Joe DAscoli

9.5

This is actually R23 with 2025 disgorgement

Comes across with great red currant and strawberry on palate.

Super smooth and creamy.

Another fantastic champagne — a month ago

Mario Zillner

9.8

Incredible. So amazing to watch this Vigna Vecchia (or “VV”) develop in-glass. A bit annoyed that I opened this up… this will most certainly be a 100pt bottle for me in 3-5 years. — a year ago

Doug Powers

9.3

Just lovely black plummy fruit, some minerality as well, shows very youthful appearance and flavors, like the Bouscasse VV, 12.5% ABV and shows great freshness and no overripeness, long finish, back when I was actively tasting and following CA red wines, I loved the balance of the 1995 vintage, super fine with years to go, bravo to Patrick C!! — 3 years ago

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Ian Hamel

9.1

2022/8. Along with the Fichet Bourgogne Blanc VV, this was part of some recent fun exploring lower-designation wines appending Meursault Charmes. Really nice - pretty much all the elements you could expect in a villages and then some. — 4 years ago

Jay Kline

9.3

I heard a rumor that there’s a competition between DRC and Jean-Michel Guillon when it comes to the amount of new French oak used. While I can’t substantiate that, I can confirm that the oak used for this bottle smells expensive and it certainly seems to work in Guillon’s favor because this is a really tasty treat. The 2016 Gevrey-Chambertin “VV” pours a deep ruby with a transparent core; medium viscosity with light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of ripe and tart red fruits: Bing cherry, strawberry, raspberry, pomegranate, porcini, dry forest floor, and beautiful balance of cool and warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+ and absolutely delicious. I tend to be fearful of liberal use of oak but in the end, I try not to judge if the wine is in balance and in this case, it most certainly is. Drink now through 2036+. — 10 months ago

Severn G

9.2

2015 | Gamay
Domaine de la Grand'Cour; Cuvée VV 'Les Clos'
Burgundy; Beaujolais, Fleurie, France

A recent pull from long term storage, elegant ripe purple fruits abound, in a great zone for enjoying now. — 3 years ago

Mark Rosse

9.5

VV de plus de 100 ans! — 4 years ago

Shay A

9.3

One of the bottles from my annual WWC hosting. I opened this as a side by side to a 2019 Saxum White as the makeup is fairly similar.

80% roussanne/ remaining a mix of Grenache Blanc, Clairette, piquepoul blanc, picardan and bourboulenc.

Nicely expressive at pop, it then faded and hid in a shell for a few hours before coming back at last glass. At 80% roussanne, I expected a more consistent expressive profile (honeyed tropical fruits, some orange) and for the acid to show a touch, but it was a roller coaster. More melon and light fruits vs bigger/more tropical. Medium bodied but not as rich as expected. It’s clean and shows some floral and mineral/stony nuances, but I’d spend the extra and take the Roussanne VV to get more complexity and flavor. — a year ago

Jay Kline

9.2

One of my favorites in the in Bourguignon-style of Beaujolais are those of Thibault Liger-Belair. What I adore about Thibault’s approach is that his winemaking philosophy seems to suit M-à-V so well. Popped and poured; no formal notes. The 2016 “Moulin-à-Vent VV” is full of the undeniable dark fruit and structure and yet, incorporates a funky charm that seems to bridge Nuits-Saint-Georges and Beaujolais perfectly. To my palate, these 2016 VV’s are just entering the early part of their drinking window. I still think this is developing and it will take another few years before the secondary characteristics begin to show and that’s when the magic really starts to show with these wines. All of the pieces and parts are there…all that is required at this point s a little more patience. Good now but better with a little patience and after 2026. Should be awesome well through 2036 — 3 years ago

Stephen Redenbaugh

9.2

Surprised by a pretty developed gold color. Nice weight on the tongue with a mixed red fruited texture that washes over it with a slight finish of green vegetation or stem. Lemon curd and warm brioche…. Tart gooseberry and cranberry notes on the nose. And a long caress of a finish. Think time will smooth some of the rough edges but all in all impressive even in its youth. — 3 years ago