Henrik Poulsen

9.5

95+ points for me at this point but with SO much upside potential that the rating may seem conservative in 5+ years. — 6 years ago

Alan Weinberg

9.2

Beautiful lovely wine with upside potential — 7 years ago

Mike Evans

9.4

Drinking incredibly well, dark fruit with a little spice and just a touch of menthol. It still has a lot of upside but you won't regret drinking it now. — 7 years ago

with Robin

Mike Levin

9.0

Better than I thought so young with upside — 7 years ago

A. R.

9.1

Very solid Pauillac. On the nose, leather, tobacco and green peppers. In the mouth, dark fruits, tobacco and fine tannins. Bright acidity, small presence of oak. Medium-long finish. Obviously a heavy Cab Sav blend. Likely a large upside for this wine in 10 years. — 7 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.2

Nice, but plenty of upside with a few more years. — 8 years ago

Steve Ess

9.1

Very good, not amazing, but I love that Upside is an SF wine! — 8 years ago

with Laura

Joel Pennington #❤️🐢🍷

Owner/Winemaker Slow Turtle Vineyard

8.9

Pear, peach, passion fruit aftertaste w/ plenty of acid. Perfect drink on a sunny winter's day in Jells Park. — 9 years ago

Jason Heller

Master Sommelier

9.0

Compared to the '96, loose knit with riper fruit. Great now, but not as much upside than the '96 — 9 years ago

JohnQ Boxler

Sales Berkeley Wine Company

8.9

Dark, savory streak of volcanic minerality. Nerello freaky was. Really dig this. Nice upside. Rebuy. — 10 years ago

Tom DeLorme

9.7

Gorgeous Gorges - continues to evolve - in a great place, and showing no signs of decline - just lots of upside...very impressive. — 11 years ago

Brandon T

9.2

Didn’t really know what to expect here, but this surprised to the upside. Tons of cherries and assorted other red fruits. — 6 years ago

Jay Kline

9.1

Huge upside to this. Hold. — 7 years ago

Jeff Loo

9.3

Great showing, ripe but not overripe. Beautifully integrated with great tannin and acidity that lingers. Lots of upside, would like to try again in 20 years! — 7 years ago

Evelyn Marin

9.4

From the "bucket list" section of the wine list. Lovely sous bois on the nose. Sweet dark red fruit on the palate with medium acidity. Beautiful Grand Cru with great upside. — 7 years ago

Doug Sayed

9.2

With a bit of air this wine sings with bright red fruits and very fine, but still substantial tannins. After some air, this is a great wine with upside potential. — 8 years ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.0

Waxy, honey, nuts, pineapple upside down cake — 8 years ago

Stacy Larsen

10

Grapefruit nose and not overly sweet. The perfect pair to deconstructed pineapple upside down cake. — 9 years ago

Mark Senn

9.0

Just a pup...lots of upside — 9 years ago

Michael Wilson

9.1

Yum. Why is this upside down. — 9 years ago

with Darwin, Shane and 1 other

Bob Barry

General Manager Winebow

9.3

I liked the 12, even though the picture is upside down. Really diggin the 13. Go to Graves blanc. — 10 years ago

DAG

9.8

@Bill Bender @Roman Sukley @V M @Steve Swaney zigzag dot commerce at verizon dot net and we continue the conversation offline. — 11 years ago

Andrew Shaheen

9.2

Always a favorite. Showing nicely with lots of upside — 6 years ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

I bought my first vintage from this producer & terroir beginning with the 2010 vintage and what a vintage to start. I bought four bottles for right around $50 or a little less. They were so amazing, I drank through them in no time at all. For those of you that read my posts, that’s not normally what I do. I like to drink one & age the rest. Since then, I have looked & looked for more. I’d finally given up hopes of finding more until recently I struck gold. I should have bought all nine bottles but a calmer head prevailed. It’s definitely changed since having it fresh. On the nose, the fruits are slightly macerated. Heather honey, beeswax, golden & green apple, pineapple upside down cake, slight orange citrus blend, mango, glazed nuts, soft, delicate, chalky minerals, a touch of jasmine & yellow lilies. The body is much rounder & thicker than when it was young. Waxy. So, beautifully layered across the palate. Much of the palate matches the nose. Heather honey, beeswax, golden & green apple, apricots, peach, pineapple upside down cake, slight orange citrus blend, mango, slight molasses character & glazed nuts with citrus blossoms, yellow lilies & jasmine. The minerals are much more grippy & bold as they cut across and set on the palate. The acidity round & phat. The texture is amazing as is the length, balance & beautiful, rich, long finish that lasts two-minutes plus. So glad I found more of this wine! Hubert Lamy seriously over deliver the terroir & the price point by a country mile. If you are not buying this wine on pre-arrival, you are missing great wine and excellent value. Can’t say enough good things about it. Especially, the 2010. I expect the 15 to hold similar quality. Photos of; Olivier Lamy, Olivier working in this vineyard, barrel room and their Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Vineyard. Producer notes and history...There have been Lamy’ s growing vines in St-Aubin since 1640, today it is run by Olivier Lamy. Olivier is a new breed of Burgundian grower keen to progress. He trained Méo-Camuzet & made a number of vintages before taking over in 1996 from his father Hubert. Hubert Lamy used to sell fruit to négociants, but that stopped in 1997. He grubbed up and sold off peripheral vines, keeping only the best and oldest sites. Currently he is experimenting with different planting densities in a quest to capture even greater expression of terroir. The Domaine produces both reds and whites and now has 16.5 hectares of vineyards, mostly in St-Aubin but also own a few parcels in Chassagne-Montrachet and a tiny plot in the Grand Cru Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet. Yields are kept low and recent innovations have been introduced with selection tables in the cuverie to ensure that only the healthiest and ripest grapes are used. His more recent move to reduce the amount of new oak with the introduction of demi-muids 300-600 liter barrels have also helped to improve the wines. Vinification is traditional and the wines are matured with only 20-30% new oak for 12 months before minimal filtration and then bottling. The quality is very high and is often superior to many wines from much more prominent villages that sell at twice the price or more. — 6 years ago

Noelle Harman

9.2

Smells SO delicious!! Ripe black fruits, herbs, black pepper, slight mocha and smoky notes. Bold, but not slap you upside the head like some Red Mountain wines can be. — 8 years ago

E Alvelais

9.1

Very enjoyable and upside potential with age — 8 years ago

Skip Smyser

9.1

Not an everyday wine but much more. Big but oh so tight. 5 years will allow this baby to grow and mature. Buy Buy now and set aside for awhile. This will be a higher rated wine in 5. Huuuuge upside — 8 years ago

Mark Cartland

9.1

Garrigue and grapefruit pith on the nose. Nice weight on the palate with lightly sweetened pineapple upside down cake. — 9 years ago

with Roisin, Laura and 3 others

Eric Gardner

9.2

Delicious well balanced and creamy blanc de blanc that has all the upside of BdB and is also smooth as silk. Biscuity too. Serve it to your Brit friends, they'll go crazy over it. — 9 years ago

JohnQ Boxler

Sales Berkeley Wine Company

9.0

Love off-vintage Burgundy. Lots of fun to be had in '07s right now. Dried roses, sous-bois, a smattering of Savigny spice and mineral. Who knows what the upside is. — 10 years ago