Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a few hours and alongside Foillard’s “Corcelette” from 2022. The 2014 “Corcelette” from Daniel Boulard pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with moderate stain of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of wild strawberry, pine forest, Juniper berries, forest floor, hot asphalt, sage, leather, and rounded off by the smell of an old, cracked bar of Irish Spring soap from a basement shower. On the palate the wine is bone dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes on the nose. The finishes long and gorgeous. Rustic but beautiful and a brutally honest wine. Wow. Drink now through 2034. — 13 days ago

Tom Garland

9.0

Pop and pour. A majestic magenta color with bricking. On the nose: port type nose with dark fruit, musky earth, worn leather, black olives, and minty menthol. Taste: blackberry, woodsy, smoke, graphite, dark chocolate, and a peppery astringent tar medium plus finish. Not the best showing of aged Cali cab, and don't think it will improve, so drink em if you got em. Still enjoyed it tonight. — a month ago

with Brenda

Byron Hewett

9.2

A beauty. Upper slope, more mineral than most Pouilly-Fuisse. — 2 months ago

Ely Cohn

9.2

On the tail end of its prime window, but still hitting. Like a mealy yellow apple, not quite browned. Has cider notes but plenty of acid in the mouth for vibrancy. Laser lemon cleaner with toasted oak becomes candied kumquat and sweet clementine.

Theres a lot of beautiful weight and texture and raw power that comes out to play as you let it warm. — 2 days ago

Bruce Leboff

9.0

Nice! Cigar box nose a hint of black cherry and forest floor. Smooth and well balanced. A bit less complex than some of the better known CDP’s. It drinking well. — 7 days ago

with David

Colin Cahoon

9.0

Lemon, white peach, and French oak on the nose. More lemon and tart stone fruit on the palate along with oak, white pepper, and minerals. Medium alcohol, medium body, high acid, and a medium plus finish. — 2 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Nose: complex. Beautifully herbal.

Palate: great herbs. Perfect genetic bonding with dense red cherry fruit. — 12 days ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Nose: herbal. Cherry flower.

Palate: silky savory dark cherry. — 12 days ago

Kate Rawlins

9.4

Skof. Well paired with duck. — a month ago

Colin Cahoon

9.0

The bottle had a chip on the lip that was concealed by the foil. (See upper left of photo). There wasn’t any glass released by removing the cap, so the bottle should not have been used. None-the-less, the wine was fine. The color was dark straw. On the nose the caramel aging notes are evident. On the palate more caramel notes along with oak, lemon, molasses, ginger, burnt sugar, and minerals. Medium bodied, high acid, medium alcohol, with a long finish. This is a 2009 and fully aged. — 2 months ago