Rob Brobst III

9.5

Getting better and better! And the last 10 bottles need to be put out of my sight in the cellar..🥳🥳 — 2 days ago

Andrea Watt

9.6

Crisp but balanced with citrus and crème brûlée. Great acidity for food but has enough flavor to stand on it’s own. — 10 months ago

with Becky

Thomas M. Bozzuto

9.3

Dinner with my brother at Rikasa in Pittston. Filet, truffle aioli fries, crème brûlée. Probably my favorite domestic. — 2 years ago

with DrM

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9.3

The 2015 Late Harvest Wine is redolent of tangerine peel, crème brûlée, spice, ginger, coffee and new French oak. This mid-weight, intensely aromatic late harvest dessert wine is very nicely balanced. Drink it over the next handful of years. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, February 2023) — 3 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.6

Stupendous stuff. Soft, sweet and sexy in the nose. Structured, sultry and cedary on the palate.
Black cherries, Crème de Cassis, vanilla-caramel-mocha swirls. Topped off by some whiffs of earth, ink and soysauce.
Spectacular.
Dive in now or any time in the next decade. — 4 years ago

Mark Rosse

9.6

Dark purple to black in color. Huge concentration of crème de cassis and licorice. 15.5% but no heat. Very contemplative — 4 years ago

Alejandro

9.0

Musee Du Vin et du Negoce de Bordeaux — 5 years ago

Conrad Green

9.6

Dark gold. Crème brûlée, toffee, toasted brioche, great acidity. Amazing length. Spectacular and this is over 70 years old. — a month ago

with Gregg and Rick

Jay Kline

9.4

Opened prior to dinner and enjoyed over the course of a few hours. The 2005 Blanc pours a deep straw color with medium+ viscosity. On the nose, the wine is developing with powerful notes of ripe and tart orchard fruit: grapefruit, Meyer lemon, verbena, crème brûlée, honeysuckle, some pyrazines, a touch grassy, and warm wet rocky earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose where the fruit comes across a touch more round (vintage playing role) but the acid is definitely giving more than adequate lift. The finish is long. The texture is viscous. Drink now through 2035. — a year ago

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9.0

A wildly fresh bouquet of violets, lavender, cooling smoke and sugar-dusted blueberries wafts up as the 2021 Pessimist by DAOU unfolds in the glass. It's soft-textured yet energetic in style. Candied citrus hints accentuate cooling mineral tones and crisp wild berry fruits. The 2021 finishes with impressive length yet lightly structured. Violette Pastille and crunchy mineral tones slowly fade. (Eric Guido, Vinous, May 2023) — 3 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.3

Cherry, sandalwood, crème brûlée. Delicious. — 4 years ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.6

Word has gotten around about how obsessed I am with this wine/vintage, so the bev director surprised me with a dessert pour. Same wine, same vintage, but different bottle & a week and a half later. Still a mind blowing wine, though this encounter (bottle had been open a bit longer) leaned more into the crème brûlée, toffee characteristics with less perceptible fresh fruit. Still one of my candidates for best of 2022… — 4 years ago

with Maura

Martijn

9.4

Together with crème brûlée…. Whoop whoop! Merry Christmas everybody! — 5 years ago

David Dorn

9.3

Beautiful cab franc! — 2 months ago

Raul Puga

9.0

Love me some Publix clearance wines — 7 months ago

John Malcolm

9.5

Still quite vibrant and buttery. Taste a lot of crème brûlée, nectarine, fig, lemon zest, and honeysuckle. Rich, well-balanced, and nice minerality for a satisfying finish. — 2 years ago

Nick MR

9.0

2019 vintage, enjoyed with lamb and a goats gnocchi
Bought 4 bottles from Yapp. — 3 years ago

Jonathan Wall

9.2

Crème brûlée, lemon, a bit syrupy. In a good spot. — 4 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.3

Medium gold color. Nose and color suggest this has a lot of age. Notes of apricot, gravel road, tan spice and lemon crème. Good weight and mouth feel. Nice structure. This is slightly advanced from where it should be at age 20 but drank nicely. Better than the other 02 Leflaive Pucelles I’ve had. — 4 years ago

Romain Fitoussi

9.0

SyrahSession#2Wine#1
Ruby, Violin, translucent and vibrant color. Gilliard is a Swiss domain in Valais. Cuvée honoring the fruit. Seductive nose on the freshness of youthful Syrahs: violet, lupine, blueberry and mountain berries... with aeration, pepper imposes itself along the entire length of the palate carrying a loose body without looking like it. The acidity is lively and brings charm to this tasting. The winemaking is fine and controlled. Northern expression of the syrah full of nuances, with contained strength.

Robe Rubis, Violine, translucide et éclatante.
Gilliard est un domaine Suisse du Valais. Cuvée mettant le fruit à l’honneur. Nez séduisant sur la fraicheur des Syrah de jeunesse: violette, lupin, myrtille et baies des montages.. avec l’aération le poivre s’impose sur toute la longueur du palais portant
un corps ample sans en avoir l’air. L’acidité est vive et apporte du charme à cette dégustation. La vinification est fine et maîtrisée. Expression septentrionale de la syrah tout en nuances, avec une force contenue. — 4 years ago