David Singer

Sommelier/Wine Educator LibationEducation

9.2

Killer Tocai and not typical in a good way. Full bodied with good acidity. Lees, skin contact, almost dried stone fruits. Worked well with shiny meats. — 10 years ago

Vinny Eng

9.1

Dueling Beaujos. Contender #2: Lapierre. Iron fist, velvet glove. Pristine, polished, garnets. A shiny object. — 11 years ago

Alder Yarrow

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8.9

Berry and shiny hint of meatiness with herbal and mineral undertones. — 11 years ago

Samuel Danthine

9.3

Small scale champagne house, nice color, balanced acidity, nice shiny color, great! Has its own character. — 11 years ago

Klaus Stross

8.9

Pure temptation ! A wonderful, clear, elegant, stylish shiny red with a delicately perfumed, fresh, fruity nose. A sniffer wine. Light, super fresh taste of forest strawberries and rose petals, enticing sweetness, smooth, aromatic, a very special festive wine. Lingering, warm, makes you want more. Not a dinner wine but excellent on its own. — 11 years ago

Stacy Woods

9.6

shiny, densely colored blue black with an even concentration from the opaque core to a thin cranberry colored rim. Intensely aromatic with fresh ripe red berry fruit, strawberry compote layered with black pepper, graphite, waxy mulberry, and rosemary. A dry wine but fruit forward flavors leave a perception of sweetness. Round acidity creates just enough mouthwater to balance full body and medium viscosity. Medium plus dusty, forward moving astringency reveals a harmonious finish with medium complexity and concentration of candied cherry, rosemary, and black pepper. High alcohol 14.5% but viscosity and extract minimize the burn. — 12 years ago

Marie S Rutherfurd

9.1

Deliciously dry with shiny of peach and goose berry! — 11 years ago

Austin Beeman

8.9

Gols shiny yellow. Rich honey with herbs and lush flavor. Hint of mature funk. Wonderful for such an old white wine. — 11 years ago

with Barbara, Laura and 2 others

Diedra West

9.6

Diedra had this 12 years ago

Alder Yarrow

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9.0

Pale ruby, this wine smells of smoked meats/bacon fat and garrigue slathered on wet cement. In the mouth the wine has a crystalline clarity with great acidity making flavors of raspberry and other forest berries bright and shiny, even as they take a back seat to a little barnyard funk and forest floor. Cue James Brown Sex Machine. — 12 years ago