6/11/2023 - Justin S Likes this wine:

No decant, followed over the course of a few hours. This is a tremendously flavorful wine. On the initial attack, you don't sense the acidity, but instead are hit with a wall of fruit, followed very quickly by a wallop of dry extract and minerality. The length / persistence is notable. For me, because of the huge mid palate and tamed acidity, I kept putting this back in the fridge to cool it down. Flavor gets excellent scores, but wish it had a little more acidity. Perhaps a few more years will tame the mid palate a bit? Let's see, but for now a tasty wine.

2/9/2023 - David J Cooper wrote:

Replacement for oxidized bottle. A little better but not very good.

11/24/2022 - cinescuro Likes this wine:

This surprised me. I was disappointed on PnP, a thin acid bomb, but this was much much better on Day 2. Unmistakably Chambolle fruit - weightless on the palate but with layers of lavender, sandalwood, baking spice and black fruit. Really solid village showing - it compared favorably to the 2019 Dujac I had recently. Definitely needs more time but I like where it's headed. As to price, I paid $80 USD for it. Maybe it's a sign of the times but I'm thrilled whenever I pay <$100 for Burgundy and it delivers.

4/29/2021 - Eudemis Likes this wine:

13% alcohol. Softish wax top. The long cork breaks up during the extraction process, probably my fault as I was concentrating too much on mitigating the effects of the dreaded wax. Decanted 30mn ahead. The colour is disconcertingly pale and dull, bordering on grey with a greenish tinge, slightly off-putting to be honest.
Very good nose, more floral than fruity, with something like a vegetal streak underneath (not unpleasant but difficult to pinpoint); some sweat eventually, in a pleasant way. The mouth is lean and muscular with plenty of backbone and searing acidity, not unlike a Riesling in character.

The style seems to me to be the polar opposite of what the father (Marc Colin) used to produce; close to being austere, and certainly more Chablis than Meursault in character, in spite of what the geography says (I am talking about PYCM).
I must say that I am taken aback by this bottle, and the association with lobster did not work that well for me; early days of course, and the wine seems to be built for the long term.
I admire this wine more than I love it, and I will follow with interest the development of my remaining bottles, but I don't think that I will be rushing to buy more, at this stage at least.
To be revisited in two years' time.

1/24/2021 - napasoutherner Likes this wine:

Haven’t really had a lot of Pommard wines but this was enjoyable. Rounded fruit, assuming lots of Merlot, some light forest floor and a little spice. Medium finish.

1/7/2020 - KeithAkers wrote:

2017 (mostly) Cote de Beaune Premier Crus vol 1 (Margeaux Brasserie): this was disjointed and over reduced. This didn't feel right.

6/20/2020 - RyanJames Likes this wine:

Exquisitely made, in a transparent style that I love and with the precision and clarity of some of the best white wines in the world. However, ultimately terroir matters, and St. Aubin will never reach the heights of top-tier Puligny-Montrachet. This had the balance and complexity I look for in top white Burgundy, but lacked a little weight and depth to match top 1er cru Puligny. Lemon cream, matchstick, good acidity and balance, but I have a hard time justifying St. Aubin from any producer at $75+ these days.

5/1/2020 - mye Does not like this wine:

What the F is this hot mess of a wine.
Blinded by a friend and shared with 2 others.
I called Merlot dominant Super Tuscan, and the other two folks called west coast, new world Cab blend.

There's lots of over ripeness, massive heat/alcohol, and lots of oak. There was no balance, missing acidity, and generally a mess. Mind blown on reveal...

5/8/2020 - poppacork Does not like this wine:

I can’t help but find something green and bitter in this wine. Perhaps it’s the whole cluster fermentation, but whatever it is detracts from what might be a lovely wine. There’s some nicely perfumed blackberry fruit under the green stemmy bitterness.

4/27/2020 - gharter Likes this wine:

Tasted blind with 2014 Ridge lytton Springs. This was the clear winner. Faster out of the gate. Black fruit, black cherry, pepper and tobacco. Smooth finish. Years ahead of it.

4/15/2020 - poppacork wrote:

This is a bit murky with notes of plum and blackberry accented by a subtle synthetic liquid smoke note. The palate is marked by a blend of overripe and underipe fruit which makes this seem somewhat hollow on the mid palate.

Given the prior positive reviews I thought my palate was off so I popped a 2018 Ridge Geyserville for reference. The comparison did not show well on the Bedrock.

4/3/2019 - cono_sur Likes this wine:

Complex plummy, blueberry, blackberry, mulberry, peppery, spice, and some meaty aromas and flavours. It is medium-full bodied with smooth, supple tannins and cool-climate freshness. Some earthy notes on the mid-palate and dry flavour profile. Excellent finish length.

2/11/2020 - poppacork wrote:

My second bottle of this was undrinkable...tasted like straight fermented raisins. Truly disgusting.

I’m going to hope this bottle was flawed in some way.

1/7/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote:

2017 White Burgundy Dinner (Brasserie Margeaux - Chicago IL): An odd bottle. Significantly reductive to start, and that never dissipated, even after a few hours. Nose was never enjoyable, but the palate was rich and powerful. Very different vs the two previous bottles that thrilled me.

10/10/2019 - poppacork Likes this wine:

This is one of the better Ridge Chardonnays I've had recently. The oak has mellowed a bit to just a layer of dry cedar and dill on top of the creamy chardonnay fruit which alternates between citrus and mango. There's also bit of chalky minerality to add interest.

6/16/2019 - Motz wrote:

Pontet-Canet '14 - '16 vertical.

The most forward and open-knit of the three. Strong Cabernet Sauvignon markers, notably pyrazines, blackcurrant, and graphite, deftly rounded by plush Merlot. Also featuring a somewhat delicate expression of Pauillac terroir. The wine sports medium plus acid and medium, velvety tannins. Certainly approachable now, and highly likely to improve. It should reach full stride by 2035+. Pontet-Canet captures the essence of the 2014 vintage. Bravo!

6/27/2019 - UTPK wrote:

Wow I love Mugnier. So elegant and mineral. No forced fruit, just long, refined and cherry on top. Beginning to close down a bit so hurry up if you want to taste this while still in its primary phase.

5/15/2019 - msuwine wrote:

Two words sum up my thoughts on this wine. The first is "extracted" - the fruit here tends towards plums, prunes, and raisins; whatever kind of ripe and dried fruit you can think of, this wine has it. The second word is "chunky." In addition to the excess of fruit, the oak treatment - like some kind of Pompeian volcanic ash - coats, almost ossifies every aspect of the wine with tastes of cedar, sawdust, and burnt toast. To paraphrase Ramsay, anyone who tells you that this is a subtle wine, hasn't been paying attention.

Still, it's not all bad. It's not all good - obviously not #1 Wine Of The Year good - but it holds together fine, even if it bursts at the seams a bit. Cherry red in color and full (like Vitamin D milk full) in body, the wine offers a pungent nose of boysenberry, fruit cake, menthol, and baking spices (maybe too many baking spices, like when you accidentally add a tablespoon when the recipe calls for a teaspoon). Tastes of blueberry, smashed raspberry, prune, and tree bark, with a somewhat dry finish. Blend of 86% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Malbec, and 2% Petit Verdot. 14.5% alcohol. Absolutely decant for an hour or two.

I'm in the pro-oak (and pro-new-oak) side of the wine drinking population (the silent majority, to be sure!), but my complaint about this (and most) Duckhorn reds is that they're just a bit clumsy. There is power and complexity, but there's also wood chips and prunes. It's like the difference between a high school lineman and a pro; both are big and strong and maybe even weigh the same amount, but, when they come off the snap, one moves - and the other dances. This wine just moves - not horribly, but nowhere near ready for the big leagues.

5/21/2019 - thesternowl wrote:

Huge Bea fan here. This bottle seemed completely overrun by brett...the smell of an active stockyard was overwhelming and it was very difficult to pull anything else out. An extended decant didn't help. Based off notes I've read from others, this seems to be well outside of what should be expected. I have three more bottles and will open another soon...for science.

12/14/2018 - MC2 Wines wrote:

Poogan's Porch @ James Beard (James Beard House in NYC): Prob one of the more interesting wines of the night. Poured into little sherry glasses. This is actually much less sweet than I expected. Much more in a slightly off-dry style. A bit more sherry-like in nature. The pecan pie was quite sweet and the approach here seemed to be to pick a wine with less sweetness so they weren't competing.

1/11/2019 - poppacork Likes this wine:

Dark ruby going on garnet color. Quite robust with dark red berries (dried cranberries) and a touch of animal sweat. Tannins and acidity are both medium.

1/10/2019 - guitarguy wrote:

This wine has some type of nasty, skunky, musk nose and taste that has persisted from bottle one to 5. It just trashed the wine. I’m just abhorred, as a long-time MB collector to see Ridge add that name to this trash. What is going on with Chardonnay up on the hilltop and what did the critics taste, certainly not this garbage. I should probably call the MB collector club and complain. Is it Brett?, some other nasty organism? Anyhow, hard pass from now on.

9/29/2018 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama IV; 9/27/2018-10/1/2018 (Charleston, NC (various locations)): Tasted next to the '07 Vietti Rocche - this was a bit more open and accessible. Not sure if perhaps it was decanted in advance or is just softer earlier in its life cycle. Some floral aromatics on the nose. On the palate red fruits, and a bit of tar and earth are coming through - some grip but the tannins are not chewy. This too is quite young and needs more cellar time to fully reveal its depths.

5/21/2018 - poppacork wrote:

Holy smokes! This was my first Paolo Bea wine and I didn’t know what to expect, but I was blown away.

Boatloads of bright cherry give an initial impression of sweetness, but the wine is actually very dry and well balanced with complex secondary flavors of prosciutto, baking spices, and floral notes. There’s almost too much VA for my taste, but it works well with the intense cherry profile to enhance aromatics.

Day 2: Pretty much unchanged with half a bottle remaining on the countertop overnight.

5/6/2018 - battytaxicab wrote:

Rusty, tawny color. Dark cherry with rich, earthy aroma behind. Still quite tannic and very firm. Have four more left and will see if it opens up more but a little dubious since the color suggested it had matured well.

4/18/2018 - MarkBrinsden Likes this wine:

When I compare this to the Carmichael 2916 I find this more inky. I prefer the Carmichael.

3/25/2018 - poppacork wrote:

The bottle presented strong notes of black olives (others described as pickle juice) with recessed blackberry. Not sure if it’s just bottle variation or if the wine is fading fast.

3/18/2018 - melodrameric wrote:

Seems pretty closed at the moment. There have been some very nice reviews lately so I was looking forward to trying this, but it’s a little disappointing. It’s young so it probably just needs more time.

12/30/2017 - rustyRudy wrote:

Started off a big night of wine tasting. There was olive tapenade , grilled beef and dark fruit. There was the expected Cayuse funk that was in check and softened over three hours. Compared to the Paso Robles that followed it was leaner and less extracted. This will likely get a higher score from me with more time.

11/3/2017 - Cuellar's Cellar Likes this wine:

Killer. Big fruit. This vintage can last for several years. good tannins, good fruit. overall, just a great cab