Roel van der Burg

Sommelier at Restaurant Entrepot

9.1

Just out of the bottle this was a bit 'big'. It screamed exotic fruits; a bit too much to my taste. The palate was not that heavy, so it felt slightly out of balance. I missed (hoped for) minerality/citrus (tension?) too. Left half the bottle for the next day. The 'bigness' was gone and on the palate it gained weight (in a nice acidic way). Will def. benefit from proper decanting or longer aging. Made by Lalou Bize-Leroy 'in the vineyard'. They don't have a winemaker on the payroll. Great quality Bourgogne Blanc, made out of declassified Meursault, Puligny and Savigny fruit. But at this pricelevel there is serious competition around the corner... — 11 years ago

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Julia Weinberg

9.2

Case made for wines served at proper temp: originally a bit warm and dulled, slapped on ice for a bit and came to precise, beautiful life. — 12 years ago

Brad Baumgarten

9.8

Really good meaty funk. I've heard the term "backward wine" and I didn't know what it meant until now. I tasted the funk b4 the fruit but still had nice fruit. Supposedly this is a characteristic of some very well regarded Washington syrahs. I dig it, good stuff. — 13 years ago

Nicholas Livingston

9.7

Meaty, leathern, thick skinned dark fruit, and guinea fowl packed with the rosemary, sage and cystes that pulses through the garrigue of Châteauneuf du Pape terroir. Extraordinary to think this is CDP proper -comprised of each and every permitted variety. Extraordinary and beckoning for game off the wing or hoof. — 11 years ago

Dana Bonelli

9.1

Wine coming out of the city of Vienna proper always blows my mind. Smoky, great texture, 9 variety blend. Crazy stuff. — 12 years ago

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

10

Two greats of Bordeaux, Cantemerle and big Ralph Sands. This wine still has plenty of sweet fruit at 29, and a generous bouquet on the level of Margaux proper! — 12 years ago

Mark Wong

9.4

Funky on the nose at first then dark delicious cherries. Fantastic Syrah! — 11 years ago

Tom Riley

9.0

Tonight's opening act. Hitting its stride at the proper temp. Finding some unanticipated complexity. Delicious. — 11 years ago

Bryan Garcia

Sales Grand Cru Selections

9.1

Proper Syrah — 12 years ago

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9.4

Another bottle down the hatch. Sensational example of Vaillon(s) proper. — 13 years ago