Sous La Mer

Billecart-Salmon

Brut Sous Bois Champagne Blend

Champagne tasting 🍾: — 8 days ago

Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey

Sous Frétilles Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Chardonnay 2017

Pale lemon in colour. Creamy and mealy on the palate. More citrus than stone fruit. M plus intensity on Medium bodied palate. A great effort for a village white burgundy. Adjacent to the Hill of Corton with many of its attributes. Points off for a ridiculously heavy bottle - seems to be PYCM Policy. — a month ago

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Fleur de Mer

Côtes de Provence Rosé Blend 2024

Really enjoyed this one. Some raspberry and cherry and a hint of apricot and watermelon. Floral on the nose and a hint near the finish. Would buy this one again. — 2 months ago

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Pierre Brisset

Sous Roche Dumay Saint Aubin 1er Cru Chardonnay 2022

Lyle Fass
9.8

Stunning as usual. Nose is dense almost like a pastry aromatic texture if that makes sense. Gorgeous green apple and some pear and huge minerals but you smell the opulence of 2022. Lots of brown sugar as well. Rich, energetic and just full of fruit. Huge fruit which is just brilliant here. So complex and concentrated with the fruit veering more towards fruit skin. Exquisite balance and drop dead purity. Wow this is clean. Stunning inner mouth aromas. Chewy and dense unreal depth. Finish leans saline and the juiciness keeps pumping the fruit skin, little bit of fruit flesh and unreal length that also has tiny accents of spice. Brilliant. What a finish. Lingers like a bad zit. I love 22, has all the opulence, but also all the minerality and all the energy. Brilliant. Ah wow, after 6+ hours open this is a delight. It’s so filigreed and elegant with sweet minerals and so much juiciness backed by the most unreal precision ever. — 4 months ago

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Patrick Piuze

Val de Mer Bourgogne Blanc Chardonnay 2022

Nose: gold apple, lemon, white flowers, limestone, chalk,

Pallet: tart gold apple, granny smith, ripe quince, lime, limestone

Medium plus acid, medium alcohol, medium body
— 19 days ago

Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1986

Medium deep garnet ruby , quite thin garnet terracotta rim . This is quite classic and more austere on the nose after the 1990s , grafite , cedar, sweet spice , earthiness and mint. More dry and four square on the palate compared to the 1990s but enough stuffing to fill out. Cassis , plum and blackberry , coffee , grafite . Refreshing acidity , slightly grippy drier tannin. Sous bois , grafite , herbal character with good length and earthy cassis finish . This got better with time in the glass and probably should have been decanted . This shows there is some upside , from now , with time in the glass, and over the next 10 years. The wine that improved the most during the dinner , quite impressive . — a day ago

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Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

A previous, all-time fave. Haven't had it in a larger format in the last decade which I feel would yield a 9.5-9.6 now. Out of a 750ml package currently, feel like the 1996 (difficult to source) is the superstar right now.

Mer Soleil

Reserve Monterey County - Santa Lucia Highlands Chardonnay 2021

Viking cruise wine tasting. Some thought it wasn’t as creamy as expected. I find it smooth and subtle. — 3 months ago

Domaine de la Tournelle

Les Corvées Sous Curon Arbois Chardonnay 2019

̂Nez gourmand avec de très discrètes notes oxydatives sur la pomme, citron notes beurrées et herbacées.
Grande fraicheur en bouche.
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— a month ago

Domaine Leflaive

Sous le Dos d'Âne Meursault 1er Cru Chardonnay 2014

Nice floral complimented with lemon zest and firm acidity. Characteristics improved as we enjoyed the bottle through dinner, indicating it’s still a bit young and not quite ready for prime time. — a month ago

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Domaine François Buffet

Carelles sous la Chapelle Volnay 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2023

Lyle Fass
9.6

This is a superstar wine in 22 and now 23. They also could not be more different. Stunning nose of ripe mid to late season cherry and a hit of kirsch. Stunning fruit clarity. Gorgeous stoniness and elegant herbs. Terrific tiny berry fruit intensity. Elite finesse and shows the silkiness of this brilliant site. The tannins are stoney and big but ripe and sweet. This doesn’t have the decadence of the 2022. Great freshness and has that chord progression fruit that is a signature of 2023. Unreal silkiness. Gorgeous wine but will be better with a few more hours of air. Oh it’s getting opulent like this site does and wow the energy is off the charts. Tannins melting into fruit. After 5-6 hours this is just insane. The energy of 23 and the opulence of 22. Genius!
— 2 months ago

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