Ron Siegel

9.4

From a just opened owc purchased on futures. This was youthful that had a polished mouthfeel with notes of red & black fruits, earth, spice, licorice, herbs, & tobacco. — 12 days ago

Jay Kline

9.6

My first experience with the wines of the late Philippe Engel and what better occasion than our humble take on La Paulée. I’ve heard that bottle variation can be a thing with these wines so we held our collective breath when opening. However, our concerns were unfounded as this bottle was not only sound, but beautiful.

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple hours. The 2001 Clos Vougeot pours a pale ruby color with a translucent core; medium viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with perfumed notes of ripe and slightly dried strawberry, raspberry, dried flowers, licorice, sous bois, truffle, dried herbs, and a mix of cool and gentle warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and the texture is silky. A profoundly soulful wine and one that will live long in my memory. Drink now through 2041. — 4 months ago

romo

9.2

Spritz on PnP, medicinal volatility calmed down after 20mins. Creamy lemon verbana, cut flower stems. Not totally correct. — 5 months ago

Tegan Marriott

9.2

Pet nat Sat.eve for us! Adore this Loire vinter! Ethical winemaking techniques are evident here! Blood orange+ watermelon rinds active bubbles ,flora galore! No fault-finding here madames & sirs!! — 7 months ago

Matt Perlman

9.2

Consistent with previous—reliably excellent rhone white — 3 years ago

Jiga Hitorn

9.6

Special wine! — 4 years ago

Willem Booij

9.2

Fine wine, good acidity and mineral’s — 5 years ago

Daniel M

9.2

We are celebrating my daughter's entering teenage years (tomorrow) and this Château Pape Clément 2012 is a year older than she is. I bought 2 bottles of it at a foire aux vins in 2014 back in Paris, have kept it since then, it went through a bunch of moves, including one from Paris to Warsaw and it came back in the trunk of our car this summer for the occasion. The carbon imprint of this (very heavy, on top of it) bottle is not great...
It was served along 2 massive beef tomahawk steaks cooked to medium-rare perfection by my dad.
Cassis, tar, tobacco, cedar, oak, a touch of red bell pepper which turned into menthol and black pepper as the wine warmed up in the glass (I had it chilled to 16°c and opened to shoulders).
The palate is full bodied, broad, layered, with cassis, black cherry, tar and oaky notes all along. It rolls on the tongue. The mouthfeel is soft and delicate but mutes into a grainy, gravely tannic wall that disrupts the finish and creates an additional layer of complexity. The finish is long, complex, evolving a tiny bitter note in the very end. The vintage is what it is and it can be felt in the way the wine is broad without being the broadest and in the mouthfeel which is a bit soft and lacking a tad of thickness. It's nevertheless a great wine which went super well with the steak. Happy Birthday Amelia! — 5 days ago

Anthony De Blasi

9.4

Confirming my orevious bottle 1,5 years ago. In an excellent phase, medium to full bodied. Nice! — 5 months ago

Nishith Jobanputra

9.0

Tart, bright, savory, cloudy. Lovely. Satellite bottle shop. — 7 months ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.2

Classic sauvignon blanc nose with a smooth and buttery finish. Balanced but needs more time. Served with tuna tartar — 7 months ago

Daniele Cuzin

9.0

Enjoyed it for Christmas 2022 for the aperitif with blinis caviar and scallops bacon — 4 years ago

RBS

9.0

Bright, tart with notes of dried apricot and a mild saline finish. — 4 years ago

Timothy Eustis

Wine Director, Red Lion Inn

9.3

Really good. Super Syrah. Balanced with good acidity and fruit. — 15 days ago

Tegan Marriott

9.4

Viva la Rhone, et Magnifique! — 4 months ago

JFP

9.2

2023 vintage. Quite pleasant. Fits well with Stilton.. — 4 months ago

Jay Kline

9.4

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a few hours. Black plastic cork; the standard for Dard et Ribo. The 2015 “Les Rouges des Baties” pours a deep, dull ruby/purple with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears and some sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of wild black brambles, oil cured olive, roasted meat, purple flowers, black pepper, a mix of organic and inorganic earth and dried herbs. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. An utterly beautiful expression of Crozes-Hermitage and this worked really well with goose from South Dakota. I’m smitten. Drink now through 2035. — 6 months ago

Brandon Boesch

9.4

This is lovely, needed an hour of air and warming up. Good fruit, acidity, stone, lemons, hint of bread and almonds. Would get again at this price. I like le mesnil better though. — 8 months ago

Josh Morgenthau

8.9

Consistently great value grower pink bubbles. Very crisp and mineral, a bit austere at this point, a lot of the sumptuous fruit has faded to leave chalk, some cranberry, and red grapefruit peel and pith.

Disgorged 2019, base 2015 wine. — 4 years ago

Ben Christen

9.6

Delicious. Tasted like more. Great blue fruit coolness. — 5 years ago

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