Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Great bottle of wine from Northern Rhône. A blend of 98% Syrah and 2% Viognier, aromas dark fruits with notes of toast, espresso and cigar box spice. On the palate sweet blackberry and plum flavors with cacao and tobacco notes. Good balance with fine soft tannins, long ending with earthy mineral character. Developing nicely and has lots of room to age. Consistently good. A Fav! — 5 years ago

Benjamin Van Allen

9.5

Utterly drinkable. Strawberry. Pear. Toast. Yeast. In order. Yum! — 5 years ago

Mark Farrell

9.2

Gold color with a nose of green apple, pineapple, and toast. Nice full bodied Chardonnay with a velvety texture. Flavors persist over a nice, smooth finish. — 6 years ago

Erin Ridley

9.6

Sourdough, toast. Subtle bubbles and nice texture. Long finish. — 6 years ago

Diane Kessler

9.0

Plenty of pears on the nose. The palate shows toast, apples, pears, and lots of bubbles. Easy to drink. — 7 years ago

Jeff Faulk

9.2

Continues to be a solid wine no matter the year. — 7 years ago

with Teresa

Chris England

9.3

Similar to previous notes - My favourite BdB NV @ £45-50 always hits the spot 👍

🍷 Glistening golden straw yellow

👃 Biscuity shortbread & mineral driven citrus with green apple & buttery toast

👄 Creamy buttery smooth zesty citrus in medium body soft mousse pushing through green apples with med tart dry acidity

🎯 Med+ apple & citrus dry finish & hint sweet shortbread biscuit undertone — 8 years ago

Sean Trapani

Founder/Educator Wine Fluent, Consultant ABC Fine Wines & Spirits

9.5

Pear and green apple on the nose, almond butter, and caramel glazed toast on the palate. Beautiful. — 10 years ago

bryn hagman

9.6

green-apple Jolly Rancher + Wonderbread toast. — 10 years ago

Dave Kluz

8.9

Rich and ripe. Golden apple and pear. Moderate toast. — 11 years ago

with Andrew, Diane and 2 others

Michael Greene

9.2

2010 base. Disgorged 2014. Lovely champagne. Red fruit, a bit of toast, piercing acidity. Some oxidative notes. Powerful and vinuous. Great with some good takeout sushi. — 5 years ago

Elizabeth Criner

9.5

Perfect to toast a great 2021! 2009 vintage. — 5 years ago

Randall Brater

9.0

Cinnamon toast and nectarine in the nose. Tangerine, citrus, crisp apple, and full bodied with yeast. Good bubbles. — 6 years ago

Mark Eastom

9.1

Love this wine/producer. Super clean and focused. Tart apple, slight toast, pear, crushed rocks and amazing acidity to bring it all together. — 6 years ago

John Willison

9.2

Subtle yellow fruit, lichee, crushed shells, salinity, toast, crisp acidity. — 7 years ago

Lawrence Bernstein

9.0

All the right elements with like toast, mineraliy and apricot. Nice. 90 — 7 years ago

Kim Brater

9.0

Toasty with gentle bubbles. Classic mouthfeel. But on the sweeter side but still a lovely champagne. Was a great toast for our anniversary! — 7 years ago

Jathan McLaughlin

9.2

Lost most of its bubbles but the flavors -- dark fruit, nuts, cherry, and toast are really interesting. — 9 years ago

Lee Hill

9.7

Toast, nuts, caramel, flowers, fruit...it has everything. Really amazing — 10 years ago

Robert Love

10

Deep, powerful style with toast, honey, and crème brûlée. Well structured with a never-ending finish. Just stunning. — 11 years ago

Gor

9.6

Deep gold to amber color. Beautiful clearly defined nose of green apple, hint of almond powder marzipan and buttered toast. Medium body with high acidity. Leads to an ultra long finish with mouthwatering fresh acidity. Really awesome stuff. Out of Magnum. — 5 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.4

See previous notes 210 weeks ago. Pale Lemon in colour. Aromas of White flowers, lanolin, straw, toast and herbs. Typical soapy texture on the palate - creamy notes with mild acid and medium intensity. As stated in previous notes Hunter Valley Semillon puts on weight with cellaring - this is a good example. A multi Trophy and Gold medal winner on the Australian Show Circuit. — 5 years ago

Jeff Orlowski

9.1

Toast and citrus zest on nose. Bold, acidic, lots of tiny bubbles. Green Apple and brioche. Excellent. — 6 years ago

with Michael and Joe

Romain Stamm

9.0

Lots of toast and nutty notes. Good balance with a drive towards acidity. Very long length — 6 years ago

with Gabriella, Clement and 2 others

Tony Garcia

9.5

Nose of apple, pear, hazelnuts, toast. Dense palate, sweet core, honey, lively acidity and great length. Very good.
#philipponnat #philipponatclosdegoisses — 7 years ago

Bryan Hopkins

9.1

Lovely aroma of apple, peach, pear, honey, and lime. On the palette, toast, nuts, sunflower seeds, crisp Granny Smith apple. Honey finish. — 7 years ago

Sean Trapani

Founder/Educator Wine Fluent, Consultant ABC Fine Wines & Spirits

8.9

Light body, crisp and clean. Tangerine, lemon, and a soft toast. — 9 years ago

Anna Marie Dos Remedios

9.4

A California toast of one of our favorite CA sparkling wines before we head to France and Spain tomorrow for our month-long adventure! — 10 years ago

with Deb

Eric Hwang

9.1

Beautiful pale salmon color with fine pearlage. Buttery toast, raspberry and Meyer lemons. Lovely! — 10 years ago

Jay Rosen

9.6

Great mousse . Nose of fresh strawberry with toast in the background. Strawberry & rhubarb.Very fresh with great balance & acidity. Doesn't have the tension of the 96. — 11 years ago