Carter White

9.5

Sweet red fruit, woodsy with some spice, great concentration, power, and length. — 10 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Huge nose. Huge aromas. Green apple, spice, white alpine fields of flowers. Also fresh tilled dirt. Like the freshest. Huge earnest and vocal aromatic minerality reminds me of Chenin Muscadet. Like Coteaux de Loir or Jasnieres. So layered and complex. Really just ethereal and so distinct. This is one of the longest aging Altesse out there. Wow, so elegant and pure with just searing mineral force. Juicy and so balanced with unreal acidity and depth. This is not for everyone in that it has a severity/austerity not meant for every drinker but all my geeks will adore this. So luscious. It’s the liquid equivalent of a long, meandering Tarkovsky film like Stalker or Nostalgia. Love it. — 4 years ago

Stuart Scheff

9.4

Vocal- wild strawberry rhubarb pie. Find it and buy it. — 5 years ago

Ron from VA

9.2

Some said this was flabby…but the richness/elegance is more beneficial than the slightly muted acidity. Like a great performer (singing) is lauded even tho the vocal range is limited or lacking spectacular, world class essence. This is a solid performer that left me smiling with a dialed in vanilla and candied lemon freshness. More please :) — 3 years ago

Stuart Scheff

9.2

Vocal Pinot. Great balance and structure. Light looking but bursting with flavor. Cherry cotton candy, strawberry blow pop sucker. Find it and buy it. — 4 years ago

Christo Barker

9.5

Will get again — 5 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.1

2011 LaFouge Auxey-Duresses 1er “La Chapelle”. Silky & fresh with some sappy red fruit. Has an ethereal quality which pairs with Eno’s 2016 masterpiece, The Ship. I love this record as it hits his vocal & ambient stuff in equal quantity. — 6 years ago

Christy

9.5

S- Vocal, Enz Vineyard, Sabroso wine from Lime Kiln Valley. What a treat this was. Ruby color with magenta & pink, smell of ripe fruits and flowers, purple fruits and flowers, blue and black plum, wild berries and black pepper. Light-bodied and juicy with a refreshing tanginess to finish. — 3 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.3

We recently pulled some cases out of storage, which haven't seen the light of day for nearly 15 years, so I'll have some fun posts in the next several months.

Nose has dusty cherry, dried blackberry, tanned leather, old cedar cigar box, shriveled blueberry, dried black currant, violets, mashed blueberry and dark roast coffee.

Palate has rehydrated blackberry, dried cherries, dried blueberry, dry potting soil, over-ripe black currant, chocolate powder, medium tannins, long finish; polished and beautiful!!

Paired with enchiladas with my homemade sauce from the summer of 2019 tomato harvest, local beef from Columbia Co NY; the dish and the wine lifted each other.

Could hold this bottle until its 20th birthday in proper storage, likely a little more. A perfect and supple cork pull tonight.

Listening to the beautiful vocal prowess tonight of Catherine Russell, life is good. No COVID-19 lockdown in MA yet, but it's gotta be around the corner...

$38, September 2005. — 4 years ago

Darius Liddell

8.9

much more vocal and vibrant on day 2 — 6 years ago