Neil Cornish

9.7

One of the best bubbles I’ve had in a while. Toasty, creamy and beautifully balanced. Lively acid keeps this fresh. Well integrated fruit. Crushable — 7 months ago

with Jon

Ron Siegel

9.4

Great vintage for GL that was fresh & drinking beautifully at 41 yrs showing red & black fruit, earth, cedar, leather with sweet, savory spice & cigar box — 9 months ago

Doug Powers

9.2

Gamy, meaty, leathery, dried redfruits as well, fresh and nicely acidic to balance out this middle-aged Beaucastel, medium-long finish, a very good, but not profound, Beaucastel Rouge. — 9 months ago

with Jim

Shuhui Ng

9.3

Heavy bodied, mild tannins. Notes of plums, fresh mint, liquorice and coconut. So pleasant to drink! — 2 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Had this over a year ago, this is a new batch, a Fav! Rodolphe Péters took over the reins of this venerable estate in the southern Côte des Blancs in 2008, becoming the fourth generation to lead since the estate was founded in 1919, under the name Camille Péters. 100% Chardonnay, Crisp, fine mousse with steady flow of bubbles. Citrus, and biscuit aromas. Fresh fruit flavors of peach, apples and lemons, smooth and dry. Long mineral finish ending with elegance. Nice! — 5 years ago

Kenta Hayashi

9.2

Black currant, tobacco, dried autumn leaves, slightly smoky, olives, dark and ripe cherry paste. Elegant and fresh especially for the vintage. — 6 years ago

Anna

8.9

Citrus and fresh fruits. Pairs well with cheese tortellini — 7 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.1

Each time we drink this we're reminded that we should have it more often. If aromatics are an important consideration of wine (they are for me), this is simply brilliant. The palate is crisp & fresh, but has that extra layer of herbs & exotic fruit. — 8 years ago

Nick Davis

9.1

Classic. Bright, fresh aromatics don't overpower this lean machine. — 10 years ago

Mike Martin @TheWineShepherd

Wine Buyer Vintry Fine Wines

9.3

Lovely and balanced, dark red berries, cedar, tobacco, fresh and still very much alive.. — 10 years ago

Nick Boone

9.2

Delicious. Fish market PSP. — 12 years ago

Conrad Green

9.5

From mag. Fresh and clear. Lemon and limestone and fine light floral notes. Precise and pretty — 7 months ago

with Matt and Amanda

Alan Johnston

9.4

3.4. One of the more expensive Marlboro Sauvignon Blancs, but the best that i have tasted. Nice straw color and very fresh, complex flavors. Regular price $24.99. — 9 months ago

Ted

9.0

A lot of words in the name. Awesome rose. Fresh herbs, watermelon. Very light in color. Yum — 9 months ago

with Jeni

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

It’s Miller time. Well…actually Billecart time. I like this more than I buy it. One of good cuvées easily found in 375ml.

The body creamy, layered, nice c02, bruised golden & green apple, ripe Bosc pear, pineapple flesh, tropical melons-mango driven, lime & lemon zest, cream soda, cream, white spice-ginger, bread, yeast, brioche, soft but grainy moist chalkiness, sea spray/fossils, slightly chard sourdough toast, wet/softened alluvial, limestone, wet river stone, notes of flintiness, yellow lilies, white orchids, fruit blossoms, jasmine, rainfall acidity, excellent balanced fruit & earth, tension, structure with a juicy two-minute polished finish that falls onto beautiful minerality.

BTW, home grown tomatoes with Companion Bakery wheat sourdough, lightly toasted w/ olive oil, burrata, Tondo balsamic (stunning), olive oil & fresh basil never gets old. — 2 years ago

Conrad Green

9.3

A very youthful and vital nose with white flowers, greengage, lime, wet stone. Still quite primary but very uplifting. On the palate slightly sweet and quite intense. Lovely presence with prominent fresh green fruit. Very good but has a long life ahead. — 6 years ago

with Bex

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

Barrel taste of the 2016 Insignia.

The nose shows bright red floral fruits. Ripe; dark cherries, blackberries, creamed black raspberries, strawberries, blueberries and a touch of pomegranate. Vanillin, light cinnamon, dark rich soils, dark chocolate bar, soft understated volcanic minerals, violets, red and dark florals.

The wine is still extremely fresh. The body medium full. Tannins are round & slight tarry. The fruits are very ripe and bright. Ripe; dark cherries, blackberries, creamed black raspberries, strawberries, blueberries and a touch of pomegranate. Vanillin, light cinnamon, dark rich soils, dark chocolate bar, soft understated volcanic minerals, limestone, violets, red and dark florals. The acidity is fresh and waterfallish. The fruit is beautiful. The wine has a long way to go in barrel but, it shows great promise. The finish is already well polished with great structure, length and balance.

Photos of; their Napa Estate vines, logo woven into the carpet, futures offering area and long shot of their visitor center building and terrace. — 7 years ago

Nate Miles

9.0

Fresh and pure. Bright berries and just a bit of funk, spritz up front. Sicilian Cru Bojo. — 9 years ago

Paul Albright

9.4

Tastes like a 10 year old - fresh, clean, acidic, beautiful! — 10 years ago

Eric Gardner

10

You can't fake the funk. Out of control good. Fresh, foamy on the back of the mouth, nothing like it. Disgorged 1999. — 10 years ago

Joe Weinberger

9.5

Tasted blind. Everyone was at least 5-10 years off. Hard to believe a 1986 could taste so fresh. Library release. — a year ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.5

Golden , orange tinged centre , lemon yellow rim . Very aromatic, clementines, orange rind , saffron , creme brûlée , caramel. On the palate rich and intense but with very good balance from fresh acidity . Orange syrup , saffron creme brûlée with a slight burnt caramel touch on the finish . Long and powerful , this is ready but will carry on at this level for another 10-20 years — 8 months ago

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9.3

The bottle of 2014 Pontet-Canet showed better than the previous one at the 10-Year-On tasting in London. This offers much more restraint on the nose. It's quite precise, with greater mineralité seeping through the black cherry and cassis fruit. The palate has a sorbet-fresh entry, fine tannins and a silky sheen. The oak is fully subsumed after a decade, plus there is a little more depth on the finish compared to previous showings. This is a fine example of the vintage, and bottles should drink well over the next 12 to 15 years. Tasted from an ex-château bottle at the Pontet-Canet dinner in Washington DC. (Neal Martin, Vinous, June 2024)
— a year ago

Conrad Green

9.3

Delicious. Floral notes, honey, chalk minerality. Still fresh and delicious. Long — 3 years ago

with Bex

James Webb

9.4

This is wonderful - a nose of fresh ripe sweet red strawberry, morphs into some raspberry. Acid builds perfectly into a balance of fruit and acid with the prevailing strawberry note at the center. Finishes also fruity with just a tinge of green fruit but just a hint, and a I mean a hint, of chalk. This balances the finish beautifully. Really world class rose. — 6 years ago

Jay Kline

8.9

Fresh, zippy black currants and game. Pretty tannic still. — 7 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Champagne Louis Roederer, founded in 1776 in Reims, France, rare family owned company, still managed by the Roederer family. In 1833, Louis Roederer inherited the company from his uncle and renamed the company under his namesake. Fresh fruit aromas, fine mousse with vivid bubbles, citrus and apple, crisp and refreshing, lingering ending with lemon and mineral notes. — 8 years ago

BurgundyFan

9.5

In a magnum format, this 2002 had very little signs of maturing but it was delicious, fresh, the crispy nose is something amazing in Montbello — 9 years ago

David Hackett

9.2

Great concentration, huge tannins, still developing, nose slightly closed off, could use decanting, graphite, fresh dates, has a little heat to it. — 10 years ago

Jamie Brown

9.5

Balanced and fresh — 11 years ago