Ellen Clifford

8.9

Delicious, balancing 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Cabernet Franc, 14% Merlot and 7% Petit Verdot against 22 months in French oak, 45% new; it is straight-up YUMMY (pardon my French). Lively cassis, blue plum and violet play with silky tannins and lightly peppered vanilla bean. It was well-composed but surprisingly refreshing; I’d believe it was twice its 25-dollar price tag—utterly crave-worthy. — 3 months ago

Caroline Swift

9.0

Drank NYE 2022. Deliciously tart. Good paring with lobster. Also works great in a French 75 with grapefruit. — 2 years ago

Rufus King

9.1

Full-bodied Alto Adige Pinot Grigio served at holiday dinner paring Wellesley — 3 years ago

Mia Gardner

9.0

Med body, short finish. Cherry notes with some spice. Finished in oak. Very very smooth. No bite. Drank it with pizza. Lovely paring. — 3 years ago

Ellen Clifford

8.9

Splendid—crisp, more fruit-forward, and the gooseberry and petrichor hint at the Savvy B of it all. It gives citrus, pineapple, and apple on the nose and palate, bleeding into handsome honeysuckle. REALLY good. Nuanced. It brings texture and evolves with time—more floral and gooseberry notes arrive. — 3 months ago

Al Val

9.7

Tasty and restrained Thai paring, dry and shy red fruit — a year ago

Ericsson

9.1

Some say Aligote is the red headed varietal from Burgundy, rare and exotic, to the daring! And I’m daring, this is my first time trying it. Pale yellow to the eye. The nose is very floral and perfumed plus yellow apple and white peach and fresh green herbs and smoke tertiary scents. The pallet is very clean with green apple, umami and a slightly smoky finish; it is bone dry, light bodied, with bright acidity, no tannings and low alcohol. What can I say? The most interesting white wine I’ve had in twenty twenty one . Oh! And I’m a sucker for red…

Paired with pan seared scallops on a bed of cauliflower purée topped with blacked truffle and wasabi mustard micro greens. The paring? Well, as close as you can get to magical. Also works wonders with smoked oyster flammkuchen. Cheers. — 3 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Deep Ruby color with aromas of berry fruits, floral herbs and cedar spice. On the palate flavors of black cherry and blackberry with notes of cinnamon and earthy herbs. Full-bodied, fine tannins, long finish ending with fruit, oak and an earthy character. Good now. — 5 months ago

Sarah Mongoven

10

Smooth, med to full good with food or without. Fruity but nice long finish — 8 months ago

Severn Goodwin

9.3

Nose has ripe black cherry, menthol, few day old chocolate cake, blueberry jam and old cigar box. Initially alcohol makes itself known, but diminishing with air.

Palate has dried blackberries, dehydrated sweet cherry, over-ripe black cherry, dark chocolate covered espresso beans, faint cedar with medium tannins, long finish. A great wine but more air desired as improvements are noted.

Decanted 2H, then double-decant for service; notes at 4H open.

Second bottle of almost a case of old BV GdL from a very trusted local source, no disappointing. Many more bottles to go on this stellar vintage. 😉

A great paring to Ribeye from Allen Bros. topped with truffle butter. — 2 years ago