Bonnie Chu

9.0

Vineyard brands tasting. $37 — 2 months ago

Timothy Eustis

Wine Director, Red Lion Inn

9.0

Pretty red fruit with bright acidity. And some drying tannins. It’s great. 2020. — 3 months ago

Ira Schwartz

8.9

A perfect cork always makes me feel that I did my part. The nose offers up scents of mature fruit. In the mouth a nice balance of complex fruit, earth and acid. After about 75 minutes alcohol started to appear on the finish. — 5 months ago

Seth Masterson

9.2

Beautiful color of deep ruby and it looks thick and unctuous in the glass. Prominent spices on the nose- clove, bay leaves and fresh red fruits touch of Brett in a pleasant way. Spices carry through to the tongue. Good weight and body. Fine tannins. I'm glad this wasn't blended. It's a great expression of Cab Franc. — 6 months ago

Ian Hamel

9.1

2023 summer. Showing some maturity with brown spice and mushroom on the nose; still some velvety fruit on the palate — 8 months ago

Tracy Hall

9.2

Raspberry leaf, white pepper and sandalwood nose. Raspberry, white cherry brightness in check that carries to mid palate (chewy texture) and finish is smooth and balanced. TBL — 2 years ago

aik

9.0

pure, but matured fruits. There is storky nuance. — 3 years ago

Bonnie Chu

9.0

Vineyard brands tasting. $87 — 2 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

NV | It seems that every grape Thierry Germain touches, he can turn into gold. This Sparkling Saumur from Chenin Blanc is refined and elegant. Excellent with Sunday breakfast. — 4 months ago

Cameron Kannady

10

Right bank Jade loved it — 5 months ago

Mark Rosse

9.4

Savory and earthy. Tannins are resolved. Spicy and smooth mid palate. Best showing of this wine that I’ve had — 6 months ago

Timothy Eustis

Wine Director, Red Lion Inn

9.0

Pretty. Less rustic than most maranges. 2019 — 8 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Medium Ruby color with aromas of red fruits, floral and spice notes, grapes from Nuits and Chambolle, aged 25% in new casks. On the palate flavors of ripe cherry and blackberry with notes of cacao, cola and spice. Fine tannins, medium+ savory finish, ending with fruit, spice and slight oaky notes. — 8 months ago

ash

9.0

Nice Pinot noir goes well with Lochinvar Salmon — 2 years ago

Mark Eastom

9.1

Previous notes apply. — 2 months ago

Brian S

9.4

Red and black cherry, old raspberries, black plum, black soul, licorice, barnyard rustic. — 4 months ago

Jay Kline

9.1

Brought to Au Courant from our cellar to celebrate our daughter’s 15th birthday. As far as I can tell, 2009 was the first commercially available vintage of Thibault’s foray into Moulin-a-Vent so this was fun to try since I’ve been a big fan of his work there.

Poured into a decanter about an hour prior to service. The 2009 VV pours a deep ruby/purple with a near opaque core; medium viscosity and some light staining of the tears. There were some signs of sediment but most had been decanted off. On the nose, the wine is…well…pretty wild with notes of horse blanket and there’s just a touch of varnish in there too. For me, it’s teetering on the edge of, “is this charming or is this overbearing”? However, since there was more there than just a cow pasture and I don’t get any gerbil cage, I’ll leave this in the “charming” camp but I digress…back to the notes from the nose. The wine is developing, with dark crunchy berries, dark cherries, sandalwood...some pepper, some leather and light notes of potting soil. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannins and medium+ acid. The first glass showed a touch of effervescence like there could have been a slight refermentation in the bottle. Confirming the notes from the nose though it seems cleaner on the palate with some granite minerals on the finish. Interesting, it’s almost like this was semi-carbonic but as far as I know, Thibault has been making these wines using the same methods as he does his GC wines in Nuits-Saint-Georges so I don’t know. And this is why I like this wine. It’s making me think...and it’s been enjoyable throughout the meal, working particularly well with our strip steak. Yum! A really fun wine for those that enjoy something a little more rustic. That being said, I know it wouldn’t have pleased everyone. There is plenty of gas left in the tank and while this drinks very well now, I would expect that this will continue to drink well through 2029 with ease. — 4 months ago

Michael Younkins

9.3

Pale straw color, crisp citrus finish — 8 months ago

Perry Riddle

9.3

Really overdelivered. Beautiful. — 2 years ago

Valerie Finley

9.4

Peaches and Meyer lemon. Clean, fresh and crisp. Really elegant wine! Very balanced and nice amount of acid. — 3 years ago