Elisabetta M.

8.9

#millesime #brutnature #roederer #champagne #sommelier #onceuponawine #tasting #love #france2015 #2006 #sparklingwine #sommelierlife #lovemyjob #vinoveritas — 11 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.1

Following the excellent 2008 vintage I had last night this 2013 was also good. Will buy and put in the cellar. 17.5 — 11 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.8

A master wine; it commands space in my taste memory; greatest of Chateauneuf-du-Pape wines tasted for some time; nose evolution excellent, freshness and palate taut, not dry. 2004; Last evening of #uncorkedandcultivated #wineandfoodtour #france2015 #drinkrhone #chateauneufdupape #grenache #beaucastel #gsm #2004 Red Blend not white — 11 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.2

Just a wonderful wine; several great vineyards get to compose the wine; body; weight too; #2010 #bourgogne #chambollemusigny #cotesdenuits #drinkburgundy #josephdrouhin #masterly #uncorkedandcultivated #wineandfoodtours #france2015 — 11 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.6

Visiting Charles Heidsieck; crayeres, tasting this magnificantly successful Blanc de Blancs crafted by previous celebrated chef de cave from all four grand crus in Cote des Blancs plus Vertus; amazing smoke/brulee bottle character; #champagne #drinkchampagne #charlesheidsieck #reims #blancdeblancs #blancdesmillenaires #1995 #uncorkedandcultivated #wineandfoodtour #france2015 — 11 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.1

Had a cultivating morning with Pierre Fabre of Chateau Mont-Redon on the terrasse of stones called Chateauneuf-du-Pape; nice, fresh and expressive #2012 alongside and really top #2007 and matured #2005 ; grenache at its best; grenache, shiraz, mourvedre, counoise blend is 95%; #rhone #chateauneufdupape #grenache #syrah #drinkrhone #uncorkedandcultivated #wineandfoodtour #france2015 — 11 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.2

Excellent tasting in Aloxe-Corton at Louis Latour's winery for nearby grand crus; met Harold Small of Confererie des Chaine des Rotisseurs San Diego; great #2008 #cortoncharlemagne ; now that the 2008 harvest has settled its once searing acidity; #louislatour #burgundy #uncorkedandcultivated #wineandfoodtours #france2015 #drinkburgundy — 11 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.3

Traditional but great Cote Rotie 2012 from a master of 44 vintages; Rene Rostaing; deeply brooding, big colour but tannin elegance including all stalk #coterotie #syrah #rostaing #rhone #uncorkedandcultivated #wineandfoodtour #france2015 — 11 years ago

Sasha Agapov

8.5

2013 vintage. Generic and pretty pale when compared with even village level Burgundy. Interesting nutty and citrusy aromas, but the famous complexity is not there. Great introductionary wine for sure—get a couple of better Burgundy bottles on top of this one and compare. Really makes the regional structure and appellations very understandable and easy. — 11 years ago

with Patrick

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

8.8

Over-the-top example of White Rhone 2012 Chapoutier #marsanne from jv with chef Yannik Alleno with Couronne de Cabot ; excellent with lobster salad, cucumber jus; #drinkrhone #drinksyrah #drinkmarsanne #saintjoseph #uncorkedandcultivated #wineandfoodtour #france2015 — 11 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.0

A good bottle with fine cooking by cuisiner Jean-Christophe Moutet at #aupresduclocher in #pommard ; pidgeon accompaniment with #volnay #marquisdangerville #closdesangles #2009 #uncorkedandcultivated #wineandfoodtours #france2015 — 11 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.0

A brut Rose with freshness; excellent exposition from the Cote des Bar region of Champagne; enjoyed at Le Jardin in the Chateau des Crayeres; #sergemathieu #champagne #cotedesbar #lejardin #rosé #drinkchampagne #uncorkedandcultivated #wineandfoodtour #france2015 #2013 — 11 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.1

Served at lunch on lakeside at Ternay ; restaurant Le Lac; essence of #coterotie by #delas #2006 ; now quite an aged wine, no primary fruit, sous bois aromas checked in fab with the cheese board; #rhone #northernrhone #uncorkedandcultivated #wineandfoodtour #france2015 — 11 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.1

Lunch in the cellars of Domaine Faiveley in #nuitsstgeorge with Eve Faiveley; a great span of appellations from #bourgogne #gevreychambertin #nuitsstgeorge #closvougeot #corton #rully #meursault #pulignymontrachet #bienvenuebatardmontrachet #closdescorton ; cumilating with 1998 Clos des Corton #1998 #uncorkedandcultivated #wineandfoodtours #france2015 #faiveley — 11 years ago

Adam Plotkin

9.4

Another stellar Champagne. Not quite to the level of the 99 Salon for me, but I think both are so good it is an individual preference matter. This was a little more on the yeasty side, with a little more brioche going on. — 11 years ago

Bob McDonald

8.9

After decanting, a strange note of charcoal on nose. Lacking the complexity of a Premier or Grand Cru but VG for a Village wine. 17- — 11 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.0

Condrieu with excellent age development #2011 ; the #apricots ; nice wine, not too over-the-top for viognier; compact but unctuous (word that describes viognier texture; otherwise slippery); top exponent of blancs in the Northern Rhone is Yves. #uncorkedandcultivated #wineandfoodtour #france2015 #condrieu #viognier #slippery — 11 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.7

Tasting at Krug; Reims, masterly and symphonic Krug Grande Cuvee; contains base blends from 25 years of stocks; tasted two disgorgings, 2013 and 2014; look for the back label codes giving buyers the birth data of each wine; #music #krug #grandecuvee #reims #champagne #drinkchampagne #nonvintage #uncorkedandcultivated #wineandfoodtour #france2015 — 11 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.1

Hermitage Blanc from Jaboulet; 2011; muscular with a tomato salad in Valence (Sept); #drinkrhone #hermitage #blanc #jaboulet #2011 #uncorkedandcultivated #wineandfoodtour #france2015 — 11 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.5

Young Beaujolais-born winemaker David Large serves the northern Rhone's great wine; and gets the biodynamic cred in the mix; #mchapoutier #rhone #tainlhermitage #syrah #coterotie #uncorkedandcultivated #wineandfoodtour #france2015 #drinkrhone — 11 years ago