Kabir Mehta

9.6

Refreshing and explosive. Tart and tangy. Pairs beautifully with slices of orange. — 10 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.3

2009 base

APPEARANCE
This Champagne wine is clear in appearance, with medium gold color intensity. The mouse is fine with persistent bubble streams.
NOSE
This nose is clean, with medium+ aroma intensity of leesy notes like fresh baked bread, biscuit, a touch of cream and then fresh red apple. The nose is developing.
PALATE
The palate is dry, medium+ in acidity, with a medium body and alcohol. The flavor intensity is medium+ with the bread and biscuit notes following on from the nose, with a juicy acidity and fruit flavor that reminds me of fresh red apple and pear fruit slices and a beam of stony minerality. The finish is medium plus with a lingering chalky texture on the palate.
CONCLUSIONS
Outstanding quality, this "Grower" Champagne wine is precise, superbly fresh and balanced, with complex nuances. it does not try hard, but once you pay attention it is hard to turn away. This wine is ready to drink now, but has potential for aging. — 10 years ago

Robert McCall

9.0

Nose: blackberry compote and pepper
Mouth: blackberry compote and pepper......and spice, a slight prick of heat. Sounds like it might be cough syrupy but it's not really.
It all comes together much better with a couple hrs of air and a few slices of homemade sausage pizza — 11 years ago

Michael Marceline

9.2

gorgeous, amber hued, filthy delicious Oloroso. orange zest, orange slices, marcona almond, pithy bitterness, delightful acidity. #oloroso #sherry — 10 years ago

with Eric

Spencer Schoeben

9.3

really good. awesome way to start spring with a splash. dry yet smooth and free flowing with hints of crisp apple slices — 11 years ago

with Evan and Sam

Dock Hooks

9.2

Smokey red fruit nose followed by red fruit tinged with vanilla as silky tannins let this very round aromatic cab/merlot sideslip down one's throat. Groovy stuff working well with sweating slices of Ossau-Iratti and bresaola at Tampa's Haven😎 — 11 years ago

Mark Kulpins

9.1

Super distinctive. Slightly oxidative. Almond biscotti meets those chewy dried apple slices. Palate med bodied and fresh with a very long green apple and limestone finish. Crazy complexity for $35. — 10 years ago

Erica Golden

9.0

Lovely, pleasing Australian that sings and slices my palette; this is the Hugh Jackman of wine. — 10 years ago

Brian Pelzel

8.9

Fruity with a little spice — 11 years ago

John Skupny - Lang & Reed Wine Company

9.6

Expressive without being effusive - great complexity - a joy with Bar Terra slices of Toro & Lobster ravioli! — 11 years ago