Matt Waring

9.2

Green apple, daffodil, and whiffs of raspberry, all on top of hefty shortbread. Good bubbles and great length. The 2012 grapes must have heard more Beethoven than Mozart — 6 months ago

Sébastien F

8.9

fruits compotés vif, long — 5 years ago

Lisa Bilz

9.3

Wonderful wine, especially with Mexican food. — 5 years ago

Mary katherine Bell

8.9

Slightly sweet for just sipping, but so delicious paired with savory food for dinner (red peas, pompano and collards - with Bentons bacon!) love another’s comment that this is a “breakfast wine” - I have never had wine with breakfast but this will be my inspiration. Especially if paired with Bentons bacon 🥓 — 6 years ago

Jordan Wardlaw

9.1

Crozes-Hermitage gets no respect, but this domaine is bringing some serious wine to table. Inky and intense color. Smoke, game, olives and a burst of violets on the nose. Purity and focus on the entry, revealing succulent, juicy blackberry on the mid palate. Tannins are silky smooth but provide plenty of structure, reminding me of chewing on a soft, ripe blackberry. There’s a tensile quality about this wine- dense on the palate but with plenty of movement. Loving the balance and contrast going on here. Approachable, full of youthful fruit, a little playful and an excellent food wine. Drink now or enjoy for another 5 or so years. — 8 years ago

Hieu Nguyen

9.4

Sweet and spicy red fruit on the nose. Round mid body with spicy, tart, and sweet flavors with a buttery finish. This wine asks for another sip. — 10 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Wow. Just wow. The original inspiration to open Fass selections was to be able to sell a 20-25 dollar Riesling with some fruit that really showed what the heap could do. This wine delivers on that hope. Lemon and mineral nose. Great depth on the palate. Complex. Balanced. Just a great wine. Bought from Fass selections. — 10 years ago

with Lyle

Justin Farrar

8.9

Mmmm moldy labels — 9 months ago

Sean Burke

9.0

Orange New Orleans baccahnal, funky but really smooth. Drinking straight with no food and it’s really good — 4 years ago

Brandyn Pryce

9.0

Perhaps preferring something slightly drier, but this is delicious for what it is (-3). Inspiration to visit Hiroshima and Tokyo. One of the next trips on the list. — 5 years ago

with Erin

Nina M

8.9

Buttery and full..Easy to drink — 6 years ago

Vijay Parikh

9.5

Very elegant, linear and of course some inspiration from Selosse — 7 years ago

Aki Ttr

9.2

Meet Switzerland inspiration by New Zealand wine in Japan. — 9 years ago

Ashley Stockstill

9.0

Hard to believe this is extra-brut. Floral, open-knit, lush. Delicious! — 10 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.1

NV. This is the second label of Billecart-Salmon Brut Reserve non-vintage. Big, aggressive mouthfeel with a medium-dry brut finish. Pretty solid for the $. — 3 years ago

Martinez

9.0

Good Pomerol from one of the appellation’s largest estates, with around 12 hectares on the southern part of the Pomerol plateau, in an area known for its iron-rich clay subsoils. Known locally as “crasse de fer” or iron dirt, this type of subsoils have a high content of iron-oxide, which gives Pomerol wines their characteristic aromatic richness. It was also the inspiration for the estate’s name (“taille fer” translates to “carve the iron”). 81% Merlot and 19% Cabernet Franc, aged for 12 months in oak barrel (40% new). Aromas of dark fruit, plums, chocolate and earthy notes. Full-bodied, rich and concentrated. Noticeable tannins. — 4 years ago

Martinez

9.3

Before phylloxera wiped out its vineyards, Málaga was considered one of Europe’s greatest wine regions and its legendary “mountain wines” were coveted throughout the world. In his memoirs, Hugh Johnson singled out an 1830s “mountain wine” bought at a Christie’s auction under the label Molino del Rey as the best wine he’d ever drank - and he’s had plenty. Taking its inspiration from Johnson’s account, Telmo Rodríguez’s Molino Real represents a groundbreaking effort to revive Málaga’s winemaking traditions and to explore the region’s potential for top quality sweet wines.

A “vino naturalmente dulce” or naturally sweet wine (not to be confused with Málaga’s also famous “vino dulce natural” a fortified style developed later in the 18th Century), Molino Real is made with Muscat of Alexandria grapes from 9 hectares of vines on steep slate slopes in Cómpeta in the Axarquía region. The grapes were sun dried - a process known as asoleo - to increase sugar concentration, fermented in 225-liter oak barrels and then aged for 20 months.

Sumptuous, exuberant nose. Flowers, orange blossom, and peach (actually peach yogurt). Balanced, not overwhelmingly sweet. Delicious! — 6 years ago

Seth Morgen Long

Broker • Arterberry Maresh / Winemaker • Morgen Long

9.3

Roulot’s Bourgogne Blanc is possibly one of the most important, for me. This 2010 is one I’ve had the luck and pleasure to enjoy numerous times, and it exemplifies weight and weightlessness, class and pedigree, it cuts a fine line on the edge of reduction without becoming lost in Le matchstick. It is an inspiration for me. — 9 years ago

Nathan Timm

9.5

What a great blend!! Wow. — 10 years ago

with Jessica and Kim

Liz Hale

9.2

Structure, fleshed out beautifully after a few hours. — 10 years ago