Lee Pitofsky

9.6

Hands down best rouge Coteaux Champenois, it’s so special to have this with some age. It’s stunning tonight, drinking like a top notch red burg, wafting layered red cherry fruit, floral and spice inflicted aromatics with an incredibly luxurious texture, silky tannins, immense depth and a massively long mineral laced finale. Special wine. — a month ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.6

Pnp perfection with a captivating and explosive layered bouquet of candied red cherries, rose petals, coffee beans and exotic spices. The palate is luxuriously silky with obvious grand cru weight and intensity and there is stunning purity and elegance to balance such power and exhilarating energy. An incredible combination. Its spice and mineral laced finale just keeps on going. One of the best CDLR’s in the biz was perfect tonight. — 7 months ago

Romain Fitoussi

9.0

Dark ruby colour. Dense nose: oak, blackberry/blackcurrant, cedar, very Bordeaux. Palate, supple, balanced, medium-bodied, with rounded tannins. Final average duration. Correct for its price. Classic style: the perfect Saint-Émilion à Papa. Not my favourite style but for its price, it's correct.

Robe rubis sombre. Nez dense: chêne, mûre/cassis, cèdre, très bordelais. Bouche souple, équilibrée, moyennement corsée, aux tanins arrondis. Finale durée moyenne. Correct pour son prix. Style classique: le parfait Saint-Émilion à Papa. Pas mon style de prédilection mais pour son prix, c’est correct. — 2 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.6

After a really great showing of Dujac’s 2013 Charmes last week I was excited to check in on Rousseau’s. It’s a whole other level. It’s stunningly perfumed and its gorgeous aromatics leap from the glass after really hardly any aeration. It’s juicy, floral and super expressive holding nothing back as it flaunts a melange of piercing red fruits, rose petals, exotic spices and just a hint of damp earth. Ethereal palate with a silky texture and an explosively long finale. Its elegance is really off the charts. Rousseau nailed this vintage and everything is in total harmony in its superb showing already, with a long glamorous life ahead. 💨🔥 — 2 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

A profound young Preuses. Decanted 90 minutes in advance, and only to improve in every facet as each minute passes during dinner, 2020 Preuses is a tremendous success and already showing so much of its brilliance. It’s aromatics are layered with ultra defined orchard fruit, white flowers and citrus oils with an oceanic edge and the palate is concentrated, mineral and focused with considerable tension, drive and a racy mineral-saline finale. Stunning wine with an amazing future. — 4 months ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

The sleeper vintage. Simply just ready to go, holding nothing back as it wafts from the glass and the decanter with layers of cassis, cedar, violets and licorice. This is a wine of texture, as Margaux should be, and indeed its greatest attribute on this occasion. Liquid cashmere in the mouth with melting tannins, it’s sensual and elegant, caressing the palate with each sip, leading to its black truffle and mineral inflicted finale that keeps on going. Excellent showing tonight, and for my tastes drinking at its apogee. — a year ago

Mario Vaillancourt

9.4

Du fruit noir et beaucoup d’épices sur ce nez aromatique et très élégant. La bouche est superbe, puissante mais avec des tannins de texture soyeuse, beaucoup de classe et d’élégance, belle finale de bonne longueur, tout en ayant encore beaucoup de temps au compteur.

Blind tasting lunch 2009 theme. Black fruit, lots of spices on the nose and palate that is superb, powerful with such a great tannins texture, class and elegance, the finish is very long and is gorgeous. Still very young. 94-95 — 2 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.6

Such an incredible Champagne from surely the the next grower to develop that cult following. Straddling Avize and Cramant, single vineyard BdB Chemin de Chalons, (also made by Jacques Selosse), is a stunning expression of the site and the iconic village of Avize. It’s incredibly elegant, pure and detailed with seductive aromatics, a chalky mineral core and an amazing pillowy mousse that fills the mouth and continues to stay with you, giving way to its long and racy finale. Special wines… — 6 months ago

Romain Fitoussi

9.1

A vintage, dry, winey, elegant, lively and nuanced champagne. Fine but intense bubbles. Deep aromatic bouquet of nuts, almonds, dried fruits, apricot, brioche, butter. Persistent finish with sweet bitters, consistent with the nose. Perfectly accompaniment to a meal.

Un champagne millésimé, sec, vineux, élégant, vif et nuancé. Bulles fines mais intenses. Bouquet aromatique profond de noix, amandes, fruits secs, abricot, brioche, beurre. Finale persistante aux doux amers, en cohérence avec le nez. Accompagne parfaitement un repas. — a year ago

Mario Vaillancourt

9.3

Quel beau Pinot avec un peu d’âge, des épices, belle acidité, soyeux et fin tout en ayant encore un peu de poigne en finale, tout en équilibre. 92-93

A gorgeous Corton, spices galore, great balance, gorgeous silky texture and finish. — 2 years ago