5/20/2024 - weinreiter Likes this wine:

Im Glas leicht kupferfarben, Bukett nach weißen Früchten, Gartenwiese, am Gaumen beschwingt, gut eingebundene Säure, ein Schmeichler, für alle Fälle, der Sommerwein

5/20/2024 - jOH4289 Likes this wine:

Dark ruby color. Cedar wood scent dominate at first hour. After 3 hour the nose shift to red-black fruit and spice which is confirmed on the palate. Medium-full body quite long floral-scent aftertaste.

5/21/2024 - kryelvine Likes this wine:

Beautiful wine, in a great place right now with aromas of both fresh and dried red berries and mixed herbs. Oak influence is marked but the flavours are well-integrated, balanced by underlying freshness.

5/20/2024 - MrSmithers Likes this wine:

Still has some life!

5/18/2024 - matage Likes this wine:

Dark fruit (blueberry, ripe black cherries, a touch of bramberry) combined with coffee and olives.
Raw meat and a flinty faint smokiness with balanced tannins in a medium body.
Much improved in the last few years and great with grilled meat.
Glass: Open Up Mature

5/20/2024 - rSyver wrote:

There is Sancerre and there is SANCERRE. While these are great drinking young they grow to something different giving them just a few more years, complexity improves yet the crispy nature remains. Great balance, long finish, complex - and excellent pairing with propoer food.

5/20/2024 - jOH4289 Likes this wine:

Open up with medium to dark ruby. Very intense black-red fruits. But a bit tangerine smell at first too.

After 1 hour ripe black fruit taken over everything. Lots of acidity and tannin on the palate. Quite big body rather long finish.

5/20/2024 - thh18731 Likes this wine:

A delicious Barolo by one of the most famous wineries!

5/19/2024 - tcarter Likes this wine:

Very nice GSM.

4/29/2024 - tcarter wrote:

This was a weird experience--eyes closed, on the nose and front palette, I might have called this as an oaky new world chardonnay because of the excessive oak. Then it shows itself as Volnay on the mid-palette and finish. Interesting but not my fave.

5/20/2024 - ohne_musik wrote:

Aromatics of ripe berries, pressed flowers and sunshine waft from the bottle. In the mouth, this is all tart rhubarb, cherry pits, and robust chalky minerals. Very 2020 in its heftier frame and bigger tannins, but still retains a degree of grace and balance. Not a fruit-forward wine - it’s there, but lurking beneath the surface. Drinks well now, but will probably be superb in another 4-5 years. 92+

5/20/2024 - GAT Likes this wine:

Not so impressed this time. Might be me but some of the integration I enjoyed before seems to have gone missing. Still a gutsy wine which might be going through a phase.

4/29/2024 - tcarter Likes this wine:

Sharp, biting acidic red fruit. Rustic. Gorgeous finish with grip. (Supposedly "square" tannins.)

4/29/2024 - tcarter Likes this wine:

Silky smooth, elegant. Linear though with a shorter finish. Excellent QPR.

4/29/2024 - tcarter Likes this wine:

Well rounded, lush. Pretty linear--felt this in the front, mid-palette, and finish. Very fine tannins. Well extracted.

5/20/2024 - 831900_ wrote:

Much better bottle or a better night: supple cherry fruit with a little lift, some development toward earthiness, and partially resolved silky tannins.

4/29/2024 - tcarter Likes this wine:

Tight nose gives very little. Nice mid-palette. Big tannins.

4/29/2024 - tcarter Does not like this wine:

100% Pinot Noir rose. Sweet but with a bitter mid-palette--feels incongruous.

4/29/2024 - tcarter wrote:

Light red color with watery lighter edges. Tart cherry, ripe upfront fruit. Light mid-palette but with zero finish! Not good QPR on these wines, IMO.

4/29/2024 - tcarter Likes this wine:

Deep red color. Acidic and tannic but in excellent balance. Gentle but with strength in the mid-palette and finish. Pierre apparently uses lots of new wood in his wines.

4/29/2024 - tcarter Likes this wine:

Medium light ruby color. High acid, tannic, bursting with flavor. Finish had strong tannins.

4/29/2024 - tcarter Likes this wine:

Medium light, orange hue. Floral sweet nose. Tannic and tight with a huge mid-palette. Tart finish.

4/29/2024 - tcarter wrote:

Bright, vibrant, ruby red color. Red fruit, spicy, pepper. Strong mid palette.

4/29/2024 - tcarter wrote:

Brick color, light, translucent. Dusty, musty, moss on the nose. Light-medium body. Light red fruits, currants, raspberries, leather, forrest floor, stewed fruit, balsamic. Short finish, tart aftertaste. Well past its prime.

4/10/2024 - Jeffyboy wrote:

medium ruby, clean colour with lighter rim. nose: red & black cherries and floral aromas - roses and tulips. tobacco and some earthiness. taste: high acidity, medium tannins volume - refreshing. fruity - strawberries, red cherries. some savory notes. medium (+), bit drying, finish.

5/20/2024 - Paschap Likes this wine:

Тяжелая артиллерия, 15.5%. Гарнача, Сира, Масуэло. Тёмный рубиновый цвет, полупрозрачное. В аромате черные ягоды, джем, сливки, ваниль, шоколад, копчёные ноты, смола, бальзамик, кожа и чуть животинка. Во вкусе плотное, интенсивные танины, умеренная кислотность, ощутимый алкоголь. 90/100

5/20/2024 - rosuoter Likes this wine:

PnP. Deep salmon in colour. Moderate fine bead. Red-fruited and earthy on the nose, quite expressive. On the palate, this is complex and savoury with good depth and captivating acidity. There is also a sense of tannin here. Works quite well with food. Very good Nebbiolo Brut Rose.

5/20/2024 - Wilt Chambertin Likes this wine:

Ripe, sexy, and alluring. New world for sure but well balanced and finessed. Not especially nuanced at the moment but I believe there is good potential for further development here. At the moment, the fruit takes center stage and generates more than enough interest to keep the wine engaging. A bit of sour cherry comes through on the finish which keeps me from completely falling in love with this wine but the depth and polish of the red fruit is otherwise super attractive.

5/20/2024 - OaktownRush Likes this wine:

More funk than I expected on the nose — gives way to some herbal notes, herb stems, subtle mint, black tea, espresso, and dark berries. Palate has more of the same with dark fruit at its core. Medium acidity, tannins felt pretty resolved to me. Drinks easy but not in a bad way.

5/20/2024 - Coachron13 Likes this wine:

Two hour decant. Even more would work because it took an hour more to really smooth out. Excellent then, with considerable upside over next 5 years. Big wine as expected with cab, petit verdot and tannat being the major contributors.

5/20/2024 - JimSlatin Likes this wine:

We really enjoyed this wine at this stage; Nice stone fruit, white flower, and a touch of spice; The last one I had 3 year ago was a touch too floral and acidic to where it was a little out of balance, Today it has come together nicely.

5/18/2024 - swoop71 Likes this wine:

Still an interesting Pinot Noir but the 2018 is now just past its peak

5/20/2024 - Aravind Asok wrote:

Pop and pour. Gorgeous nose with guava, peach and lime. On the palate: lacking some midpalate acidity, but nice density and played very well with more acidic fare. Solid acid on the finish, which shows some heat. A very nice btl with the right food pairing (we did harissa chickpeas and rice).

5/16/2024 - swoop71 Likes this wine:

Crisp and refreshing with a nice balance of citrus, grass and tropical fruit

5/20/2024 - mehalchin wrote:

Very good QPR at $19

5/20/2024 - vintage_whine wrote:

Shrill acid but comes to life with an hour of air. Starts earthy and dusty, and then unfolds to rose and black cherry and apricot. Fuller bodied and competitive with older pommard

3/31/2024 - Jeffyboy wrote:

light lemon clear and clean colour. nose: basalt and limestone in the first attack - very mineral. later apples and tangerine. Fresh but nor very intense nor interesting. taste: high acidity and mineral-apple-lemon mix. Medium (+) finish with lime notes. Crisp, fresh but lacks a bit of complexity.

5/20/2024 - RGCM Gananda Likes this wine:

Prior bottle was 22 months ago and my notes were roughly consistent, but this bottle was a small step down from my prior one. Black and red cherry notes on the nose as well as a good amount of spices and some earth notes as well. Medium bodied with a mixture of black and red cherry, but not quite as open or expressive as previously. Tart cherry, spices, earth, tannins and acidity on the back. Structural qualities seemed a bit more dominant here than in my prior bottle, even after being open for 2+ hours. I'll plan to open another bottle later this year and confirm if this is a temperature thing, a time open thing, if the wine is simply in an odd place or if this truly is where the wine is today.

5/20/2024 - PourMeSomeMore wrote:

Bummer, badly corked. Hubby smelled the tainted cork from 10 feet away.

5/20/2024 - ChrisJoyceWine Does not like this wine:

ok, I’m a Level 2 Certified Sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers and I’m also a winemaker in Saint Helena (Napa valley) since 2013 and this wine tastes like crap! I absolutely LOVE my SB’s but this wine is icky, syrupy sweet. Pineapple dominated the day. Imagine a Mai tai at some dive bar in Honolulu. No acidity, no citrus (lime, grapefruit) or lemongrass normally associated with SB. After each taste (and a water break to cleanse my palate) I got this persistent mouthfeel almost closely related to a gasoline infused Riesling on a bad day. At the end of a tasting , you want a complex tasting indicating all flavors, aromas and mouthfeels come together in a beautiful harmony and this wine definitely lacked that, sadly.

5/20/2024 - PourMeSomeMore Likes this wine:

Still a youngster. After about 3 hours of decanting, it begins to open up and start to give the beautiful Etude juicy savory richness with a lengthy polished tannin finish.

5/20/2024 - pdadams66 Likes this wine:

Dark red center, red/purple rim (still fairly youthful).
Crushed rocks, fresh crushed damsons, bow rosin.
Smooth, pureed berries, great fruit, good acidity, touch of rubber and green, very long.
Drinking very well (a touch better on day 2), would last for a few more years but the combination of mature fruit and acidity is excellent now.

5/20/2024 - r4Cali Likes this wine:

100% Cab Franc. Had for son's graduation celebration. Loved by all.

5/20/2024 - Hamersly wrote:

Still plenty of structure, just right with a good lasagna.

5/20/2024 - simkodam wrote:

Another really good 99 cab. PnP and just delightful. Vibrant. Berry fruit still prominent and tannins are integrated so this wine is smooth and good with or without food. Such a delight! Finish is long

5/20/2024 - tjb12 Likes this wine:

Developing some bottle age notes but still quite fresh. Really nice with Vietnamese shrimp rolls

5/20/2024 - @sebastienwine wrote:

Tons of brett on the nose upon opening. Left it overnight and was happily surprised by its freshness the next day. While it still has notes of sweat it’s mostly wet earth and black plums now. The palate is juicy and spicy with medium tannins.

5/13/2024 - r4Cali Likes this wine:

Nice 16 y/o Burgundy

5/20/2024 - r4Cali Likes this wine:

Punches way above its weight. Absolutely loved this. Beautiful color and nose of red fruits. A lot of flavors but super focused and easy to drink.

5/20/2024 - juffer Likes this wine:

Nose of dried cherry, prune skins, amaro, slight coconut presumably from the wood. Rich mouth, though not raisined. Good acidity and sweet but not over the top fruit impressions on the finish along with some chocolate.