Chartogne-Taillet

Cuvée Sainte-Anne Brut Champagne Blend

9.3

Mostly 19. Yogurt covered cherry, baked pear, mandarin orange, orange pith, caramel, vanilla, yeasty but not overly so. So concentrated and rich at less than 5g/L dosage. Beautiful stuff. — 4 days ago

Ira, Jose and 7 others liked this

Domaine du Gros' Noré

Bandol Mourvedre Blend Rosé 2012

Karen Easton

9.2

Color-Deep Ruby, Nose-so good! Bandol terrior (reminder “dirt matters”.) On the palatte, plum, mellow tannins and raisin at the edges. — 14 days ago

with Dane and Alex

Domaine du Gros' Noré

Bandol Mourvedre Blend 2020

Ely Cohn

8.9

Basic for Bandol where even the easier juice is good.

I love the herbal stuff. Rosemary, violets, a little thyme is all you need. Isn’t it?

Fuzzy raspberry, soft strawberry, sandy watermelon, and salty limestone for lickin’… — a month ago

Ira, Shay and 13 others liked this

Anne Boisson

Bourgogne Aligoté 2018

Ron Siegel

9.2

Great Aligote showing notes of lemon citrus, mineral, precise with racy acids — 14 days ago

Ira, Severn and 5 others liked this

Anne Claude Leflaive

Clau de Nell Anjou Cabernet Franc 2018

Jakub Kalinowski

9.3

Tight & closed with dark black currant, graphite, cracked pepper, green bell pepper and an animalistic whiff. With time more fruit comes to the front but also some bay leaf, the graphite turns into stony minerality.
On the palate this is tightly wound around a core of pure black fruit and graphite & iron minerality. Amazing energy & power yet in a closed, quiet way. Gloved. Terrific depth. Love the cloves & bay leaf & rocky minerality in the super long finish.
This is quite profound - and is so very young.
A great wine from an unusual place. Love it! — 7 days ago

Daniel and Lyle liked this