Shengli Hu

8.9

Medium yellow. Meyer lemon, lemon curd, yellow delicious apple, underripe white peach, sea salt, yeasty, briny, stony minerality, and hints of cheese rind. Tart citrus and high tone minerality on the palate. Elevated acidity, 12.5% abv, medium+ finish. Importer’s notes: From the right side of the Serein River, situated right next to the Grand Cru Blanchot. A soft and elegant wine, the Montée de Tonnerre is situated in the same line as the Grand Crus. The notable white clay helps to develop intense fruit and floral aromas. The older vines add the depth and complexity in the mouth. Regarded by many as the best and most consistent Premier Cru in Chablis. Lime-clay soils with Kimmeridgian fossils. Fermentation and maturing in stainless steel tanks. — 5 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.2

Tasted blind. Medium gold color. Looks older. Notes of dried apricots and beeswax. In the mouth it's nicely rich, but there's no significant acidity to balance against the fruit. We are all convinced this isn't Chardonnay. I guess 70's Bordeaux Blanc. No, its (old) CA Chardonnay. Interesting data point. — 7 years ago

Mike Beltran

9.2

19 yrs old and still stunning late harvest CHARDONNY... Complex with vibrant fruit and acidity. Only two barrels made. The finest late harvest CHARDONNY I have ever had.... Lush and balanced. Only have one bottle left. Very lucky to have a few bottles.....
— 9 years ago

with Joe

Mitja Sirk

Production La Subida, Aceto Sirk

9.2

Stony, reductive, crisp and intense! — 9 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.3

Incomparable Riesling! Very oily and mineral. Nose is dominated by stony complexity: wet rocks, moss, white tea, straw, wool and jasmin. Discrete fruit associations in the back: peach kernel and red apple peel. Hints of petrol. Salty palate, very mineral and stony too, wonderful concentration and focus. Lots of tension and persistence in the impressive finish, which caries its alcoholic content (14%) well. Oh, and its completely dry! It rocks, big time. — 9 years ago

Chris Leon

9.2

There's a slick (modern?) profile at the core but comes with the stony, mineral Morgon characters still. Delicious. — 10 years ago

John Willison

9.2

Salmon, orange in color. Citrus, watermelon rind, and stony minerality with some good acidity and a lingering finish. Sinskey is a perennial Rose favorite, and for good reason. Well made and enjoyable. — 10 years ago

Alder Yarrow

Wine Blogger Vinography

9.3

Wonderfully stony and bright with delicious bright berry fruit and excellent length. — 10 years ago

John Breen

9.2

Very smooth. No bitter after taste. — 10 years ago

Maria Lebedeva

9.9

Superb red vine, one of the best — 11 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

Village Meursault from the great Roulot. Highly focused and with excellent precision, intense citrus, lime blossom, a bit of reduction, stony minerality and a clean and persistent finish with very impressive depth for village. — 6 years ago

Matt Perlman

9.5

One of the great terroirs of Sancerre, paired with buffalo chicken salad because why not. This wine is just pure pleasure—rich and expansive but with plenty of mineral cut, stony but honeyed and suffused with a kaleidoscope of citrus and stone fruit, with a hint of marzipan and toast on the finish. — 7 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.0

Citrus and orchard fruit, then stony minerality, finishing with a acid/saline palate refreshing snap. Simple and refreshing, complex and engaging - your choice. — 9 years ago

Lara Abouhamad

9.0

Pepper, plum, tobacco - stony, bright red — 9 years ago

with Reed

Alex Alan

Wine Director Hotel Delmano

9.0

2012. Clean, mineral, stony, lemon zest. Really great energy. The whole of this wine is greater than the sum of its parts. — 9 years ago

Candice Paulsen

9.1

A gorgeous red blend. — 9 years ago

George Heritier

9.2

All stony mineral and beeswax. A real treat and not yet at its peak. — 10 years ago

Aron Hegyi

9.3

This Etna rosso is quite nice, stony, so much volcano mineral ash! — 10 years ago

David Kline

9.3

Soon good. — 10 years ago

Mark Freund

9.6

Great stony minerality with citrus notes. Elegant Chenin and a freakin' steal at this price. Buy it if you can find it. — 10 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Sourced from the Saint Joseph and Grand Crus subzones of the appellation, which give fine, stony wines. A high-lying sandy parcel gives more complexity, structure, and acidity to the wine. Medium Ruby with red fruit and floral aromas. On the palate flavors of red plum, cherry, banana and earthy mint. Vivid acidity, medium fine tannins, dry with a medium+ finish. Very good and some bottle age will benefit. Tasting Sample. — 6 years ago

Tom Casagrande

8.9

This is clearly intended to portray a Burgundian profile. And it largely succeeds. The Chablis-like nose has wet stony earth and apply fruit. Crisp acids. Minerally flavors. The problem — and this is a problem I see whenever someone in a region with abundant sunshine actively tries to rein in the ripeness by picking early — is that by picking before the time when nature gives you the ripeness IT wants, the wines somehow lack depth and feel a little “clipped.” So, in sum, I like this, but it lacks the depth to be profound. — 7 years ago

Maggie Harrison

8.9

2014. both ripe juicy fruits and stony mineralogy. purple and red berries/plums- bramble. stony graphite elements on nose then on late palate through firm tannins. Sure- drink now but... — 8 years ago

John Giaquinta

9.2

Decant, Decant, Decant. Dark red fruits, white pepper and floral notes are expressive and detailed. It's dense and substantial, with pretty floral, herbal and earthy aromas and stony, smoky, olive flavors. Good to the last drop. — 9 years ago

with MG

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

14 Pascal Bouley Volnay 1er Cru "Champans" - sweet, dense, stony and ripe. — 9 years ago

Gerald Montoya

9.3

Wow. Depth, persistence and concentration. Grapefruit pith, stony minerality and subtle lime notes. Great acidity keeps everything well balanced. Serious SB from CA. — 9 years ago

Michael Mendes

9.0

Picked for rosé. Pressed and fermented white. Small amount of Cab added at the end for color. Tons of acid. Very refreshing. — 10 years ago

Rory Williams

Owner/Winemaker Calder Wine Company

9.1

Stony, lemony, savory. Good grip to the texture. — 10 years ago

with Molly

Jonathan Cristaldi

Writer First We Feast, LA Magazine, SOMM Journal

9.7

Winter grass, sweetart notes, green apple, grapefruit, bracing acidity and stony, chalky finish. — 10 years ago

Juliana Yee

9.8

Beautiful and smooth. Just the right nose. Delicious! — 11 years ago

with Briggs and Blake