Nick Gallinelli

9.3

Spicy nose. Chocolate and brown nuts. Plum. Lots of it. Unsweet red candy and full finish. Delightful — 7 years ago

Paul H

9.3

This was decanted prior to me showing up so I can’t give a fresh out of the bottle prospectus but I did get little bit of tea and a faint cherry. Now to the good stuff. On the palate there was to me loganberry and cherry and a bit of graphite. It has a nice velvety texture that finished nicely. — 8 years ago

Joseph LaPanna

9.3

Bright salmon color. Racy aromas of acacia flowers, cantaloupe and citrus. Beams of peach, blood orange and strawberries are carried by a well balanced acidity. Lighter than I would have expected. It closes taut with a mineraly echo. — 9 years ago

Kendall Kadish

9.0

Smooth and refreshing with notes of citrus and vanilla. A unique Pinot experience. — 9 years ago

Matt

9.0

Nose is linear and soft. Lime, beer foam, chalk, apple blossom. Palate is juicy, broad, mouth-filling with loads of golden apple, lime, rocks, and underripe melon. Zippy. — 10 years ago

Bryson Moore

9.9

One of my favorite dry hopped sours. — 10 years ago

with Michael

Gav Unit1

8.9

Stoney, delicate candied lemon nose. Back of the mouth lemon rinds, pebble/stone minerals and a hint of leaf before the finish. Nerve and poise but with a rounded resolution. — 11 years ago

Jonathan Patch

9.3

Things are getting a bit out of hand here at the office. — 11 years ago

with Henderson, Bjørn and 1 other

Anna Tyack

9.6

Very impressive amphora aged Mondeuse by Domaine Belluard in Savoie | Only 2% of their planted vineyard is Mondeuse and they make roughly 500 bottles of this... hard to get your hands on it! — 12 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Showing out of its mind. — 12 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

No detailed notes as we were at dinner with friends. Three Somm’s present for dinner and all thought this was wine of the night. I was one of them.

I believe their 15 is even better than their fantastic 2010.

If you are not familiar with this producer & terroir, I highly recommend you do. It remains under most consumers radar. I should probably stay silent on it as it will only drive up demand and price. But, good wine is meant to be shared with people who know how to appreciate it. This is around $55 on pre-arrival and $70ish if not bought on pre-arrival.

Olivier Lamy left the family Domaine to learn from other producers before returning to his family Domaine. He made Méo-Camuzet for few years just before his return.

The body was thick and slightly waxy. Nice green apple, pineapple, lime, honeysuckle, fruit blossoms with excellent round acidity, texture, elegant and well polished finish.

Recommend you slightly over chill it and decant it for an hour if you drink it this young. After it hour, it really blossoms.

Photos of, the Domaine property, Saint-Aubin Vineyard, amazing Saint-Aubin Chardonnay grapes and Domaine building sign — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.4

Rare 96RP Priorat, only 1,008 bottles @ €146+ that's just beautiful & will age into 96-98 divinity 😍 Mrs E says "It's as smooth as Antonio Banderas' moves" I said "No as smooth as Penelope Cruz breasts" 😁

🍇 100% Carignan

🍷 Dark ruby w/ purple hue

👃 Strawberries & red cherries w/ touches of blackberry & raspberry seduced by oak, earth, farmyard, violets, liquorice & fine smoke

👄 Med silky polished delicate dark & red fruits that just seduces your taste sensations

🎯 Med+ soft earthy summer fruits 💋 — 9 years ago

Maddalena de Zambiasi

9.2

Diretto questo vino, subito profumi di fruttini e bacche nere, prugna disidratata, spezia dolce / piccante.. il sorso è sincero di rusticita' composta quasi elegante , minerale di grafite e carbone..morbidezza glicerica e freschezza equilibrano il sorso mentre la trama tannica perfeziona la chiusura.
Filosofia, vini e ospitalità da provare!!!! — 9 years ago

Keith Dickson

8.9

A really interesting wine, seems fortified on the nose but not so much when you taste it. A little salt and lots of complexity and length. Also a really nice colour. — 10 years ago

with Laura

Linz Engel

9.5

Crisp, delicious, beautiful expression of Chardonnay — 11 years ago

with Michele

Kim Callender

8.9

Strong alcohol on the nose also currants. Cherries and blackberries, a bit of pepper and spice. Lighter and fruitier. — 11 years ago

Christina Watts

9.5

Very smooth, good mix of flavors — 11 years ago

Evandro Pereira

9.4

One of the best Spanish whites I had — 11 years ago

with Rafaela

Anita Gill

9.9

It has notes of tart fruit and you can really get the mineral taste. This wine was really good with shellfish! — 12 years ago

Kevin Kinsella

9.7

Fabulous '85 St. Julien Bordeaux. Beautiful nose, terroir, still plenty of fruit, long elegant finish. — 13 years ago

with Paten and Ralph

Douglas Braun

8.9

Like this wine but doesn’t have the power that some of his other wines have pencil lead iron cherry fruit - liked it from an aromatic standpoint more than flavor and finish — 8 years ago

Amanda Thomas

9.6

One of my favorite spirits of all time. Extremely herbaceous with rosemary, other herbs, and (I swear) fresh mountain air — 8 years ago

with Tim

Michelle Tenazas

9.1

Very delicately perfumed, minerally, and steely, which to me is the make up of a feminine wine. We enjoyed this with tzatziki, pantzaria, lavraki, and many more delicious Greek food. — 9 years ago

with Ira

Tom Wood

9.0

Lead to believe that the 14' is going to be relatively hard to live up to but this is pretty damn enjoyable regardless. The thick, oily texture here could be possibly confused as potential barrel work, especially served warm, but don't let that fool you. Wet stones, chlorine, green apple and white peach aromas. The palate has a gob-tonne of green apple but despite that oily texture there's plenty of acidity here too — 9 years ago

Matt

9.2

The nose is so feminine and perfumed with dark fruits, savory spices, and earth. Fuller bodied and structured with gripping tannins. Vineyard has southern orientation=warmer=more massive expression of Carignan — 10 years ago

Derek Stadnicki

9.1

Strawberry, raspberry, tar, coffee and sour cherry. Smooth and light mouth feel. Great value I expect it to be in my collection of go-tos. — 11 years ago

Emiliano Mei

9.5

Pure, well balanced, rich and bold yet very easy to sip #priorat #wine 50% #carignan 50% #garnatxa
Grandiose aromas of black cherry, blueberry and super sweet raspberry. Naturally awesome! — 11 years ago

Kyle Doucet-Walter

8.9

Ripe red fruit, forest floor and that kind of muddy, chocolatey thing you get with Bordeaux sometimes, a bit of Bret as well. Organic/bio dynamic. Vineyard is circled by vines whose only duty is to protect the inner vines from surrounding vineyards who use pesticides. #asp — 11 years ago

Joseph Grause

9.4

One of the 2-3 top wines of the trip! — 11 years ago

with John

Jeff Olsen

9.1

Nice amount of oakiness without being overly done

Fun with sweet potato
— 12 years ago