Le Bio Balthazar

Lucien Albrecht

Cuvée Balthazar Alsace Pinot Blanc 2022

Pale lemon in color.

Aromatic nose of pears, apples, citrus, minerals, light honey and herbs.

Medium plus in body and refreshing, with medium plus acidity.

Dry on the palate with apples, citrus, light apricots, spices, earth, light vegetables and sea salt.

This is a very tasty Pinot Blanc from Alsace. Nicely balanced and easy drinking right out of the bottle. Elegant and fruit forward.

Good by itself as a sipping wine or with food. I paired it with a grilled red snapper.

13% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$18.
— 3 months ago

Jose, Paul and 9 others liked this

Caruso & Minini

Naturalmente Bio Sicilia Nero d'Avola

Do not judge it the first 10 minutes it’s open, very tightly wound. After, drinks very smooth, cloves and dark cherries, medium body good structure. Great pickup at Whole Foods on the cheap! — 9 months ago

Mads
with Mads

Franck Balthazar

Cuvée Casimir Balthazar Cornas Syrah 2012

Lightest of the three in a flight of ‘12 Cornas, but by no means lacking in weight and substance. Leads with purple floral tones that give way to brambly berries, olives, meat and iron. Fabulous — a year ago

Serge, Steven and 6 others liked this

Franck Balthazar

Chaillot Cornas Syrah 2015

Shay A
9.4

Since I sadly can’t buy a bunch of TAllemand Chaillot (or even more unfortunately, Reynard), this producer’s expression is one I’ve been waiting to try. Only recently found out he is Noël Verset’s nephew (which certainly helped in getting those old vines from Chaillot!)

Double decanted for an hour before consuming the first half from the bottle the following few hours. Gorgeous translucent red-purple in the glass. Aromatics are bright and expressive…potpurri, black pepper, dark berry fruits, and whole cluster/stems. The palate is crunchy and energetic with peppered blackberries, herbaceous whole-cluster spice, and savory minerals. Lingering finish with big grip. It presents as a “big” cool climate Syrah (if that makes sense), not a burly rustic Cornas. Absolutely delicious.

Second half was consumed the following day and the finish was a bit more finesse driven with all the flavors in balance. Drink now with a couple hours of air or hold a few more years. Now to try the Sans Soufre…
— 3 months ago

Scott@Mister, Jan and 23 others liked this
Pinotman /// Andreas

Pinotman /// Andreas

Fantastic review Thx.
Doug Powers

Doug Powers

Awesome!!

Brasserie Cantillon

Gueuze Lambic Bio

Vintage 2019 (may) — 9 months ago

Lies, Brian and 6 others liked this
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A favorite Gueuze here!

Château Pontet-Canet

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2015

We visited there in the early summer of 2015 and now we got to try the fruits of their labor in the vineyard we witnessed at that time. A bio-dynamic vineyard with horse and plow 😁. Their wines are fantastic. This wine was richer in fruit and more expressive than perhaps characteristic for the Pauillac region. But the layers of earth infused flavors and the most subtle hint of ‘barnyard’ made it a sensation. Topped off with a grippy finish keeping the flavors lingering in your throat. www.spokenwines.com. — a year ago

Tammy de Weerd
with Tammy
Peter, Ted and 13 others liked this

Franck Balthazar

Côtes Du Rhône Red Rhone Blend 2023

Dan R
8.9

Decently priced, juicy, plump and approachable. Open knit and inviting. Crowd friendly. €12 — 5 months ago

Anthony and Chris liked this

Bio Kult

Grüner Veltliner

Whole food wine — 6 months ago

Franck Balthazar

Sans Soufre Cornas Syrah 2016

Silky, polished feel with a killer nose showing a deep mineral, meat, iron, olive, berry, spice & violet aromas — 10 months ago

Aravind, Jean-Philip and 6 others liked this

Bio-Weingut H. u. M. Hofer

Niederosterreich Gruner Veltliner 2022

Mineral driven, some orchard fruit, crisp and clean. — 10 months ago

Tom liked this