Ray Vanderhoff

9.5

Exceptional quality!! Blend is primarily Garganega that is rounded out with small amounts of Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Trebbiano. Pale straw color. Plentiful aromas of tropical fruit, white flowers, wet slate and a light touch of smoke. Flavors of peach, cantaloupe, lemon zest and raw nuts. Beautiful volcanic mineral/saline thread on the long lasting and crisp finish. Medium bodied with a slightly waxy/mouth coating texture. Rich and savory. So hard to put down. Thanking Petey and Kase for selecting this beautiful Father’s Day wine. — 4 months ago

Juha Leppänen

9.2

Passion on the nose, long honeyed finish, nice smoky note — 7 months ago

Michael Amoruso

9.2

2018 vintage. Cooked pineapple. Toasted coconut. Dry lemon curd. Just sweet enough. — 7 months ago

Mark S.

9.2

Amber. vanilla apricot nutty mushroom Marzipan Fruitiness M+ Sweetness M++ Acidity M++ Bitterness M Body M+ Finish M++ even deep due to aged for 27 years 14% Château de Fargues Sauternes Semillion Sauvignon Blanc Blend 99 @13200, AD, 260226 — 8 months ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of an hour. The 1981 pours an amber color with medium+ viscosity. On the nose, the wine is developing (still!) with notes of ripe apricots, orange peel, honeysuckle, marmalade, candied nuts and crushed rock. On the palate, the wine is sweet with medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. This bottle of the 1981 seems evergreen considering the way it showed today. Drink now through 2081?? — 9 months ago

Donald Williams

9.5

Got away with more aging than recommended. Still lovely. — 10 months ago

with Bonnie

Ming L

8.9

Quick notes from a charity dinner event. The first bottle. Initial nose was earth and hint of barnyard. Probably too chilled. As it warmed up, lovely mix of tropical and citrus fruits. Good texture and crisp acidity. A good start. — 4 years ago

Michael Phillips

9.6

Luscious pears peaches apricots WONDERFUL — 7 years ago

Jason Hemming

9.1

So fresh and so crisp — 10 years ago

Michael Lusk

10

Awesome desert wine — 13 years ago

Shay A

9.4

Last bottles from a 6-pack. I had two bottles that were sadly riddled with EA, but the other four were sound.

This was one of the wines I served for my annual WWC hosting. All wines served blind.

65 semillon/ 34 Sauvignon Blanc/ 1 Muscadelle

Always love these, more so than most domestic Bordeaux Blanc style white wines, mostly because of the texture. Straw color in the glass. Quite the tropical aromatics (white peach, mango) but it’s not overpowering. The barrel ferment is apparent with the rounded profile on the palate…the vein of acidity that was there a few years ago is fading, so this showed even more opulent than normal. Honeyed lemon, guava, orange blossom but a backbone of sea salt and herbs snap the structure in place to show nice balance and a nod to Bordeaux. I’d recommend popping now and over the next couple years to enjoy the freshness. — 5 months ago

John Bratincevic

9.1

Fresh and a little bitter. But quite good. Orangey. — 7 months ago

Jay Kline

9.4

“Ygrec” is basically a flip of the standard d’Yquem; typically somewhere around 80% Sauvignon Blanc and 20% Semillon. Traditionally, this dry version has only made in select vintages and the vines for Ygrec are selected prior to harvest and vary from vintage to vintage, typically before nobel rot takes place.

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of 90 minutes. The 2018 pours a bright straw color with medium viscosity. On the nose, the wine is developing powerful notes of grapefruit, orange, Juicy Fruit, some varnish, fine subtle baking spices and minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. An exciting Bordeaux Blanc that sizzles with energy and class. Absolutely baller stuff. Drink now through 2038. — 8 months ago

Charlie Frago

9.0

Overall nice red blend. Well balanced, moderate fruit. Enjoyed — 9 months ago

Stuart Pollack

9.7

Perfect with chicken vindaloo. A beauty and just the right age. Molasses and honey. Great white fruit flavor mix. — 9 months ago

Liselotte Brouwers

9.5

Prachtige Sauternes. Deze jaargang is geweldig, met een heerlijke balans door de mooie zuren. Waar ik over het algemeen geen groot fan ben van Sauternes, heb ik hier ontzettend van genoten! Gedronken om onze eerste plaats te vieren voor het NK blindproeven. — a year ago

Erik Rini

9.3

Love this wine year after year, vintage after vintage, you can really taste the viognier and rousanne! — 7 years ago

Johan Ballin

9.3

Brown butter, sage, and dill on the nose. Honey and subtle wood on the palate. — 10 years ago

Pooneet K

9.0

Excellent white blend from Arietta, with what is probably the right amount of age. Amber in the glass, deep and mouth filling, fat, but not oaky. Very nice. — 11 years ago

Jamie Lauder

9.0

2023 vintage.
Garganaga 70 % with remaining 30 % of Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
From a combination of volcanic tuff and limestone soils. Aged 6 months in stainless steel before bottling.
Pale gold in colour.
Citrus, lemon zest, nutty and herbal aroma.
Yellow plum, white peach and tarragon with grassy and herbal flavours.
Juicy finish with a pleasant pinch of minerality. — 6 months ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.5

Just like the other two White Bordeaux from 1996 tonight, this seemed advanced, lush and rich. — 7 months ago

Leonard Lee

10

2026 Easter in Bergamo with Ester’s family and Aunt and Germano. Giulietta — 7 months ago

Brian Hearty

9.3

2016. Our clean out the fridge charcuterie dinner. Blue cheese, apples, figs, prunes, walnuts all paired well with this unctuous wine as expected. We love Sauternes with Foie, but we didn’t have any on hand 😏, but we did have the end of a chub of good braunschweiger which went really well too. — 8 months ago

Mark S.

8.9

Lemon yellow with green. Clear herbaceous+ chalk minerals citrus. Woody. Creamy. Later on it is getting rich from Semillon. Fruitiness M Sweetness M Acidity M++ Bitterness M+ Body M Finish M 13.5% Fresh Dry Château Doisy-Daëne Bordeaux Sec Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 18 @6300, AD, 260226 — 8 months ago

romo

9.0

Too much of everything for me. — 9 months ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.2

Classic sauvignon blanc nose with a smooth and buttery finish. Balanced but needs more time. Served with tuna tartar — 10 months ago

Oliver Seaman

9.8

Just.... like nothing else. Every time. I love this wine. — 7 years ago

Philip Amato

9.0

Great wine celebrating our honeymoon “On the Rocks” — 8 years ago

Michael Meyer

9.0

Alto Adige on full display with tart bitterness of pitted fruits and slate. Lush tropical notes and a hint of vanilla (the Chard?) round out the frame. Not much of a finish to speak of. Crisp enough for seafood, but with a ripeness that will pair well with a host of cheeses or your favorite South Asian hot sauce. QPR heaven too! — 10 years ago

Phil Kessling

9.6

2007 Petit Guiraud Sauternes. Excellent. — 13 years ago