Ana Bumgardner

9.3

2018 excellent wine!!! — 8 days ago

Brian Franke

9.0

From 12 Ridges. Nicely balanced lighter, probably cause young: — 2 years ago

Jocholla

9.1

Green apple, white grapefruit, lychees. Great price and delicious CA representation. — 3 years ago

Will Stanley

9.3

Certainly not refined, but this 2005 Ch. Moulin Riche (at the time branded as the second wine of Léoville-Poyferré) is an earthy, gutsy Saint-Julien from a superb vintage that carries its sixteen years of age with aplomb, even from half bottle. Almost no bricking, the colour is a vibrant mid ruby.

Very funky on the nose (a little brett, I think), even with two hours of air, there’s a spicy core of cassis, blackberry, plum, cedar, even cinnamon, which is all contained within a rich palate and a framework full of tannin and energy. The finish is long, vibrant, and mouthwatering. I must say I really respect this wine. I would expect it to continue to age well.
— 3 years ago

Cal Damian

9.1

Tasted the 2016.
The first Paul Hobs wine I tried. This guy is going places...
The color is borderline Shiraz with a visible hint of purple.
Great nose, great finish.
Overall great wine. — 2 months ago

Vino Kaela

9.2

Delicious field blend of Grenache 80% Mourvèdre 15% Syrah 5%. Displays ripe red fruits earthy pasture notes and irony meat/leather. (Subtle) happy with the amount of bottle age. Balanced with a long finish. — 2 years ago

Anja Ritchie

9.0

2017; Heavy oak after a light summer peachy vanilla flavor — 3 years ago

Alder Yarrow

Wine Blogger Vinography

9.1

From time to time find myself craving this crunchy berry and herb and deeply stony interpretation of Gamay from the Loire. There’s a lot to love here especially when you can buy it for sixteen bucks. — 4 years ago

Daniel veit

9.0

Solid small production. Good value. — 4 months ago

Will Stanley

9.5

My first time trying a wine from Daniel-Etinne Defaix, a Chablis winemaker known for releasing some of his wines very late to the market (this 2006 is on release now, a full sixteen years after the vintage).

How it looks: A flash of green through the amber hue already drops this into Chablis for the blind taster.

How it smells: seduction in a glass, everything you want from Chardonnay with age. From primary to tertiary, every aroma sits in perfect balance with the others in the glass. There’s bitter lemon, burnt butter, vanilla, peach and that delightful hint of honey that Chardonnay shows with age.

How it sips: lean, intense and complex on the palate, with great tension and acidity, and a fantastic sense of water on rock. Surprisingly, this showed better on the second night - by some margin, too. It fully opened up on the palate, with tremendous width and shocking drinkability.

Ultimately, this is an incredibly pure expression of Chardonnay from the Vaillons climat without much intrusion of oak. And heck, this has acidity for days - so I’d love to try it again in ten years, for fun.

Enjoyed with lemon sole on the second night, which I must say provided great emotion. — 2 years ago