Willem Booij

9.3

De By Farr Côte Vineyard GC Chardonnay 2019 is een prachtige witte Australische wijn uit de Geelong-regio in Victoria, geproduceerd door het familiebedrijf By Farr. 

Kleur: Helder strogeel met een gouden glans.

Neus: Expressieve aroma’s van rijpe perzik en steenfruit, aangevuld met tonen van citrus, zoals citroen en grapefruit, en subtiele hints van eikenhout, boter en vanille. 

Smaak: In de mond biedt de wijn een evenwichtige combinatie van rijp steenfruit en citrusvruchten, met een romige textuur en nuances van toast en brioche. De mineraliteit en frisse zuurgraad zorgen voor een levendige en harmonieuze smaakbeleving. 

Afdronk: Een lange, verfrissende afdronk met minerale tonen en een wat amandel. — a month ago

LM Segal

9.6

The most natural American oyster wine ever. Focussed minerality of a GC Chablis, essence of salt brine, laser intensity and tension. Blown away. Can easily spend 5+ years in the cellar and get even more interesting. — 3 years ago

Brecht Spileers

9.3

Rather muted nose of oyster shell, lemon and flint - awesome evolution on the palate fatty in the middle with a lingering finish. Fantastic. Competes at GC level - this one feels a bit quieter at the start, but its lingering finale completes a perfect picture. Aerate. — 5 years ago

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Matthew Cohen

9.6

Needs about a year to be in its groove. I’d do an hour decant. More is better.

Nose: cherry flower. As this opens elegantly intense. Mashed flowers. But mashed by delicate hands.

Palate: bright cherries. Superb balance. Very good intensity although it’s a bit masked at this age. Great balancing acidity. A whiff of spice. Internal aromatics are near elite even at this stage. Delicious but in an elegant way.

More chambolle than gc imho.

Fass selections — a month ago

Sean Driscoll

9.3

Such a ridiculous value every year. Not just a value, but a beautiful wine. Literally surrounded by Gevrey-Chambertin appellation vineyards, Le Grands Champs sure screams GC - dark fruit and earth.

The nose opens with dark cherry, raspberry, plum, herbs (thyme?), baking spice, and earthy damp PNW forest notes. On the palate, more of the same with good concentration, tannins, surprising minerality and solid acid. — 3 years ago

Mario Vaillancourt

8.9

The aromatics are of lemon zest, some butter, a touch smokey and flinty and some ripe orchard fruit. Good acidity but dominated slightly by a certain richness and ripeness, a little more then usual and probably due to the warmer vintage. Nice, but not the better Droin bottle I had. 89-90

Des arômes de fruits murs, un peu fumé, touche saline, du zeste de citron et du beurre. Une bouche plus riche et mure qu’à l’habitude, due probablement au millésime plus chaud. Bien mais pas le meilleur Droin GC que j’ai bu. 89-90 au mieux. — 4 years ago

Matt Perlman

9.4

I keep opening these too young. This has to be my favorite ceritas chard bottling. All the GC Chablis comparisons are spot on. Nose has candied lemon and tangerine, seashell, flint, and a kind of musty maritime quality. Bracingly acidic and saline. Begs for raw bar. Should continue to deepen with time. I think I have one more and will try not to touch for another 3-5 years — 2 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.4

Vintage 2015 | My good winefriend @BerryMarinussen makes a plea for Riesling with beef. Searing is my favorite GC from Dirler Cadé. And this 2015 has a nice modest sweet in taste. Goes excellent with Cantonese beef and mango. Total happiness. — 2 years ago

Alexander Motola

9.3

Should be too early. It’s not. This wine is insane right now, ridiculously well balanced; it will probably get better but I doubt it’s a 30 year wine. — 4 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Only Riesling from this GC site and no Pinot Noir. Nose is slamming. Super mineral and lemon and lime rock candy. Incredible mineralIty. So clean. Like smelling vapor. Amazing. Huge acid and mineral with an awesome texture. Sappy and deep with lemon and lime rock candy sweet tart fruit. This is a Riesling geek’s dream. Superb wine and will age wonderfully. Intense stuff. — 5 years ago