Jay Kline

9.6

My first experience with the wines of the late Philippe Engel and what better occasion than our humble take on La Paulée. I’ve heard that bottle variation can be a thing with these wines so we held our collective breath when opening. However, our concerns were unfounded as this bottle was not only sound, but beautiful.

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple hours. The 2001 Clos Vougeot pours a pale ruby color with a translucent core; medium viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with perfumed notes of ripe and slightly dried strawberry, raspberry, dried flowers, licorice, sous bois, truffle, dried herbs, and a mix of cool and gentle warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and the texture is silky. A profoundly soulful wine and one that will live long in my memory. Drink now through 2041. — 19 days ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2022 | vieilles vignes | lovely true to type Chardonnay, with good acidity and high bitters, perfect for lunch | paired with filled mushroom ánd a sea bram dish | makes me happy | at De reddende engel Antwerpen — a year ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2018 | Introverted spicyness, a taste with power | paired with sea bream | at Reddende Engel in Anvers — 4 years ago

Daniel M

9.0

We had this along a "canard à l'orange" and I thought it was a delicious pairing, as the residual sugar complemented the tenderness of the meat and the bitterness of the orange very well. The nose is typical with rose petal and lychee notes, with a botrythis touch showing honey and a tiny smoky note. It's very inviting. The palate is a bit monolithic, lacking tension and can feel a bit heavy when the wine is tasted on its own but plays an entirely different game when paired with the duck. Nice thick matter, oily, with lychee and tiny tangy citrusy notes. There is of course some residual sugar, even maybe some botrythis notes with honey, honeycomb. The finish is long, lingering, showing lychee, honey, and a tiny bitter note in the very end. — 2 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.8

Amazing mazon sbiatti This bottling is from the British wine merchant Avery's. who bought barrels of wine and brought them to England for bottling until the practice was banned. The wine would have been labeled Domaine René Engel in France, but it was under the stewardship of his son Pierre at the time of this bottling. The wines under his reign were quite notable through the 1969 vintage. Pierre fell ill in 1970, and the estate was neglected until Pierre's son Philippe took over after wine school. The vintage was very good in Burgundy, though it is often overlooked because it was such a disaster in Bordeaux, says K&L's Burgundy buyer Keith Wollenberg. In 1999, the critic Clive Coates of the Vine wrote of this wine: "Full, very vigorous colour. Hardly any sign of age. Full, ample and spicy. Fat and Plump. Very good grip. This has length and quality and richness...Yet it has the fat, succulence, intensity and vigour. Fine Plus." — a year ago

Melissa Starup

8.9

Juicy yet acidic Cabernet franc #tschida #engelauferden — 5 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.8

Billy michael x — 7 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

NV | Aperitive and paired with duck liver | at Reddende Engel Antwerpen — a year ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2021 | very pure | paired with fish on pearl barley with aspargus and beurre blanc | at De Reddende Engel in Antwerpen — 2 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2017 | I can see in Delectable that I choose the same wine again and again, when in Antwerpen at De reddende Engel. Understandable. A jolly good luncheon wine, well balanced and light. Paired with sea bream. — 4 years ago