Vanessa

9.1

💫 This lovely Sancerre AOC was made from the challenging 2024 vintage, marked by cool and wet conditions. One of the worst vintages in recent memory, according to my research.

☝️ It’s a testament to the resilience of Sauvignon Blanc and François Crochet as a vigneron, especially considering his commitment to organic and biodynamic farming, firmly rejecting the use of chemicals and fungicides.

👏 Perhaps it was Crochet’s very discipline, watchful eye, and careful hand-harvesting that helped avoid flaws of the 2024 vintage.

🏘️ François Crochet is located in the commune of Bué framed by limestone-rich hills, producing a range of terroir-driven wines.

🌿This wine represents a blend of parcels including several which are normally kept separate for single-vineyard bottlings including Petit Chemarin, Grand Chemarin, and Les Amoureuses.

🥂 In the glass, this wine has a lean and elegant profile with some texture perhaps from time on the lees. Its mineral spine takes a lead role in the bouquet, next to crushed limestone and stony, flinty notes alongside crisp apple, lime zest, kiwi, and gooseberry notes, with a clean, focused finish punctuated by a saline tension.

🍽️ It’s a beautiful—if not classic—pairing with this goat cheese & arugula omelet over a salad with cucumber, avocado, and ripe blueberries. 🫐 The wine’s bright acidity cuts through the creaminess and its gooseberry flavor matches & lifts the tang of the cheese. — 14 days ago

with Deked1

Douglas Braun

9.1

2017- Vintage- red rim, light cherry fruit, violets , acacia wood ,medium to medium plus acidity, a little light in terms of mouthfeel but still pretty aromatically at nine years old aging nicely - have one more bottle will revisit it a couple years — 4 months ago

Mike Lev

8.9

Maranges, not santenay. Solid. Umami, red fruit, med+ body — 5 months ago

romo

9.3

Floral aromatics, sweet-savory push-pull. Oregon-y. — 8 months ago

Amy Yan

9.0

At Eli's UES. — 9 months ago

Mark Rosse

9.4

Still working on a case. Showing as good as I’ve seen in a while. Quite delicious funkiness — 9 months ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.1

Cute label. Color is pretty. Smells of the river rocks and berry compote. Hint of smoke. Flavors are juicy and complex. Plenty of minerals. Balance is great. Floral and fresh. — 10 months ago

Janet Henner

10

The best. So smoothe — a month ago

Zach D

9.1

Some nice florals on the nose, a little bloody and meaty; moderately complex. Palate with fine grained tannins, red and black fruits; some chalky minerals, but a pretty big dose of brett unfortunately. Still, the fruit does come through, with a moderate finish. Day 2; less brett and more fruit, still tight, needs 5 years but second day is much better — 2 months ago

Doug Powers

9.3

A 25-year-old CdP that is drinking beautifully tonight, should last a little bit longer, but pretty darn fantastic tonight, red fruits, earthy notes with with garrigue aromatics, long, lingering finish, terrific!! — 4 months ago

with Monique and Jim

Billy L.

9.3

Paired nicely with Pork Chop entree; from vines planted in 1911. Cheers 🍇🍷👍🏻👏🏻 — 5 months ago

Meli Bee

9.0

Tried this on a recommendation. Thought it was pretty balanced. Not too sweet & didn’t have a bitter bite on the back. Easy drinking! — 8 months ago

with Ron

Sipping Fine Wine

8.9

Pale lemon with pronounced stone fruit and citrus aromas with floral blossoms, slight petrol notes. On the palate flavors of apricot, peach, pear and lime citrus with vivid acidity, minerality and spice. Medium+ finish ending dry with fresh fruit, floral and mineral notes. — 10 months ago

Doug Powers

9.4

This old vine Mourvedre is from the Bedrock vineyard (same source as the Carignan we’re also having tonight), and is an ode to Lucien Peyraud of Domaine Tempter in Bandol, dark color, aromas and flavors are a bit wilder than the Carignan, incredibly youthful and this also needs further cellaring, long, lingering finish, fruit is less “sweet” and more structured than the Carignan, but super intense, lovely! — 2 months ago

with Jim

Mark S.

8.9

Ruby red. Still concentrated blueberry plum fruitiness. Oak vanilla. Herbal. Clove. Leather. Fruitiness M+ Sweetness M Acidity M Tannin M Soft Bitterness M+ Body M Finish M 13.5% Concentrated Robust Juicy. But Elegant. I would like to wait for years. Lucien Boillot Fils Volnay 2020 @1680, Fred - , 260627-260703 — 2 months ago

Billy L.

9.4

Vineyard planted in 1922, Vieilles Vignes 96 years old in 2018 Vintage! Dark fruit very concentrated & smooth, easy drinking right now. Cheers 🍇🍷👍🏻👏🏻 — 4 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2020 vintage. Opened and decanted. Tasted after 3 hours open. Medium/medium-heavy body. Big cranberry, baking spice, plum and pomegranate nose + flavors. Expectedly intense and full throttle Much too young to exhibit any modicum of tea-like or earthy notes. Think we’re gonna hafta wait (at least) 15 years for those to creep in but it’ll be worth the wait. 4.23.26. — 4 months ago

Bruce Leboff

9.4

Singing. Complex rich and huge finish. — 7 months ago

with David

Brian S

9.1

Very pretty Gevrey, red fruit, black soil and rock. Give it a few years. — 8 months ago

Doug Powers

9.0

This CdP seems a bit more angry and wild from being opened, a touch more structure than the softer 2000 Bosquet des Papes (2001 was a more tannic vintage), solid balance, also mature, 13.5% ABV, longish finish. — 9 months ago

with Jim