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Château de Beauregard

Grand Beauregard Joseph Burrier Pouilly-Fuissé Chardonnay 2015

Not bad, worth buying 3

Burghound 93
Review Date: 10/2025
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(this is only released after 10 years of bottle aging). A fully mature, exotic and somewhat honeyed nose displays full-on secondary aromas of spice and ripe white-fleshed fruit but no sous-bois. The delicious, rich and full-bodied flavors are a combination of succulence and power while displaying excellent length on the clean, dry and complex finale. This is exceptionally good and especially so for the vintage.

Vinous 93
Review Date: 08/2025
The 2015 Pouilly-Fuissé Grand Beauregard Hommage à Joseph Burrier is a special cuvée, a selection of the best dozen or so casks, aged two years in cask, one year in stainless steel and seven years in bottle. It has a lucid green-gold hue and a very Côte d'Or-like bouquet that you might liken to a Chassagne-Montrachet—very well defined with scents of lime, yellow flowers and later a touch of clear honey. The palate is lightly spiced on the entry with a dab of stem ginger, tangy with marmalade and sour lemon. Slightly petrolly towards the finish like a mature Riesling with noble reduction, this is a fascinating late-release that will give pleasure over many years.(NM)
— 6 months ago

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Now that’s an interesting wine!
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Once you read about it’s hard to resist buying. $70.00

Domaine Dujac

Echezeaux Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2008

Gorgeous nose with strawberry, plum, stone iron and floral notes. Charming. This has lovely lucid fruit with good grip and some earthy notes. Pure and balanced and delicious. Young but excellent — 2 years ago

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Aravind, Lyle and 15 others liked this

Grosjean Frères

Vallée d'Aoste Pinot Noir 2020

Looks really good in a glass - lucid and dark cherry-raspberry like Chambord, a cordial tension of fruits and minerals. It's really lovely and has just enough complexity to work for a weeknight or weekend. — 4 years ago

Ted, Andrew and 8 others liked this

Grosjean Frères

Torrette Petit Rouge Blend 2019

A welcoming nose is something I appreciate. Fresh red cherries, rose petals, and milk chocolate. The mouth is lucid and saline, youthful and vibrant. Minerals and sour cherry, soil, and mushrooms. — 5 years ago

Paul, Jay and 13 others liked this

Heinrich Mayr (Nusserhof)

Südtirol Kretzer Rosé Lagrein 2018

Beautiful lucid magenta hue. Strawberry, minerals, violets. Really nice. — 6 years ago

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Awesome!
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@Severn Goodwin as you can see, we didn’t like it but we drank it anyway
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Plastic Cups + Park = Generally Crushable Wine.

Le Clos du Caillou / Domaine du Caillou

Les Quartz Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2014

Lucid, pure Grenache, elegant with soft caressing tannins. Captures the vintage and place so well. Not a complex or beguiling wine but simply beautiful and drinking great right now. Nice to see it unwind some since LBT. Over ripe strawberry confiture, lavender, garrigue, macerated raspberry, warm earth. — 6 years ago

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Frederic Esmonin

Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2009

Pretty on the nose. Raspberry,violets, brambly fruit. Quite lucid, clear and poised. Less ripe and plush than I expected for the vintage. A decent, slightly tart, finish — 6 years ago

Eric, Jason and 15 others liked this

Domaine François Raveneau

Valmur Chablis Grand Cru Chardonnay 2008

Posed and delicious. A hint of honey, some rock pool, pear and ripe apple. Stone and great texture. Long but a little less lucid than the mag of Monte alongside. Excellent — 8 months ago

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Domaine Catherine Cuchet-Béliando

Cornas Syrah 2012

Very pretty. Lucid fruit. Good structure with a savory and animal element. Not too intense but very correct with black pepper and herbs. Good stuff — 2 years ago

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This stuff is probably on the way to becoming the next Clape or Allemand. So delicious.
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It was a beautifully made wine. Lacked a little of the intensity of those two but great clarity of flavor. I’ll definitely keep an eye out for these going forward

Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier

Les Amoureuses Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2002

Lush and opulent. Cherry, raspberry. Pure and clear. Lucid and charming. Very delicious and focused. — 2 years ago

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great notes. I was busy eating as much Normandy butter as I could.
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Ah… the small mountain of immaculate butter. That and the baguette alone would be a treat of a meal. It was lovely to share a dinner with you after so long.
Alan Weinberg

Alan Weinberg

Yes—hope next time is sooner and seating closer so we can share a few laughs.

Arianna Occhipinti

Terre Siciliane Il Frappato 2018

Enjoyable but priced $15 too steep. At $45 we need deeper complexity and this is delicate but not inspiring.

The nose is soft. Raspberry and candied cherry. The palette is salty and lean - sandy, loamy, lucid.

There’s skill here in the interplay but you’d be nearly as well off with SP68.
— 5 years ago

Milissa, Severn and 14 others liked this

Domaine Roulot

Meursault - Bouchères 1er Cru Chardonnay 2010

This is glorious. Oily-textured. Lemon, slate, pear, a beautiful undertow off steel and rich fruit. A really persistent and lucid mid palate of green fruit and great balance and acidity. The Raveneau of meursault. Delicious — 6 years ago

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Bonneau du Martray

Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Chardonnay 2008

Intense lemon oil and limestone on the nose. A hint of sandalwood. Very lucid and defined. Great balance. Very good. — 6 years ago

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Alan Weinberg

Alan Weinberg

when it’s on, so good. But premox and new pricing remind me of Leflaive. Fortunately I’m still sitting on some.
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I’ve been lucky with premox with these. Agreed on the pricing though- you used to be able to afford to buy in quantity, and I’m never really that convinced about whether it’s worth the $ the new owners are now charging. Thank heavens for boillot

Château Gruaud Larose

Larose de Gruaud St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1959

What a joy. On opening the nose is spectacular and floral. After a few minutes in glass it’s settled. Leather, graphite, blood. There’s roses, delicate underbrush. Very lucid and clear. What a treat. — 2 years ago

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Domaine Jean-Louis Chave

Hermitage Syrah 1978

From Mag. An absolute wow of a bottle. The nose is crazy intense, lucid and profound. Dark plum fruit with a whiff of band aid, iron, black pepper, a tangy meatiness. Loads of delicate floral notes floating around, but a soulful and pristine bottle. As fresh as an early 2000’s bottle but so much age and precision going on. Wonderful. Just spectacular. — 2 years ago

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Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg

Les Feusselottes Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2006

Soft and pretty. Delicate rose edges with pretty bright plum fruit. Lucid and vivid. Very good — 2 years ago

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Bob, Mark and 9 others liked this

Alpha Estate

Hedgehog Vineyard Xinomavro 2018

Unfamiliar grape from uncommon place. Best described (by me) as remixed Nebbiolo with twist of cherry mint. Powerful and lucid at once, high alcohol, big boy tannin. Light and the color of ruby cherry juice with notes of pine and foresty cherry lozenge. — 5 years ago

Hermes, Tom and 9 others liked this

Lucid Wine

L.08 "Wanderlust" Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Peppery and smokey. — 5 years ago

Fran Medina

Fran Medina

Interesting blend. Cab with Barbera
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And Zinfandel

Domaine François Raveneau

Butteaux Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2011

A glorious wine. 2011 Raveneau are great. Light, bright, transparent, lucid. An intense rock pool nose with slate, lime, honeysuckle. A touch of grapefruit. Quite light on the palate but very defined and delicious. Not super long on the finish but refreshing and complex. Perfect with the lobster salad. A study in the power of complexity over power and focus over richness. — 6 years ago

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Domaine François Raveneau

Montée de Tonnerre Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2012

Limpid lime green with straw color. A cool precise nose, saltiness, flint, lemon, floral notes. Very lucid and quite intense but light and defined. Very good — 6 years ago

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