David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Continuing quest to taste as many 22’s as possible.

Beautiful honeysuckle notes, Meyer lemon and spring flowers on the nose.

The palate show a good presence of Meyer lemon right at the top. Butterscotch notes, honeysuckle-honey comb, apricots, yellow peach, ripe, syrupy pineapple, cream, slivered almonds, saline, flinty notes, limestone marl, toast, some soft white spices, lots of moist to mushy chalk, yellow & spring flowers, excellent, round acidity and a well made, elegant, round, lush, finish that lasts 90 seconds landing on spice & minerals.

This will merit another point of two with appropriate age but still hard to justify $240 a bottle. The strong lemon presence needs time to calm. — 15 days ago

jesus g

Hospitality Schramsberg Vineyards

9.8

Extraordinary! — 5 months ago

Andrew Liguori

8.9

Unfurls on the second day. Rich and dense blackberry and mulberry. Inky iodine, ofal and slight gaminess. Long finish — 6 months ago

Jay Kline

9.4

Part of a Chateau Mouton Rothschild vertical from 1988-1990. Early on, this was a probably my favorite of the three Moutons and showed well throughout the course of the evening. Expressive red and dark forest fruits with tobacco, leather, earth and baking spices. The structure was still showing its tensile strength. This has a long life ahead. Drink now through 2040. — 2 months ago

Shengli Hu

9.4

Crushed tomato leaves, tomato skin, tart strawberry, herbal and mint!! Very natural. — 5 months ago

Will Surridge

9.3

Dry and Smokey - very nice! — 6 months ago

Taylar Hart

9.5

Desert pairing at Quintonil. Very dry and pear forward. — 7 months ago

Richard Portes

9.0

17-. Slightly off dry. Good mouthfeel, good on back palate — 3 months ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.1

Cool to try an Ambonnay Blanc de Blancs. Rich, round and powerful BdB. — 5 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

8.9

Medium deep lemon yellow , touch of gold . Quite ripe citrus fruits , orange rind , peach , ripe rear, , honey . On the palate quite rich and round with a judicious amount of residual sugar , just balanced acidity and with the citrus , honied orange rind , peach notes from nose. Slightly heavy alcohol , quite intense with ok honied length . Misses a little freshness perhaps but should age quite well , possibly more interesting and less one dimensional in a few years . Drinkable now but will last well a further 10 years . — 6 months ago