Nathan longo

9.8

This was my holy grail of the semester. Saved the best for last. I bought this bottle of wine for Valentine’s Day dinner at the Biltmore hotel. It was $300. A real Somm came out and explained the wine and everything - just like the assignment. It was a great night (except for my bank account) but it all worked out in the end. This varietal was grown in the Burgundy region of France. 2020 vintage so this red wine was in its prime years. It was amazing. Not too earthy and not too much berry flavor. The notes explode in your mouth and stick there even after you swallow. So smooth. Best bottle of wine I’ve ever had (yet!) — a year ago

Jay Kline

9.4

The fourth bottle on my 40th birthday week was this lovely surprise pour from a Somm friend at Tasting Group. While my Delectable account doesn’t reflect it, I’ve always been a sucker for Madeira and this was flat out delicious. Candied walnuts, orange fruit marmalade, creme brûlée, figs...all of the things. So richly layered and long lasting on the palate. Just lovely. — 5 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.3

If you take into account price this is f-Ing unbelievable in my opinion. Very floral, tart berry juice, a bit of spice, tons of wet stone and pine trees. For 20 bucks this is outstanding. — 5 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.8

My rating is taking into account 65 dollars for this wine. It is so good. The nose explodes with apples, pears, peaches, a tiny bit of cream, brioche, seaside. The palate is very acidic with this awesome fruit filled mid palate and then lemon cream at the end. One of the best champagnes I’ve had. Can’t wait try the 2009. — 6 years ago

Marshall Todd Herron DPM

9.6

Aerena 2017 cabernet sauvignon. Bespoke wines baby!!!!! This is a must try. My wife calls it her buttery cab. I call it delicious. Loads of dark berries on the front. The middle folds in that beautiful butter toast and vanilla. The finish leaves your tongue silky with hints of American oak and graphite with a minimally dry finish.  Good grief man what a beautiful cab!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look my Instagram account “winesommelier” if your interested in my favorite pairings. — 6 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.5

If you ever see anything from Texas Ale Project (TAP) on store shelves, you shouldn't ask logical questions like 'is this my kind of beer?' or 'do I have enough money in my checking account since I don't get paid until Friday?' or 'is this going to be good in the 180 degree heat index of my car while I make 6 more stops between here and the house?' or 'why do you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?' (exception: Dallas, where everyone is always parked on driveways, tollways, freeways, parkways, etc). The questions you need to ask are 'how much do they have?', 'can it all fit in my car?', and 'can those other six stops wait until I at least get home and put this all in the beer fridge?'. And then buy a metric ton of it. Or a 4-pack if you have a Smarte car. And then get home and find that the hops are perfectly integrated. Pine, citrus, perfectly balanced. Now there's a third thing to like about Dallas. 100 million angels singing indeed. Well done TAP! — 7 years ago

Andrew Roper

9.8

What a beautiful unique way to finish a night of music and wine! The sweetness is not overbearing, but is balanced so well it allows you to enjoy and go back for more. Nose of golden syrup and honey with a hint of Australian wattle. Alluring to the taste with initial hit of sweetness in mouth but soon settles and balances out to be a smooth mid palate and finishes with a long lasting smoothness that remains for ever. Such a great wine to open my account with!
As enjoyed by Jon Bon Jovi and Steve Kilbey — 8 years ago

Jessica Knickerbocker

9.2

I really like this! My hubby is on the fence about it. Since this is my account, I give it a 9.2 (hubby says 8.9). Strong, dark, and… delicious. — 3 years ago

Vanessa

9.4

**If interested, I’ve posted more pics of this visit and trip on my Instagram account - check me out @sips_ensemble**

We also had the pleasure to visit Champagne Paul Bara, another family-owned and -managed winery with only 8 employees! 💪 💪

It is a small but high-quality operation, producing approximately 100,000 bottles per year made exclusively from the free run juice. ✨✨✨ Thanks to the likes of @kermitlynchwine , the U.S. is a major exporting market for this wine. 🙌🙌

Paul Bara’s wines are sustainably farmed on numerous vineyard plots located throughout Bouzy, a Grand Cru village within the Montagne de Reims region of Champagne. 🏔 🏔

Bouzy is known especially for its Pinot Noir-driven Champagnes and also for its still red wines, a specialty of the region, called Coteaux Champenois. 🍇🍇

Paul Bara uses mostly stainless steel vessels for its vinification, designed to accentuate the purity of the fruit. They also use subterranean concrete vessels for the Pinot Noir used in rosé blends and for the Coteaux Champenois (still reds). 🥂

On our tour it was fascinating to see bottles being disgorged, dosaged, corked, capped, and caged on a machine in seconds — these are some of the last stages of the Méthode Champenoise. 🤓

We also learned that Paul Bara is a member of the ‘Club Trésors de Champagne’ an association of 28 vignerons formed to promote quality wine growing and winemaking practices and to highlight the beauty of terroir, demonstrating the excellence achievable outside of the major houses whose names are globally renown such as Veuve Cliquot and Moët & Chandon. 👏

Our favorite wine of the tasting was the 2010 Brut Comtesse Marie de France 🇫🇷 made exclusively from Pinot Noir grapes 🍇 It had a richness and abundance of orchard fruit, including baked yellow apple, also toast, bread dough, yeast, and dried white blossom notes, still offering finesse and precision, retaining incredible vibrancy.

We are grateful for our visit to Paul Bara and we look forward to visiting again the future! 🙏❤️ — 5 years ago

with Deked1

shaydanay

9.6

dad made me the best damn gin martini of my life yesterday, and i think it was mostly on account of this vermouth. wow. — 6 years ago

with Eric

A. R.

9.0

Good proper Riesling... @Delectable Wine .......please for the love of god get rid of all the fake accounts, porn pics and bots on here who like every wine and add me as “following”. I’m about ready to delete my account.
— 6 years ago

Mark Elliott Muz

9.3

Pricey bottle and fucking fabulous. Not worth the money unless you’re flush with cash or have a good reason to celebrate. I’m obviously in the latter camp as I’ll never be ‘flush with cash’ (1-Muz, delectable review, 2019) but I certainly had reason to celebrate! Sure, my leg is fucked and I’m on pain meds but I refrained from taking meds all night so I could enjoy the company of birthday boy, bassist and sound tech extrodinaire (French cuz he French) snaps Ducharme and later, best-dude, drummer, business partner and brother Philip nauseous at local champion pub, Arcadia and then truly begin the personal celebration... the wine is flavourful and hearty but smooth, much like myself after a bottle of wine, and I enjoyed it with my girlfriend after first having a glass of wine from a $20 bottle (plus three air miles... I’m saving for a special trip). I cooked steaks and steamed green beans and cauliflower which turned out extremely well, however, she may have completely changed how I eat steak from now on, which I’m ambivalent about... I know I’m not perfect but I don’t want to change my essence, I’m still trying to decide whether an Italian style of eating steak infringes upon my authenticity. We finished the bottle after dinner obviously having drank most of it with the food, and talked about the food, wine and life. This is another italianism I seem to have picked up, talking about food... so you can see why I’m cautious! I haven’t gotten to the reason for celebrating yet but my girlfriend got a new job (sadly, in another city...)! Conversation was mostly positive and optimistic which is fabulous because I’m still fearful of the future and what being apart this next year will mean for us. She went to bed early because of the heavy food and drink and the business of her last week; she also taught the first class of one of her spring courses this evening so I may not recommend this wine to dudes that simply want the ‘score’ although taking everything into account, the wine was only part of the reason... I stayed up later playing guitar and painting and contemplating the future with a slightly cheaper but quality Malbec and took my meds finally. This made me slightly tragic and sad but not so much that I couldn’t still be optimistic and hopeful for the future. If life is complicated but worth celebrating, I highly recommend this wine. It’s probably the second or third best bottle I’ve ever had and was worth the cost considering the circumstances. — 7 years ago

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9.2

The 2017 Barolo Marcenasco is a very pretty, elegant wine. Crushed flowers, sweet red berries, mint, cinnamon and orange peel give this effusive, inviting Barolo tons of aromatic presence. This gracious, refined Barolo will drink well right out of the gate. Tasting it reminds me of the days I often drank this bottling when it was what my bank account allowed. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, October 2021)
— 5 years ago

Joe DAscoli

9.3

Out scored the Paul Hobbs Richard dinner by my fathers account but I think it was a tie. This was more clean and robust but with a touch less vanilla and lemon curd. Overall. Still a winner — 5 years ago

Jenks

9.2

This is the least expensive wine Col Solare makes, about fiddy. It still fucks. Btw I’m drinking and scrolling and about to check in a LOT of wine sitting in my account I forgot about with extremely suspect notes based purely on drunken memory. 🎉 — 5 years ago

Paul J

9.3

375ml. 1hr+ decant. Dark red color. Nose has massive oak, with some floral and vanilla tones. Wine is on the younger side. More oak and vanilla on the palate with limited fruit and more medicinal flavors. Medium minus finish. More Napa than Bordeaux. The Wife enjoyed it more than me - 9.6 vs. my 9.3, so take that into account :)

Happy Christmas Eve!! — 6 years ago

with Brooke

Arden Barnett

9.4

Wine #400 goes to the man who broke my bank account and also the man who introduced me to the power of white Burgundy. You have the Lafon and Roulot’s of the world and then you have Leroux. the guy is able to create the right balance between the silky gossamer feel of white burgundy and the high salinity profile I get with some New age Cali coastal chardonnays. Leroux is someone I’d look out for and take his wines seriously. Between Mikulski and Leroux... you can’t find better bargains. — 6 years ago

with Jack

Aaron Rankin

9.5

Popping this baby on account of it being my first Kongsgaard. Had to know if I should keep buying. This may be young but it’s already a determined bad boy. Looking forward to trying this with substantial age. — 7 years ago

Jay Kline

9.4

An intermezzo of sorts. I was spoiled with a small pour of this before we got into the Pegaü which was in desperate need of air. This was beguiling. Aromas of plums and teriyaki. Delicious red fruits on the palate. Quite a bit of grip. This is now my third Hubert Lignier experience and I think it’s safe to say that I’ve been positively hooked. This is the kind on Burgundy I want in my life. Sadly, my bank account won’t likely survive. Huge thanks to @Charles Ludwig for this treat. — 7 years ago

Ellen Clifford

8.9

Hmm. It’s good. So better than bad. Even borderline very good problem is I’ve been drinking Chenin galore and wouldn’t put it on my tops list on account of slightly too much lambs wool. It’s either just a tad bit past it’s prime or needs another year to let the savory and nutty notes meld with the just-drying apple and pear notes. Is this it’s awkward phase or did it peak before I got it? Humph. Please tell me if you’ve had this, what year and when. — 7 years ago