Chip Hughes

9.2

After a clunker of a ‘16, here’s a textbook ‘18. Exotic and flowery, but neither overripe nor overelaborated. Cuilleron isn’t the most consistent of growers, but when he’s on, he’s on. — 3 days ago

Chip Hughes

9.2

Rounder and richer than the linear 2017. The minerality only seems subdued because of the extra weight and texture. Superb. — 9 days ago

Chip Hughes

9.1

Dark, savory, spicy. Fine concentration and length. This has become a top grower in the southern Côte de Beaune and Côte Chalonnaise. — 15 days ago

Chip Hughes

9.0

No-brainer at under $20. Boysenberry, blackberry; typical Oregon savor and cut. Ripe and long, but low alcohol. The kind of wine every restaurant should BTG...but few do. — 5 days ago

Chip Hughes

9.3

If you tasted me blind and told me this was a villages Nuits or Vosne, I’d go along with that. This incredibly fine and detailed Pinot starts out with aromas of blackcherries and boysenberry, then follows with a classic Burgundian “hard candy” palate of identical flavors. What it doesn’t do is turn broad, coarse and balsamic in the way so many Hautes Côtes reds do. Sensational. — 9 days ago

Chip Hughes

9.1

Always a fun Languedoc white that breaks all the rules: barrel fermented, aged in old Corton-Charlemagne barrels. Toasted nuts, coconut, galangal, and a bit of salty Grenache Blanc peeking through. — 16 days ago

Chip Hughes

8.8

Phenomenal effort, given the horrific 2018 growing season. It’s a bit simple and straightforward, but it’s also perfectly correct, with wet stones, fleur de sel and citrus peel aromas and flavors. — 6 days ago

Chip Hughes

9.2

Good freshness and pop, given the blazing hot vintage. Kinda the perfect all-purpose restaurant wine. — 12 days ago

Chip Hughes

9.4

this will do 😂 — 12 days ago

Chip Hughes

9.4

Less complex than the ‘14 and ‘15, but an absolute truffle/porcini/umami bomb. Riveting, long and spoiling for a fight. Superb, even though it’s a touch chunky. — 17 days ago