Alex Germain

9.0

Orange blossom, must, oxidation? Salinity?
Lemon/Fennel/herbs.
High acidity but not sharp - full, pleasant
Reminds me of gahier Chardonnay (les Crets) — 6 years ago

Ryan Anderson

9.1

Super fruity and easy drinking. A great find. — 6 years ago

Oswaldk

8.9

Sharp and clean. Very good for price — 7 years ago

Deanna Urciuoli

9.0

Floral on the nose and sharp on the tongue, this orange wine is delightful. — 7 years ago

Randall Brater

9.2

Yum. Really fine bead. Light, crisp with sharp hints of green apple with a very well balanced mousse. — 8 years ago

DL

9.3

Smells funky, musty, but also fruity Charles says vanilla. Pretty sweet, complex flavors, kind of honeyed. Kind of sharp at the back roof of mouth. Tastes the way it smells. Charles says vanilla and Graham cracker, nutty and roasted. — 8 years ago

Conrad Green

9.3

A bright and vivid nose with lime, slate and fruitiness. On the palate, lean and sharp. Focused minerality and sweetness. Lovely stuff — 9 years ago

mia

9.5

One of the best tempranillos I have had. Sharp and delicious... need to get another one for our bar — 10 years ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Legacy edition. Fine and sharp at the front, great bright fruit. A steeliness with a slightly creamy edge. Still young but pretty amazing material and nice stuff now. — 6 years ago

with Bex and David

Conrad Green

9.4

A wonderful open nose. Composed lean lemon with a steely backbone, chalk. This is young but so splendid and dazzling now. I should wait, but this is spectacular now. All that flinty sharp structure but amazing fruit — 7 years ago

with David

Shay A

9.2

Steely, honeyed and reductive all at the same time. Smoked lychee and pear aromatics. Medium acidity with a tart lemon and sharp notes of lemon candy finish. Some hints of petrol came out after some time. Drink up. — 7 years ago

with Clare, Weston and 1 other

Andrew Mecoli

8.9

Sharp, citrusy, and elegant, but lacking a bit of grip and character. Still, I could drink a lot of this easily. — 8 years ago

Manny Abascal

9.2

Lemon, citrus, acidic, sharp, but not as rich as other Raveneaus. — 9 years ago

Peter Wassam

8.9

Very viscous. Almost oily but balanced by razor sharp acidity. Full weight of vintage. Lime, wet grass, guava, rocky element. Qg. — 9 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

Finally a night or weekend we weren’t working on our rental, rushing to get some Christmas shopping done or getting ready to entertain holiday guests. It’s a night for us to chill out. That’s a good thing. It is also our final night to enjoy all our Christmas candlelights before we pack up tomorrow. 😔

We didn’t even enjoy any of one our very favorite N/V Rosé Champagnes over the holidays.

Tastes really good tonight. Showing shades of carbonated Dreamsicle or Creamsicle. However, you remember them growing up. Rich, ripe, candied & lean; black cherries, strawberries, cherries and summertime leaner watermelon. Baguette, grey volcanics, sea spray and finely powdered, razor sharp chalkiness with candied, pink rose pedals. Perfect, crisp, lively acidity and long, rich, well polished & balanced finish with persistence.

Hope you all have had a great start to 2020! — 6 years ago

Ryan Wofford

9.1

Crisp, sharp acidity. Lemon & petrol — 6 years ago

David G Brown

9.4

Well-rounded and smooth on the palate, great texture and well balanced, with a robust fruitiness which ends with a fine finish with no sharp edges, freshened by balsamic notes. — 7 years ago

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9.9

I can’t think of a better wine to finish with than the 1980 Cristal. Utterly dazzling from the very first taste, the 1980 is simply breathtaking. Citrus, chamomile, mint, white pepper, crushed rock and expressive floral notes abound, with razor sharp beams of supporting chalkiness that give the wine tension and energy. Tiny yields and strict selection resulted in a very small production that Roederer chose to bottle only in magnum. There is just not much else to say except that the 1980 is a riveting, arrestingly beautiful wine that remains as a vivid testament to a previous era in the history of Champagne. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, December 2018) — 7 years ago

LM Segal

9.1

Really nice surprise here, and needed a long decant to open up despite 15 years of sleep! Assertive and rich while avoiding any sharp edges, long finish. Unclear this will get better, but matched up nicely with rare filet. I’d decant for an hour and drink up. — 8 years ago

Jean-Francois Pelletier

9.5

Disgorged 11/14. Yellow fruit, hints of yeast. Sharp and precise palate, with searing acidity. Very long finish. — 9 years ago

with Alec, Chris and 1 other