Giles Menu

Herve Villemade

Orbois Menu Pineau

Sweet but balanced, lots of flavor, I’m getting honeydew. Wonderfully smooth. — 3 years ago

Château Haut-Bailly

Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

David T
9.6

Haut-Bailly Dinner in SF with Veronique Sanders of Haut-Bailly.

The 2010 is an excellent vintage but, it is for the later part of your life or your children.

This is drinking beautifully with a 4 hour decant. The structure & tension are just starting to their softening stage. The length and balance are in the forget about it range and will just get better & better. Ripe, stunning fruits of; blackberries, dark cherries, black raspberries, plum & a touch of blue fruits. Moist clay & top soils, stones, mint, graphite, fresh tobacco, dark cola, anise to black licorice with stunning, withering floral bouquet. Acidity is perfect. The finish is everything you want in a Bordeaux.

Definitely a 99-100 point wine in 15 years plus.

Served with the Cheese Plate; Red Hawk, Hop Along & Roquefort. @Mathilde French Bistro

Photos of; Clyde Beffa Owner of K&L Wine Merchants & Veronique Sanders, dinner menu & pairing, Veronique talking terroir/vintages & dinner guests.
— 4 years ago

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Clos du Tue-Boeuf

Le Brin de Chèvre Touraine Menu Pineau 2021

Bouquet de fruits jaunes, note de poires, tonique — 4 months ago

Christophe Foucher

La Lunotte Le Haut Plessis Loire Valley Menu Pineau

Fräscht, smakfull, somrigt, lite smör, päronsplit, syrligt, citron — 3 years ago

Laurent Lebled

Je t'ai dans la Peau Menu Pineau 2013

Very very tasty, not at all funky. A great wine to introduce people to orange wine. — 4 years ago

Clos du Tue-Boeuf

Le P'tit Blanc du Tue-Boeuf Menu Pineau Sauvignon Blanc

Well integrated fruit from the sav blanc( more than half) and Chardonnay. Med bodied, bright, lively mouth to it. — 5 years ago

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Ronchi di Cialla

Colli Orientali del Friuli Schioppettino di Cialla 2016

A new tasting experience on several levels. Had never heard of or tasted this grape varietal, Schioppettino. I was looking for a lighter red off the menu at Settimo, Guy Grossi’s new Brisbane venture. Chosen purely because of its location in Friuli ie. cooler climate. The Somm was in the dark but the wine ended up being a revelation. Red cherry and cranberry - intense white pepper on nose and palate. Dried red florals. Love this style. Will be on the lookout for this Cuvée in the future. — 5 months ago

Hugh McDonaldGeorgina McDonald
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Jamie Lauder

Jamie Lauder

North east Italy is a hidden gem for wines.
Right up against the Dolmite Mountains, warm days, cool nights.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino-Alto Adige really deliver.
Foradori, Franz Haas and Alois Lageder
are producers I look for.
Bob McDonald

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Totally agree Jamie. I generally love cooler climate wines. In Italy the Valle d’Aosta is another example next to the Swiss Alps in the north west.
Jamie Lauder

Jamie Lauder

Absolutely.
Pinot Nero…(Pinot Noir) .. from Lombardy will impress you.

Liquid Farm

Vogelzang Vineyard Mourvedre Rosé 2017

2017. I enjoyed a rosé with the first courses of Succotash’s tasting menu the last time I was here and this one went great as well! — 4 years ago

Domaine François Raveneau

Butteaux Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2010

This is an amazing Chablis from Ravenau. Can’t find in the system the new restaurant by Helene Darroze, Marsan. We had her tasting menu with many sea products. This Chablis has at times the mineral and acid elements but also the nutty and decadent aspects of great Chardonnay in top notch terroir. This is an experience to have at least once. Enthusiastically recommended ! — 5 years ago

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