8/6/2004 - xpensivewino wrote:

Bordeaux look a like. I loved it.

8/6/2004 - xpensivewino wrote:

Incredibly soft tannins. Great balance and fruit

8/14/2008 - xpensivewino wrote:

heavy duty and full bodied...this is a champagne requiring food

2/6/2011 - xpensivewino wrote:

just a beautiful blend of grapes. little acidity but honey notes and mouth coatingly interesting flavors.

8/6/2004 - xpensivewino wrote:

Blackberry, Rasberry. Thick fruit flavors. Needed time with bottle open

12/9/2007 - xpensivewino wrote:

Stunningly good champagne but it really gets the 100 because of the event we were celebrating. My wife is pregnant!

8/14/2008 - xpensivewino wrote:

...enjoyed with my mom when we announced the pregnancy of my wife...everything couldn't be better

8/14/2008 - xpensivewino wrote:

..every bottle i have had has been truly great of this wine

2/15/2009 - xpensivewino wrote:

valentines celebration bottle

8/10/2009 - xpensivewino wrote:

just outrageous...shared with jenn and jean on a lazy sunday on my moms porch...rich but not overbearing, tropical notes with great underlying acidity...just epic

8/6/2004 - xpensivewino wrote:

Buttery. Rich. Viscous.

8/6/2004 - xpensivewino wrote:

Fruity. Pure CA. Gift from Keith and Sherry and I loved it.

8/6/2004 - xpensivewino wrote:

Not as good as when I first had it. Fruit fading.

8/6/2004 - xpensivewino wrote:

Tough Tannins. Opened 2 hourse before dinner and needed it. Jammy but not as good as the JSM.

8/14/2008 - xpensivewino wrote:

leather and tangy cherry flavors...slightly dry finish

8/14/2008 - xpensivewino wrote:

bursting with apricot and citrus fruit flavors...not as waxy as i thought it would be...did not pair well with roast chicken but a spectacular wine on its own

6/6/2012 - xpensivewino wrote:

Delicious. Primal, beef blood, good acidity. What a wine maker Yves is! $18 is a crazy value.

8/2/2009 - xpensivewino wrote:

silky tannins and glycerin coated fruit....needs time to gain secondary flavors

2/10/2011 - xpensivewino wrote:

Just awesome. Needs 2 hours to open. Slight heat on finish otherwise pure enjoyment. Shared with Paulo for his 40th.

4/4/2008 - xpensivewino wrote:

Just awesome!

8/6/2004 - xpensivewino wrote:

Definitely not like the '97. Very simple not enough fruit.

9/23/2004 - xpensivewino wrote:

Drabk this with Phil, Paulo, and Ric at Le Perigord. We put it up against Hartford, Kistler, and Martinelli pinot's and this was by far the nicest wine. Smooth,rich, fat texture. Integrated alcohol and earthy flavors. Despite not being from a great year I really enjoyed this.

3/12/2011 - xpensivewino wrote:

A great example of a tremendous producer making a delicious wine in an off vintage.

Classic cdp similar to the 2000 pegau.

10/18/2009 - xpensivewino wrote:

just awesome wine...pure raspberry flavors with garrique herbs as an undertone....incredibly fine texture...doesn't get any better

7/26/2004 - xpensivewino wrote:

A fruit bomb, exploded from the glass, excellent.

3/20/2011 - xpensivewino wrote:

Still thick in texture but coming around. Put on hold for 3-5 years.

8/14/2008 - xpensivewino wrote:

drinking perfectly

8/6/2004 - xpensivewino wrote:

This wine always delivers for me. Grapefruit and minerally tones. Perfect picnic wine.

11/3/2009 - xpensivewino wrote:

...despite all the glowing notes i found this wine hard and monolithic...sure it is huge but the flavors were simplistic and there is ZERO elegance to the texture. This was drank with 2 Janasse CDP's that showed so much more refined flavors. I hope this wine develops over time into something different but I am highly concerned.

8/6/2004 - xpensivewino wrote:

Solid bordeaux. No rush to drink it as I think it will only get better.

4/3/2011 - xpensivewino wrote:

delicious but decidedly not as good as the '98 pegau...some alcohol on the nose. fully mature just less dynamic than i thought it would be.

7/5/2010 - xpensivewino wrote:

tannins completely resolved. very nice and simple wine that is ready to be enjoyed

2/10/2011 - xpensivewino wrote:

With Paulo on bus to Boston. Great structure and acidity. Tobacco leaf and dust red berry.

4/18/2008 - xpensivewino wrote:

Subtle. Very unctuous with tropical flavors. Not a wine I could drink a lot off but a really interesting and fun change.

8/14/2008 - xpensivewino wrote:

Consistenly an awesome bottle of wine!

2/5/2009 - xpensivewino wrote:

Just awesome. I think this wine has been drinking well since bottling. Incredible fruit with a haunting sense of provence in the perfectly textured tanins.

7/31/2009 - xpensivewino wrote:

somewhat boring but enjoyable

6/12/2012 - xpensivewino wrote:

Modern, sure. But it tastes delicious!!! Glad wines like this are being made in Bordeaux.

4/15/2011 - xpensivewino wrote:

Drinking beautifully. Dark plum flavors inter-mixed with refreshing minerality. A really nice wine from a challenging vintage.

4/15/2011 - xpensivewino wrote:

A really delicious wine from this troubled vintage. Beautiful and ripe plum flavors with mineral tones. Enough acidity to keep interest and tastes lingering.

Nice to have bordeaux of this quality to enjoy without extended aging.

8/14/2008 - xpensivewino wrote:

solid but still young

3/30/2009 - xpensivewino wrote:

Totally outclassed by the previously consumed 2000 Reine de Bois and 2005 L'eglise Clinet. This jsut lacked in refinement and fruit with some green flavors that always upset my pallette more than others.

7/31/2009 - xpensivewino wrote:

enjoyed at camp summer 2009

8/14/2008 - xpensivewino wrote:

delicate bubble and incredible clean citrus flavors...enjoyed by all

4/16/2009 - xpensivewino wrote:

Well integrated with no signs of heat. Beautiful rich fruit. A delicious wine.

5/29/2004 - xpensivewino wrote:

An entirely forgettable wine. Non descript and totally average.

4/3/2011 - xpensivewino wrote:

delicious just at the end of its maturity curve. NV champagne 5 years later loses vibrancy.