Josh Morgenthau

9.6

Glorious. Delightfully floral, fruity, typical cab franc notes. Touches of cocoa, toasted almond, herbs, and a real soulful tartness. Truly a wine of balance, with all the complexity of the grape but also delicious now. This will evolve I’m sure but hard to beat how it is today. — 2 years ago

aik

9.0

pure, but matured fruits. There is storky nuance. — 4 years ago

Aravind A

9.1

It was bound to happen eventually...my final btl, and perhaps best yet. A lovely, exuberant Moulin-a-vent Sad this is my final btl, sigh. — 4 years ago

Elle Frances

10

Easy to drink. Not too sweet. Served with oysters — 4 years ago

Jeff Loo

9.1

Top notch Aligote. Drinking beautifully and complex and just right. Drink now and over the next 2-3 years. — 5 years ago

Steven Moir

9.2

Simple, satisfying. — 6 years ago

Darren Dittrich

8.9

Bright, but quite ripe, red cherry with almond, nice herbaceous notes and light nutmeg. Reductive notes are there, but not overpowering... so a plus for me. YMMV. A little time to breathe helps.

Thanks to 2015, this is delicious now, but there’s enough grip to hold for a couple years.

So, nowadays we’re paying $48 in Dallas for Hautes-Côtes de Nuits... 2015 is a banner year for everyone apparently. — 7 years ago

Austen Ito

9.2

Smokey stone fruits and minerality. Medium plus body, acid and finish. Love the intensity on the palette. — 8 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.5

Out of magnum. That is so damn delicious. Lip schmacking, bright color, great balance. Drink more late release Irancy. — 9 years ago

Evandro Pereira

9.4

Sappy extreme!!! — 10 years ago

with Otavio, Marlos and 1 other

Perry Riddle

9.3

Really overdelivered. Beautiful. — 3 years ago

Charles York

9.3

Dried strawberries. Luxardo. Cola. Violets. Dark blackberry finish. Yummm. ++ — 3 years ago

Valerie Finley

9.4

Peaches and Meyer lemon. Clean, fresh and crisp. Really elegant wine! Very balanced and nice amount of acid. — 4 years ago

Sarah Worner

8.9

Wonderful, beautiful Pinot from the Chablis region. Drinks like a cooler region Pinot - fruity, light-med body, smooth, low-med tannins, nice acid. Could age a bit longer still. — 4 years ago

Steve Medbery

9.3

Dark cherry, plum, dried spice — 5 years ago

Diana Fischer

9.6

No oak.nice clean mineral finish — 5 years ago

Nniccolò Contenta

9.3

2003 a nice juicy bomb a touch ripe but extremely textured allemand style and this particular magnum drinking at peak. 👍😎🍉 — 6 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.3

1 December 2017. Bunker, Brooklyn, NY. — 7 years ago

Benoit Duhamel

9.2

Servi à l'aveugle pour testé le Clos Rougeard. Fruits noirs, épices, le bois est encore présent et se développe avec l'air bien et en a besoin. Texture soyeuse, belle rondeur. — 8 years ago

Hiroshi Tominaga

8.9

Bought at Mitsukoshi for ¥1,900. Good value. Rich and full body. — 9 years ago

Parag Lalit

10

04' sans souffre! Superlike. — 11 years ago

Beth Hamilton

9.5

Raspberries, cherries, strawberries, and a sprinkle of white pepper on the nose. Smooth texture, blueberry, blackberry, vanilla, white pepper on the palate. Goes down super easy. You gulp this right down. Went with Christmas Day pernil. — 3 years ago

Sharon B

9.0

I don’t drink much Bordeaux, not sure why. Maybe the choices are a bit overwhelming for me 🤷‍♀️ this one is medium bodied, has smooth tannins, not much fruit. — 4 years ago

Wyatt Ramey

9.5

Great medium bodied, spicy burgundy — 4 years ago

Tom Balamaci

9.3

Apple that had begun to rot in the cider bin (in a good way!) minerals and balanced oak integration. A very long and complex finish. — 5 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Four day weekend. Gotta get it off to a good start. Been awhile since we had our 375ml of Ruinart.

The nose shows, ripe, slightly candied; black cherries, strawberries, kirsch cherries, rich, summertime watermelon, touch of orange citrus family blend, pomegranate juice, hints of fruit roll up & haunting apricots. Sea fossils & spray, a little bread dough, grey volcanics, chalky powder, orange, spring flowers with fresh & withering, red & pink rose pedals.

The palate is full & touch gummy/candied. Fruits are well extracted, deep, ruby; black cherries, blackberries, strawberries, kirsch cherries, rich, summertime watermelon, touch of orange citrus family blend, pomegranate juice, hints of fruit roll up & haunting apricots. Ghostly, not quite fruit brandy or fruit liqueur character, sea fossils & spray, a little bread dough, not quite medium, white spice with hints of palate heat, grainy, grey volcanics, chalky powder, orange, spring flowers with fresh & withering, red & pink rose pedals. The acidity lively and crisp. The round, well balanced & polish finish is always consistently satisfying and lingers for minutes.

Photos of; the House of Ruinart, Dom Thierry Ruinart, nicely light caves and rolling, hillside, Grand Cru Vineyard.

Not quite sure where “D” gets $83 when you can buy this all day at just under $65. — 5 years ago

Tia Subramanian

8.9

Lively dark fruit, spices, touch of green but well integrated. Perfect Christmas wine. — 7 years ago

with Clementine

Nico J. Snyman

9.1

Really solid example of GC, not familiar with the producer, but showing really well. — 9 years ago

Carlos Chiti

9.2

25/NOV/2015 — 9 years ago

Kelly Cleary

9.0

I was out voted — 11 years ago