Chris England

9.0

🎄 Advent Halfy Calendar Day 10 🎄

🎅 Santa says “I thought I was a fruity chap but this blends got me beat Ho Ho Ho”

📝 I say a crazy blend that works really well to deliver a Choc cherry raspberry gateaux 🎅 “mmmmm Cake, Santa likes cake”

⏩ 🍾 Mrs E got Laurent Perrier Brut NV

📍 Mas de Daumas Gassac 2013

🏵 90 points

🍇 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5.4% Merlot, 5.3% Tannat, 3.8% Cabernet Franc, 2.5% Malbec, 2% Pinot Noir, 9% other rare varieties

🍷 Deep opaque ruby

👃 An soft oak red & black fruit explosion through cocoa cream of black current/berry, blueberry, dark cherry & raspberry forming a black forest gateaux

👄 Med body of chocolate infused blackcurrant & dark cherry w/ raspberry & blackberry I med+ acidity

🎯 Med+ black cherry gateaux light linger
— 7 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.7

Laser beam to my Chardonnay pleasure center. Such focused orchard fruit, flint and sappiness , with a hint of salinity. Reductive (surprise!) upon opening, much more giving with a couple hours in the decanter. Every time I question the QPR of white Burgundy, Roulot reels me back in. Thanks, @Evan Vallee. I need a winning lotto ticket or something... — 9 years ago

with Evan

Liinaa Berry

9.8

10 years on lees. Rich and creamy style of champagne with stewed nectarine and lemon curd. Super fine bubbles, a very intense pleasure to drink, the kind you never want to end. 2001 vintage is a 70% Pinot Meunier and 30% Chardonnay. Vallee de la Marne. Exquisite. — 10 years ago

Dorit Handrus

8.9

Wasn't feeling this freshly opened...a day later something works. Vallee d'aoste comes screaming through. Herby and meaty, fresh tomato and savory greens...weighty but energetic. — 10 years ago

with Jason

Dominic Petruccelli

8.9

Great wine. Grapes are grown in a pure region with clean water from melted snow on the tops of Mount Blanc. Very little pollution in the region makes the outcome very good. — 10 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

Terrific. Very dry. Good fruit. A bit boring for now. — 11 years ago

Denise Woodward

9.1

Extreme indeed! An extremely bone dry sparkler. Vallee d'Aoste, 2011 — 11 years ago

Julia Weinberg

9.2

First Vallee d'aoste love rekindled! — 11 years ago

Greg Stobbe

9.6

Mike Sinor producing an estate Pinot Gris from the Bassi Vineyard near Avila Beach. — 12 years ago

Matt Siegel

9.8

Tribute night...to Jackie who is France with the boys for Decouvertes en Vallee du Rhone — 13 years ago

with Jack

Noah Hyte

9.0

Real funky and fruity, from flatiron wines — 8 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.8

@Mike R @David L @Joe Lucca @Ron R @Paul T The WOTN was a beauty so generously given to me by my Bud Paul Treadway! Thanks Paul!!! The tasting notes between the Beau Vigne Estate and Morlet's Coeur de Vallee are eerily similar. The true differentiation between the 2 is Morlet's seem less integration at this time. My buddy Kirk @Kirk Alexander always says "The test of a great wine is when nothing jumps out at you". This particular bottle did just that. Every person this evening commented on the fact that it was such a superbly balanced wine. It was dialed back ever so slightly in all the right spots for it to dance on your palate effortlessly.
Thank you Paul for a stellar bottle!!
It was enjoyed by friends outdoors on this beautiful S FL cool night. What else could one ask for?
— 9 years ago

with Christine and Gina

Steve Nemcsok

9.0

Such a pleasant flavour! Went well with BBQ'd pork ribs. With only a subtle hint of grassy taste, I would rank it as a second pick after Pinot Grigio. — 10 years ago

Anna Marie Dos Remedios

8.9

Oak aromas, vanilla toast. Nice mouthfeel. Really pretty! Lemon zest. — 10 years ago

with Carmen

Jessica Dean

9.0

Yummy burgundy at a good price — 10 years ago

Yvonne Ho

9.0

Joyful, forward, and embracing. Notes of apple, pear, green grapes, with the warm finish of honey and lingering lemon. In the winter months, this is perfect at the tail end of a Slavic-themed meal. Salted fish, preserved tomatoes, potatoes, pickled cabbage, beet salad, and a luscious chocolate cake to finish. Versatile, and perfect for year round enjoyment. — 11 years ago

Davis Smith

Sommelier Acquerello

9.0

The left bank. 100% Ponot Meunier. Lots of fruit. — 11 years ago

Richard Fairclough

9.6

Muito bom, tem um adocicado grande parecendo um vinho de sobremesa mas não sustenta uma sobremesa — 11 years ago

John Sears

9.7

Very impressive, really good; extremely well-made. — 12 years ago

Alison Smith

9.8

Delicious, minerally futs de chene from Yannick Poras Haute Vallee de l'Orbe — 12 years ago

Chris Morrison

8.9

Very light and easy drinking. — 8 years ago

with Jaclyn

Martin G Rivard

9.4

Just a little something something to prep my palate before the Festivities began! Solid Chardonnay but I expected more.
On the fun side!: Blind tasting three wines tonight with friends: 2013 Beau Vigne Estate, 2014 Becklyn Reserve & 2013 Morlet Coeur de Vallee. Can't wait to dig in to those 3 bad boys!!! — 9 years ago

with Gina and Christine

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.3

Great, but a baby. Accessible now, but only hinting at the complexities to come - not going to kick it off the table, but its best years are still to come. Beautiful Volnay fruit. Thanks @Evan Vallee ! — 9 years ago

with Evan

Colin Heinrich

Sales & Marketing B Wise Vineyards

9.3

1187 Cave Mont Blanc Italia, mountain froth! — 10 years ago

Chris Madrid

9.4

2012 is a great vintage. Should be able to age well, but great to enjoy right now. Slightly drier than the Couer de Vallee. — 10 years ago

Kelly Liebhart

9.2

Big spicy flavor. — 11 years ago

Eva Arevuo

10

Deliciously jammy (but not too heavy) central coast California Pinot — 11 years ago

Adam Reinhard

9.3

Tangerine and acid for days. Very enjoyable — 11 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.5

Best cider I've had in a while (ever??!) Crisp, mouth watering, and dangerously gulpable. Pure joy from the vallee d'aosta. — 12 years ago

with Elena

Zac Webb

9.6

Delicious Nebbiolo from the Vallee d'aoste. — 12 years ago

with Brian