Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Medium Ruby with aromas of black and red fruits with cedar, floral and spice notes. On the palate flavors of cherry, blackberry and cedar with smoke and tobacco notes. Generous acidity on fine soft tannins with a long finish ending with fruit and spice. Drinking well now! — 2 months ago

Willem Booij

9.4

Wow! This is a stunning expression of Saumur-Champigny Cabernet Franc, elegant, precise, and deeply evocative of its terroir.

From the first pour during decanting, it reveals a beautifully perfumed nose of ripe red berries, violets, graphite, and a subtle earthy undertone that really overwhelms me.

On the palate, the wine is both refined and vibrant. Silky tannins frame layers of red cherry, blackcurrant, and crushed herbs, all wrapped in a fine mineral tension that gives the wine energy and length. There’s a quiet power to this vintage it’s structured, but never heavy, so i called it a Delicate Thursday Wine.

Showing a graceful evolution over a decade in the glass.

2015 was a warm vintage, and Sanzay has balanced ripeness with freshness masterfully. This is a wine that speaks of place, crafted with sensitivity and finesse.

My advice: decant it now for a beautiful experience, or cellar it with confidence it has many years of life ahead.

Overall for me this is a compelling, soulful Cabernet Franc that combines purity with poise. A wine that’s can hold it’s ground served blind with the great wine from this region, and must-try for Loire lovers. — 3 months ago

Richard Portes

9.4

17.5+. Wonderful peppery nose. Good fruit, mature but several years left. M+ length. Classic+ — 4 months ago

Michael Walker

9.9

Excellent Beauj from WB, aged just right, more structured than some others, no sparkle or acidity — a month ago

Eric Crane

Sommelier & Educator Empire Wine Distributors

9.0

Wound up tight still. — 2 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

This had black fruits, spice, meat & floral notes that needed some air to develop — 3 months ago

Dan R

8.9

Dense, savory, peppery. Would have guessed Syrah blind. Slightly cooked. — 4 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Mazf carlos fdz — 2 months ago

Randy Fillingim

9.0

This may be my first Condrieu. Golden in color. Never had a domestic Viognier taste this luscious.  — 2 months ago

Rob Krapf

9.5

Elevated minerality balanced with a pleasurable smoothness. The perfect 3rd bottle. — 3 months ago

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