2/17/2024 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Top quality cab franc in a warm vintage. Best to wait 3-5 more years to fully enjoy as its just a baby right now.

12/20/2023 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Fine, long and concentrated. Nice mix in between integrated oak, tertiary forest floor flavours and fruit. In a good spot right now and likely hitting its prime to keep for another 7-10 years

12/2/2023 - Rickytoc wrote:

Lovely Saumur, great balance, freshness and hint of flint

7/15/2023 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Fragrant, classic sancerre nose.
Quite restrained, lean and fresh with nice length. Not the depth of best vintages

7/9/2023 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Nice fresh and smooth medium bodied garnatxa, far from the big and bold style of priorat with fine tannins.

2/19/2023 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Warmth of the year shows a bit with slightly jammy fruit and more opulent style. Drinking well right now, peaking in likely 3-4 years

2/19/2023 - Rickytoc wrote:

Good a bit light, entry level villages

4/18/2022 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Starting to peak. Volatile a bit high on this bottle and fruit is fading. Tannin not fully resolved yet but body is loosening. Wouldn't wait too long for the other bottles… 2-3 years top to enjoy at its best

11/6/2021 - Rickytoc wrote:

Good, a bit too vegetal but 1er cru weigth and silky

11/6/2021 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Great Riesling full of energy and weigth

9/4/2021 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Nice drinking window at the moment reaching its prime with a good mix of fruit and tertiary flavours. Tannins are fine and mellow and surprisingly tamed for an 05. Elegant mid body structure typical of Pessac
Drink now or over the next 10 years to enjoy at its prime.

9/4/2021 - Rickytoc wrote:

Needs around 2h decanting to show its beat. Rich yet elegant with glycerol. Quite classic but might not have the weight of the best vintage.

5/29/2021 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Beautiful Charmes all about grace and length, ready to drink but will jeep well over the next 5-10 years

5/10/2020 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Nice typical PYCM, bottle was a bit reductive and didnt fully blossom though

1/26/2020 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

A bit oaky but succulent and velvety, still a baby

7/7/2019 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

A bit disappointing, felt it was harvested a bit early and it lacks some the tannins ripeness and fruit complexity with the stems inclusions dominating in flavours. Still a good wine that needs another 3-5 years to reach its peak

7/2/2018 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Delicious riesling from Keller, dont be afraid to decant..

4/14/2018 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Really good, expressive, text book BDB that is well balance. Can age no problem

4/14/2018 - Rickytoc wrote:

Rather monolithic and not very expressive, quite ripe (too much?) and lacking the freshness you should get in Champagne.

3/13/2018 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Typical Savoy, more concentrated in 2015 and showing less complexity at this time but with great purity. Rich yet elegant with beautiful ripe tannins. Really good Anderson valley pinot

2/22/2018 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Good wine, lacking in power and contration for its pedigree. Well balanced, fresh, reductive winemaking with alluring aromas. Well made, hopefully will add some fat and should integrate well the oak in 5-10y

1/23/2018 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

One of the best Beauregard yet, althought 16 is supposedly a notch better. Nice purity of fruit, precision and lighter extraction than it the passed with fine ripe tannins. Softer edges witha plush round mouthfeel. Drink now or over next 10 years. Owners wants to get the quality up to Clinet and Hosanna. One to watch

1/4/2018 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Another great Meursault with fine notes of Spruce. Lenght, precision, power.

1/4/2018 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Delicious, rich and full. To drink over the next 5 years as not as much stuffing or length as the Chassagne but a great option to discover PYCM style and wait for the other 1er cru

1/4/2018 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

This bottle was marked by cabbage notes of reduction that never left after long oxigenation. Except fior that, great balance and freshness. Less volume than Châtenière and beaudines, more taunt and filigree

1/4/2018 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Pretty outstanding, close to Chevalier Montrachet in profile with much volume, dry extract and power, while still keeping nice tension. Too young right now and needs 5-10y to reach its peak

1/4/2018 - Rickytoc wrote:

Beaudines is drinking well right now, fresh elegant and clean finish. Not as much volume as others but much delicacy for this less known 1er cru

1/4/2018 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Great balance, love the freshness and balance, less opulent than most. primary fruit right now and will benefit from 20 years of cellaring.

1/4/2018 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Well made, seductive nose reminiscent of LLC 2014. Structure could be a bit more polish, wait for it.

12/6/2017 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Quite good, rounder version in 2012 with still a fresh acidity. Somewhat prefer the more burgundian 2013, while this is the warmer version.

12/6/2017 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Good but not a significant step up the Trocken in 2016, prefer to pay double for the crus that have more depth and concentration and keep the trocken for drinking in its youth.

12/3/2017 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Tight and not giving much pleasure vs the 2014 right now. Needs a good 5 years to soften up

11/25/2017 - Rickytoc wrote:

A solid Cepparello, needs quite a bit of air to open up like any of the Isole Olena wines, but once it does, it probably is the one of best sangiovese for the price. Elegant, long, complex

10/11/2017 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Typical ramonet style quite succesful in 2014 with the acidity from the vintage.

9/27/2017 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Well done in this vintage, nicely balance wuth good depth

8/18/2017 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Locked down right now. Took double decant and 4h to open up. Wait 15 years, not your typical cannubi

8/12/2017 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Hold 10 years, fantastic

6/16/2017 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Pretty but tanins have a lots of bite right now.needs time to resolve. Give it 5 years

3/19/2017 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Best brunello under 60$. Feel q bit the vintage but still in balance. Very nice

9/10/2016 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Impressive, complex, beautifull nose. Nothing compares in Barbaresco, Giuseppe Rinaldi's equal. Traditionnal, weightless yet coatinh the palate. Fine grained tannins. Will age well.

9/10/2016 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Beautifull, like a chablis 1er cru, sage, rosemary, lime, volume and freshness

9/10/2016 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Fresh, blackberry, very young in a cooler vintage. Needs a bit of cellaring 2-5 years

9/10/2016 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Fresh and leaner than nowadays coulée. Green apple, honey, mushroom, hummus.
Very long still

9/10/2016 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Fresh, lemony and very reduced/locked down on the nose. Medium body. Good

7/31/2016 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Dried dark cherries and hibiscus. Beautiful right now, not yet at it's peak but already drinking well. Fresh for 09.

7/31/2016 - Rickytoc Likes this wine:

Medium- body, fresh, lively, vanilla poached pear with touch a touch of blonde caramel.

7/31/2016 - Rickytoc wrote:

Fresh, focus, slight dilution in mid palate. Minimal oak, lemon zest, flint, oyster shell.