Pierre Cherrier & Fils

Cuvée L'Essentiel Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc

Andrea Watt

9.1

Classic Sancerre, crisp but very smooth with lemon, saline, mineral, and gooseberry. — 6 months ago

Cherrier Père et Fils

Les 7 Hommes Sancerre Cuvee Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Angelo Casagrande

9.0

Maisie, one of our Danes, is looking for a try. Some boysenberry, little Meyer lemon, some flint and stone. Enjoying it with Serrano ham, bread and cheeses. Good value — 2 years ago

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Roar

Sierra Mar Vineyard Pinot Noir 2012

Michael Walker

9.9

Excellent…deep dark inky tannic Pinot….reminiscent of a Morgon Beaujolais…may have been a fruit bomb once but after 10 years mellowed yet still full of fruit - more blackberry than cherry. Would have been perfect T-giving wine. Goes without saying J preferred the fresher, cherrier SLB last night — 4 years ago

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Olivier Merlin

Les Cras Macon La Roche-Vineuse Chardonnay 2015

Ian Hamel

9.2

2022/5/28 with tai sashimi 2 ways, tomato in dashi, chicken and new onion in pea and white miso soup, etc. There may be some bias since I’ve been looking for bottles like this since being reminded of how good classicist white Burgundy is with Kyoto food, but this really did it, and even more so considering the price. Savory, salty minerals, butter and citrus, the requisite oak, some honey from maturity - it all just works. — 4 years ago

Ira liked this

François Merlin

Saint-Joseph Syrah 2014

Michael Mallon

8.9

Ripe red fruit, dried herbs and some characteristic blood and sweat. A bit hot. — 6 years ago

Olivier Merlin

Le Grand Bussière St. Véran Chardonnay

Jeremy Gordon

9.5

Delicious! — 7 years ago

Domaine Paul Cherrier

Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc 2016

Jonathan Sigmon

9.0

Very good, pretty light. Slightly too sweet after a while. — 9 years ago

Domaine François Raveneau

Butteaux Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2012

Conrad Green

9.3

Very fresh and bright. Merlin and hints of lime. Slate and salinity. Great presence on the mid palate and a long way to go still. Very good — 10 months ago

with Bex and Major-General

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Domaine Merlin Cherrier

Le Chêne Marchand Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc

Jon Colvin

Wow! So good. Enjoyed at Bin 152 in Charleston SC. — 3 years ago

François Merlin

Côte-Rôtie Syrah 2019

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Not as good as the 2018 which is weird as 19 is usually better than 18 in Cote Rotie. Let’s see what air does. Noseis funky, floral, spicey and a bit horsey. Hopefully it blows off. Very nice framing minerality but the horse is here and will gallop off into the distance soon. Paste is ripe and juicy with terrific power, depth and concentration. Big, ripe and sweet tannins. Super pure and super young. Engaging freshness and energy but the tannins are a bit aggressive and less focused than I’d like. 9.3 for now. Let’s see. It is opening up to be very elegant but also there is a sur maturite factor that’s not that great and the fruits is losing focus. HMMMMMMM??? — 4 years ago

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Olivier Merlin

Vieilles Vignes Mâcon La Roche-Vineuse Chardonnay 2019

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9.0

The 2019 Mâcon La Roche Vineuse Vieilles Vignes is completely barrel fermented; however, since ‘03 Merlin has utilised less new oak, currently using around 10-15%. The 2019 is well-defined on the nose with hints of white flowers and orange blossom. The palate is quite spicy and peppery, a powerful Mâcon with just a light touch of honey towards the finish. Very fine. (Neal Martin, Vinous, November 2021)
— 5 years ago