Jack Cranley, Backroads Wine Club & Cascadia Premium Wines

9.6

Absolutely terrific wine. Bound to uplift even the most doomy-gloomy mood. As such, it pairs well with political discourse and the prospect of "President Trump." Go ahead, drink those sorrows away. You deserve it.

Beautiful, shimmering golden color. I believe it's actually already deepening with age. (2012 vintage consumed in mid-2016)

On the nose, apricot fruit and unrefined honey dominate but is accompanied with a menagerie of rare and precious aromatics. The result is a feeling of having something truly exotic in your glass. This is a world-class wine for which there could never be any argument over its worthiness. You will be taken by this wine and there's really no way to over-hype it and set the expectation bar too high because this wine will meet it every time.

As we dig in deeper past the obvious top notes, we discover a treasure chest filled with persimmon, sandalwood, white flower, and vanilla bean.

Upon first entry in the mouth you are met with a zippy liveliness but then that melts gently across your palate to really give you a fine, pervasive coating that excites the taste buds in every corner of your mouth. This is a POWERHOUSE of assertive flavor. This wine will stage a veritable coup d'etat upon your complacent palate. There will be an ouster of your resident ennui. No incumbent sense of boredom will be safe from this wave of populist essence. There will be a complete and total transition of power in the halls of your mind's parliament leading to a peaceful but efficacious revolution. With your personal Congress in shambles, this fresh new confederacy shall draft a Constitution that will usher in a new era of utopian cooperation and transcendental civic euphoria!

Sorry, maybe for a little carried away there. For reals though. Drink this wine when you're feeling down and feel the BURN! Well, not really - because the alcohol is really well-integrated. ;) — 9 years ago

Richard Jennings

9.9

Delightful way to usher in 2014 at the stroke of midnight — 12 years ago

Bob Barry

General Manager Winebow

10

A wonderful champagne that helped usher in Christmas. — 12 years ago

han rockhill

9.0

Loved this one, great berry flavor — 10 years ago

Julia Weinberg

9.3

Pretty perfect way to toast a great #ipob NYC and usher in #lapaulee — 11 years ago

with Jasmine and Jay

John Kemper

9.4

A rich garnet, the '09 Foxen Red Rhone Blend 'Cuvée Jeanne Marie - William Doré Vineyard' perfumes the nose of this GSM with brambly black fruit, white pepper and toasty cedar scents. Racy mint, tobacco and ripe cherry flavors flood the tastebuds. A seamless, velvety texture usher in the lengthy finish. — 11 years ago

Jake Perdie

Owner Beach & Vine Wines & Spirits

9.7

1996 Le Noble Blanc de Blanc Champagne to wave goodbye to February and usher in an early March Spring! — 11 years ago

Melissa M. Sutherland

Importer Winebow Wines

9.1

To magic, mystery and always, love. Great wine and story to usher in the New Year! — 11 years ago

with Deirdre

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.0

Trying to usher in fall here in San Diego by braising a pot roast. A lovely match; without the food it might have been a bit hot. — 11 years ago

Kristen Murphy Caldecutt

Community Manager SevenFifty

9.1

A lovely vintage bubbly to usher in the new year last night...and for a tipple this evening to start the new year! Zippy and bright, focused and even better on day 2. — 12 years ago