Dave

9.2

Dynamite. Cork broke, but not to worry. The wine is so good. Deep, expressive fruit and bitter leaves. Earthy. Improving considerably as it breathes. And the bottle weighs 37 pounds.
Listening to Amy Winehouse — 10 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2006 vintage. Generally, not a fan but this was showing nicely. 3.21.26. — 23 days ago

Joe Fischer

9.4

Yellow with aromas of dandelion, pear, steely minerality, and candied apple. Nice acidity, long finish, and luscious. Flavors of candied apple and grassy notes. Wonderful! — 21 days ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

I generally don’t embrace this cuvée. Especially, at its price point. I’ll take Taittinger Comtes de Champagne, Billecart St. Nicolas and few others before Cristal. But this 13 out of magnum shows promise.

Excellent with the Prosciutto & Melon. — 3 days ago

Jay Kline

9.6

And then this happened. Oh my days! Opened prior to dinner and enjoyed over the course of a few hours. The 1990 pours a deep garnet color with a translucent core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears and some sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of powerful ripe and desiccated brambles, dried purple flowers, beef blood, leather and mushrooms and earth. On the palate, the wine is dry and structure is still going strong with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose, to quote “Squints”, the finish goes on, FOR-EV-ER. A monument. Drink now through 2040. — 10 days ago

Rufus King

9.5

Very smooth and well-balanced Pouilly-Fuissé, enjoyed with grouper at friends’s house in Ft. Myers, FL — 21 days ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.7

1985. 40 years young. Gave it an hour to open up before dinner (paired orange ginger glazed duck with pistachio apricot farro). Thankfully my partner is a master of the Durand. There’s very little for me to compare this too - most aged whites are preserved by acid; Chave relies on glycerol here. It gives the wine gravitas but also life and freshness. Pleasant wood veneer/wood shop notes, dried apricots at first (become fresher with time), yellow plum, truffled earth. Salty poached apricots and timelessness. In a perfect world, we’d be sharing this with my dad. Strange & sensational. — 8 days ago

Lindsay joly

9.2

Delicious. Love this wine. Super funky, but with finesse. Great earth, bell pepper, hits the spot. — 2 days ago

Devlon Moore

8.9

It had to blow off some Brett to start but after 45 minutes or so the wine started to shine. Perfect dark cab franc fruit and weight. — 13 days ago

Shai Bandner

10

Great white wine — 9 days ago