La Croix De Beaucaillou

La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou

Saint Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2021

Sight: Fully opaque, legs, deep purplish red. Nose: Black fruit forward, plum. Mouth: Full bodied, high tannins, very earthy. — 8 days ago

La Croix de Saint Jean

Minervois Lo Mainatge Red Rhone Blend 2005

JKT
9.0

Yeah again still going strong but time to finish up — 3 days ago

Domaine des Croix (David Croix)

Pertuisots Beaune 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2021

Flinty reductive precision. So pretty and delicately wound up. Learned it is on Jurassic bedrock and makes total sense. Love what this guy is doing. — a month ago

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Domaine des Croix (David Croix)

Les Bressandes Beaune 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2011

Slightly reduced but truly good and balanced pinot. We liked it quite a bit and think this is an excellent source, its been half a dozen good bottles of different wines and vintages. — a month ago

Jose Roberto Palazzoveronique paillardAdriana Pagliano
with Jose, veronique and 1 other
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Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Le Petit Ducru Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2021

Damn good bottle of wine..

Edit… came back as I couldn’t stop thinking about this bottle all night.

California wines were my ‘gateway drug’. I moved away from these wines as I learned about and tried the many many varietals around the world. Ultimately, I fell in love with the quality and, frankly, accessibility of Italian wines. Over the last 5 or 10 years i’ve tried many Italians, travelled to and gotten to know the regions reasonably well. Italy vino is my thing.

But French wine… it eludes me. I know there are great wines — maybe the best. But the country is so large, the regions and varieties so diverse, the price, sometimes too discouraging, that I simply haven’t learned enough about the wines to know my way around the offerings or how to find the wines I love.

But… I know they are there. I’ve had my share. And just how “every now and then a squirrel finds a nut”, so to do I, from time to time find my way to a great French bottle to remind me I’ve leveled up.

This bottle, for me, was one of those reminders. I actually opened it by accident. While bummed it had no age, I was so happy to drink it. I’ll probably buy a few more to cellar… and, yeah, will probably now spend a little more time and money brushing up on my French…

— a month ago

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Château La Croix de Gay

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2024

4 hectares
97,5 M 2,5 CF
Bellissima interpretazione dell’annata.
Fresco, teso e molto piacevole.
Poca struttura ma ben bilanciata.
Bel finale che dona peso e carattere.
92-93
— 11 days ago

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Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

Cork fell in at some point, but can it drink any better than this still? I don’t think — 19 days ago

Domaine Bernard Baudry

La Croix Boissée Chinon Cabernet Franc 2017

pepper, herbs, and mature fruit. — 20 days ago

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Château La Rame

Sainte-Croix-du-Mont Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 2019

First bottle we had in many years. Was nice and fresh but not as complex as our recollection from great vintages. — 3 months ago

Jose Roberto Palazzoveronique paillardAdriana Pagliano
with Jose, veronique and 1 other
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