Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 2000 / old orang gold colour. Granny smith smell, brioche, very vital and energetic. A treat. #champagne — 7 years ago

Mike Beltran

9.2

Well structured and still quite vital. Color has a little brown on edge but the nose is still quite expensive and shows bottle complexity that only comes from cellar time. A joy to share...🍷🍷🍷 — 7 years ago

with Steve, Ray and 1 other

Mike Beltran

9.5

From Magnum this was stunning Mountain Cabernet!! Dark with little color change- complex and full dark fruit flavor and a very long finish. Perhaps the best Cab I have tasted in more than a year. 42 years and still young and vital. Have a few more and will share them with friends...🍷🍷🍷 — 8 years ago

Fraser McKinley

9.5

Beautiful wine, vital and delicious - 2007 — 8 years ago

Conrad Green

9.0

Crisp and juicy. Bright floral notes with intense citrus. Still vital without secondary notes. Yummy- quite straightforward — 8 years ago

with Major-General

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2004 - rich nose with fresh taste, vital after 12 years with potential, utterly good balance, great Riesling — 9 years ago

Gae Saccoccio - NdC

9.8

Vintage 1949 in Burgundy according to Broadbent: “..most perfect end of a decade - elegant, well-balanced wines”; Clive Coates in his book Cote D'Or: "best vintage of 40's all-perfect beauty and purity”; Robert M. Parker Jr.: “it was the best of post world war II vintages before 1959”
Henri Leroy at that time was négociant based in Auxey-Duresses, his mythical daughter Lalou Bize-Leroy in 1949 was only seventeen.
Les Cazetiers is amongst the most elevated of Premier Cru site in Gevrey-Chambertin - and indeed the whole of Burgundy.
I drank this precious bottle on Mount Etna with #FrankCornelissen and other dear friends. Uncork this bottle lead to a surgical operation. Just begun to pull it out, a light breath of wine molecule with air bubbles magically have emerged on the surface of the cork. It's been like witness the passing away of a dying old man (or Pinot Noir must be a woman?) That humanized wine had held "élan vital", hope and breath inside him for the last 66 years! A miracle of a wine still so tasty, robust, citrusy, vibrant, earthy, incredibly alive and well-preserved despite color and neck level did not bode so well.. that's what I thought and I'll remember until I die: "the wine was waiting for us to drink it up, he gave off his mortal blow to offer us life, joy and smile!" — 9 years ago

with Alberto

Andrew Stewart

10

BC's best. Vital, lean, acidic and crushable — 11 years ago

TC Frazier

9.3

Grab a bottle of this if you ever find one. You will not be disappointed! — 11 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.0

Easy drinking gem. — 7 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.4

Vintage 1990 - yellow golden colour, very vital. Beautiful smell with quince dominant, also impressions of honey, ananas, Turkish Fruit, hay, quite complex. This #cheninblanc is mouthfilling with (now at the age of 28 years) dominant bitters with a toffee-alike aftertaste. #Vouvray that delivers! Actually, I was surprised/shocked to find this bottle in the cellar corner. I do not keep my demi-sec thát long. Beautiful starter of saturdaynight diner with wild boar paté. #loirewine — 7 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 1985 - old gold colour, acacia honey, glue, hay, vital taste, amazing #cheninblanc #bonnezeaux #loirewine — 7 years ago

Варвара Гусева

9.5

Delicious! Loved it sooo much😄 — 8 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

Vintage 2001 - Beautiful wine with lots of cherries, prominent nice acidity and shy spicyness. Vital and lively. — 9 years ago

Fred Swan

9.4

It's often said "it's better to be lucky than good." For the dicey 2011 vintage, being both was vital. One needed to be lucky with weather in the vineyard and good with both viticulture and winemaking. This wine is a great example of just that. It's expressive and earthy with briary black fruit--especially blackberry--and coffee. The medium-bodied palate is graceful and framed by very fine, soft tannins. It's super drinkable now, but will age for several years yet. 13.1% alc. $125 — 9 years ago

Marc On

Writer Originalverkorkt, Lobenbergs Gute Weine

9.2

Hajo is never a bad finish for a tasting. Still very vital although this boy is already 26 years old. — 10 years ago

Filippo Calabresi

Winemaker Tenimenti d'Alessandro

9.3

just a big congrats to Gian Marco and Clementine for rocking again with '13 Rosato. such a positive& vital energy in the glass. — 10 years ago

Wil Demandt

9.2

Last bottle of this Domaine. Still vital and in shape. Great PQR. — 11 years ago

Hugo Guerra

9.0

Não é mau mas há melhores. — 11 years ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Lovely seductive nose of lime and rockpools. Dazzling and vital. Real zest and acidity that rides along the finish. The clarity and subtly of Raveneau in Meursault. Excellent delicious stuff. — 7 years ago

with Naoko and Larry

Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

Grabbed another bottle! Wine bears the vineyard named to honor the Red-shouldered Hawks and other birds of prey that play a vital role in sustainable farming practices. Bright yellow with aromas of tropical fruits and sweet floral scents. Aged for 14 months, 75% in new French oak and 25% in stainless. On the palate melon, pineapple and peach flavors and hints of citrus, subtle yet complex and well balanced. Lingering finish, savory, ending with mineral tones and toasty oak. Outstanding! — 7 years ago

Conrad Green

9.2

This is drinking really well. A lovely nose with kirsch, a herby sage thing and meaty, lively red fruit. On the palate young and vital. Lovely bright definition- vivid and powerful. Heat in check. It's young but much better balanced than a lot of 07's with great Pegau funk. Excellent and a good way ahead — 8 years ago

Conrad Green

9.3

Lovely and fresh. Bright and vital. Delicious. So young — 8 years ago

with Gregg

Stacy Markow

9.2

Crazy oxidative and sherry like on aromas. Palate was rich with great acid. Still young and vital. A treat — 9 years ago

Peter Freeman

9.2

Maybe it was the company but this wine punched above its weight. A little higher acidity than I expected but dark fruit and mellow earthiness. — 9 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.6

1982, vital and expressive. Leather, eucalyptus, still going strong — 10 years ago

Keith Crump

9.5

Vital accessible and wonderful — 10 years ago

Andrew Benn

9.7

1995
Vieilles Vignes Pinot Gris. Viscous; so vital. Enjoyed après ski at Snowmass 2015 — 10 years ago

Michael Tobin

9.7

Awesome! Shows its age and distinction but still vital. 50 is the new 30. — 11 years ago

Vinny Eng

9.6

From the heart there radiate a hundred and one vital tracks. — 12 years ago