Sébastien Riffault
Domaine Etienne et Sébastien Riffault
Akmèniné Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc 2015
Amber Orange. Unfiltered. Natural. Orange peel. Herbal. Chinese medicine complexityFruitiness M+ Sweetness M Acidity M++ Bitterness M+ Body M Finish M 13% Fresh Dry Slim Domaine Etienne et Sébastien Riffault Akmenine Sauvignon Blanc 15 @5060, AD, 260205 — 6 months ago
Claude Riffault
La Noue Sancerre Rouge Pinot Noir 2021
High stakes fall baseball and a Sancerre rouge. This is quite nice for the difficult ‘21 vintage. Color is super light. Nose is quite fragrant, with wafting sweet cherry juice, a mid-toned floral note, and flinty crushed stone. Enters gently on the palate, with cherry juice leading, but a bitterish note quickly appears and accelerates on the slightly short finish. Overall, a fine effort given conditions, and lovely with a simply roasted chicken. — 10 months ago
Claude Riffault
Mosaique Calcaire Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc 2022
The new name for Riffault's Sancerre Blanc, 2022 Mosaïque Calcaire, is the house's main wine, combing up to 20 parcels. It's a supple, almost succulent style with ripe fruit - melon, pear and pineapple. It has a charming tenderness and holds the mouth with comforting reassurance. It remains light on its feet, like a cloud of Sancerre floating. It's ripe, but the alcohol remains moderate, and there's gentle acidity there. (Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous, July 2023) — 3 years ago
Domaine Sébastien Magnien
Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Pinot Noir 2018
Ripe raspberries - very smooth and rich. — 4 years ago
Jean et Sébastien Dauvissat
Séchet Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2020
Room temp drinker with creeper acid and lip smacking minerality. Lovely. — a year ago
Claude Riffault
Les Chasseignes Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc 2019
The 2019 Sancerre Les Chasseignes has a ripe and open expression. It fills the mouth with a sense of effortlessness, which Stephane Riffault puts down to both the caillottes soil and the ripeness of the vintage. It is in the riper spectrum of Sauvignon aromatics. This wine leaves the variety's green flavors far behind and focuses instead on orchard fruit and almost heads into the realms of tropical fruit, which isn't something you normally associate with Sancerre. Gently refreshing with the caillottes providing a line of chalkiness on the finish. One for the short to medium term due to the vintage's ripe profile. (Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous, August 2021)
— 5 years ago
Claude Riffault
Les Boucauds Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc
2018 wine. So so delicious. Went down too easily. — 6 years ago
Cave Sébastien Blachon
Alban Saint-Joseph Syrah 2023
Gorgeous clay-like nose. Juicy and dense, with insane tannin management, gorgeous granite, acidity, velvet texture, freshness and unreal energy. So, so sick. — a month ago
Domaine Sébastien Magnien
Les Aigrots Beaune 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2022
Enjoyed with a good French dinner. Red berry aroma and flavor. Medium alcohol. Short finish though. Easy drinking wine that works well on a Thursday night. $133. — 2 months ago
Jean et Sébastien Dauvissat
Les Preuses Chablis Grand Cru Chardonnay 2008
From mag. Lovely and rich. Layered lime and stone with pear and salinity. Long and pretty. Great — 9 months ago
Sébastien Bobinet
Ruben Saumur-Champigny Cabernet Franc
Had with ragu Bolognese — 4 years ago
Lyle Fass
Founder Fass Selections
Astonishing right out of the bottle. Gorgeous Northern Rhône nose of green and black olive, granite, blackberry, red currant and wild Syrah perfume. But the story is the tannins. My God. The refinement here is insane: molten, elegant, seamless tannins that melt across the palate with ridiculous class. So drinkable, so pure, so balanced, with deep fruit, granitic freshness and a long, graceful finish. This is my favorite Saint-Joseph, and it is drinking beautifully already. — 15 days ago