Matthew Cohen

9.5

Classic Buffet.

N: graphite. Sensual cherry fruit. Hints of violets lilacs and pink roses as it opens.

P: sweet sensual delicious cherry fruit. Spice. Lovely grip. Some sensual almost musky earthiness.

Fass selections — 18 days ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Nose: sensual cherries.

Palate: medium dark cherries. Such elegant cherry spice. No one does elegant bitterness better than JVM. Silky texture.

Masterful.

Such a singular wine. Burgundian in style but it’s own animal.

Fass selections — 3 years ago

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9.4

The 2009 Haut-Bailly remains a glorious example from this Pessac-Léognan estate and confirms my recent encounters. Blueberries and cassis scents soon join black cherries, blood orange and iris flower notes on the nose. It skillfully translates the precocity of the growing season, though there is just a touch of alcohol that blurs the edges compared to more recent vintages. The palate is medium-bodied with a sensual, creamy, velvety texture. It is laden with black fruit and just a hint of liquorice, more primal than the bottle opened at the vertical the previous year. Drinking perfectly now if you like a bit of hedonism, otherwise, leave it four to five more years. Tasted at the château. (Neal Martin, Vinous, January 2023) — 3 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.6

Pineapple, vanilla, honeysuckle, cappuccino, lavish oak and a pinch of roasted nuts. Fantastic balance in this wine due to lovely acidity and minerality, long finish and sensual mouthfeel,
This is one sexy motherfucker! 😍 — 5 years ago

Jay Kline

9.5

Opened some time prior to service; enjoyed over the course of an hour. The 2013 Vosne-Romanée pours a deep ruby with a transparent core; medium viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with its notes of strawberry, raspberry, black cherry, rosemary, coniferous forest floor, minerals and fine baking spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. This is a profoundly sensual wine that is showing really well now and I would expect it to be thrilling for years to come. Drink now through 2048. — 4 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Nose is intense cherry perfume. So precise. Sour cherry. As this opens - psychotic perfume. As it opens more sensual. More cassis.

Palate is light cherry. Maybe a hint of heat on open. Incredibly silky. Elegant beyond belief. With more air hints of cherry cough syrup. More time. Denser cherry and boysenberry. Hints with alcohol - with .5% less would be perfect.

More and more slutty as it opens. Elegant slutty. But slutty.

Finish is more fresh boysenberry.

A fascinating wine. Not technically perfect but fascinating to drink.


— 3 years ago

Perry Atha

9.3

Absolutely delicious !!! Elegant- smooth sensual - everything you could ever wish for in a Pinot !! Order if you can find it!!! — 4 years ago

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9.8

The 2016 Palmer is a brilliant wine from Thomas Duroux, though I feel it will ultimately be surpassed by the 2018. You cannot argue with the nose: intense black cherries and raspberry fruit, crushed violets and crème de cassis (as if there was a touch of Pauillac in there). The palate is medium-bodied with fleshy, sensual tannins, perfect acidity, velvet smooth with layers of chocolate-tinged black fruit, hints of black pepper and cedar towards the sustained finish. It is a fabulous Palmer that will give much pleasure. Tasted at the Palmer vertical at the château. (Neal Martin, Vinous, August 2023)
— 3 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Nose: mountain stream, yellow flowers, fine minerals.

Palate is golden apples. Minerals. Big acids.

Needs at least an hour decant. On open is correct but not delicious. As it opens it gets more interest and deliciousness. Nose is more intense and round. More sensual. Palate is much better. More depth and intensity. More peach.

Fass selections. — 3 years ago

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9.6

The 1982 Cheval Blanc is a vintage that I have not drunk for a number of years, so this was a pertinent reminder of its pulchritude. It has a flat-out gorgeous bouquet with ebullient red fruit, warm bricks (terracotta), hints of liquorice and strawberry jam. It's the kind of bouquet that you could bathe in. The palate has a ripe entry, voluptuous yet exquisitely balanced, the Cabernet components of this Cheval Blanc quite expressed and more pronounced than I recall. Yet it's toying with you as it segues into a more Burgundy-like final third. Mercurial, sensual and riveting. Tasted at the 1982 Dinner at Hatched. (Neal Martin, Vinous, September 2022)
— 4 years ago