Sipping Fine Wine

8.9

Deep Ruby red color with aromas of black berry fruits and pronounced spice notes, blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. On the palate ripe raspberry and blackberry flavors with notes of cacao, oak and vanilla. Medium finish, fine tannins, ending with fruit oak, and earthy tobacco character. — 2 months ago

Byron Hewett

9.2

This was a beautiful Hautes Cotes served at the Confrerie des Chevalier du Tastevin pique-Nique in Nuits St. George on Saturday. Bertrand de Villaine was in attendance. — 4 years ago

Elle Scorcho

9.0

Sour cherry on the nose & palate. Flat, tart front that quickly becomes a beautiful smoked raspberry, leather, blueberry, currant, violet, & milk chocolate. Medium bodied with a medium acidity. Doesn’t linger on the palate. Light and easy to drink, yet complex enough to pique my interest. — 5 years ago

David Fransois

8.9

Very nice Bergerac. — 8 years ago

carmen

10

Pique poul is a rare rosé. It’s light, very pale, refreshing with a fruity finish — 9 years ago

Lorenzo Marco Savona

9.1

I can't understand why southern French whites are not more popular. This beautiful white with mango, melon, hints of ginger and white pepper is a charming, food friendly, easy to drink wine — 9 years ago

Dana tolley

9.3

Sweet red wine. Great taste. — 10 years ago

Angelo Casagrande

8.9

Grenache rose. Pale pink, light, crisp, nice strawberry- like mouth. Cracked it to sit outside for a “warm” Friday afternoon. It almost hit 50! At least the sun was bright. — 4 months ago

Juan Pablo Perez

9.0

Nariz: manzana verde, grosella, piedras, flores blancas

Boca: Acidez M+/Alto, alcohol M. Acaba algo agrio.

Interesante. Corto el “spicy y pique” del curry. — 4 years ago

Stacey Emerson

9.5

Naked wines. A huge fan of this rose! — 5 years ago

emily a

9.0

Light and fresh with a hint of spritz — 8 years ago

Peg Hanssen

9.8

Preparing for our adventure to Portugal Surdyks’ Recommendation:
(Douro) Portugal is a prolific wine country, best known for its sweet dessert wine - Port. World famous in its many styles, Port is sweet and fortified, prized for its rich flavors and lush texture. Portugal also has fabulous dry red wine. Dow’s “Vale do Bomfim” is made with the same grapes and sourced from the same historic Douro Valley that produces Dow’s great Ports. Portugal’s indigenous grapes – Tinta Barroca, Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, and Tinto Cão – are names that should pique your interest and draw you to this imported discovery. Picked by hand and manually sorted with great care, the grapes are fermented in small vats. The resulting wine has complexity and style. Portugal’s Douro Valley has consistently good climate and growing conditions almost every year. The flavors are dynamic and the tannic structure is soft and silky. This is a really good wine for all occasions, with an affordable price and value.
$8.49 Spring 2017 ($14.49) — 8 years ago

Alexandre Bouchard

8.9

Super bueno... Bien mieux que ma dernière tentative (un 2002).
50 balles sur table. Ça pique quand même. — 9 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.1

2023 vintage. First go-round with this producer. Decent concentration and nose. Light-medium body. Tried two other 2023 rouge Pinot efforts from this producer and this was the best of the lot. Not good enough to pick up but good enough to pique interest in future vintages/offerings. 04.11.25. — a year ago

Peter Coulthard

9.2

NW. Lovely Rose which was very enjoyable to drink — 3 years ago

Christina Sean

10

So tasty and smooth. No bitter tastes — 5 years ago

Paul Petit

9.0

R très clair (plus jeune)
N miel, pierre,
B tres sharp, tension, big
Fromage chèvre, fruit de mers, — 7 years ago

Christopher Appel

9.1

Interesting pique flavor. Great value wine — 8 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.2

All the things I love in a skin contract white wine. This eschewes the more common apricotty notes in favor of confit lemon and Mandarin orange, backed by great texture, tart acidity and a kiss of Brett. Evolves dynamically over the course of the evening, always showing a new pique of interest. Wine for lambic lovers.

NB: Stand this up for a while and carefully open and decant - otherwise you'll end up with a hazy, New England style IPA situation. — 9 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.0

I think if I were drawing up exactly what I want Dolcetto to be, it would be this wine. Fresh dark cherry, moderate tannins, yet textured & aromatic enough to pique one's interest. — 9 years ago