5/3/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

In a world - sublime. Perfect balance between fruits and oxidation 😎✌🏻 2011 is great in Jura

4/28/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Lovely mature or close to fully wine. Plums, cassis, spices - feel the 2003 heat made an extra powerful version that is properly burnings its candle in both ends. But it’s lovey now and probably won’t get any better with further ageing

3/29/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Decent little Sauternes with a big château - this is fully mature but will keep. But I suggest drinking it now as 1999 won’t deliver much more pleasure

3/28/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Thankfully a better bottle this time - still a hint of volatility but nice drinking.

3/28/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

This was a fresh example but where has the fruit gone?? These bottles are really hit and miss and these days mostly miss. 4 bottles left *sigh*

3/28/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

A far cry from the old juicy ones - quite acidic and almost hard

3/27/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Best bottle so far - I admit this needed time and I was probably too impatient thinking all Vosne could be drink young - it’s does have a good deep profile now - respect 🙌🏻

3/25/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Lovely uncomplicated but ok complex wine

3/25/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

It’s braking up - this wine seems to continue it’s downward spiral. The plums keep turning into prunes and dried fruits. The palate is the worst though. Drying dark berries and dusty chocolate- even a little harsh. Think this wine was just too extracted and couldn’t handle it. the alcohol is seriously showing up - drink up. This was my 5th bottle out of 6.

3/25/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Going down in flames - drink up

3/20/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Lovely and easy drinking wine and very complex at the same time. I was told this was open for business and it was.

3/16/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Very impressive and very young. But smooth and drinking well despite its age

3/16/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

This is definitely a great wine in the making - it just needs more time to shed the oak but I’m positive it will turn out great. Not too heavy

2/25/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

This was interesting and fun - the wine was more like a blend of Marsala and tawny port than Sauternes- lots of nuts and prunes - still the taste was fresh. I love Sauternes :-)

2/8/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

This was my last bottle - alas quite developed but not premoxed. Thinking just the cork. Still really lovely. A great producer! Wish I had more

2/6/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Actually the nose is quite nice on this wine(my first taste) red dusty berries and mild natural funk. But the taste leaves you wanting more fruit instead slightly watery and definitely missing a longer aftertaste. I wonder if this is intended?

1/28/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

A lovely small and fresh Bordeaux from a top vintage - we had it while cooking dinner. It’s elegant and with a healthy dose of tannin. Give it 5 years if you have some.

1/21/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

When last tasted I thought this was awesome - and it was also really good this time - but less profound. There was a note of plum bordering on prune in the background that grew during the evening. I am starting to think this wine was somewhat overdone in this great vintage. Lesser vintages with more age has actually pleased me more. Have a few left and will probably check in on them not too far from now

1/1/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

A beautiful wine in the making - this was our New Years Eve dinner wine. Lots of dark yellow dried fruits - good body but not that heavy. Also a little more austere than I had expected. I’m guessing this will resolve with more age. I will try to get some more if the price is right

1/1/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Had this on New Year’s Eve last night with Oysters Rockefeller- went very well with that but if feels like the 2018 vintage is speaking more and more here? More dark than previous bottles and also less fruity and charming. Not sure they(the 2018 of this) wil age as well as I thought initially

12/28/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Simply lovely and very much more fresh than the 2007 - no to say it’s better but it’s a power house!

12/26/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

It became really good with some decanting. But it’s drink more like a Chablis than a cote de Beaune. Lovely wine with a good future

12/26/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

The nose was beautiful and starting to mature but the taste was so dry and lacking fruit. Not something I remember from past bottles

12/25/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Slightly better than last bottle with good abricots - but there are some raisins sneaking in in a way I don’t appreciate and too early for a Sauternes only 17 years old. I have one left - these will not be interesting to age much further

12/25/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Lovely and juicy Martinelli for our Christmas dinner as is our tradition - just perfect with duck and Porchetta

12/22/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Slightly harder and more dry than last bottle- still as lovely wine :-)

11/19/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

A solid 93 this time. Was my second bottle and it’s has just improved. Dark, juicy and almost sexy fruit. I’d did however make me wonder if this wine will evolve quite fast? Not that it really matters as it’s a joy to drink right now. Have more and will be picking them of with perhaps one or two per year

11/17/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Corked!! :- ( too bad I had really looked forward to this 1/2 bottle

10/21/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

My last bottle of this in 2008 - it’s a nice wine but now it drinks more like a village than a Premier Cru - and in that sense it’s a little underwhelming

9/11/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Beautiful - open but needs 5 more years to the top

8/19/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Best bottle - really lovely

8/12/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Nice but will it ever develop Intro true joy - I doubt it- dry, tannic and not too deep. Our last bottle l

7/26/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Beautiful and totally open!! So juicy and graceful!!

7/25/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Alas - very corked

7/25/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Soft and round for its age - very juicy. Would love a few bottles in the cellar

7/20/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

This was slightly off in a strange way - almost no fruit in the nose and a oxidative note - but palate seemed to be quite normal - didn’t feel like TCA - strange

7/16/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Stunning bottle - the best Pradeaux so far - I think it could age 3-4 more years but not sure it will be better than last night

7/16/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

It’s an okay Napa Cab glad I didn’t buy it myself - I don’t mind it’s a bit jammy but it’s not complex and quite short

7/2/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Revisiting this after about 25 months - this has definitely improved - as to say the oak has backed down a lot!! And there’s actually a good wine underneath. I still say it need a perhaps two more years to fully integrate the oak but now it’s drinkable. It’s very soft and not really that heavy. Indeed very soft for Mourvèdre- but the aftertaste is somewhat watery and short - and for this the price of €67 is simply ridiculous

6/26/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

92 is the right score here - Inlove La Tour Blanche but it’s never going to be crazy good. Very developed here in 2005 as expected. But still very good. Would have been a 93 if it wasn’t for the nail polish remover hint in the background on the nose

6/26/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Pretty nice if a bit caricatured - lots of oak - rich - very mature for 2008 - but dense yellow four nonetheless

6/25/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Very impressive Pinot blanc ! Rich and dense with yellow fruits and white flowers

6/19/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Beautiful bottle - so full of red funky fruits and sous-bois !

6/7/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Nice but would have been
Better with a bit of dosage
-many of these kind bio new champagnes suffer from the fact that the fruit just can’t stand on its own. This is the case here. I’m guessing 90-92 with 5 grams

6/5/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Outstanding - simply red silk

6/3/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

93 but a little raisiny / I think drink soon

5/31/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Amazing village - probably the best straight Chablis I have ever had. And it’s still on its way up. Tops many a Premier Cru from other producers

5/30/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

This wine was completely different from last time some years back. It had a prominent note of eucalyptus like I have only experienced once before in burgundy. Beautiful but would never have guessed the same wine. Quite powerful actually. Probably five years away from full
Maturity

5/29/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

A really lovely Dom Pérignon - I had it once before when it was released and then it was very tight. Now it has begun the second phase of live with toast and meringue. This will keep for a long time

5/19/2023 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Same as last bottle - it’s really good Bourgogne blanc ✌🏻