Brett Vanderbrook

8.8

This was a wine I won in an online auction. Lots of tertiary notes. Dead leaves and wet soil; mushrooms; pencil shavings. The palate displays some dark fruit and still quite noticeable tannins. I wouldn’t hold on to this wine any longer. — 4 days ago

Brett Vanderbrook

9.8

This was a Christmas wine from Raina a few years back. Just everything you want from Riesling. Extremely aromatic and flavorful. Searing acidity and pronounced minerality. Reductive and very dry, but so acidic it’s hard to tell if there was any RS. It might be 11 years old, but this wine is a baby. It drinks beautifully now, and probably will continue to for a long, long time. — a month ago

with Raina

Brett Vanderbrook

9.3

Dee-lish! The sweetness is balanced by the searing acid. Bright and aromatic, floral, rubbery, almost tropical. Can’t. Stop. Drinking. — 4 months ago

with Emilie, Kieran and 1 other

Brett Vanderbrook

8.4

Brett had this 6 months ago

with Raina

Brett Vanderbrook

8.6

I came around on this wine. The issue is approach. I was expecting it to be a Burgundian expression of Chardonnay, but this is definitely more akin to a natural or orange wine (displays both Brett and VA.) Treat it as if it were red; decant it and let it warm to about room temp. Drink it with strong, funky cheese. Close your eyes when you smell it; the aroma is almost like Barbera or a comparable acidic, funky Italian red. This wine is good, but you 100% have to be ready for wine that is not at all like typical French Chardonnay. — 23 days ago

with Raina

Brett Vanderbrook

8.6

Brett had this 4 months ago

with Raina

Brett Vanderbrook

8.3

Brett had this 6 months ago

with Kieran and Raina

Brett Vanderbrook

8.6

It’s bubbly, it’s light, it’s zippy. Not much to think about here, but it sure tastes good on the first hot night of the season. — a month ago

with Raina

Brett Vanderbrook

8.9

Picked this bottle up when we visited Evening Land last summer. Kind of a relic now since EL doesn’t even make wine in France anymore. It’s too bad, though because this is delicious. Bright and crisp with a lingering creaminess. Definitely more elegant and restrained. — 4 months ago

with Raina

Brett Vanderbrook

9.0

Even 11 years in this is delicious. Woody, leathery, and a little bit funky with good acid. With Barbera this good, who needs Barolo? Ok, maybe that’s a stretch... — 4 months ago

with Emilie, Kieran and 1 other