Andrew Schirmer

9.4

Wine of the night. Enchanting nose of collapsed tannins, violets, soy sauce. Palate is gentle, refined, and complex. I agree with the reviewer who noted there is something of the Northern Rhône about this. Beautiful work. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 @Mary McWilliams Merry Christmas! — 8 years ago

with Judy, Jim and 1 other

Brittany Alexander

8.9

I had the 2008. It's well balanced, full bodied and fruit forward. I had it both with steak and ginger soy chicken skewers. — 9 years ago

Mo Salem

9.5

Great vintage. Needs an hour to breath. Very well balanced. Full bodied. Smokey, leather, coffee, pepper, soy... brilliant!! This wine has all the right components to last another 10 years at least. — 10 years ago

with Ron

Brash Higgins

9.7

Super wine- soy and watermelon, go figure — 10 years ago

Sarah O'Kelley

9.5

Tart red fruit & tons of secondary - soy, leather, cigar box & dry earth. Beautiful! — 10 years ago

Antoine Cauchard

8.9

T'as raison Stef, la grand cru est meilleure. Un soupçon artisanale, une belle couleur dorée, un bon goût fruité et une belle mousse abondante. Elle titre à 9.5, ça ne se sent pas trop sur le coup, mais finalement ça tape quand même — 11 years ago

Antoine Cauchard

8.9

Bière brune qui titre à 9.2. Mousse abondante, et petit arrière goût de caramel boisé. Pour moi, une de mes brunes favorites — 11 years ago

Ron Siegel

10

Mouton Vertical dinner. Wow! One of my dream wines to try. This btl came from the cellars of Mahler-Besse collection and was in perfect condition. Ruby red color, sweet ripe red fruits on the nose with eucalyptus, cassis, chocolate mint and exotic spices, had this cola thing going on with soy and caramel. So big, rich, opulent, sexy and young but fully mature. What can I say just a perfect wine in every way! — 11 years ago

with Rajat

Lunett/ Yosshi

Sake Specialist Hasegawa Sake Shop Tokyo

9.0

Flowery aroma with hop and coriander, light attack and sharp bitterness. — 12 years ago

Mark Weber

8.9

Full bodied and bright — 8 years ago

David Kline

9.3

Big, just-off-white crown lingers over dark, orange-amber, but once it resides is nearly laceless with isolated organic, punctuating archipelagos. Initial, buttery nutritional yeast, crystalline mangrove honey, magnolias, marigold, candied lemon peel and sweet rosemary, but don't let the fig addition and the sweet aromatics fool you; sour and underripe complexity ensues. Medium-heavy, unfiltered mouthfeel feels petulant, but swallows almost flat due to the dichotomy of dryness. Dried and underripe apricot combo, pineapple essence, gooseberry, chalk, snail shell, gravel dust, dried violets, fishbone, key lime, tangerine zest, and leek. A bright, green, mineral-driven offering. #farmcharm #saison #Darbyste #biere #bier #beer #brasseriedeblaugies #artisinale #nonfiltre #wit #blanche #bierdarbyste #belgian #belgianbeer #familyowned — 9 years ago

with Courtney

Richie Davies

9.2

Dryish but delicious — 10 years ago

with Lisa

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.0

Latest release. Bretty and funky and fruity and full of coriander. Refreshing and tasty, but definitely not for the Brett averse. — 10 years ago

Antoine Cauchard

9.0

Bon ok elle a déjà été mentionnée mais elle fait partie de mes préférées. Une petite brune ambrée avec un mélange boisé et caramélisé. J'adore — 10 years ago

Joe Paradise

9.0

Cloudy chocolate color with a thick head. Rich creamy mouthfeel. Fig, prune, chocolate and baking spice. Toasted grain on the long finish. Thats a pretty beer! — 10 years ago

Patrick McCrate

9.3

Can't believe I've never had this! — 11 years ago

with Stacie

Orshi Kiss

9.5

Amazing stuff, funky, aged cheese aromas with some air contact turning to black tea, mushroom, soy sauce, dirt.
Savory, sophisticated, elegant, herby, earthy palate.
I would love this with some nice herb rubbed roasted lamb. — 11 years ago

Robert Bergstrom

8.9

A lovely DRC in the twilight of its drinking years. Upon opening we thought it would fall into the bitter tobacco and soy sauce category but it fell off the knife edge the other way and gave lovely rhubarb, tea notes and sweet tobacco. What a great experience. — 11 years ago

Red Wine Lovers

9.9

Burnt matchsticks, firewood, soy sauce and bamboo shoots, dark rich fruit. Showing fruit way ahead of tannins that have completely settled. Brilliant wine. Off-vintage. Don't care. Top quality producer wins every time — 13 years ago

Kevin Cahoon

9.2

Quite sauvage with notes of green olive, dried black olive, soy and herbs supporting the plum and cassis fruit. Great texture with supple tannins. The flavors are earthy and bright with blackberry and cassis fruit. Lovely length on the spiced earthy mineral finish. — 8 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

Much richer on the nose than the 08. Fruits are riper as well. Strong black raspberry cola, mint & eucalyptus, sage, blackberries, black raspberries, black plum, plum, anise and decayed dark florals. On the palate; lots of lifting heated spices immediately at it sets. Blackberries, black raspberries, black plum, plum, black raspberry cola, mint & eucalyptus, sage, anise, underbrush, soft leather, wood shavings, soy, fair amount of baking spices, good round acidity and a thick, round, elegant long finish. — 9 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

100% chardonnay and a surprise for me. Comes from a chalky vineyard in Belgium. Quite nice smell, nice taste, moderate acidity. — 10 years ago

Denise Popovits

9.9

My favorite beer of all time. — 10 years ago

Michael Storey

10

Medium body, medium dark, medium malt, light yeast, light hop - perfect balance — 10 years ago

John Riddick

9.1

Deeeeeelightful — 10 years ago

with Lauren

Marissa Payne

10

1982. Beautiful bouquet - aging gracefully. Red currants, dusty earth, soy, stewed plum, green bell pepper. — 11 years ago

George Chen

9.0

Soy sauce and oysters! Wow — 11 years ago

Jake Smith

9.6

One of the best Belgian ales around — 12 years ago

Carlos Mata

9.0

This is pure enjoyment and concentration of beer. Makes you think that sometimes life just doesn't get much better and delicious than this. It is pure and refine, with delicious nuances and complexity and finess. 93 pts. — 13 years ago