David Kline

9.3

2007 Lime, lime pith and lemon peel hold strong despite age. Lemon madeleines, orange oil, tangerine pith, lemongrass, evergreen. Orange peel, lemon oil and lemongrass forefront, while lime neutralizes to background color green olive swims in the lime, chamomile, kefir lime, grape leaf, crystalline salinity. Bright and ripe after 15 years!


#chablispremiercru #chablis1ercru #chablis #bourgogneblanc #whiteburgundy #whiteburg #DanielEtienneDefaix #cotedelechet #appellationchablispremiercrucontrolée #domaineduvieuxchateau #bourgogne — 2 months ago

David Kline

9.3

And now for a golden oldie! Borders on baked golden apple, poire William notes, green apple slices, and even green apple hard candy. Green pear in a pineapple wash, orange bread, pear tart, dinner roll with orange marmalade. Half-dried lemon juices spiral down pile of acid and minerality. Shows it’s age in all other ways, but acid remains unbroken. Baked crab apple, radish fringe, baked grapefruit but just browned, sour mandarins, lemon and lime piths pull it back to its sinew. Really amazing wine. Endless citrus finish.


#chablis #danielettienedefaix #chablispremiercru #leslys #chablispremiercruleslys #domaineduvieuxchateau #bourgogne #bourgogneblanc #appellationchablispremiercrucontrôlèe — 8 months ago

David Kline

9.3

Young, with wine poached pear, boysenberry toast, cherry blossom, pomegranate, blood orange rosemary and seared duck. Apples, tea and cinnamon scented. Chewy tannins and tea leaf textures, apple skin, decadent raspberry concentration, pomegranate juice over red currant reduction. Unstoppable fruit here with peppercorn dusting, coffee driving the density to a grainy finish of opulent cherry and chamomiles. Power Pinot.



#bourgognerouge #bourgogne #burgundy #pinotnoir #louisboillot #domainelouisboillotetfils #domainelouisboillot #chambollemusigny — 9 months ago

David Kline

9.8

2009. Mint, eucalyptus, cedar dust, dried raspberry, orange peel, pomegranate, and sage. Showing some brick tinges but no flavor deterioration. Cinnamon, cedar and dried maduro, savory, cranberry and dusty raspberry, roobios tea, cracked pepper, cardamom, nutmeg and a tiny bit of blistered pepper.
Intense and silky; shifting strata of immense complexity.

#closdeslambrays #grandcru #domainedeslambrays #bourgognerouge #bourgogne #geandcrudebourgogne #redburgundywine #redburg #redburgundy — 2 months ago

David Kline

9.6

2009. Tanned and healthy grand cru. Spicy holiday nose of clove and allspice with cinnamon sprinkles. Crumbly oak with mushrooms sprouting. Touch of mint and dried, red cherry. Tart cherry in a dervish with moist, dark tobacco. Incredible depth suggesting peppercorn dusted dried black raspberries, black cherry and truffle, baker chocolate and savory. This is a beefy slice of exquisiteness! Stunning!


#2009 #2009burgundy #burgundy #bourgogne #bourgognerouge #pierrenaigeon #gevreychambertin #chambertinclosdebeze #grandcru #vieillesvignes #pinotnoir #appellationchambertinclosdebezegrandcrucontrolée #monopole #singlevinyard #handpicked #handsorted #indigenousyeasts #unfiltered — 6 months ago

David Kline

9.5

Young, but accessible. Gun flint nose is instantly seductive descending like smoke onto brioche and twists of impossibly minute lemon peel, lime and tangerine piths, underripe pineapple freshness, Marcona almond, toasted sesame, chalky chunks have absorbed the smoke, and fallen citrus celebrates its rebirth. Lemon pith that oozes lemon skin oils like dewdrop diamonds. Incredible minerality that crystallizes into spines of grapefruit, dandelion, dried gooseberry, and marigold. Shiny, bright, crystal clean, and revelatory. Amazing compilation of parts that remains suspended like a chandelier in ethereal weightlessness.


#françoiscarillon #françoiscarillon1611 #montrachet #chassagne #chassagnemontrachet #1ercru #1ercruchassagne #1ercrulesmacherelles #Appellationchassagnemontrachet1ercrucontrolèe #burgundy #bourgogne #whiteburgundy #bourgogneblanc #misenbouteille #elevéetmisenbouteille — 8 months ago

David Kline

9.7

Gorgeous floral bouquet features red roses, lilac, lavender and cherry blossoms above ripe red and black cherry, ripe raspberry, grilled watermelon and morels. Tart cherry palate dials into the silky groove suddenly, hinting at rose water, but resembling raspberries in a forest rain. Lightest cinnamon bark adds warmth, violet and hibiscus bites emerge, and the whole flaunts a long and sensuous length of shimmer that mystifies.

#musigny #musignygrandcru #jacquesfredericmugnier #appelationmusignygrandcrucontrolée #bourgogne #burgundy #bourgognerouge #2006 #2006burgundy #PropriétaireauChateaudeChambolleMusigny — 4 months ago

David Kline

9.5

Gorgeous garnet, star bright reflectivity. Rim to rim continuity. Cedar dusted black cherry and strawberry glow warmly in a vanilla and baked cran and ripe red currant dappling. There are red apple leanings and roobios-tulip whispers in a complex and seductive nose that stoops in bushes of thyme and all spice pods. Rich mouthfeel exhibits bits of its green youth, but has unveiled to reveal its abundance with a lengthy decant. Tart cherry and sweet tobacco, tart raspberry essence, dried violets and rose petal, dried strawberry and beet soaked thyme. Grossly underrepresented in this assessment, as the whole is like a wondrous river in a florid wood undulating with ripples of fallen blossoms. Astounding.


#chambollemusigny #DomaineFourrier #2019 #DomaineFourierChambolleMusigny1ercruLesGruenchers #lesGruenchers #viellesvigne #1ercru #1ercruChambolleMusigny
#1ercrulesgruenchers #AppellationCambolleMusigny1ercrucontrolée #burgundy #bourgogne #bourgognerouge #misenbouteille #redburgundywine — 4 months ago

David Kline

9.0

Excellent entry wine for the producer. Dark cherries, dried cranberries, root beer, pecan, cherry blossom, dried strawberry, light cigar wrapper. Cranberry continues on the palate, tart cherry, red currant. Simple, yet elegant and versatile.

#burgundy #bourgogne #côtedor #pinotnoir #redburgundywine #redburg #bourgognerouge #vinrouge #jeromechezeaux #appellationcôtedorcontrolée — 8 months ago

David Kline

9.3

Green gold and straw hybridized. Beer-like citrus with a yeasty touch. Lime, lemon seed, lemongrass, white boysenberry, brioche smidges. Silky with lemon oils, lime pith faint tangerine and lime zest, robust with creamy style of lemon marmalade.


#domaineroulot #domaineroulotmeursault #meursault #amc #appellationmeursaultcontrôlèe #burg #blanc #bourgogne #bourgogneblanc #whiteburgundy — 9 months ago