Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Bright Ruby color with aromas of red berry fruits, spice and floral notes, aged for 14 months in French oak. On the palate flavors of cherry and strawberry with spice, licorice and floral notes. Fine chewy tannins, medium+ finish ending with fruit, floral spice and slight earthy character. Nice! — 3 months ago

Byron Hewett

9.1

Another tasty wine from Bruno Clair. — 4 months ago

John Malcolm

9.5

Earthy (of course). Cherries, raspberries, strawberry, leather, and tobacco. Outstanding, and just coming into its own. — 5 months ago

Sasha Terris

9.1

Pleasant, fruity, red currant, not too much tanin — 7 months ago

Barberry Garden

9.3

A bit restrained yet nuanced bouquet of pear, bread, cinnamon, dried fruit, white flowers and green hazelnut. Medium-bodied, it's sharp and focused with racy acidity and chalk minerality. Mind-blowing flavours of fermented rice. Overall, demanding style. Even today, it feels too young. A meditative wine for hikikomori.

Disgorged in April 2019
120 months on lees

Tasted on 2023-07-06 — 10 months ago

Edgar Martin

9.2

A fruit bomb, silky and textured on the palate, drinking amazing — a year ago

Richard Portes

9.2

17.5. Perfect balance, M+ length, good for a few more years. — 3 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

Beautiful aromatics showing sweet red berry, savory spices, cedar, balsamic, orange peel, rose petal & tobacco — 3 months ago

Suneal Vishnupad

9.6

Every time I have this wine it gets better and better. Had this after a scarecrow 2003 and this was way more interesting! — 3 months ago

B. Tutar

9.3

From magnum for christmas 2023, amazingly fresh after 28 years with so many buttles and notes of vanilla and pear — 5 months ago

Byron Hewett

9.2

Delicious. Enjoyed at Maison du Colombier. — 6 months ago

Aaron Tan

9.4

I reckon BH’s notes on this are pretty spot on for my experience (expect the part on the Noirots), so here it is:

“Once again, there is a subtle though not invisible application of wood that still easily allows the airy, cool and restrained aromas of various red berries, and in particular cherry, floral and a mildly exotic whiff of dried orange peel. The energetic and beautifully well-detailed middle weight flavors are much finer if less powerful than those of the Noirots while display notably more minerality as well on the compact, serious and built-to-age finale. This is a wine of finesse and refinement but the flavor authority is impressive as is the tannic spine.”

WOTN for most I believe. Showed well with air, but clearly some tightness at the start. Loved the energy here. Very promising! — 8 months ago

Maya Seeney

8.9

White cherry on the nose, apricot skin, grapefruit pith, lots of minerality and savory notes on the palette, acidic and tannic but we'll balanced - lots of character — 2 years ago

Sylvain Rhainds

9.3

2005. Etait pas a sa place dans la soiree mais il est grand... — 3 years ago

Stephen Osgood

9.1

super high quality Dolcetto. one of my fav producers in Piemonte despite some fall off in Barolo quality over the years. — 3 months ago

Suneal Vishnupad

9.6

Absolutely awesome. Well integrated and drinking really well right now. — 3 months ago

with Kayla

Lee Pitofsky

9.8

Amazing wine. While of course still young, the magic of the red label from the master in ‘07 was in full form tonight wafting a captivating bouquet of Christmas spices, rose pedals, licorice, worn leather and a menthol freshness. A stunning perfume. The palate shows incredible richness and density yet without weight nor heat, and the most luxurious of textures that wraps around the mouth before its multi-minute finish. Wow. — 6 months ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

Absolutely gorgeous tonight, with red label stardom, continuing to get better and better in the decanter wafting waves of roses, black cherries, exotic spices and tea leaves. It has immense richness but also so fresh and detailed. There is incredible density yet without weight. An amazing combination of power and elegance. — 7 months ago

Donald Williams

9.5

Alas, this was the last bottle. Made ok leftover meal into a wonderful experience. — a year ago

with Bonnie

Eliot Hamerman

9.3

Drinking amazing. Still has years to go. — 2 years ago