romo

8.9

Bit of creamy wood needs food. — 7 months ago

Ian Hamel

9.2

2024/7/17-18. Now a premier cru vineyard. Still very young, a bit yogurt and lactic initially, which clams but remains as a roundness complementing the high-toned character. There’s lemon tart, flowers, yogurt cream, butter, chalk, and some vanilla and mace. Very balanced and drinkable on the palate — 2 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2021 | much body and concentration, peach in smell, good balance — 3 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.1

Rich but balanced style. Golden apple, honeysuckle, brioche. — 3 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.2

2022/5/28 with tai sashimi 2 ways, tomato in dashi, chicken and new onion in pea and white miso soup, etc. There may be some bias since I’ve been looking for bottles like this since being reminded of how good classicist white Burgundy is with Kyoto food, but this really did it, and even more so considering the price. Savory, salty minerals, butter and citrus, the requisite oak, some honey from maturity - it all just works. — 4 years ago

Willem Booij

9.2

This is a very nice and delicate style of Chardonnay from Merlin, small Clos with just around 1200 bottles a year — 5 years ago

Alexandra Wood

9.1

Delightful white burgundy - hints of oak with a decent amount of citrus — 6 years ago

Conrad Green

9.3

Very fresh and bright. Merlin and hints of lime. Slate and salinity. Great presence on the mid palate and a long way to go still. Very good — 10 months ago

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Jake Hajer

9.1

Slightly different: La Cote… — 2 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2021 | @delectable Blanc! 70 Rousanne 30 Marsanne | flint, minerals — 3 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

@delectable Francois Merlin condrieu chandon.

Nose: intense flowers. Mineral. Amazing.

Palate zingy minerals. Elegantly tropical. — 3 years ago

Greg Gratson

9.4

Good wine from Berkeley wine — 5 years ago

Ivor

9.0

Fresh Smokey and earthy. And only 12,5%!!! — 5 years ago

Quinn Roberts

9.1

❤️ Sancerre rouge. — 6 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.2

2024/9/4-5. Perhaps the most complete of the Merlin Pouilly 1ers I’ve had so far (though I still haven’t opened the Clos de France and was only able to get 2021, not 2020). There’s an overall balance and subtlety to the wine, but the elements are all there - fruit, mineral, acid, just a hint of judicious oak — 2 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.1

2024/7/7-10. Glossy yellow gold. Lemon rind, apple tart, toast, stone and custard. Mouth filling but not tiring, good acidity. Good Pouilly, enjoyable now but with the ability to evolve a bit more — 2 years ago

Jon Colvin

10

Wow! So good. Enjoyed at Bin 152 in Charleston SC. — 3 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Not as good as the 2018 which is weird as 19 is usually better than 18 in Cote Rotie. Let’s see what air does. Noseis funky, floral, spicey and a bit horsey. Hopefully it blows off. Very nice framing minerality but the horse is here and will gallop off into the distance soon. Paste is ripe and juicy with terrific power, depth and concentration. Big, ripe and sweet tannins. Super pure and super young. Engaging freshness and energy but the tannins are a bit aggressive and less focused than I’d like. 9.3 for now. Let’s see. It is opening up to be very elegant but also there is a sur maturite factor that’s not that great and the fruits is losing focus. HMMMMMMM??? — 4 years ago

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9.0

The 2019 Mâcon La Roche Vineuse Vieilles Vignes is completely barrel fermented; however, since ‘03 Merlin has utilised less new oak, currently using around 10-15%. The 2019 is well-defined on the nose with hints of white flowers and orange blossom. The palate is quite spicy and peppery, a powerful Mâcon with just a light touch of honey towards the finish. Very fine. (Neal Martin, Vinous, November 2021)
— 5 years ago

Michael Mallon

8.9

Ripe red fruit, dried herbs and some characteristic blood and sweat. A bit hot. — 6 years ago