Le Bel Olivier

Château Bel Air-Marquis d'Aligre

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1996

It’s been a couple years since I last enjoyed the 1996 and based off this experience, it’s continuing to age gracefully.

Double decanted the night before. The wine pours a garnet color with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of cassis, kirsch, purple flowers, tobacco, dried herbs, green pepper, old wood and gravelly earthy. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose, the finish is long and sanguine. So much soul, it could make Marvin Gaye blush. Drink now with patience (and a long decant) through 2041. Thanks for the assist
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— 5 months ago

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Lyle Fass

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Great wine. So savory.

Domaine Olivier Hillaire

Les Petits Pieds d'Armand Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend 2023

Reddish in color with fresh red fruits on the nose.

Medium in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate and fruit forward.

Showing red fruits with earth, light wood, spices, coffee and dark chocolates.

This is a very tasty Grenache from Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Nicely balanced with a nice mouthfeel. Complex and interesting to enjoy as a sipping wine.

Very approachable young, soft and elegant. Needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly, and will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.

Easy drinking and good by itself or with food.

100% Grenache grapes from 115 year old vines. Aged for 2 years in used French oak barrels. A small production of only 4,000 bottles.

16% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$90.
— 7 months ago

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Tom Casagrande

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Numbers I like: 100% Grenache, 115 yr.-old vines, 4000 bottles. Number I don’t like: 16% alcohol!
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Domaine Olivier B.

Les Amidyves Côtes du Ventoux Grenache Blend 2011

JKT
9.0

Thought all gone. Interesting take of Grenache and Syrah from Ventoux with a solid medium bodied still robust palate. Unfortunately it kinda overpowered the mixed menu of various eats. — 8 months ago

Olivier Bernstein

Les Lavrottes Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2017

Lots of cherry, berry, spice, earth & floral — a year ago

Lyle, Daniel and 3 others liked this

Château Bel Air

Lussac-St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2020

Really nice St. Emilion satellite wine. After 30 min the palate is ripe with red and black fruit and vegetation. The tannic bite on the back end is soft and smooth. Great QPR — a year ago

Château Olivier

Pessac-Léognan Blanc White Bordeaux Blend 2018

Lovely white Bordeaux. The Semillon dominated at the beginning, finishing with lemon from the Sauvignon Blanc. Straightforward and nowhere as complex as the Malartic-Lagraviere, but a delicious bottle of wine. The nose had a great citrus and flower aroma. — 4 years ago

Byron, Peter and 3 others liked this

Alice et Olivier De Moor

Coteau de Rosette Chablis Chardonnay 2018

Pale lemon/gold color with aromas of citrus, stone fruits, floral and slight oxidative notes. On the palate flavors of ripe apple, apricot and lemon citrus with notes of white flowers and spice. Medium+ finish, vivid acidity ending with fruit and oxidative mineral character. — 5 months ago

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Goedhart Family

Bel' Villa Syrah 2020

Inky in color with short purple rim.

Strong nose of black currants, plums, oak, tar, licorice, spices, charcoal and light blood notes.

Full-bodied and bold with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry on the palate with black currants, black plums, dark chocolates, oak, spices, licorice, tobacco and peppercorn.

Long finish with round tannins and tangy cherries.

This is a delicious Syrah from Red Mountain in Washington State. Rich and extracted, yet not in your face kind of wine.

This Single Vineyard Syrah is well balanced with nice complexity. Fruit forward and spicy.

I had the 2022 not too long ago, and it definitely gets better with age. Will continue to age nicely in the next 7 years.

Good by itself as a sipping wine. A New world Syrah on the nose and palate.

100% Syrah grapes were aged for 18 months in 50% new oak barrels. 80% french and 20% American oak barrels. A small production of only 3,000 bottles. Unfiltered.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$40.
— 7 months ago

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Alice et Olivier De Moor

Sans Bruit Saint-Bris Sauvignon 2018

Rich full body, lovely acidity, stone fruit with hints of nut and sherry, soft tannins — 7 months ago

Olivier Leflaive

Chassagne-Montrachet Chardonnay

Выпито четвертым вином в тот же день 12.10.25 в Puesto. Что сказать - прекрасное. Шардоне 2022 года. — 8 months ago

Domaine Olivier Hillaire

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2023

Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.

Fruity nose and medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate and fruit forward.

Showing red cherries, currants, light wood, plums and chocolate notes.

Short finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.

Nicely balanced with mild complexity. Spicy and entertaining.

Easy drinking and good by itself or with food.

A blend of 90% Grenache and 10% Syrah. Aged in French oak barrels.

15.5% alcohol by volume.

89 points.

$40.
— a year ago

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Alice et Olivier De Moor

Bourgogne-Chitry Chardonnay 2018

Electricity in a bottle. Screaming acidity, wet rock, green apple, lemon zest. — 4 years ago

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Francine et Olivier Savary

Sélection Vieilles Vignes Chablis Chardonnay 2018

Old vine chard. Apple butter, minimal oak, a pastiche of orchard Grove fruits! — 6 years ago

Tom, Dave and 8 others liked this

Damien Laureau

Le Bel Ouvrage Savennières Chenin Blanc 2001

JKT
9.2

Wow medium yellow and complex nutty earthy ripe orange spicy notes carrying through to bracing acidity and firm texture then long finish. No sign of oxidation from previous notes and giving it higher ratings. — 6 months ago

Olivier Leflaive

Les Sétilles Bourgogne Chardonnay 2020

Somm David T
9.2

Olivier’s craft is impeccable, even in Bourgogne.

Slightly sour Meyer lemons, lime zest, ripe pineapple flesh, green melons, cream, caramel & butterscotch notes, sea spray, oysters, volcanic minerals, shade of mushroom, sea fossils, some ginger, yellow flowers/lilies with greens, round vicious acidity, good balance, well knitted & elegant finish that lasts 90 seconds and long sets on minerals & spice.

@SevenCaynonsSedona
— 8 months ago

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Château Bel-Air Lagrave

Cru Bourgeois Moulis en Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 1995

JKT
9.0

Balance and soft textures thirty years! Say ten years after acquiring from JR whose email says matriarch passing freed up this library holding back then. — 8 months ago

Olivier Leflaive

Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru Chardonnay

This wine is good but not worth the price . It was $127 . Had at home — a year ago