2021. Consistent with the other bottle - rich and mature, savory, soapy — 3 years ago
Wine traditions. Love this producer so much. — 3 years ago
2021/5/13-14. There’s a calming, easygoing, spherical quality to this wine. While there are really nice savory, tertiary notes on the nose, it isn’t effusive - you go dig around in it instead. There are raspberries and blackberries and forest floor nuances there too, with a nice balance of fruit and acid, some powdery stone. and a perfumey, noble note. I feel like Gravières is a great example of the kind of cru a not-totally-loaded Burgundy lover needs to know. — 4 years ago
2021/5/15 with pan-roasted skirt steak, sautéed broccoli and kale, etc. This is the first among these selections with an unmistakable, rich bottle bouquet. It has a dark, gamy character which is reminiscent of a Northern Rhône red - perhaps a Côte Rotie. Perhaps the character of 1999 is in play here. There’s still a strongly aromatic layer of fruit which reveals itself with air - strawberry coulis and crushed raspberries. — 4 years ago
Nicely dry natural. — 6 months ago
2022/5/31-6/1 with ayu karaage, hachiku several ways, niku-dofu, etc. This is my favorite of the lower-priced Léa reds - there’s really nice acidity and flesh, and enough age to be fully open with hints of complexity but still with vibrant fruit. Really good on day 2 as well. — 3 years ago
30 min woke up. It has lots of deep aroma. Black plum, blue and black, cherry and berry. Deep. One of the best among Liu dumon. 2018 @1710, xuaduo - Lazo, 220318-220323 — 3 years ago
Eric K
Crisp with soft mineral and fruit taste. Lucious great with sea food — a month ago