Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

Vintage 2012 | I was overwhelmed by this 2012, feminine finesse and elegance. So well balanced. Made me so happy I decided to buy 2016 as well. Gems in the cellar. Paired with a Flammenkuchen with truffle. Lovely. 🥰 — 16 days ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.4

Vintage 2012 | Bottled elegance with distinguished vanilla. Great effort. Popped and poured with home made tunafish pizza. — 4 months ago

Hotaka Amemiya

8.9

スッキリとしつつ？華やかさもある — a year ago

Antwon Brinson

9.2

@Anaïs Michaud 🙌🏾 — 3 years ago

Daniel Ciolek

9.0

Good value. Nose on opening with prominent rose petals cherry and old leather furniture. Tannins prominent on opening. After 2+ hours of slow ox much more approachable. Palate with candied cherries, anise, holiday spice, leather and almonds. Lingering very dry leather and tobacco finish. One drawback is notable alcohol presence the first couple hours. More time in cellar needed before opening next bottle? — a month ago

Stephen Redenbaugh

9.3

Delightful and round with sweet red apple and ripe pear notes. Immediately ready to please. I was shocked at its openness and lack of any hint of sharpness or bitterness or noticeable acidity. Yum and yummer…first time trying this cuvée…. Won’t be the last. — 6 months ago

Al Doyle

9.0

Grippy, tea-like orange, kinda like a flat Arnold Palmer or something. “Forty year old vines planted over sandy, alluvial soils in Ammerschwihr. The fruit was fermented as whole bunches for a fortnight before being pressed off to vats for a short élevage.” — 2 years ago

Jeffrey Paul

9.5

I recalled this as a sweet desert wine, but oh man I didn’t recall how much this was like and Italian port… so good. — 3 months ago

Jeffrey Paul

9.3

Brought this back from Italy in 2015, finally enjoying — 3 months ago

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9.0

The 2021 Rosso di Montalcino wafts up with a mentholated freshness, hauntingly dark florals and crushed blackberries. It's round and supple, with ripe red fruits, licorice, bitter balsamic and cooling acidity. A sweet spice flourish emerges toward the close. $22.00 (Eric Guido, Vinous March 2024) — 6 months ago