Sipping Fine Wine

9.4

Interesting blend of mostly Chardonnay adding Gewürztraminer and Sauvignon Blanc, medium vibrant lemon yellow color, with aromas of complex fruits, nutty and floral notes. On the palate flavors of pineapple, apricot and citrus with cinnamon, honey and floral spice. Long finish ending creamy with juicy fruit, almonds, citrus and mineral notes. Will age a bit, but nice now! — 4 months ago

Jay Kline

9.1

Splash decanted and served double-blind. Deep ruby color bordering garnet with a translucent, nearly transparent core. Already this wine has me between two minds and that theme continued. Medium viscosity. On the nose, medium+ intensity with reductive aromas present but they seemed to dissipate with time. Dark, tart funky cherry fruit (sort of like a Montmorency or similar sour baking cherry) with some dried herbs and some stone. To be honest, the nose is a bit reticent and it’s hard to tell what the oak treatment is. Pretty sure there is oak but hard to tell whether it’s neutral or large format. Whatever, on to the palate. The wine is dry with medium+ acid and medium tannin. The finish is medium+ and rather satisfying. The palate is much more open at this stage, again with the dark tart cherries and dried herbs with earth, stone and some spices. I was leaning pretty heavily towards Sangiovese at this point until, with a thimble-full of wine left in my glass, I got bruised strawberry and a whiff of French oak. The clouds parted and I was instantly transported to Burgundy. I called Pinot Noir, from the Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny, 2017, because it seemed young and not nearly as giving as I would want from a vintage like 2018 or 2019. I was so pumped when this was revealed and Fourrier no less! A pretty wine that still needs time to flesh out. — 5 years ago

Shengli Hu

9.3

For the rainy Labor Day! Orange blossom, fresh and dried apricot and mango, lime, ginger, vanilla, buttery toast, creamy mousse clouds the palate. Medium acidity, perceptible white wine tannin, pronounced intensity and long finish. — 7 years ago

Brett Davis

9.3

Well balanced and cherry ripe dark chocolate taste — 8 years ago

Seth Morgen Long

Broker • Arterberry Maresh / Winemaker • Morgen Long

9.8

Disgorged 2014. This is wondrous, powerful, backwards, brooding, rich and powdery like golden clouds with hints of the sun beaming through. Wow moment with Chemin. — 9 years ago

Michael Townley

9.3

Dark inky purple color, nice tannins with a soft finish — 9 years ago

Diana Sabo

9.7

Enjoyed 2023 vintage on April 11, 2025. Crisp — a year ago

LM Segal

9.5

Stellar, feminine and beautifully layered. Strawberry compote and clouds of cassis. Fell off after about 90 mins would not decant this. — 4 years ago

Michael Marks

10

Full bodied. Fantastic Pinot — 6 years ago

Lynne Rieck

9.3

A SB like none I’ve ever had before. Smooth and very food friendly. Enjoyed with cheese and charcuterie. Lovely. — 7 years ago

Ira Schwartz

9.6

Totally about refinement . Behaved like someone who has been there , done that, drop the mic. What I imagine clouds to be like if you could catch a ride on one. The definition of a cerebral wine. — 8 years ago

Nathan Rightnour

9.4

Lighter than clouds. Perhaps the most refreshing, summery red I've tasted lately, yet still with enough body to give it satisfactory character. — 9 years ago

Rakesh Tondon

9.4

Love the nose on this. This is like a burgundy — 9 years ago

Ted

9.3

Always a favorite from the Pyrenees mountains. Met this guy once. Cool pictures of the vineyards above the clouds. Satiny smooth with a fresh clean finish. — 2 years ago

with Jeni

Ian Hamel

9.2

2022/4/17 with roast pork shoulder with new potatoes and carrots, garlic and rosemary. From the pop, this was less all-out than the last bottle. It was more about shadow and sunlight - clouds drifting across the sun. At first it seemed quite severe - hot, blasted stone, like those first traditional Barolos I loved 20 years ago - but also flashed juicy, tart berries, bitter cherries and spring flowers. There’s beautiful structure here - both tannin and acid - so I’m sure the future holds many more fascinating encounters. — 4 years ago

Alec Jeffery

8.9

Plush, ripe with good length — 6 years ago

Matthew Connolly

9.0

Body: light, 2/5
Tannins: low, 2/5
Acidity: mod 3/5
Intensity: low 2/5
Alcohol: low 2/5

Light but structured, succulent and a little (but not too) fruity — 7 years ago

Meghan Woughter

10

Very light and easy to drink. Love it! — 8 years ago

James Keneally

9.1

Almost raspberries and saraspailla. Good texture and balance. — 9 years ago

David Kline

9.4

Heady mushroom and a little black wood funk adjusts to clean lemongrass and white lavender with a light crepe aroma. Lemon curd and white pepper with the finest mousse that envelopes the palate completely, and beckons the lemon oil and mascarpone toast and pomelo marmalade. The culmination of these flavors lingers ethereal, floating atop chalky clouds and lime and floral essences. #grandcruvalue #grandcru #PaulEtienne #bubbles #blancdeblancs #frenchwine — 9 years ago

with Courtney