Jay Kline

9.1

“La Rochelle” is a 5ha lieu-dit in Moulin-à-Vent with a reputation for making wines that have great potential for aging. This is but a wee babe. Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of two days. Slightly better on Day 2. The 2022 pours a ruby purple with medium viscosity and some staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of ripe red and black fruit: desiccated raspberries, black cherry, pomegranate, flowers, dried herbs, a touch of barnyard, warm spices, and rocky earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and slightly spicy. This is really high quality juice. Bravo. Drink now through 2042. — a year ago

Rhonely Boy

8.9

Believe this is the third producer of red still Pinot Meunier, which I have enjoyed. Others being La Rochelle (my first intro to Meunier, from Saralee Vineyard) and Chandon.

Similar yet different character than Noir. Higher acidity, lighter bodied than Noir, and in the direction of strawberry. Nice varietal to seek still. Exciting to discover as sparkling, where differences from Noir are more apparent, IMHO.

Stelvin, High acidity, needs air, better on second day. — 5 years ago

Eric Urbani

8.9

Surprised that this 2001 is still alive, one glass into the chef and the rest into the beef Bourgogne — 6 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.1

Light treatment makes the big fruited grape just lightly candied and elegant. Soft cherry jolly rancher. Great example and exotic. — 8 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

9.1

@Delectable Wine 2014 Hays Estate Vnyd. — 10 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

9.4

@Delectable Wine Bacigalupi Vineyard. — 10 years ago

with Kurt-Inge

Henrik Poulsen

9.4

14.3% alc. 175 cases produced.
Dijon clone 943 + 115. — 10 years ago

with Kurt-Inge

Carolina Hernández Rodríguez

9.5

Vine goûté à La Rochelle. On a mangé des Saint Marcellin et Rocamadour, saucisses de Montbéliard, rillettes de porc et courgettes grillées. Bouteille à 13€ — 2 years ago

Tom Garland

9.3

Chef Charlie Palmer's Pigs & Pinot Sonoma annual weekend event:
Ultimate pinot smackdown Sat afternoon.

4 master somms present 4 of their fav pinots and try to sell you on their choice.

Wines: Bruliam, Pig Named Stella, Resonance, Kosta Browne, Blue Farm, Lucia, Tendril, Dakel, Arista, Foxen, Antica Terra, Dalrymple, La Rochelle, Melville, Gramercy, Copain..16 tastings about 2 bottles of wine per person...ooooccchhh!

Winner:
Lucia vineyard - 2021 Soberanes vineyard
Runner up:
Blue Farm wines - 2019 Anne Katherine vin. — 3 years ago

with Brenda

Jason Case

8.9

Well made wine, great balance and fruit. Reminisce of a Russian river grape, but from Santa Cruz — 5 years ago

Marta Jackowska

9.3

Perfect paring to afternoon snack 😂 — 8 years ago

Ryan M

9.5

It has been a ☔️️☔️️🍂🍂 weekend here in Chicago and I couldn't let this gift from @David A Lentine stare at me anymore. Time to pop some good stuff. Plus we have to celebrate a 💪🏻💪🏻 showing by 🇺🇸 at the Ryder Cup, right @Mike Rowe ⛳️?

I'm excited to try some of @Celia Welch wines that all you post so much of and rave about. 2011 was a difficult harvest but the initial swirl indicates no impact of that!

Once again @David A Lentine thanks for the generous gift and feeding my #napacab addiction!! #100percentcab #napavalleyforever

Happy Sunday drinking: @Martin G Rivard @Ron R @David A Lentine @Mike Rowe @TheSkip @Rochelle @Paul T @Jim Trobaugh @Daryl Calhoun @Mike Smith @David Trumper @Bill Bender @Shawn G. Rose @Dustin Soiseth — 10 years ago

with Larissa

Henrik Poulsen

9.0

Bennett Valley.
@Delectable Wine — 10 years ago

with Kurt-Inge

Ted

9.2

Ripe cherries and plums, fresh herbs and flowers. Will try again in a few years. — 3 years ago

with Jeni

Guillermo Gonzalez

9.3

Best Beaujolais in a while! Black and blue berries, wet stone. With surprising depth and concentration. Restrained acidity. Great with left over shish taouk. — 4 years ago

Sarah Noh

9.3

@Jean Kim and @Mark Huang celebration! — 5 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.2

Love the house style. A little more restrained than others. Elegant. Particularly loved the sour cherry, floral blueberry and vine this wine showed. — 6 years ago

Nik Weinberg-Lynn

9.3

Bright, herbal with earth tones. Solid wine to celebrate the Warriors game 2 W. — 9 years ago

TheSkip

9.2

My 200th wine!!

I probably spent a bit too long thinking about which wine to choose, having noticed the night prior that I was at 199. But then this bottle struck me and that was that! About a year ago, I had my dad "import" this from Canada because it seems Wakefield is hard to get in the US. It was one of the first wines I ever remember buying and then saying - i am going to make a conscious effort to buy more. So I felt this would be a good anniversary wine to see how far I've come, as there have been at least 200 cuvées since I started on here

I'm glad to say that I still think this is a very good wine. The nose opens with sweet cedar and cherry. It's fairly dark purple but still opaque. On the palate there are the typical notes of dark blue fruits. It has fairly soft tannins and a moderate finish. The #qpr is high!

With all that said - I'd like to thank all the folks that I follow on Delectable. I've learned a lot from each of you and I appreciate reading your thoughts and seeing what you're drinking. @David A Lentine @Ron R @Jody Scharf @Bill Bender @"Odedi" @Mike Rowe @Rochelle @Martin G Rivard @Bob McDonald @Fraser McKinley @Paul T @Shay Aldriedge @Eric Shanks @Matthew Beninati and everyone else who I may have forgotten!! Cheers!! — 10 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

9.4

I sound like a broken record here but just dig the whites from this winery.
Throw this in with a blind tastings of (younger) Corton Charlemagne and I bet you'll have some surprised palates.... — 10 years ago

with Kenneth