Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2022 | Só sweet that I thought it was Amarone. Rich smell that presents itself with much dimensions like a peacock tail. Gingerbread. Chocolate. Usually this sweetness repels me. But I like this wine. — 6 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2017 | clove smell like a fanning peacock 🦚 tail in taste high acidity and minerals — 3 years ago

Adam Beasley

8.9

Nice fruit here. Porch pounder - bottle disappeared in no time. Nothing terribly exciting, but certainly not offensive either. — 4 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2012 | mon Cherie cherries and chocolate, smell complex like a peacock tail — 5 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

Vintage 2010 | 3/4 transparant, awesome bouquet: red berries, cherries, leather, espresso, rosemary. After aeration the smell is like a peacock tail, beautiful expressions, multi layered. Powerful taste with a hint of almond bitters, lots of potential. Beautiful Sangiovese. Paired with risotto al funghi and parmiggiano. — 5 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 2011 / If port is an autumn winter wine, I advocate MacVin to be for spring and summer. This has a majestic smell that opens like a peacock tail. Impressive. Vibrant and playful taste. Light footed. — 6 years ago

Conrad Green

9.6

This is a very vivacious wine. A kaleidoscopic nose of bright red fruit, herbs, green olive, bright wood. A lovely dynamic palate- real tension and huge complexity. This is really young, but the peacock is starting to unfurl. Great. — 8 years ago

with Howard, Tony and 1 other

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

2023 | smell like a peacock tail, multi layered with pear, citrus, galia melon and much concentration. Beautiful. — 10 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.4

Vintage 2019 | Deep dark colour. Morellocherries. The smell opens up like a peacock 🦚 tail, I like that. Voleptuous rich taste, too young clearly - great potential! — 2 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.4

Vintage 2015 | smell opens like a peacock tail, multi layered, refinement and souplesse, Margaux Alike — 4 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 2016 | Smell that opens like a peacock tail: marsipan, candy sugar, rich and noble. Great balance, much potential. — 5 years ago

Tobin Trevarthen

9.6

The first year vintage. A special treat during our tasting. A great year was showing its peacock colors. Continued to evolve as the tasting wore on. Soften tannins, but fruit stool was lively and present. — 5 years ago

Carol Celeste

10

Love it. Very smooth. Not Oaked. Fermented in stainless steel. — 6 years ago

Hajime Kawasaki

9.0

美味しい。
デサートワインと銘打っているが、甘さはそれほどでも無い。爽やかな飲口。
フルーティだが複雑。 — 7 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.4

Vintage 2006 | Serine is an old and rare Syrah grape. I felt very lucky to taste this wine which at 19 years offered an intruiging expressive smell that opened up like a peacock tail. I could easily keep smelling and not tasting, such a joy the complex smell offered. Very well balanced, great wine imo. — 2 years ago

with Liselotte

Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

Vintage 2017 | smell with flint. Cacao. Smell like a fanning peacock tail, which I like a lot 😏 good acidity. Great balance. Long aftertaste. — 4 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.4

Ordered off the list at The Compound in Santa Fe. Deep dark brooding color. Has the funk in the nose. Notes of bright fruit, bing cherry, forest floor, sliced mushrooms and smoked meat. Could easily be guessed as old world given its style and funk. With air it blossoms and shows its full peacock. Really good juice. My first de la Cote wine and certainly not my last. — 5 years ago

A Burke

9.0

Excellent 2017 vintage — 5 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.6

I brought this. From a bottle with a 6 cm ullage. I was worried about giving this too much air before the tasting so I double decanted it and stopped it – so the air it got was at the event. This was a good strategy as it started out pretty nicely, but then powered up and had some peacock moments during the afternoon. My score grew during the day. Notes of raspberry and rhubarb and Asian spice that is typical of Vosne wines. Nice, sweet profile with complexity and pizazz that grew with air. Nice showing for a not so great bottle condition and a not so great vintage. — 5 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

Vintage 2009 / good concentration. Brushwood in smell, as well as bouillon. Complex smell, multi layered. It opens like a peacock tail. Cherries in a wonderful mature and yet vivid taste. Elegance. Long aftertaste that impresses me. — 7 years ago