Austin Hohnke

9.8

Simply put, I love this wine. Loads of stone fruit and exotic spice on the palate. Perfectly balanced with a LOOOONG finish. Could easily age for another decade. Second time tasting and I can’t wait for the third. — 15 days ago

Daniel Maquin

8.9

Cherry, hay, a bit of leather, some salty thing lingering in the back. This is young and fresh. The palate is very young too with a very strong acid backbone, some bright cherry on the side, a good grip and some nice layer on the sides like a comfy cushion. Some tannins before a very nice, rather long cherry finish with a pinch of salt. It's quite simple, very young but already enjoyable. — 11 hours ago

Ola Lenin

9.1

Christmas cake, cherries, blueberries and cassis. Nice structure and acidity to balance the berry sweetness. Lovely for a winter's day! — 8 days ago

Brooke Brown

9.0

Had at Restaurant Nicholas years ago. — 7 days ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Lovely fruit on the nose controlled fruit and sharp minerality on the palate. Some green apple skin. Super well made. Rocky finish. Very good.

As this opens just wonderfully rich like very good champagne can be. Really persistent. Zingy acids balance it out. — 15 days ago

Byron Hewett

9.2

Shockingly good! Tannins are fully resolved leaving nice sweet cherry fruit. Easy to drink. Cork was soaked! — 7 days ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.1

I’m with @Severn Goodwin , start the celebration with bubbles, Rose or Blanc de Blanc. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. 🎃 🍁🦃 🍽 Cheers! 🍾 🥂

Everything Launois makes is very good to excellent at the right price point. — 15 days ago

Severn Goodwin

9.2

Nose has oxidized yellow apple, pineapple core, peach pit, lemon zest and older, wet oak.

Palate has day old pineapple slice, dried lemon peel, creamy butter, green banana peel, zingy acidity with nice sandstone-like minerals on the medium-long finish.

Seems quite advanced for a 2016 vintage, a nose and (sort of) palate of a wine 6+ years its senior. Our only bottle, likely we could get another, but at ~$50 it's not worth it to us. I did decant for about 90m, based on experience with other 2016 S-A wines, not sure if this was enough time for this bottle, but it is showing improvement with glass time.

At hour 3+ the semi-ripe, tropical fruits are finally making an entrance 👍 — 5 days ago

James Webb

9.3

My 800th wine on Delectable! What a grand Rose! This was a nice organ color, pretty mousse. Bright and alive with orange peel and candies fruit, some apricot and of course subtle berries. Palette was refined and precise. A beautifully woven acidity ties the wine together. The palette has more of the orange feel coming through, candied and burnt, with other lemon notes breaking through. Finishes long. Absolutely lovely. — 14 days ago

Joe Weinberger

9.2

Lots of fruit but also the searing acid that you find in all the Bérêche wines. Complex. — 5 days ago