Amit Srivastava

9.4

This was Sancerre Blanc ... awesome. Not oaky .. smooth at sip time , w a long finish and a slight tartiness at the end .. best Sancerre I have ever had — 7 years ago

Samantha Potter

9.2

#RebouleduRhone — 7 years ago

Gigi Pan

9.1

Premier cru. Another Chardonnay for the dinner matching salmon. Hmmm, paring is not that as expected. — 8 years ago

with Alan

Jean-Francois Pelletier

8.9

Definitely Gevrey nose. Dark and red fruit, with slightly rusticity. Medium+ body. Long finish. Very good. — 8 years ago

with Chris, Stanley and 1 other

Justin Anthony

9.0

good rouge to pull — 9 years ago

Paul Heyrman

8.9

Really nice Syrah. 2009 Well balanced now. — 9 years ago

Chris MacLean

8.9

Subtle dark fruit aromas. Slight sweetness mutes expression. A touch soft overall, especially after the acidity of the Trapet Gevrey. Solid but not exceptional. Wine 2/10. — 10 years ago

Jasmine Hirsch

Sales & Marketing Hirsch Vineyards, founder In Pursuit of Balance

9.4

Rene Engel night cap in Osaka. — 10 years ago

with Pax, Matt and 1 other

Patrick Knöfler

9.7

With my wife. The wine was pale lemon in colour and offered bouquet of flowers, citrus, peach, orange peel, almond, fresh sea breeze and mineral notes on the nose. On the palate the wine showed white flowers, stone fruit, peach, orange peel and almond, complicated by a salty mineral touch, paired with medium-level acidity, a great, buttery mouthfeel, and very good length. The medium- to full-bodied wine had good complexity and tasted concentrated yet fresh. A great Condrieu! 92 — 11 years ago

Michael Ochsner

9.5

BIG mid palate. Sweet tabaco. — 11 years ago

Kim black

9.8

Incredible up sell from a dry white — 7 years ago

Tobin Spratte

9.2

Aromas of Granny Smith apples, lemon tart, raw pastry dough, steel, and marlstone with hints of cardamom and vanilla. — 7 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

We discovered discover this Garnacha Blanca blend during our May 2015 visit to Clos Mogador. Rene's son Rene had us jump in his old SUV and drove us through their steep and rocky hillside vineyards. If you've had their reds and wondered why fennel notes are there, it grows all over their property. After a tour of their vineyards we went back to their patio for a tasting...and what a view. Shown in the photos. We started the tasting with the 2010 Nelin. It was the first time we'd had it. At the time, one of the more unique whites we'd had in a long time. It was bright, fresh, subdued fruity, tangy with amazing crisp minerality. Afterwards, we went to lunch at "Amics" near by Clos Mogador. The best & most original 4 course lunches we had for seventy euros with a bottle of this wine. Great service and unparalleled accommodation. It didn't have a star but it should. The nicest couple from Brazil run it. Tonight's revisit is the 2011 and it's had a little better than 5 years in the bottle. It's definitely changed. It's, more golden now, weightier, thicker, more oily and picked up not quite a petrol quality. The fruits are; peach, apricot, pineapple, lemon & lime juice. Notes of honey, wild fragrant florals, amazing chalky minerality, perfect round acidity and a round, lush finish that we absolutely love. The blend is mostly Garnacha Blanca with some Viognier, Roussanne & Pinot Blanc. Photos of the property, views, and the father & son winemaking team of Rene & Rene Barbier. Producer history & notes...Clos Mogador produces estate bottled wines in Gratallops, Catalonia in the DOQ Priorat. Founded in 1979 by René Barbier III and his wife Isabelle Meyer. With several friends, they began replanting terraces and recuperating old ones to eventually have their first release in 1989 as Clos Mogador. This name comes from a novel written by an aunt named, Élisabeth Barbier called, “Les Gens de Mogador”, “The people of Mogador”; which chronicles the rise and fall of a family from near Avignon in France on an imaginary estate called, Mogador. Clos Mogador is 13 hectares. Six hectares are made of 80 years old Cariñena vines, two hectares of 6 years old Cabernet Sauvignon vines, three hectares of 6 years old Garnacha vines and 2 hectares of 6 year old are Syrah vines. They use mostly organic methods. It is worth knowing that at the winemaking stage, Rene Barbier uses an olive press instead of a normal wine press to extract the juice. This results in an even more intense wine from what are already highly concentrated grapes from low yields. Try the Nelin, it's simply delicious!!! Cheers. — 8 years ago

R J Thom

9.5

Drinking perfectly right now. Some developed fruits balanced with nice acidity and a lovely long finish. Delicious! — 9 years ago

with Askly

Jim Westby

9.5

2002 vintage. All meunier in honor of Rene Collard the Marne Valley meunier master. Great acid structure, but with broadness from the grape, barrel development, and aging on the cork. This is labeled de Meric, but it's the same single-foeder production as later disgorgments labeled Ginsburg. — 9 years ago

with Cleora and Gary

Olivier

9.0

Lovely wine, spicy, a bit earthy with dark berries — 10 years ago

Michael Rovner

9.5

Soft juicy — 10 years ago

Nicole Galvan

9.7

A little old. Showing birch chips and beechwood as the wood on the nose — 11 years ago

Rich Shrieve

9.6

Flinty with rich acidity. Not fruity. Been sitting this for a while and it's come along well. — 12 years ago

Fabrice Blazquez

9.1

Pure toasted wine with light honey jams and a hint of elderflower tea — 7 years ago

Steven Carey

9.0

Cool mix of bread and zest - one hundo percentamante Pinot. — 7 years ago

with Olivia

Tom Riley

9.2

Bright, tight, and champing at the bit. Racy acid and cool fruit sitting nimbly on a perch of earth and spice. Finish that won't quit. Drank it too soon but still a great treat. Gift from a colleague at my wife's job. I've never met her but I like her. A lot. — 8 years ago

Karla Loeb

9.3

Blind tasted. So confusing and delicious. Need More. Want more. — 8 years ago

Joy Dyer

10

Joy had this 9 years ago

ADAM STROMFELD

8.9

Lemon peel and strong citrus notes that melt into soft luscious roundness — 9 years ago

Patrick McKee

9.0

Dark red, auburn rim, heavy sediment. Cooked strawberry and black cherry, leather, earth, graphite, tea, VA. High acid, soft tannin. Slightly past peak. — 9 years ago

Tiffany Yarde

9.0

Great fruity nose; lovely crisp and refreshing — 10 years ago

David Machen

9.1

Thanksgiving — 10 years ago

Andy Anderson

10

This was an amazing wedding gift — 11 years ago

Lars Hansen

9.6

Great wine from perhaps the finest wine district in the world. Highly recommend. — 12 years ago