Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

The Clos du Roy has been around ever since the dukes of Burgundy, residing in nearby Dijon, documented, and drank in its virtues.
Ruby red color with aromas of ripe fruits with floral perfume and earthy tones, aged for 14 months in 30% new oak. On the palate flavors of berry and plum fruits, with pepper spice notes. Soft fine tannins, medium+ finish ending with fruit, floral and earthy spice character. — 19 days ago

Nolan Berlin

9.2

Floral and earthy, with distinct farm (in a good way) notes — 18 days ago

James Brenner

9.6

Saga @ 70 pine with seabass — a month ago

Donald Williams

9.7

Dessert wines aren’t really my “thing”, but this was a thing of great beauty. — 3 days ago

with Bonnie

Charlie Tapp

9.6

Candied orange peel, ginger and toffee.

Perfect Thanksgiving pie wine. — a month ago

Mike Evans

9.1

Still showing a lot of tannic and acidic structure, but enough fruit to keep it in check once it had a few hours of air, youthful still, and brawny. — 21 days ago

Alan Hyde

9.1

A stunner from Atlas Peak. — 2 months ago

Ed Chin

9.2

The depth of dark fruit and soft tannins made this such a an easy drinker — 17 days ago

Doug Powers

9.3

[Half bottle] This lovely 17-year-old Banyuls has finally knitted together into a very fine example of Dr. Parce Banyuls (old vine Grenache made in the same way as Port), earlier bottles were terribly disjointed and lacking balance and sweetness). Served with Viennese Sacher Torte my wife made for dessert!

Our first Dr. Parce was the 1967 “Vielles Vignes” which was fantastic and is still my reference point. We had that in 1987 at Pierre Gagnaire’s restaurant in St. Etienne, before he moved on to Paris, his staff was kind enough to comp us a bottle — blind — while my brother and I embarrassed ourselves trying to identify the wine!! That bottle was tried with Pierre’s famous “chocolate soup” dessert, the recipe for which was in Patricia Wells’ “Food and Wine Lovers of France” book from the mid-1980s — memorable combination!!! — a month ago

with Jim

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.4

No lengthy formal notes - cherry driven mostly excellent. — 2 months ago