Valerie Bruce

9.0

De coninck - pépite — 3 months ago

Tricia Davidson

9.2

Delightful and round in the mouth. — 8 months ago

Audrey Irvine

9.5

Wine Shoe club Feb 2023 — 3 years ago

Chris

9.4

Big fan of this bottle that was recommended by the bartender at Frenchette. Will make a point to order again. — 4 years ago

Shay A

9.3

One of three bottles of bubbly (2014 Ultramarine BdN and 2010 Larmandier-Bernier VV du Levant) opened when a good friend, @Shawn R , was in town. EO is one of my favorite champagne producers, but this was actually my first experience with the rosé.

5yrs on the lees, disgorged mid 2019. Slightly orange pink in the glass. Initially, it was very razor sharp and intense. Jasmine, orange zest, and dried apricots on the nose. On the palate, the intensity picked up with a strong backbone of limestone, chalk, tangerine and some honeysuckle. When this paired with food, it showed its true colors with a touch more body and richness. Even more impressive was how much better this was on day two...likely a champagne that could benefit from a decant at this age. Much more creamy and showing more red Berry fruit like raspberries, rhubarb and also a little floral. Yeast driven notes didn’t appear until day two. Complex, intense and lots of potential. — 5 years ago

with Shawn

Romain Fitoussi

8.9

Gamay nature. all in fruit. notes of red and black fruits. Explosive floral nose on notes of iris, peony, rose. Round and dense palate. Modern and ancestral wine at the same time. Requires 1 hour of ventilation to find your balance.

Gamay nature. tout en fruit. notes fruits rouges et noirs. Nez floral explosif sur des notes d’iris, pivoine, rose. Bouche ronde et dense. Vin moderne et ancestral en même temps. Nécessite 1 heure d’aération pour trouver son équilibre. — 6 years ago

Niall Huffman

8.9

Purple fruit, big burst of acidity, firm tannins — 6 years ago

Turd Ferguson

9.1

Burgundian style with typical cab franc markers. A little brett, rustic, some green pepper. High toned red with a very dark fruited bass note. Lithe and firm. Not super concentrated. After 3 hours starts to soften. Probably needed a few more years in the cellar. If you like the funk this rips with a fatty steak. // edit: got very pretty on night two. More of a roast chicken wine now — 7 months ago

Samuel Sabori

9.6

Wow. Brambly, crunchy, blackberries, clean, linear and expansive…. Subtle effervescence that held throughout the bottle. Buy all of them if you come across. It’s one of those bottles you ask, what else can you give? A very much perfect bottle but I can’t give 100 for some reason. — 3 years ago

Sagee Aran

9.1

An indigenous variety to the levant area in Israel.
A clear watery color, fresh nose, very balanced and pure on its palate. Mineral, crisp. — 4 years ago

Zack Hall

9.3

Cool stuff — 4 years ago

Shay A

9.3

My last of the 2014 Ultramarine’s. Sad day. Thankfully 2015s are up next, and I was able to secure extra 2016s during the release a few months back.

This was one of three bubblies (2010 Larmandier-Bernier VV du Levant, Egly Ouriet Rosé) opened alongside a lineup of some fun wines when a buddy, @Shawn R , was in town. As always, my experience with these wines is so unique. You can always tell this is like grower champagne from first smell and sip. Gorgeous golden color in the glass. I normally pick up aromas of cream soda with Ultramarine (aside from their rosé), but didn’t get that here. Caramel dipped golden delicious apples, spiced cider, brioche, a little shaved almond, sporting a gentle “oxidative” flair. On the palate it’s zippy and racy with a distinct herb crusted yellow fruit profile (which I get on some Heintz Chardonnays), alongside more apple, poached pear, and kiss of ripe red Berry fruits. There is also a backbone of limestone/mineral here. When compared to the Larmandier-Bernier, this drank more new world, though if I had tried this blind and not next to a true champagne, I may have been able to get there.

As an aside, we drank half of this bottle (and of the other two bubblies as well) and then put a champagne stopper on it to revisit the next day. Upon opening, the bubbles seemed to have diminish quite a bit and it drank closer to a still wine...and then 30mins later, it was like this roared back to life for one last hurrah, full of bubbles and totally vibrant. Not sure I’ve seen a bubbly do that before. The last glass on the second day was just as good as the first glass on the first day. — 5 years ago

with Shawn

Bertrand BG

9.4

Great Sake. Made in France — 6 years ago

Joaquin Martinez

8.9

Great wine. Definitely worth trying again but I felt this was a bit one dimensional. A lot of pear, white fruit and slight apple, brioche and with slight acidity and but didn't change much after. I tried in 2025 so its 17 years old so maybe its past its peak or its waning but its my first wine of this age so maybe i need to try more. Either way, it's a delicious wine — 7 months ago

Tooty Frooty

9.2

God ungdomlig jos #tnwc — 2 years ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.0

2016 vintage. Jean-Michel Cazes (owner of famous Pauillac Cru Classé Lynch-Bages and more recently Haut-Batailley) bought this Minervois estate in 2002. This is the "grand vin", a blend of 70% Syrah, 15% Carignan, 20% Grenache and 5% Mourvèdre. A very spicy concentrated wine that is more about power than finesse. The colour is still deep dark red with hardly any sign of evolution. Intense spicy nose. Bold and powerful with black fruit hidden in spices. Long peppery finish. Take no prisoners. Abv. 14,5%. — 4 years ago

Gelert Hart

9.5

Young, literally bubbling from the pop of the cork. Primotivo style super blueberry — 5 years ago

Joe Weinberger

9.1

Chewy and rustic. This wine craves food. — 6 years ago

Fredybeans

9.0

Jaune clair
Nez fleur blanche lys herbe coupée
Bouche ample ronde puis acidité vive et côté cristallin
Finale minérale — 6 years ago

Joe Weinberger

9.2

Very rustic. Good acid and structure. This wine shines with food, particularly beef. One of the better wines I’ve had this year. — 6 years ago