Ed Motta

10

D'Auvenay. — 6 days ago

Alvaro Bustillos

10

Increible! Con daniel johanes y raj — 8 months ago

Stephen Osgood

9.7

consensus WOTN. Lalou knows. — 4 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.8

D’Auvenay Richebourg Dinner — 6 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.7

Tasting de tatcher — 4 months ago

John Van Trijp

10

Bottle number 1502 of 2866 — 10 months ago

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9.8

When I tasted the 2018 Pontet-Canet in barrel I described it as a "freak of nature." The 2018 is more than that, it is a freak of nature. Made from yields of just ten hectoliters per hectare, the 2018 possesses off the charts richness, phenomenal balance and head-spinning intensity. Crushed red berries, flowers, mint, cedar and rose petal saturate the palate in a Pauillac of breath-taking richness. The silkiest of tannins frame the phenomenally pure, long finish. This is a towering achievement from the Tesseron family and former Technical Director Jean-Michel Comme, who together spearheaded biodynamic farming in Bordeaux and built the present-day estate around a philosophy of non-interventionalist winemaking. In 2018, grapes were crushed solely by hand. Because of the tiny yields, the entire production was vinified in Pontet-Canet's new smaller concrete vats. All winemaking was done manually, without the aid of external temperature control or electricity. Put in another way, if Lalou Bize-Leroy made Bordeaux, it would taste like this. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, March 2021)
— 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.6

Nose: hand crushed wild blackberries. So fresh and intense. Sexy licorice. As this opens it just smells like money. So dense. So intense. Vosne romanee like. Daaaaaamn. Psychotic.

Palate: so direct. Perfect wild blackberry licorice. Intense juice. Deeeeelish. Elegant spice.

A fucking crazy wine. Up with the greats of burgundy but it’s own style. Singular. Magical. I’m in love.

A psychedelic dream of Pinot noir. Timothy Leary.


What if Lalou bize Leroy went in an acid trip ?

So fresh. So distinctive. So out there. The cure for ennui.
Fass selections. — 7 months ago

Michiel Gruijthuijsen Van

10

Best wine ever! And ever, and ever, and ever. — 4 years ago

Evandro Pereira

10

Uma aula oflativa, gustativa e táctil do porquê a Borgonha é o fim da estrada — 5 years ago