Jay Kline

9.5

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of an hour. The 2006 Special Club pours a straw color with a persistent mousse. On the nose, the wine is developing with green apple, raspberry, honey, and minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and layered. This is supremely balanced and locked in, showing so well. Plenty of life but a treat to enjoy right now. Through 2041.
— a month ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.1

2023 vintage. Medium body. Plenty of tannic punch with dark-fruited counter-balance. $26.50 a bottle resto cost. Would have picked it up but have 6 cheap chicken BDX's I prefer more than this. Not too shabby for the ca$hi$h tho. 7.8.26. — 2 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.5

Papas gaucho — 2 months ago

Dave

8.9

Last had this 10 months ago. I think it's on the decline since then. Grapefruit, melon, citrus. Lacking acidity, it's a bit flabby. That's not what I remember in the last bottle. Anyway, it's nice with some fresh caught walleye.
Watching Spinal Tap 2 — 4 months ago

Jose Lorenzo

9.0

A baby. Will wait at least 5 yrs to open the next. — 5 months ago

Mark Osmers

8.9

Excellent, easy drinking — 6 months ago

romo

9.1

Called savigny-les-beaune. Poopy, menthol, dog ear, beet salad. — 7 months ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Very pure and old school. Delicious if austere. Dark plum and garrigue. Inky edges. Excellent but young — 17 days ago

with Peter and Gregg

Jeroen Koenen

9.4

Wow. This is serious stuff.
Candied lemon, reductive hints of matchstick, smooth and spicy mouthfeel, creamy vanillin, beautiful veins of acidity. This might be the best Bourgogne Blanc in my cellar. We’ll see, as I plan to evaluate them in the months to come. — 2 months ago

Ed

9.1

Loved this one. Would drink it again and again. Great value for $24 — 3 months ago

Jack Petras

9.2

Not called Baroness anymore this mid level HB 2025 vintage is exploding out of the glass. Took a minute to get my bearings instead of restraint and editing it’s a full out cabaret of a wine with lively melon gooseberries and passion fruit on an edgy substrate of salinity and limestone. Went incredibly well with prosciutto and honeydew. Once I adjusted I found it magnificent. — 4 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

10

Cata winegeeks cdjrz @ ardeo WOTN — 4 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.1

Atherton Wine Imports 2026 tasting at République, Los Angeles. 2019 vintage. Medium-medium heavy bod. First third (of the palate) better than the last third. Makes promises and only partially keeps them. The 2018 had total follow-through. 3.18.26. — 6 months ago

Anil Saxena

8.9

Very nice super and rich — 6 months ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.2

2016 vintage. Dark ruby with orange rim. This seems to be at its peak now. A complex nose with flowers, red and black fruits, and a hint of rosemary. A fresh and elegant Haut-Médoc with very good length that sells for a song (15 euro). Abv. 13,5%. — 25 days ago

romo

9.4

Cellar Selection. Profound pedigree with length and little of the 05 fighting tannin. Wow. - at Raft Island — 21 days ago

Roman Boudou

10

Wow! Mgn. My precious — 2 months ago

Steve Messinger

9.1

Dark fruit forest floor and sassafras. Intense deep still you w some unresolved tannins — 3 months ago

bitsof

9.3

Beautiful minerality — 4 months ago

Jay Kline

9.6

I’ve said before that the wines of Chateau Rayas are almost singular in the AOC; certainly one of the purest expressions of Grenache in the world. However, there is another producer that for me, might be an even more archetypal expression of the character of Chateauneuf-du-Pape: Henri Bonneau. Henri’s wines were also predominately Grenache however, they are denser and darker, particularly the Cuvée Marie Beurrier. This is probably more to do with the small addition of other local varieties along with terroir for Mrie Beurrier (Courthézon). Henri had strong feelings about varieties, vine age and cellar practices. He didn’t really like Syrah in CdP (though he had a little of it). He didn’t like ancient vines (most were 30-50 years old and would be torn out and replanted if they were getting up there in the age range) and he believed in extended aging in wood, a collection of very old barrels and foudres. Regardless of whether one agrees or disagrees with his approach, the results were undeniably special.

Opened prior to dinner; enjoyed over the course of several hours. The 2000 “Cuvée Marie Beurrier” pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity with light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing (still!). Layered notes of dark brambles, black cherry, garrigue, dried red flowers, beef stew with all the veggies and mixed inorganic earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is forever long. This is tremendously well balanced and a wine that I just wanted to keep coming back to…and I did. Drink now through 2040. — 6 months ago