Certified Sommelier CMS, Fine Dining Enthusiast, Fine and Rare Wine Connoisseur
My favorite Brunello and it’s not close. The utmost Burgundian expression of Sangiovese and 2018 Bosco is gorgeous tonight, finessed and seductive, fully open and giving wafting a captivating floral, spice and wild red berry perfume, and a palate that captures a seamless balance of richness and tension with no warmth, just definition. Love these wines. — 16 hours ago
15 is showing very well. A very forward and giving vintage. — 14 days ago
Hard to think of a better pairing for the cuisine of Smyth than white Jura. Here, a blend of 80-20 Chardonnay and Savagnin. It’s pulsatingly energetic with racy lemony acids giving vibrancy and lift to its salty, nutty and mineral flavors. It’ll certainly gain complexity with more age but it’s drinking beautifully now out of the decanter. A tremendously food friendly wine. — 16 hours ago
One of my favorite terroirs in all of Burgundy. 2016 Malco from de Montille is showing beautifully, with superb definition, deep fruit intensity, a vibrant, sappy and textural palate with fine grained tannins and a long saline and mineral laced finish. — 14 days ago
Pristine! 2013 Porusot is in a perfect place, a significant step in complexity and weight from the Lieu-dits, showing stunning concentration and fruit density and layered aromatics with racy citrusy acids, stony minerality and superb length and texture on the palate. Top notch white burg. — 15 days ago
One of the most “Ramonet” wines I’ve had in recent memory with its signature spearmint freshness on full display in its complex and layered aromatics. The palate shows both richness and tension with a spine of flinty minerality and racy citrusy acids. Perfect white burg! — 16 hours ago
One of the most explosive, expressive 09’s I’ve had in recent memory, and one of my favorite Burgundy terroirs, 1er Cru Beaumonts is wafting from the glass tonight holding nothing back with layered and complex aromatics, a liquid cashmere palate with both power and finesse and a long, mineral inflicted finish. Exceptional showing. — 8 days ago
Insane value. From 2 Grand Cru sites, old vines, handed over to Julian from Keller. — 14 days ago
Lee Pitofsky
Interesting wine, Id call this Nebbiolo blind. — 16 hours ago