With Yannick and KiKA; $21 from producer. 53% Malbec; 30% Merlot; 17% Petit Verdot — 7 years ago
This wine is delicious! Yannick Rousseau is creating amazing French varietals in CA. You need to go there to taste! — 8 years ago
Wine is from Solano County in North Coast — 9 years ago
2010 vintage. Tasting with Yannick at The Domaine. Pale garnet hue. On the nose, smoky, reductive, savoury, plush black plums. Spicy. Interesting. On the palate, medium plus acidity and medium tannins - plush, medium body and medium plus concentration. Energetic and tense. Nothing round here. Good finish, with some tartness on the back of the palate. Not really my style of Burgundy but interesting. — 9 years ago
Smells like a donkey. Light soft berry mouth, med+ tannins. — 9 years ago
Un Gewüztraminer excepcional, muy afrutado, de la villa de Barr. — 10 years ago
Cab franc 100% — 11 years ago
I expected more acidity but this was interesting and easy to drink. — 9 years ago
Superb cab franc from my favourite Bourgueil pruducer — 9 years ago
Killer. Thanks Yannick for the rec — 9 years ago
Yannick is a rock star! We fell in love with his Colombard, and now his Tannat, Chardonnay, Merlot and Cabernet. Check out these wines! — 10 years ago
Top class. Cab Franc doesnt get much better. Umami rich but still tight: give it 3y. — 11 years ago
Structure and complexity shines through the bigger profile. Really drinking well! — 11 years ago
Vintage 2017 Sóóó seductive and quaffable. It says rosé, it is a #blancdenoirs from #cabernetfranc it is real #loirefunk this #bourgueil that was on barrels for 10 months. Partnered it with Thai curry with shrimps. — 6 years ago
Delicious! Bought at winery in Alsace. — 7 years ago
From Trader Joe’s, $8.99. With KiKA and Yannick. Laura esp liked it. — 7 years ago
Brought this to a min 1er cru dinner - kinda feel bad for that, but I thought a wine consisting of all of Prieure Roch's best crus would stand tall against the rest. So darn bunchy (perplexing, given how it's made; must ask Yannick). Good, but it wasn't the flower bomb of the 10'
Note from Prieure Roch's website:
There are years where the fickleness of the weather prevent the even ripening of all the grapes on the bunches, and as the grapes cannot be harvested before the stems themselves fully ripen, on these years any extra ripe grapes will detach themselves from the stem while on the “table de tri”(sorting table). Since the traditional Burgundy vinification methods require the grapes to be fermented “entière” (in whole bunches) the loose berries are not used, despite being wonderfully ripe. However, taking all of these loose berries from every vendange, every cuve, permits us to unite all of our best crus and create one “cuvée spéciale”. This “tri” (selection) has in effect been made by the grapes themselves hence the name Pinoterie (Pinot-tri, understand the pun?). Natures choice, ripe voluptuous fruit, sheer pleasure.
Perhaps the most expensive bourgogne out there. Then again, it's a wine featuring a mix of premier cru and grand cru fruit. — 8 years ago
Buen vino natural. — 9 years ago
2009 vintage. At the Domaine with Yannick, the wine maker. Medium ruby hue. Earthy, masculine, manure, broad and brawny. Dark fruits - blackberry and black plum. Hints of savoury spice and white pepper. Reductive smokiness. Some old oak. Complex. On the palate, high acidity, medium plus body, medium plus alcohol and medium tannins - very plush. Textural and silky. Good concentration. Good length although some tart notes on the back of the palate. Good. Drink now until 2032+. — 9 years ago
À racheter, impérativement! — 10 years ago
Beautiful concentration and balance. — 11 years ago
Delicious, minerally futs de chene from Yannick Poras Haute Vallee de l'Orbe — 12 years ago
Francois Thomas
Acheté à Luc, extra à l'apéritif — 6 years ago