Château Les Bois Noirs
Domaine de la Mordorée
Cuvée La Reine des Bois Lirac White Rhone Blend 2024
2024 vintage. Upper $30’s USD a bottle resto cost. Such a nice change as this was a crowd pleaser and covers a lot of food matchup/simple drinking pleasure bases. 8.26.26. — 2 months ago
Gruet Winery
Méthode Champenoise Brut Blanc de Noirs
Analemma
Blanc de Noirs Columbia Gorge Pinot Noir 2018
A favorite domestic sparkling — 6 months ago
Bollinger
Vieilles Vignes Françaises Brut Blanc de Noirs Champagne 2013
Weekend with Friends and average wines…😎 — 10 months ago
Cédric Bouchard
Roses de Jeanne Les Ursules Blanc de Noirs Champagne 2018
Yeasty bread, ripe and slightly browned Fuji and honeycrisp apple, hint of pineapple. Crisp but not bracing, fine bubbles. — 3 years ago
Domaine Bois de Boursan
Cuvée des Félix Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend
Flavorful Côtes du Rhône, with mild acidity and minerality, served at the Hurricane Restaurant in Kennebunkport, ME — 17 days ago
Ulysse Collin
Les Maillons Extra Brut Blanc de Noirs Champagne Pinot Noir
Moussé Fils
L'or D'Eugene Brut Blanc de Noirs
Vouette et Sorbée
Fidéle Extra Brut Blanc de Noirs Champagne Pinot Noir
Egly-Ouriet
Vieilles Vignes de Pinot Noir Ambonnay Brut Grand Cru Blanc De Noirs Champagne
I am generally not a huge fan of Champagne unless it is exceptional which this is. I have always enjoyed the Blanc de Noirs style as well. Mid copper in colour. Plenty of chalky minerality on nose and palate. Fine mousse- small persistent bubbles - 72 months on lees. 100% Pinot Noir. Also aromatics of citrus and mouldy apple. The next night just as good with fewer bubbles. Much cheaper than Krug’s Clos d’Ambonnay for a similar experience I would imagine although I haven’t shelled out the considerable dosh for one of the Krug’s. — a year ago
Domaine de la Mordorée
La Reine des Bois Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2021
This is a nice and easy drinking Grenache from Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
Showing red fruits with light wood, spices, coffee, earth, dark chocolates, tobacco leaf, light vegetables and peppercorn.
Spicy finish with soft tannins and tangy raspberries.
Showing nice complexity with a soft mouthfeel. Nicely balanced and elegant.
Still young, and needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly. Will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.
I had this vintage a year ago at the winery, and it was drinking so much better then.
Good by itself and better with food.
A blend of 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah and 10% Mourvedre. Aged in (20% new) large French oak barrels.
15.5% alcohol by volume.
90 points.
$125. — 2 months ago
Domaine Bois de Boursan
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend
Nice young CDP, bright and peppery. Should be even nicer with age. — 2 months ago
Krug
Clos d'Ambonnay Brut Blanc de Noirs Champagne Pinot Noir 2002
Weekend with Friends and average wines…😎 for me the weakest cuvee from Krug — 10 months ago
Domaine de la Mordorée
Cuvée La Reine des Bois Lirac Red Rhone Blend 2001
Gnarly dark fruit with dried herb undertow, leather, black pepper, a bit of tar and savory fruit. Old school. Drinking well — 10 months ago
Jean François Mérieau
Le Bois Jacou Touraine Gamay
A solid budget “Beauj”. This actually tastes like terroir and you can tell the winemaker is trying to not get too involved in the cellar unlike last nights moulin a vent. A lightness and tartness that is quite fun raspberry notes of fruit and a lot of acidity lead to a good drinking wine. Perhaps cherry notes in the middle? The finish isn’t huge but it does linger after swallowing. Actually the nose is quite pretty. Lilac notes? A flower. Highly recommended. The light tartness on the finish might a little much for some people. Maybe air will mellow it. Will buy again.
Edit: after 20 or 30 min of air the tart end integrates and the wine smoothed even more out. This probably deserves a higher rating than 9. Highly recommended — 3 years ago
Donald Williams
Fantastic, even after nearly a quarter century. — 2 days ago