Château Vieux Montagne

Paul Bara

Special Club Brut Grand Cru Champagne 2016

Pale lemon in color.

Strong nose and medium in body with medium plus acidity.

Dry on the palate with nice complexity, and medium plus size bubbles.

Showing limes, lemons, green apples, light earth, yeast, herbs, light brioche and minerals.

Nice finish with limes and light marzipan notes.

This is a very tasty 10 year old Champagne. Rich and fresh tasting. Complex and interesting.

Still very young, and needs 5 years in the bottle to mature properly. Will continue to age nicely in the next 10 to 15 years.

Easy drinking, nicely balanced and better after 45 minutes of airtime.

Good by itself or with food.

A blend of 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay. Aged for 6 years on the lees. Disgorged in 2023.

12.5% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$130.
— a day ago

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Lucien Michel

Le Vieux Donjon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2019

A blend of mostly Grenache with Mourvèdre, Syrah and Cinsault. Medium Ruby with aromas of ripe black fruits and earthy pepper spice. On the palate complex flavors of cherry and blackberry, with oak, leather, cacao and earthy spice. Full body, well balanced, fine tannins, long finish, perfect now but will last another decade. Outstanding. — 14 days ago

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Vilmart & Cie

Cœur de Cuvée Rilly-la-Montagne 1er Cru Brut Champagne Blend 2014

This is precise, acidic, long finish. Notes of citrus, green apple, salinity, toast and just right amount of dosage. — 3 months ago

Vilmart & Cie

Grand Cellier 1er Cru Champagne Blend

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of an hour. The “Grand Cellier” pours a pale straw color with a persistent mousse. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of bright, tart fruit: green apple, star fruit, Meyer lemon, a whiff of brioche, and chalky, limestone minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. I freaking love Vilmart. Drink now through 2038. Disgorged December of 2018. — 4 months ago

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Somm David T

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Nice cuvée.

Nicolas Joly

Les Vieux Clos Savennières Chenin Blanc 2022

2022. Our sommelier knew that we have enjoyed several different Chenin Blanc wines with the food at The Oven and poured me a taste of this wine from an opened bottle. Beautiful aromas of apple/apple cider/blossoms. High acidity and medium body. — 4 months ago

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Taittinger

Comtes de Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs Chardonnay 2000

Drink je droomwijnen diner @rijks. so young and fresh. White fruits, laser focused mouse, umami and a light degree of oxidation. Long finish and a great match with their beetroot signature dish. — 7 days ago

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Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe

La Crau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2000

Bought at auction. First bottle awful. This one is lovely. Needed two hours of air to settle and integrate. Freeze dried strawberries, dried cherries, plum, dust, herbs like tarragon and thyme on nose. I could smell for hours. Palate is bigger than I expected more game and herbs than fruit. Leather with dried cherries. There’s more herbs and plums and cooked/reduced berries but not super sweet. Good tannin still. Pretty good and fun to try at 26 years. I am guessing warm vintage based on abv. — 22 days ago

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L. Aubry Fils

Brut 1er Cru Champagne Blend

One of my go to. Great value. — 3 months ago

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Taittinger

Brut La Francaise Champagne Blend

Air France Lounge LAX - pretty good/to excellent. Brioche, marzipan. Quite amazing what Air France does compared to other airlines. — 4 months ago

Joel, Steven and 9 others liked this
Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

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A steady Eddie. Consistently comes to play.

Bérêche & Fils

Brut Réserve Champagne Blend

Another year for the marriage, another lovely bottle of Bérêche, Brut Réserve. Still a benchmark NV for me. Previous notes apply. This bottle was disgorged November 2024 — a month ago

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Vieux Château Certan

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2018

Paul K
9.5

Decanted and let sit for two hours, with just a quick taste at pop and pour. Delicious.

I’ve been staring at these bottles for quite some time, and while it’s still very early, I feel like I got a pretty good preview of what this has in store. The youth is compressing the fruit on the nose, allowing the oak, earth, flint, spice, and dried flowers to take center stage.

There’s a touch of iodine on the initial palate, followed by increasingly complex fruit. Blue, black, and red fruits all emerged more and more as the night progressed, but they were never really at the fore. Everything feels beautifully integrated, layered, and just a little restrained right now.

Lovely wine, but I’m putting a sticky note on the remaining bottles: do not touch for five years.
— 22 days ago

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For me, one of the very best Pomerol’s.
Paul K

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@Somm David T I need to find some ready to drink vintages as I’m anxious for the experience and waiting for my ‘18s and ‘22s would take way too long. Any suggestions on vintage and where I should be shopping for them?
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Not sure which state you live in for shipping. Winebid ships everywhere. Thats a start. K&L’s auction site. They added shipping lanes with the opening of a NY shop. Id start there. If you let me know which state you ship too, I might have other suggestions.

Pierre Paillard

Les Parcelles Bouzy Grand Cru Champagne Blend

Somm David T
9.2

Hard to find Extra Brut in 375 ml’s where I shop and seek online. This is very solid always. Bouzy also one of my favorite places for champagne.

For a Pinot that is 80% of the blend here, you sure get lots of green apple, golden apple & apple cider. There is noticeable tangerine, white citrus blend-lemon, lime & both grapefruits. Ginger & ginger-ale, sea fossils/spray, limestone marl w/ bits, bread dough to baguette crust, graham cracker crust, malt, volcanic minerals w/ash, lighter caramel, butterscotch candy, vanillin, frothy cream, white orchids and spring flowers, lively, zippy acidity, well; toned, structured, balance with a beautiful two- minute finish that lands on minerals & spice.
— 3 months ago

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Daniel-Etienne Defaix

Domaine du Vieux Chateau Vaillon Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2007

On the road from Chablis to Meursault you will find this viscous mouthful. - at Gail & Ralph’s — 3 months ago

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Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe

Télégramme Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2016

Lovely sweet Grenache based fruit in an excellent vintage. Sweetness is the over riding palate descriptor reflective of the ripe vintage - red currant. A long persistent flavour profile. Telegramme is the second wine of Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe. — 4 months ago

Shay, Ray and 13 others liked this

André Clouet

Un Jour de 1911 Brut Champagne Pinot Noir

Basis 2008 — 4 months ago

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Ray Vanderhoff

Ray Vanderhoff

Just an incredible and interesting bubbly!