Jack Petras

8.9

Having this 1996 in 2926 just for the heck of it on Memorial Day with a grilled ribeye and rosemary. Potatoes, it’s still surprisingly alive with deep leather, some hint of Bret, and plums and dark berries. Tastes like one of the first aged Bordeaux I ever had many years ago, not sublime but funkily pleasant — 2 months ago

Andrew Holod

National Sales Grapes of Spain

9.5

Deep ruby.
Nose is initially a bit shy. With air, in tulip glass and paired with homemade shepherd's pie; this shows juniper berry, bitter cherry pit/bark, bracing digestif herbs. In a big Burgundy stem, shows some rose hip, acerola, crushed creosote leaf, damp pine forest. This is one heck of a complex nose.
Palate is medium bodied, tannins are fine, long and surprisingly dry, not on the mid palate but one the finish with a black tea/amaro like bitterness that lingers.
I really wish I had more as this is my last bottle. — 4 years ago

John Van Trijp

10

Bottle 283/690. Unbelievable big masterpiece! Woow! Very impressed. Perfect score for a St. Aubin? Well what the heck ❤️ — 6 years ago

Gary Grose

9.1

Yummy. We are going to visit this estate next year. Heck, it could be in parsipanny and we would still go. So clean and dry but the fruit still stands out. Matches perfectly with prosciutto and melon. — 7 years ago

Shay A

9.4

Heck of a hosting by @Weston Eidson last night for the City Club wine group. All wines were tasted blind.

This was fantastic, and my first experience with vintage Dom Ruinart. Yeasty but balanced out by mineral driven notes (slate, limestone). Medium bodied (more full when compared to the Marc Hebrart). Little bit of honey. Super smooth mousse. More reductive in style with a tiny bit of burnt matchstick I called this 2006 Blanc de Blanc champagne. — 7 years ago

with Weston, joe and 2 others

Shay A

9.5

Heck of a 3rd Friday to kick off the holidays!

In comparison to the other Morlet on the table, this seemed more ripe and dense. Where the other was elegant and finesse driven, this was powerful. Lots of baked dark fruits. Cocoa dusted dates, plum, blueberry pie and graham cracker. Drinking really well right now. Awesome bottle @Mark Flesher — 8 years ago

with Dan, Mark and 1 other

Rick Phillips

9.3

R.I.P. Bill Dyer. You were one heck of a winemaker! — 2 months ago

with Letha

Ericsson

9.2

Pomerol: my favorite Bordeaux Appellation, by far. Solid! With so much life and time left in the bottle… Heck, I could pair this with prime rib eye and and it would cut the fat seamlessly. Yeah, this is outstanding, and will only get better and better, peaking in about four or five more years. Amazing prolonged intense tannic finish. Cheers. — 4 years ago

Ed Lehrman

9.1

not sure about the other reviews but this wine is singing at end of 2020. Lemony, chalky, fresh as heck after 6 years. Very drinkable too — 6 years ago

Alex Lallos

Owner No Limit Fine Wines, Private Wine Consultant

9.5

Absolutely awesome in every way. Youthful and dark with a lot of fruit. Starting to show some secondary flavors and aromatics but still so young. 00, 03 and 05 Pontet canet are amazing right now but heck 04, 06 and pretty much every vintage since 2000 are amazing. What a top notch producer. This is showing beautifully. My favorite Bordeaux of the night — 7 years ago

with Ben

Will Blakely

9.1

Heck yeah, chenin! Chenin might be my favorite white grape- it made the first white wine that blew my mind, and it is consistently delicious.
This particular offering showcases its versatility with an oxidative style, more savory and rich. The acid is plentiful and enjoyable, mouthwatering even. I could not stop pouring more; frankly, it was better than the food I ate with it.
I only hesitate to recommend it due to its polarizing nature. — 7 years ago

boyd

9.4

So good. Don’t know this producer but a heck of an introduction. — 7 years ago

Shay A

9.3

Heck of a 3rd Friday to kick off the holidays!

This was my first time with this producer. All the typical Sauternes notes of honeyed fruits, marmalade, toasted cashews...the sweetness wasn’t as precise as Rieussec, Climens or Guiraid up front, but it had the aromatics and front, mid palate in spades. Drinking well now but clearly no rush. — 8 years ago

with Weston, Dan and 2 others

James Shamas

9.0

For the money this is a heck of a wine — 3 years ago

John Pavlovich

9.6

A wonderful bottle of wine, that you usually don’t drink on a lovely warm July evening. But what the heck, why not. We don’t get many evenings like this in our neck of woods. From the first whiff you know it’s a serious wine. In its prime, deep colour, slight bricking at edges, dense and deep, earthy, definitely not a wimpy wine. A long and persistent aftertaste confirms that this is a serious wine. And highly enjoyable one, too bad I don’t have more. — 4 years ago

Wulf Losee

9.7

Even in the Rhone Valley, Rhone blends don’t get any better than this. Heck, very few California wines get better than this! Sitting on a thousand foot deep (at least!) layer cake of limestone and Miocene sea sediments, the Law vineyards produce some of the most deliciously calcaire wines I’ve ever tasted. Absolute bliss to drink.

On the nose: oregano, mint, and 300-year-old books bound in old leather on the nose. Thick cassis fruit and a hint of eucalyptus on the front. Fruity but not jammy! After the foretaste, this wine is held together with soft limestone tannins. The mid-palate is full of mineral high notes underlaid by fifty-million years of plate tectonics. You’re drinking geologic history here as selectively interpreted by Syrah and Grenache grapes! It’s as if you’re tasting what the grape roots are tasting! Not a particularly long finish, but all the same it’s extremely satisfying. Again with the mineral high notes plus eucalyptus, but they’re all balanced by a cool minty soothingness at the back of the throat. Absolutely lovely! — 5 years ago

Amy Huson

9.3

I ask for a sweet wine not from Jerez (Sherry) and she gives me a taste and says do you want a full glass? To this wine I say F*#& yes! Super acidity makes this drinkable as heck! Passion fruit, papaya, beeswax, honeysuckle and bitter orange notes on the nose and palate. Nice mouthfeel, with body yet super smooth. Paired with chocolate mousse and passion fruit ice cream, I am feeling extremely guilty and already planning my run for tomorrow morning! — 7 years ago

LM Segal

10

The nose immediately established this CDP as royalty, and the palate followed accordingly. Silky smooth, big and round. Black fruit, Asian spice, black truffles. Pure as heck, layered with so much going on while your nostrils are sending your brain unseen before signals of red flowers, bacon frying and fairy dust. Should not have been better than the ‘01 but it was unanimous winner blind. — 7 years ago

Henry Bonifante

9.1

Did you forget you love apex??? What the heck bro — 7 years ago

Shay A

9.5

Heck of a 3rd Friday to kick off the holidays!

Incredible nose. Potpourri, milk chocolate, almost like a coconut/American oak like nose but it reigns it in just before it becomes full blown. Blueberry and toasted blackberries on the palate...a sweetened charcoal/liqueur finish. So silky. Wonderful bottle from @Weston Eidson — 8 years ago

with David, Weston and 2 others