3/4/2024 - JM_MadTown Likes this wine:

I think this is a great Beaujolais, and a bargain at that. Really nice dark red fruits, including blueberries and cherries. It is medium to full bodied and very ample, with a full mouthfeel and lively acidity.

4/10/2024 - eyewino Likes this wine:

Very dark ruby core fading to pink with a thin watery rim. Expressive nose of dark raspberry, dark cherry, barnyard and sweet tobacco. Palate is of more dark red fruits and mineral. Full-bodied with grainy tannins, this leads to a medium-length aftertaste of cherry and eucalyptus.

This was the third of my six bottles. The first was tasted two years ago and had much more barnyard funk. The funk seems to have receded (darn it!) and been replaced with more primary dark red fruits. Paired very well with grilled venison and mushroom risotto. Good now, but I will hold my next bottle for a couple years and the last for perhaps six more years.

12/14/2023 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

Kinda roasty toasty, wonder if its been open a couple of days?

12/7/2023 - Vino Loco wrote:

Very bright, almost neon red in the glass. Fruit forward in style. Cherry juice notes, not a lot of structure to it. Struggle with this bottling vs their zins or similarly priced cabs like the Mount Veeder, which for the same vintage had a lot more going on.

11/4/2023 - ColleenLovesBks Likes this wine:

Such a great flavor balance.

9/22/2023 - jpp10780 Likes this wine:

Always a good choice for a daily drinker, 2018 was good to Baudry. I prefer the 2018 clos guillot (even at this age) but le grezeaux was great though a bit more muted and less fruit than 2020.

7/8/2022 - Collector1855 wrote:

During a blind tasting dinner. 3h decant. Very aromatic and savoury wine, lots of bacon, smoke, pepper. I was guessing Northern Rhone Syrah. Excellent showing of this Mourvedre based wine. Unlike many in their youth, this was not overly rustic, they managed the tannins well here.

6/18/2022 - Tim2 Does not like this wine:

With Nate at Et Voilà. Well above average white which handled my flank steak.

7/21/2021 - KJD45$ Does not like this wine:

Tonight..not the wine for me....I have liked several other cristoms way more than this one...
Decent dark fruit , with dirt (not earth) component, and a bit of a bitter element...totally disjointed and a Pinot that I just could not enjoy...
I found it almost off putting with the dirt element...
I reserve the right to say I am being harsh tonight...but as it’s my only bottle I will never know...

6/20/2020 - BigJ wrote:

Quite a bit further advanced than i was expecting. It was very nice, but i wouldn't have blinked if someone had told me this was 15 years old, not 5.
Nutty, honeyed oxidative notes with really nice pure pear and lemon behind them. Good texture and nice mouthfeel.

12/12/2019 - Wineloon wrote:

I enjoyed this but was disappointed it lacked the excitement I got from the 85 Taylor. Perhaps it’s not quite ready but it was just a bit pedestrian. Drunk by the glass in a restaurant so not sure how long it had been open

5/3/2019 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote:

Glass: Zalto Universal
Drunk over three days.
I did not take notes, so just some impressions: I expected a more full bodied, creamy wine. It was rather lean and focused. Good texture, medium length. A bit green and tart sometimes. Quite young. Will it get better? Hmm, don’t have enough experience with Burgundies to tell. Very good wine, but I had expected a bit more for the price tag. 90-91

9/27/2019 - JM_MadTown Likes this wine:

This is a very enjoyable wine with good citrus and stone fruit, a little butterscotch, zippy acidity and a medium finish.

9/13/2019 - khmark7 wrote:

Tasted faded and soft. Not as fresh as i was hoping, but still drinkable.

9/16/2019 - MarkLA wrote:

Crunchy red and black berry, plum, black tea, spice, and tobacco. Showed more positively upon opening, if a bit light weight and lacking concentration. Gains some depth on the palate the second day. Lovely acidity but the finish is dry and medicinal. There's not a lot of lift here, leaving the wine a bit sullen on back end. I would wait to let some of the whole cluster elements (30%) harmonize before pulling the next cork. Revisit in 2-3 years? Certainly not much fun at the moment, if this bottle is representative (86+ pts).

Edit: Comparitively, much sweeter on the 3rd day, with a saline note replacing some of the bitterness on the finish (88+). Still calling hold for now.

8/14/2019 - MonkeyBiz101 Likes this wine:

From a 375 ml. Lots of garrigue, still a little hot, but now feels somewhat clumsy. On the way out?

7/25/2019 - JM_MadTown wrote:

Certainly, it is a nice Rose, but it’s not worth the price of admission from my perspective. I am much more a fan of the reds from this domaine.

6/29/2019 - Brentw1 wrote:

With Fran and Joel

11/4/2018 - wardamnwine Likes this wine:

Big fruity Sta. Rita Pinot, good if that is your jam. It needs more time.

5/8/2018 - Motz wrote:

Tasted over two days, alongside the 2015 Beaucastel, which offered an incredibly interesting experience. A traditional to the core CdP, featuring lush fruits, raspberry and strawberry (fresh, compote, liqueurs, etc.) pomegranate, dried fig, dates, rhubarb, root vegetables, sun-heated sand and stones, minerals, and an appealing kiss of brett. In balance alcohol (a none-to-common experience with CdP), glycerin texture, with underlying sweet dried fig and Medjool date essences. Open yet poised, showing excellent precision and tension. It might evolve further, yet it delivers great pleasure now. Best served between 63-65 F. An elixir! 94-96.

3/9/2018 - JM_MadTown wrote:

This is a nice, mature V.T. It has some cherry fruit, garrique, and a medium finish. Nice, but not outstanding.

2/11/2018 - AllRed wrote:

Second Sunday Group: Bandol (Frank's): Double blind. Dark fruit aromas dominate. Chewy tannins; dark fruit with a short finish. Develops red fruit and herb nuances. Simple.

My #7, Domino's #5
Group #3, 46 pts

11/12/2017 - bobvictor Likes this wine:

Very sad to see this wine go. Got better and better over the years.

5/24/2017 - JM_MadTown Likes this wine:

A very nice Oregon Chardonnay that's more old world. It has nice minerality and good fruit that includes pears and lemon. Good acidity and a medium finish.

4/9/2017 - Mild Plaid Likes this wine:

This was pretty close to the end of its drinking window, I think--the fruit was very much fading, but there was still a bit of tannin and acid.

4/21/2017 - Vancouver Likes this wine:

No formal tasting note- drank at first Passover dinner a few weeks ago with traditional fare- roast brisket of beef, beef meatballs etc.

This wine showed amazing and to my taste is fully mature. Matched very well with the rich meat dishes .

This wine is full bodied and has decadent aromas and flavors - candied red and black fruits, garrigue, herbs, tobacco etc.

I would suggest drinking up as the wine seems very ripe, but wow- what a bottle.

4/12/2017 - Adam T 12 Likes this wine:

Older, more sediment, still great fruit and lots of spice/pepper. I decanted for an hour but would recommend pop and pour, doesn't need the decant in my opinion as wine is fading.

3/18/2017 - SlimShaney Does not like this wine:

Awkward pointy pepper

3/8/2017 - King Julien wrote:

Decanted 1 hour. Good not great, nose was better than palate. Seemed to decline a bit over a couple hours, closer to 91-92 at the end. Drink up.

11/4/2016 - Wine Buergler Does not like this wine:

Very little fruit left - drink immediately. Muted flavor - not very impressive.

9/17/2016 - JM_MadTown Likes this wine:

This was a very delicious and complex Vouvray. Lots of minerality, zippy acidity that balanced out the very moderate sweetness.

9/15/2016 - fotomill Likes this wine:

15%, very alcoholic. Grenache 100%. Deep garnet/ruby. After some decanting alcohol feels slightly less, more fruit comes through, sweet, fragrant, with a very little hint of flower. Definitely needs an hour's decanting. Good but too hot.

7/9/2016 - normanfekrat Likes this wine:

a little drab... nothing that special. good every day drinking wine but nothing to hold out for. not memorable.

9/27/2015 - JM_MadTown Likes this wine:

This Zin continues to improve with age. Lovely notes of blackberry and dark cherry fruit, bramble, cedar, spice and forest floor on the palate. It hides it 14.8% alcohol well and finishes with a touch of sweetness.

6/9/2014 - swifty6 Does not like this wine:

a little bit offensive off taste. I was expecting much more. It was possibly past prime, for a 2012 Beaujolias. Defiantly not worth the price of almost $30.00.

8/18/2013 - devraj Likes this wine:

Poured into a glass and let breathe for about 45 minutes. Dark ruby red in color. An initially reticent nose opens to reveal a lower register notes of dusty red cherries, smoky herbs, leather and soil. A light to medium bodied palate reveals tart & sweet red cherry liquer, new saddle leather and evidence of light tannins on a smoky finish. The wine is still very young and needs time for the olfactory notes and palate to come into balance. 90+ points for potential to improve in the bottle.

6/8/2013 - Birorganic Likes this wine:

Delicious. Celebrated the end of a vicious divorce of 42 months (without a drop of alcohol) with this bottle. Had planed to open a 2009 Geyserville to celebrate last March but the trial dragged on and on. 2011 did the trick. Complex, fine to drink now, fruity, explosion in my nose on the first whiff. Only drank one glass two nights in a row with dinner and family celebration. Alcohol was there. Free at last, free at last written on my ice cream cake.

9/29/2012 - Kitura wrote:

Where do I start? I was blown away by the 2010 vintage of this wine and it definitely lived up to all the hype out there regarding Lapierre's wines. However, this bottle of the 2011 was really disappointing. There was no fruit. It was all wood and green. Maybe someone can help me out here. Is this typical of this wine in its youth? Could it just need more time? Or is this just an off bottle - an unfortunate side effect of bottling without sulphur? I still have 5 more bottles of this stuff and hope that the others show better than this.

1/28/2012 - acyso wrote:

Acker auction tasting (Chicago, IL): The more I drink it, the more I realize I dislike Chateauneuf-du-Papes. An animalistic, barnyard-inflected funky nose. Very alcoholic and lots of acidity, but there is a feeling of unripeness in the wine that makes me wonder how one would use such green grapes to make such alcoholic wine. Astringent, and not pleasant.