Lee Pitofsky

9.5

No doubt the finest Coteaux in all of Champagne, it’s particularly special to find this wine with some bottle age. From south facing 60+ year old vines in Ambonnay, 2012 is showing beautifully, drinking like a top notch red burg, perfumed, silky and pure with soft tannins and saline-mineral inflicted finale. Special wine. — 3 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

Showing fantastic. I very much enjoy Bordeaux on the young side. Perfect with the charcoal grilled Miyazaki Wagyu. — 11 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.8

One of the best Champagne’s I’ve had this year, 2014 disgorgement 48mois Les Roises is impeccable, with captivatingly complex aromatics and both richness and purity. It’s deep and enveloping with such textual detail, satiny and vinous with superb fruit definition, old vine concentration and a chalky mineral core. This has always been my favorite cuvée from Olivier Collin—more demonstrative than Les Enfers with that sunny southern exposure always shining through. If Montrachet could sparkle here you have it. — 11 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

Fourrier and duck—perfect companions — 5 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

Always a fav — 5 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.3

This was showing great! Aging well and gaining complexity. It’s a wine of texture for sure. Could use a bit more acid but this is a great American Chardonnay. — 11 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.3

Hard to think of a better pairing for the cuisine of Smyth than white Jura. Here, a blend of 80-20 Chardonnay and Savagnin. It’s pulsatingly energetic with racy lemony acids giving vibrancy and lift to its salty, nutty and mineral flavors. It’ll certainly gain complexity with more age but it’s drinking beautifully now out of the decanter. A tremendously food friendly wine. — 18 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.6

Not sure there are better 13 whites than Raveneau. Lafon also comes to mind. It’s an early drinking vintage (by Raveneau standards) while you wait for 12 and 14, and no Chapelot this year so it’s blended in here. A multi-hour decant has it showing superbly, wafting layers of créme fraîche, baking spice, crushed stones and a touch of botrytis influenced saffron. The palate shows immense power, concentration and depth of waxy yellow fruit chiseled with Chablisen minerality, brilliant tension and racy lemony acids. MDT always hits 🫰🏻 — 5 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

Fantastic American Pinot. This is what to pour someone who loves Burgundy and think they don’t like domestic. Off the charts elegance and purity with terrific fruit definition. So well made. — 11 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.2

Interesting wine, Id call this Nebbiolo blind. — 18 days ago