Neck Oil
Château Cos d'Estournel
Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2005
Domaine François Raveneau
Montée de Tonnerre Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2004
A hint of oxidative notes and a really pretty, quite intense nose. Lanolin, lemon oil, slate. Very clear and pretty with a splash of salinity on the finish. Good texture. Excellent. — 7 months ago
Domaine Leflaive
Les Pucelles Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Chardonnay 2011
Not poxed! Hints of age. Corn and lemon oil, oyster shells. Intense and balanced. Great — 4 months ago
Dom Pérignon
Brut Champagne Blend 2008
Medium lemon colour . Persistent and fine perlage. This is quite restrained at first with lemon oil , toasty baked pastry and oyster shell hints . On the palate this is really quite intense , honied lemon , ginger, toasty yellow fruits , toasted nuts and quite mineral, oyster shell hints. Long and complex on the finish , fresh acidity , intense and complete . Needs a little more time, will show even better in 5 -10 years or so and over the next 10-15 years . — 6 months ago
Château Lafite Rothschild
Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1995
1995 vintage. Light-medium body. Opened but not decanted. High neck fill. Solid cork. Relatively light sed. Tasted after one hour. Dusty with velveteen notes up front and a gradual thinning of intensity on the finish. As per the LR style, no explosive characteristics, only a seamless quality evident. This will hold in place for 7-8 years. 8.16.24. — a year ago
Yves Cuilleron a Chavanay
La Petite Côte Condrieu Viognier 2019
Oiliness, wool, lemon oil.
Citruss fruits (lemon), stonefruit (white peaches), white flowers, dandelions, viscous and textured like lemon oil. Waxy.
A bit of honeycomb and then a slight bitterness of almost like biting into an herb or like dried sea buckthorn, even.
Interesting and memorable. — 5 months ago
Vincent Dauvissat
Les Clos Chablis Grand Cru Chardonnay 2004
Fully mature. Some light notes of sherry, limpid lime, oyster shells, lemon oil, slate. Complex, long and delicious. Very good. — 6 months ago
Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego
2005 vintage. Last tasted 11.23.23 (9.4), 11.15.19 (9.4), 06.01.17 (9.5) Last bottle. Respectable, low neck fill. Used a Durand and excellent cork. Decanted with sticky (to the bottle) sediment and not that much floating loose to navigate. Tasted after 30 minutes. Those inimitable, sexy Cos stylings. Medium/medium heavy (still!?) bod. Richness. Ample fruit. Slight amount of aged George Clinton/Bootsy funk. Highly restrained tannins. Woah. This. Did. Not. Suck. Time to reorder. 9.13.25. — 2 months ago