pierre the chef and Marie the butler. Same as Bonito! — 8 years ago

Natalie Tessier

9.0

Chez Marie et Pierre. — 8 years ago

Keith Pinault

9.2

This is what Beaujolais Nouveau should taste like. — 8 years ago

Adrienne Voorheis

10

So very good. Especially with a low cost cava. — 9 years ago

Sean Nelson

9.2

Nice, fruity Bojo. Not too stemmy, just delicious, and complex enough to be "serious." — 9 years ago

Jennifer Wolffert

9.8

I've had a lot of great wines from all over burgundy tonight....I think this one takes it...perfect earthiness that wants u to keep tasting. — 9 years ago

Aran Healy

Partner Ruby WIne, Carlotta Cellars, Thistle Cellars

9.4

Rich and textural chard from 2006, limoux. Great producers. Marie Claire and pierre worked for several years with didier daganeau in pouilly fume and have adopted similar philosophies. — 10 years ago

Brendan McHale

9.3

Pineapple, vanilla, stems and great acidity. Just awesome. — 10 years ago

Charles Mires

9.2

Excellent. Strong bright toned — 5 years ago

Nicole Kushner

9.2

Light body, lots of red fruit, a little earthy, low tannins. Really great everyday red that pairs well with a wide variety of food. — 5 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.0

New Years part 1: a bit more muscular than typical Fleurie — 6 years ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

Pichon Lalande is my favorite 2nd growth with a steak. Yup...it's #SteakandClaret night to quote my buddy Gary Westby. Further, it's certainly one of my favorite producers period. I've waited for this wine to be in the bottle for 10 years before finding out definitely how good it was or wasn't. You see, the 05 Bordeaux vintage was exceptional. It's drinking right now better than 00. 00 may turn out to be better, but not for some time. The real issue was the division of scores between RP & NM. Parker had this as low as an 86 and now has it at 89. Neil Martin has been consistently at 95-96. I found it simply inexplicable that Pichon Lalande could have bombed in such a great vintage. Tonight, I know they didn't. This wine is beautiful. Although, I don't believe it will cellar as long as their some of their very best vintages and many others I've enjoyed. On the nose, bramble, ripe blackberries, dark cherries, notes of blueberries, poached strawberries, graphite, baking spices, cedar, lightly perfumed violets and dark, fresh & dry red flowers. The body is medium-medium plus, tannins nicely resolved with 10 years to be completely resolved. Fruits of; ripe blackberries, dark cherries, notes of blueberries, poached strawberries and pomegranate with a whiff of spice. There's notes of dry bramble, soft leather, fresh violets, graphite, cedar, dry stones, dark rich earth, limestone, tobacco, spice-box, vanilla, very light cinnamon & nutmeg. The finish is very long, elegant, ripe, round, smooth, good acidity and beautifully elegant...50-50 earth & fruit. I bought more bottles of this at $85 after it's was first released in futures and I do not regret it. $85 is proving to be a steal for this wine when it normally sells for between $100-$150 a bottle and higher. Might heavy up further after tonight if I find more around the same price. Oh yes...I'm with NM on the scoring. Photos of the Chateau, estate vines, newer tasting room & the Virginie de Pichon-Longueville, Comtesse de Lalande. Forgive my long post, but my passion and love for this producer is profound. Producer history and notes...as I wrote in an earlier post for Pichon Baron, Pichon Baron and Lalande started as one entity. The first mention of what is now called Chateau Pichon Lalande was the creation of Pierre de Mazure de Rauzan. Pierre de Mazure de Rauzan is responsible for forming many of the top Bordeaux estates today. Pichon Lalande was given its name when Therse, the daughter of the founder received the estate as a dowry when she married Jacques de Pichon Longueville. Pichon Lalande was essentially managed by three women, Therese de Rauzan, Germaine de Lajus and Marie Branda de Terrefort. On the eve of his death in 1850, Baron Joseph de Pichon Longueville divided the property between his five children. His three daughters received Pichon Lalande and his sons Pichon Baron. What happened next was Virginie, the wife of the Count of Lalande took over the management of the estate under the name of Comtesse de Lalande. In 1850 she commissioned the popular, architect Duphot to build a residence inspired by the Hotel de Lalande, located in Bordeaux. Without heirs, Pichon Lalande passed down from aunts to nieces. Following World War I, the Miailhe brothers, bought Pichon Lalande in 1925. They were the ones who planted even more Merlot. May-Eliane de Lencquesaing, the daughter of Edouard Miailhe became the new owner and general manager of Chateau Pichon Lalande in 1978. She expand the size of Chateau Pichon Lalande from 40 hectares to it's current 89 hectares. Chateau Pichon Lalande remained in the same family for more than 250 years! In fact, over three centuries, only two families have owned Pichon Lalande. May-Eliane de Lencquesaing sold Pichon Lalande to the owners of Roederer Champagnein in January 2007. This family-run company is managed by Frederic Rouzaud who owned several other wine estates in Bordeaux; Chateau Bernadotte, Chateau de Pez, Haut Beausejour and Chateau Reaut la Graviere. He sold Chateau Bernadotte in December 2012. In February, 2011, Sylvie Cazes was named the director of Chateau Pichon Lalande. She replaced Gildas d’Ollone. Sylvie Cazes was replaced in 2012 by current Director Nicolas Glumineau, who was previously at Chateau Montrose. In 2012, Pichon Lalande renovated the estate with a budget estimated at over 15 Million Euros. The new facilities included; building of a new underground barrel aging cellar and several new buildings...one that houses their new tasting room as shown. This renovation provided numerous improvements in their wine making. Most importantly, in the vinification. They created a new, triple tiered, cellar where everything moves by gravity. They also added numerous new, stainless steel, temperature controlled, double skinned vats. These new vats allow Pichon Lalande to vinify on a parcel by parcel basis as well as get much softer & gentle extractions. The 89 hectare vineyard of Chateau Pichon Lalande is located adjacent to Chateau Latour and and across the road from Pichon Baron. The terroir of Chateau Pichon Lalande is deep gravel with clay and limestone soil and is planted to; 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot. — 7 years ago

Pamela St. Jean

9.3

One of my favorite Beaujolais ever! Purchased at Lou's 2014 — 9 years ago

Chris Sarandis

9.0

Light bubbles, crisp apples. — 10 years ago

Lily Davis

French Wine Specialist at Ottorink Weinbar

9.7

Los old days - last bottle — 10 years ago

with Jay

Steve S

9.3

Pierre brought to the birthday party to share — 5 years ago

Mike Obley

8.9

Nice sulfur reduction — 5 years ago

Jonathan

9.1

$24.95. Great value traditional method sparkles. Nectarines on the nose. Refreshing — 6 years ago

with AJ

Austin Ferrari

Wine Director Hillside Supper Club

9.5

Another winner — 7 years ago

Nicola Morvillo

8.9

On 26/9/16 da Sarfati — 8 years ago

Andrew

9.3

Dirty, earthy for a Beau, but a great Moulin a Vent! — 8 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.0

All day with mixed apps — 8 years ago

with Gabrielle and Alessandro

Trevor Maskell

9.3

Wow. Florals and fruit. So much depth yet so playful. Great Bojo — 9 years ago

Vin Naturel

9.9

Pink Bulles Rosé 2013 - Jean Maupertuis.

Alors que nous préparons doucement notre "top 15 des meilleurs vins en 2014", il nous semble impossible de ne pas évoquer le fabuleux Pink Bulles rosé de Jean Maupertuis.

C'est dément ce que l'on peut faire avec du Gamay et c'est Gamay de faire des trucs aussi déments ! Et c'est aussi dingue de constater le nombre de gens talentueux que l'on trouve en Auvergne : Hervé Souhaut : Saint-Épine, Destezet - Nicolas Carmarans : Selves, Mauvais Temps - Frédéric Gounan, Pierre Beauger, François Dhumes, etc.

Oui, Jean Maupertuis fait partie de ces vignerons qui faisaient autre chose dans une autre vie et puis il y a des rencontres qu'on n'oublie pas, comme celles avec Marcel Lapierre et Pierre Overnoy, lors de sa formation viti-œno. Ces fameuses rencontres qui font basculer un destin d'un état solide à celui de liquide. Du travail au plaisir.

Dans un superbe article de Libération, qui lui est consacré, on peut lire ceci : "Robe rose pâle, bulles très fines, nerveuses. Arômes de fruit délicats, pointe de sucre résiduel équilibrée d’une très belle acidité. Ce vin pétillant abordable, «Pink Bulles», tenait haut la dragée au champagne réputé". Et vous savez quoi ? C'est exactement ça !

Sauf que, ce qui n'est pas dit, c'est que ce vin enchanteur est léger et subtil. Un pétillant qui marie les attentes et les exigences que l'on peut avoir pour un excellent champagne, tout en y apportant une fraicheur et une jeunesse que celui-ci possède rarement. Mais, c'est de l'insolence ? Oui, tout à fait mais surtout un peu de folie avec beaucoup de maîtrise. C'est vrai, souvent, les pétillants natures sont fous mais peu peuvent revendiquer le fait d'être aussi raffinés que celui de Jean Maupertuis.

A 12 euros, vous tenez peut-être ici la clé du bonheur, ou en tout cas, la clé d'un bon moment entre amis autour d'une boisson enthousiasmante. Il ne reste plus qu'à trouver la cachette, bon courage (!) et bonne dégustation ;)

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Kevin Simback

9.3

Blanc - drinking like a 1er Cru, this is really shining — 10 years ago

CelebrateLife!

9.4

Pierre choice. Good — 10 years ago