4/28/2024 - roelof.ligtmans@gmail.com Likes this wine:

Magnificent Port, still young and fruity, yet fresh, soft tannins, well-balanced sweetness. A great port now, capable of ageing if you have more bottles, this was my first, last and only.

3/31/2024 - gtilley wrote:

A very odd thing happened...went to take what I thought were my last two bottles of the 2017 from the cellar, to find that what was there was these 2 bottles of 2012 that I have no record of (and no 2017s). Have I drunk 4 bottles of 2017 not noticing that it was actually 2012? If not where did these come from? Anyway, delicious steely, classic Alsatian Riesling. Now the question is whether my previous notes for the 2017 are really for the 2012?!

3/26/2024 - chablis28 wrote:

I had higher hopes for this. I'll admit, I was swooned into buying one to try because of the cool old-style label but also because of Envoyer's tasting note for it. 100yr old vines was intriguing! As someone else noted it lacked some expected intensity and complexity. A very solid $10-$15 rose' I paid $26 for. If I had loved the wine, the btl might have made it on cool wine btl shelf:).

12/24/2023 - kitkat4 Does not like this wine:

This cork was grey on top but dry. Still I didn’t care for the taste. Too much apple and sweeter than expected

8/6/2023 - SuperSomm wrote:

Deep ruby red colour. Blackcurrant, black cherries, blackberries, oak, black pepper and chocolate on the nose. Taste of blackcurrant, black cherries, oak, leather, black pepper, chocolate and leather with hints of tobacco. Long and dry finish with hints of leather, black pepper and tobacco. A good Saint-Émilion that should rest in the cellar for at least a couple of years more. Goes well with cheeses, beef and lamb.

5/28/2023 - roelof.ligtmans@gmail.com wrote:

Last bottle of six. Still a bit simple. Never lived up to the reputation of the winery. Not bad, just not exciting.

6/27/2020 - roelof.ligtmans@gmail.com wrote:

The overtly oaky character has receded somewhat. The (red) fruit is open and inviting on the nose and the attack. I care less for the finish, I find it a bit soupy, a touch of heat, lacks definition.

5/2/2019 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

That's stiff. Wildness of Provence red but its not turned loose notes Les.

1/19/2019 - Aravind Asok wrote:

K&L Winter Loire Tasting (K&L Hollywood): I tried this twice, once from a bottle that had been open for about 2 hrs, and once from a btl that had been open for 4 days(!). I know I have heard Joly asserts that with the Coulee de Serrant that you can open it and then start drinking it 4 days later, but I always found this fanciful, and perhaps apocryphal. Here was an opportunity to test it.

Freshly opened bottle: Yum, maybe the best young Vieux Clos I've had. Wooly/lanolin and restrained oxidative character on the nose; very viscous on the palate (15% ABV). Great acidity and very dense with a solid citrus core mixed with a hint of nuts. A touch of heat on the finish, which is very rich and enveloping.

4-day open bottle: What? This shows **less** oxidative character than the bottle that was freshly opened. Maybe bottle variation, but while this still has the citrus core on the palate, an intense stoniness comes out. Just a stunning bottle of wine.

5/12/2018 - jkoenen wrote:

Tainted bottle. No score.

6/21/2015 - RationalDenial wrote:

This is an easy drinking village burgundy, leans to the feminine side. I'm assuming the high scores (93?!) are from people who work for the producer.

12/1/2015 - LandoSalemChainsaw Likes this wine:

nose: orange cream, orange & strawberry pixie sticks,
apple vinegar, blackberry, vanilla, fresh rained earth,
artificial watermelon taste, cinnamon, brown sugar, bubblegum, maple syrup,

Palate: strawberry black tea, burnt sugar, prunes, raisins, caramel, figs, milk chocolate, jolly rancher green apple fresh chestnuts, strawberry preserves, dr pepper/mr pibb, fresh almonds, cinnamon, brown sugar, red delicious apple, orange zest, banana, orange, celery, turnips, carrot juice, java coffee

11/23/2014 - thomasjjackson Likes this wine:

dark ruby color with long legs - nose fruity with mongolian cherries - flavor with graphite and wet leaves - very smooth and long finish

8/17/2014 - roelof.ligtmans@gmail.com Likes this wine:

Still almost black. Lacks the sweet, fruity dimension of the "Cuvée prestige", but nevertheless very nice. Nose with ink, paprika, herbs. Smooth attack, broad taste with plenty tannins left in the finish. Good balance, will age a bit further but with a slight risk that it dries out. So I'll be drinking more of these, as I have most of a case left.

4/18/2013 - Antonius wrote:

Ik heb de wijn vermoedelijk te vroeg gedronken. Drinking window van celler tracker geeft na 2015 aan. Wijn moet zich vermoedelijk nog verder openen.