Daniel M

9.1

Meat juice, soy sauce, black tea, blackberry juice, ripe cherries, leather, oak, wet forest soil... a lot happens on the nose here ! The palate is a model of balance. Good acid drive, nice savoury, and meaty notes along with cherry and blackberry touches all along. The mid-palate is expanding into some kind of a ball, with only oak tannins, that powers up a long and broad finish with the same savoury, meaty notes, the same red and black fruit juice touches, a tiny salt thing in the very end and and overall sense of a wine that is complete. It's not a trendy wine. It's not gimmicky. It's the essence of a very well-made old world wine, but man, does it deliver. — 9 months ago

Lev Lavrichtchev

9.0

Feb 2024: not too sophisticated but a typical Model Riesling, very nice, good value — 3 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.2

2021/5/5-6 with mole chichilo and chicken, katsuo tataki, etc. I adore this wine; this year’s model is especially effusive and giving. Soaring raspberry, strawberry, cherry and flowers - it really is Burgundian, but with that twist of blood orange that says Chianti. Limpid like cool spring water but with a savory mineral depth. People sometimes talk about dangerously drinkable wines, but this is truly that - so delicious and moreish it’s hard to stop. — 5 years ago

Jim Wagonfeld

9.2

Luis Seabra makes statement wines. This Albariño is med yellow in color with a nose of apple, pear almond and citrus. The creamy palate adds pineapple and peach. The wine is focused and a model of precision that offers a protracted finish. Not your quaffing vinho verde. His Xisto Cru blanco is even better. — 6 years ago

with Judy

Eric

9.4

Enjoying this jam bomb while cursing this model rocket build. — 6 years ago

Christian Adams

9.5

Thanksgiving Wine #3. Middle Model classic. Such ballance in a 2010 vintage. Unctious and rich, but bright and sexy. — 7 years ago

Daniel M

9.0

Nose of blackberry, garrigue, olive, Provence dry herbs, fig... so many layers. The palate is a model of balance with a strong acid backbone that plays along a lovely red and black Forrest fruit. Some tannins to kick off a bright and persistent finish with fruits. I love it — 8 years ago

Daniel M

9.2

No notes and biased review, of course. Superb pairing with beef, duck breast, chicken thigh and chorizo, and lamb kebabs made on the grill by yours truly.
Blackberry, black cherry, a bit of an irony touch, some black pepper. The palate is a model of balance with a peppery, cherry and irony touch, some light tannins and a super long finish with fruit and that nice nouthfeel that coats the entire mouth. This is a banger and for 10 EUR at the winery an absolute steal, once again. — a year ago

Bobbi Jo Broxson

9.0

Got better with time — 3 years ago

with Brian, Dave and 1 other

Audra Howarth

9.2

Tasted at model n in the summer. Spanish wine. — 5 years ago

Joe Gillies

9.0

Juicy black fruit leather and tobacco flavors. This is the model wine, when people say that CdR wines are the perfect food friendly wines. — 5 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.3

This year’s model is as wonderful as ever, notably meaty and rich but still classical and balanced — 6 years ago

Susan Hanners

9.1

This is what all pinots should model, inviting on the nose, light but full of delight! Dark, tangy, strong lasting finish — 7 years ago

Daniel M

8.9

Herbal nose with a hint of lemon, some mineral thing going on too like crushed oyster shell. The palate is a model of balance with a sheer acid backbone and some layers of fruits, grip and a salty touch too. Good grip before a long finish with salt and lemon. 2nd take of the same vintage in 2 days. Killer value! — 7 years ago

Daniel M

9.2

This is right bank at its best ! Wet forest floor, mushrooms, oak, meat juice, earth, black currant, and almost a minty thing in the rear. Very complex. The palate is model of balance with good acid, a very soft, silky mouthfeel, some black currant and blackberry notes all along, some good width, some grippy tannins in the rear, that leave a tar-like impression over a long, fruity, meaty, umami finish that lasts for a very long while. This is great stuff. — a year ago

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9.7

Cedar and mint hints complement depths of musky red currant and dried cherries as the darkly alluring 2016 Brunello di Montalcino smolders up from the glass. This is a model of purity, with textures of pure silk. It's vibrant, verging on nervous acidity, mixing ripe strawberry with a tart cranberry crunch as orange traces add further depth toward the close. Still structured yet not aggressively so, the 2016 finishes long and staining. A gentle tug of fine tannins adds youthful poise as the cheeks pucker for another sip. This is already showing beautifully, yet patience is recommended. (Eric Guido, Vinous, December 2023)
— 3 years ago

AEL

9.3

Wow. This is one classy amarone. Well defined notes of dry dirt, dry flowers, and dried fruit on the nose. Smooth and sweet on palate, well balanced. A stunner, a model of its type - tough to picture a better amarone. Gift from Nate. — 5 years ago

Daniel M

8.9

Almond, cherry, and a bit of a mineral thing I can't place. A rather typical nose, rather intense. The palate is a model of balance: a wonderful sour cherry radiates throughout the entire palate. A good width with a thick matter, especially on the sides. A very smooth mouthfeel which reminds me of velvet. Some sweetness too, especially in mid palate, just before some drying yet gentle tannins which kick off a very fruity finish with those almond and sour cherry notes. A slight bitterness can be found in the end too. This is a good effort, I like it! — 6 years ago

Ron R

9.6

Another stellar wine from Mike and Rhonda.
A lovely surprise. Not your typical bombastic cab. A model of balance and restraint. Moderate sweetness combines with subtle acidity. Subtle sweetness combines with coffee and tobacco notes. Finish is like sinking into a black hole. This will cellar for donkeys years. — 7 years ago

with Mike and Anne-marie

Daniel M

10

Last wine in our flat in Paris before relocating to Warsaw, Poland. A 10 because this wine in this vintage is probably the one I’ve had the most over the time we’ve spent here. Nose of rose petal, cherry, a bit of a humid forest soil scent too which I haven’t smelled with this one before. The palate is, as always, a model of balance with striking acids, lots of fruits (cherry, red forest berries). A light kick in the end of the palate with a nice finish with cherry and raspberry. A nice grip all along the palate. Not as wide and opulent as I recalled it but much more subtle, contemplative. I like it so much! Now I can’t wait to taste my first wine in our new flat in Warsaw! — 8 years ago