Matthew Cohen

9.7

Nose: dense. Lemon flower. Dense minerals

As this opens penetrating perfect lemon. Like ride of the Valkyries. Im screaming with pleasure.

Palate: super dense. Dense minerals. Rich. Lemon. Damn. Delicious. As this opens a roundness. That Corton richness.

Brando: The density. The density.

Terrific length

Fass selections. — 2 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.6

2005 vintage. From magnum. Open 3.5 hours. Top of the bell curve but years to go at that summit. Great, aged Bordeaux nose of leather, brick, earth and dried cherry. Medium body. All that along for the ride with some big cigar/tobacco notes on the expectedly lengthy finish. This will hold steady in this fantastic phase for at least a half-decade. — 5 years ago

Scott Petrus

9.4

If Chardonnay had a North Star this would be it. The purity and freshness of this wine is hard to match. A creamy and lengthy finish makes this a roller coaster ride. — 6 years ago

Natalie Talaga

9.7

Peppery start, then a smooth ride with leather and fruit. Delicious! — 6 years ago

Jackson Swearer

9.2

Very dry. Excellent wine. Best with food. — 7 years ago

David Kline

9.0

Earthy, herbaceous aromas of Brown, river mud and clay, cattails, plantain, fungus and peach, with matchsticks and ripe grapefruit. Medium-creamy texture sharpens into bright lemon citrus and Granny Smith morphing into crabapples. Green table grapes, sage, peppercorn, grapefruit and orchid textures shoot to clean river and trout bones. Racy, with twists and turns, a real ride down the rapids #chardonnay #chard #espino #chile #williamfèvre #mountainwine #maipoandes #maipo #SanJuandePirque #pirque — 8 years ago

with Courtney

Richard Fleming

10

Like a fresh and relaxing bicycle ride around the Nieusiedler Zee. — 9 years ago

Jay Kline

9.2

Popped and poured, the 2019 “Vigna Rionda” pours a brilliant garnet color with medium+ viscosity and no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with fresh red cherries, forest strawberries, tar, some red flowers, some light baking spices. One the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is dry and finishes with a flourish. A baby and yet this is drinking well right now (as many 2019’s are). Drink now with patience so you can enjoy the ride but I expect this will drink well for the next 15+ years. — 3 years ago

Riccardo L.

9.2

Wha wha weeee waaah. Teleportation straight back to burgundy - escargot under the clock tower, lunch on a bike ride of the country. Beast. Doesn’t get much better. — 5 years ago

Eric Kememes

9.0

Reductive nose touch of some candy i can’t peg, touch extra skin gives it more complexity than typical citrus soaked Soave very fun ride — 5 years ago

Gina

9.9

Took this chilled on a Long bike ride to have with lunch. Loved the crispness and the grapefruit flavor was really refreshing. — 6 years ago

Jodi M

9.0

This wine is Payton and Jones Wild Ride orange verdelho. Very funky! — 7 years ago

Gil Krakowsky

9.3

Just a really enjoyable wine that is both hearty and even “ big” but still refreshing.
Clearly some Brett and some effervescent feel like may hint at VA, but I find both to be well integrated and enjoyable. A deep darker-side-of-red fruit profile: red and damson plum, dried red cherry, Black licorice, olive. Has a floral sense to it, and some exotic woody undertones as well earth - like a forest after the rain . A full bodied and almost lush wine that might recall the mouthfeel if a Napa cab, but with much more refreshing a acidity coming through - never the least bit cloying or overwrought. Simply a great wine with a broad food pairing potential. That said, I do wonder if it would taste dramatically different at the source. With zero sulphur amidst a long boat ride, life in distributor warehouses, a wine shop and ultimately my euro cave, whether the original intent is preserved in its entirety. Drinking fantastically but also wondering if peak drinking is 2-3 years ahead. Again, the sulphur thing... — 7 years ago

romo

9.4

Balsamic strawberry char su purple taffy seven-layer wedding cake. Magic carpet ride, no alcohol in sight. En mag. Wow. — 3 years ago

Dave Mayers

9.1

Lamy’s ‘14 a Criot Batard Montrachet is up there as wines of my life so I was very excited to share this bottle with Cerasulo. Started strong with his magic work he does in Saint Aubin. I was anticipating a emotional ride, but the wine evened out and the richness took over the reductive steeliness. Felt out of balance. Delicious, yes! But a walk in heaven. Not so much. — 3 years ago

Timothy Lynch

8.9

An absolute QPR rockstar. The evolution in the glass over 3 hours is definitely worth the $22 ride. All in! — 5 years ago

Sam Lee

9.0

Luv its tropical on aroma, all citrus lemon butter curd 🍋🍊 with sweety apple on top 🍎🍏 brings a summer into comprehensive fun and brightful joy a nightside
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Minerals along the ride
✨ — 6 years ago

Daniel M

9.1

Hay, leather, cherry, earth, a bit of a cola and candy cane too. Boy what a ride! The palate is perfectly drawn : superb acid backbone, extremely ripe cherry all along, some width, some weight, a bit of tannins this time (oh complexity), some grip and a bit of salt and meat along with a radiant cherry in a very long finish. As always this is grand 🍷 — 7 years ago

Erik Longabardi

9.7

Baby is big this vintage. How big? Bigger then your highest expectations. Enjoy the ride. — 9 years ago

Kai Wright

9.4

Earthy and meaty from jump. The pretty fruit lurks pretty far under but comes strong on the finish and as I keep sipping, along with a big herbal dose. It's a fun ride! And here I thought everything in Madrid was gray and dull. 🙄 — 9 years ago

with Jedd