Leslie Matheson

9.5

Lovely aged wine. Drank in June 2026. Dark brick in colour. Lots of body still with strong acid and longish finish. Dark fruit nose and palate. Very lovely wine. Had with BBQ steak & fresh crab. — 7 days ago

John Asbury

10

8 years young and stunning, this Walla-Walla Chardonnay from the now shuttered Buty Winery was worth the wait. Enveloped in warm apple cobbler and toasted bread the scent flows right into a full mouth of American Chard delight. Light on new oak (a noted characteristic of Washington Chards) this delicious wine hits every point spot-on for me. The mint and lime finish carries on the flavor well, too. I’m going to miss the selections from Buty. They remain a solid favorite. — 4 years ago

Lou Hensley

10

Like it a lot — 5 years ago

Stas Medvedev

9.2

🏅Rating 92+/100 (4,25⭐)

Cédric Moussé is the fourth generation of his family to make champagne at Moussé Fils. He is young, energetic and innovative.

In 2012, Mousse completed construction of a new winery in Cuisles, designed to be as environmentally sustainable as possible. It is state of the tech art.

In 2005, Moussé joined the Club Trésors de Champagne, and began making a Spécial Club champagne in that vintage. It's the first 100-percent meunier champagne in the history of the Club.

Single vineyard Meunier comes from 4 plots in lieu-dit “Les Fortes Terres”.

Pale pink gold colour. Crushed almonds, raspberry and strawberry with splash of milk (full malo). Reductive winemaking puts emphasis on the purity of the fruit! 1g/l dosage is enough to balance. Broad-shouldered on the palate. Dry long finish. Spent over 3 years sur lee and disg. 10/2019

Solar 2015 vintage speaks from the glass. Overall that was a warm year which started with a mild and humid winter, followed by quite a dry spring and summer. Harvest started on the 9th of September.

This is one of Champagne's finest examples of pure meunier!

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Instagram: @wine_talks_club — 6 years ago

Jacinda Bronaugh

9.5

Sassy and full of pep it’s a great summer wine - maybe not Lee Hazelwood/Nancy Sinatra “Summer Wine” but fun nonetheless. — 8 years ago

with Randy

Meeter B

8.9

How can you just walk away from me
When all I can do is watch you leave?
'Cause we've shared the laughter and the pain. And even shared the tears
You're the only one who really knew me at all. You are light, dry and when you opened up, you were slightly fruit and tobacco filled. Me leaving you is against all odds. With @Miles Macdonell @Taft Morgan @Ginette — 9 years ago

Michael Chelus

9.3

Cherry, raspberry, eucalyptus, vanilla, cassis, mossy earth and oak. Full-bodied and soft tannins. — 4 months ago

Paul J

8.9

Sweeter than I expected. Lemongrass and metallic flavors dominate. Decent acidity and deep flavors. Medium plus depth. Not bad. — 3 years ago

with Brooke

Sarah Milsow-Guenther

9.4

Another Buty/beast that has aged so well — 4 years ago

Rob Brobst III

10

Just had a 1-on-1 with Lee Hudson. What an amazing man and asset to the California wine industry..... a transcendent evening! @Antonio Galloni @Paul T- Huntington Beach @Shay A @Warren Sapp @Mike R — 5 years ago

yan ho

8.9

with jon henry lilly lee 6/20/19 — 7 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.3

Second winery on day two in Sonoma was Hanzell Vineyards with Whitney. Third wine was the Hanzell Chardonnay, which is their flagship Chardonnay bottling. All the fruit comes from five of their estate vineyards with an average age of 29 years; de Brye, Zellerbach, Day, Ramos and Ambassador's 1953 vineyards. This bottling is fermented in a mix of stainless steel (62%) and new French oak barrel (38%), the later goes through lee stirring for two months. Aged for a total of twelve months in neutral French oak with all barrel fermentation going through malolactic.

Medium to medium plus lemon yellow with a slight golden hue. Lovely Chardonnay nose with layers of stone, tree and tropical fruits followed by an interesting note of herbal tea like chamomile and honeysuckle. A touch of citrus zest and brioche. Some more mouthwatering acidity on this bottling from Hanzell (7/10) with a medium plus body. Rich palate with a touch of butter, citrus, honeysuckle and some white stone fruits. A nice creamy mouthfeel with a long, lingering finish. Drink till 2032. (93+)

$$$ - Tasted at the winery. Retail price is $78.00. — 8 years ago

with India

Henrik Poulsen

9.2

@Delectable Wine Pinot Noir, Lee Vineyard — 9 years ago

with Yan and Kurt-Inge

Caleb Kneip

9.0

Whoa! Chipotle peppers! Crazy yummy, tasted his whole lineup which was excellent but this was a superb CabFranc. — 2 years ago

Chrissy O'Hara

9.0

Good-one of the fort chairman selects we bought at the state store when we moved. Splinters — 4 years ago

Neil Valenzuela

8.9

Deep ruby color. Dark fruit, leather and spices. Not a bad wine from Morgan Hill, CA. — 4 years ago

Luis Arguero (@winefromAtoZ)

8.9

Morgan Winery G17 Santa Lucia Highlands Syrah 2018. Made up of 94% Syrah, 3% Grenache & 3% Tempranillo, this full-bodied wine is dark, rich & round with vibrant palate flavors of pepper, lavender & black fruits. Cheers🍷 — 6 years ago

James Forsyth

8.9

Pears, papaya. Good acidity and freshness. Fairly reserved. Quite nicely done. Lightly toasted. #wbc18 — 8 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.3

Representative wine poured at the California Old Vine Seminar featuring Morgan Twain-Peterson and Tegan Passalaqua, moderated by John Alban. Informative event st Hospice du Rhône. — 8 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

SVV is a limited-production winery producing estate-grown-and-bottled red wines. For more than a century, the Corkum-Derby family has been farming the area known as Spring Valley, first planting grapes in 1993, with first estate grown and bottled wine in 1999. Aromas of berry fruit with citru and pepper nose. On the is palate blackberry & raspberry flavors with oak and cracked pepper, good focus, drinks well now. Lingering finish ends on the spicy side. — 9 years ago