John Cotman

9.0

Crisp, clean with a honey finish. — 8 months ago

Pralav Pradhan

9.0

Smell : A bit volatile, strong green apple notes.
Taste : Flowery characteristics, green apple notes, and slightly buttery when swirleded in mouth.
Body: Medium bodied. Sweet.
Finish : Long finish with strong green apple notes

Summary: Crisp and sweet wine. Best enjoyed as an aperitif. — 6 years ago

John Landis

9.3

Lovely gold color with lovely notes of lightly Oakes pineapple. In the mouth lovely balanced flavors of Chardonnay with long finish. — 7 years ago

Allyson Vaccaro-Pelton

9.6

Dry but easy to drink! Loved the tasting room when we visited — 7 years ago

Jared O'Connell

9.2

2 hr decant, then drank over 2 hours. Complex aromas of dense dark red fruits and menthol and tobacco that mingled evolved over 2-3 hours then started to evolve into overripe plum, candied black licorice and cedar. Palette is bold. In the early hours it was intensely Oakes but over time it opens up into more stewed overripe old sweet fruits umm like tasty fermented fruit? Some cacao and leather. Menthol on the finish. Still modestly tannic in a gravely way but it’s in balance, but does work better with food. — a year ago

Dennis Kellison

9.0

Great chard, Oakes, buttery — 6 years ago

Matt Stemple

9.3

Really sweet. Low alcohol content. Good with spicy foods. — 7 years ago

Willie Carter

8.9

A pale light yellow in the glass. Delicate small bubbles and nice creaminess. The nose is incredibly fresh with a touch of menthol complemented by pineapple. Nuttiness and baked bread along with pears. Tasted in the Grassl 1855 which showed more autolytic aromas after given time and air.

Another stellar champagne from the 2008 vintage. Blanc de blancs from Montgenost disgorged in 2019. Lowish dosage of 5 g/l but it doesn’t bring searing acidity, instead it delivers intensity, purity, and drama.

Pleasing and pleasant, there’s quite a bit to like here. The palate is focused and harmonious with complexity. Lively and intense on the tongue with plenty of citrus that recedes only for brioche bread to take the lead. Minerality on the long finish. Revisit this a few more years down the road and you’ll be happy. — 3 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.1

On the Lawn at Tanglewood this evening with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Our guest conductor David Newman is leading a live-to-picture performance of Leonard Bernstein’s score for “West Side Story”, originally directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, and with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
For live-to-picture productions, the orchestra performs the entire movie score in real time as the film unspools. (Vocals, dialogue and effects are isolated from the original music track.) The BSO installed very fancy and large LED screens on the perimeter of the Shed facing the Lawn, amazing!

Very nice light Salmon color. Nice fruit, 50% Cinsault & 50% Grenache. Very tasty, much better than their still rosé. — 6 years ago

Ashley Alexander

9.0

Surprisingly really good! — 7 years ago