Tom Casagrande

9.1

@Delectable Wine, this is the Brut. Tastes and smells like the most intense apples off the random apple tree growing in my elementary school friend’s backyard in Western Massachusetts in 1970. (That’s a good thing.) 6% alcohol. — 9 months ago

Nick

9.1

WHOA. Melted butter and elementary school pencil box on the nose. Taste of butter, mocha and spices. This is THE most interesting cab sav I’ve had to date and I’m thrilled about it. — 3 years ago

Edward Nelson

9.5

Vacation bottle from trip to Lac Vieux Desert last week. I don’t remember all the nuances, but it was very good. — 4 years ago

Neil Shah

9.3

Excellent wine, perfectly aged - and a great way to celebrate my boy’s elementary school graduation with his birth year wine. (He didn’t partake, fwiw) — 5 years ago

Shelby

9.5

Acidic. Floral on the nose and front palate. Minty grapefruit, tropical fruits. Like those tropical Starbursts candies I used in a class presentation in elementary school as “the food of my imaginary land.” — 7 years ago

Lindsey Mawhee

9.3

Nice round flavor. Read "led pencil" from someone else which is so spot on. It's like an oaky elementary classroom. Delish. — 9 years ago

with Brad

Chris Dunmire

9.6

caramel, spice, and pencil shavings; I am suddenly transported back to elementary school, seeing bright yellow penmanship posters on the walls — 11 years ago

Anthony Eacuello

9.4

My first endeavor into the Nero Di Troia grape. A very solid introduction into Southern Italian wine. Dark cherry and raspberry with a smooth finish that makes you ponder within the void of self-reflection. Even with my elementary understanding of wine, I can confidently say this is a phenomenal wine. — a year ago

Seth Masterson

9.1

The oak really stands out in this one. On one hand I think 'Too much what are you trying to hide or make up for?' and on the other hand I think 'This was daring but it worked!'.
Let me put it another way: It's too much oak for me to enjoy the bottle but it's a wood punch that makes me enjoy the glass over many other Pinot's I've had recently.
As they used to say in elementary school 'You get an E for effort' — 2 years ago

Bryan Hopkins

9.1

Beautifully complex. The nose reminds me oddly of aromas from elementary school: pencil eraser, chalk dust, perhaps even pencil lead, plus some sour dill pickle. The taste is intensely vegetal: the same dill pickle comes through with tomatillo and other green flavors, ending with a peppery finish. — 4 years ago

Ellen Clifford

9.2

At risk of sounding weird, which obvi I’m gonna take because I am weird, this wine feels like an after school snack. So much golden raisins, dried orange peel and graham cracker. In elementary school I always hated golden raisins and got embarrassed in I ended up with raisins of any sort in my lunch because it seemed to scream NERD (and my friend Eliza told me they reminded her of cockroaches). Well F*#k peer pressure to be cool, which includes both snacking on dried fruits and adoring sweet wine. It’s not unctuous but is rich but not cloying. It does have those dried fruit and graham cracker after school notes plus some citrus and mayhaps there’s even a hazelnut and acacia blossom nearby? Pairs with mincemeat pie. — 5 years ago

Derrick Francis Wong

9.0

Yummy, drank at Elementary — 8 years ago

Justin Hansohn

8.9

Meh. All of Franck's other brews, including the CdR make this look elementary. Go for anything else Balthazar I say. — 9 years ago

Anthony Pro

8.9

Jesus have mercy! It's a tad chalky. Reminds me of elementary school. — 10 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.2

From French Basque Country. I’m no cider expert, but I like this. Earthy nose, like the smell of old apple trees I remember smelling in the backyard of a friend of mine in elementary school in like 1970. Lots of complex flavors, so much so it’s hard to place this as apple based. Slight sweetness in the nice finish. — a year ago

Tree Kilpatrick

8.9

Very high pigment in there. Dark purple/black. Smells heady and dense. Earthy with a hint of blackberry pie crossed with winery. Flavors are classic for Petite Sirah. Licorice or the black and ‘grape’ type. (There were these 3ft ropes flavored grape at my elementary school). Bit of smoke too. More fruit than funk style though. This is a great affordable Petite from a cool locale. I’d recommend it if you like big reds (and can find it). — 2 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.4

Received all these Bordeaux futures I had ordered a few years ago this week, so I thought I better get with it. This 8 year old Bordeaux blend from the Margaux area was great. All this nice deep dark dusty earth flavors transported me to the dungeons where they probably stored the wine …. at least in my imagination 😋. We drank it too quick as it kept evolving and expressing itself more and more as time progressed. Paired great with now our favorite Havarti cheese from Denmark (really hard to admit for a Dutchman as we all pledged the allegiance to Gouda cheese at elementary school). Cheers! — 4 years ago

with Tammy

Oliver N

9.2

Golden colour in the glass. Tropical fruit nose of pineapple, banana, wet stone, vanilla, oak, toasted nuts. Palate confirms this with pineapple/banana notes, medium acidity, long finish. Overall, beautiful rich white, taste almost reminds me of a fruit cup you'd eat in elementary school... in a good way! — 5 years ago

Severn G

9.1

Yum Sancerre!
Grassy nose, nice mineral, elementary school chalk dust components. Palate had great, balanced acidity, light citrus and chalk/limestone. Really improving in the glass as the wine warms and gets some fresh air.
Chilling out on the patio on a wonderful 70° Berkshires afternoon, perfect mid-summer day. — 9 years ago

Chris Forest

8.9

Red fruits - cherries with some menthol notes. Soft with pretty fruits. Pretty red fruits with softer tannins. A bit elementary & not very complex. A tad spicey. Very youthful! — 10 years ago