Austin Hohnke

9.1

Co-fermented field blend from Seneca Lake. Prickly tangerine, nectarine, and lychee. Beautiful wine with texture and some grip. Great packaging. Sustainable and solar powered winery. — 6 months ago

Carter White

9.5

Dark fruit forward, juicy blackberry, blueberry, and plum, underbrush and earth, resolved tannins and excellent lift. Wonderful. Maybe the best red I’ve had from the Finger Lakes. — 2 years ago

DAL 9000

8.9

Picked this up at the winery in FLX. Aroma of citrus and minerals. Tart minerals up front. Not your typical Chardonnay. Minerals and citrus in the middle. A quick finish. — 3 years ago

Kelley Raymond

9.0

Too vanilla and sweet - one of Anne’s fav — a year ago

Lawrence Bernstein

9.0

6/23 a big fruit forward, very well balanced. Impressive Cab. 90 — a year ago

Sheena Kwon

9.3

Sweet and easy red wine to drink as table wine. Really liked it surprisingly and was very affordable . — 3 years ago

Neil Valenzuela

9.0

Light straw color. Aromas of stone fruit and lemon custard. Damn good Grüner Veltliner - dry and crisp. — 3 years ago

Robert Torretti

9.4

A lovely bottle of classic Lafite Rothschild. Ordered with old friends and new at Waldhaus Sils on the fourth anniversary of my father’s death. He was biased to Cabernet Sauvignon / Left Bank Blends, and appreciated his Lafite, even if he stopped buying them as prices got out of hand. 1995 was chosen in honor of the year that I met my friend Julian, with whom I have worked at two companies across 20+ years and now count as a dear friend and peer in our industry. The bottle was in great shape, likely bought en primeur and stored in the Alpine retreat’s cellars (tour tomorrow!). Oscar, the manager and sommelier has been at the Waldhaus for 32 years, so it was purchased in his early days. The tannins were very well integrated, with some dark fruits, delicious tobacco and cedar, and a long finish. — a year ago

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9.1

The 2020 Chablis Vaillons 1er Cru has a well-defined bouquet with hints of peach skin, undergrowth and resin scents, becoming more floral with aeration. The palate is well balanced with a fine thread of acidity, quite tensile with a touch of dried honey emerging towards the finish, reflecting that warm summer. Very fine. Tasted blind at the BIVB tasting in Chablis. (Neal Martin, Vinous, September 2022)
— 2 years ago

Meg Herring

9.0

From Magnum — Bruised apple. Some signs of aging. Should improve. — 3 years ago