Jeremy.Buss

9.1

Wonderful green apples and citrus with only a very slight hint of butter. Love this Chard! — 3 months ago

Tom Garland

9.4

Pop and pour. A majestic lite gold color. On the nose: crisp apples, lemon, almonds, floral, and honey. Taste: creamy, beautiful texture and nice acidity wine with apple, pear, lemon zest, saline, flint, and a minerally lime peel medium plus finish. YUM! Maturing gracefully and time to go. — 8 months ago

with Brenda

Ron Siegel

9.4

Rich, fresh showing citrus, orchid fruit, flint, crushed sea shell, racy with floral notes. — 2 years ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Checking in… the first of these. Super tight and very young. Bright acidity. Steel, stone. Punchy fruit but all wrapped up and right now. Will be spectacular in a few years. All promise! — 4 years ago

with Major-General and Matt

Mike Saviage

9.6

Light gold, not showing much age in the glass. Heavy weight like motor oil. Exotic and exciting nose. Notes of citrus, sweet apricot, wet river stone, some flint and petrol, some tan spice and some ripe peach. Sappy fruit in the mouth balanced against the still-strong acidity and structure. Drinking well now, especially with 5 hours of air, this has a long life in front of it and is just hitting its stride. Love the 99 Leflaives! — 5 years ago

Al Shikoh

9.2

straw yellow, glints of green, pale watery rim; aromatic, grapefruit, honeydew melon, freshly cut grass, subtle oak; medium body, dry, crisp acidity, 13.8% ABV; made by Dan Petroski who makes Cabernet Sauvignon for Larkmead, 100% Sauvignon Blanc, fermented 70% in stainless steel, sourced from Juliana Vineyard in Pope Valley in Napa Valley, vines originally planted in 1993 for Robert Monday to produce their Napa Valley Fumé Blanc; $30 — 6 years ago

Conrad Green

9.5

Limestone, steel and a soft lemon mousse. Beautiful fruit with fine acidity. Long and classy. Surprisingly forward — 7 years ago

Ed Chin

9.0

The initial taste was candied but quickly turned to tart red fruit The earthy element and light body reminded me of a Pinot. Not a Burg 🤔 — 5 months ago

Vanessa

9.2

🤩 Benanti is an iconic, family run estate with a front-seat majestic view of Etna’s terrain, founded by Giuseppe Benanti in 1988, now carried forward by Giuseppe’s two sons Antonio and Salvino. Preserving the heritage of Etna’s unique terroir, the Benantis devote themselves to making wine with local varieties. 🍇

After delicate pressing, the free-run juice underwent fermentation with an indigenous yeast and aged on the fine lees in stainless steel for 30 months with regular bâtonnage (stirring). 😆

📝 The result is divine with a bouquet of harmonious aromas and flavors featuring ripe papaya, mango, cantaloup, white nectarine, kumquat, bergamot, lemon oil, cherry blossom, cream, toast, gunflint, fresh tarragon, sage, crushed stones, oystershell, sea spray & blanched almond notes.

💫This wine has verve & elegance!

😋 On the palate, it’s dry, with electrifying acidity, a medium body, textured mouthfeel, medium alcohol (12.5% ABV) & persistent finish. — 10 months ago

with Deked1

Jeroen Koenen

9.5

Saffron, yeast, flint, dried citrus peels, Ginger, green tea. Enormously complex and intriguing.
Brilliant stuff. — 4 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Pale lemon with aromas of stone and tropical fruits. Made from 40-year old vines, aged in 100% stainless steel. On the palate flavors of bright lemon citrus with crisp apple and peach notes. This medium-body wine has crisp acidity, good balance and nice mouthfeel, smooth long finish ending with creamy mineral texture. Very Nice! — 5 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.3

Popped and poured. Light gold, looks young and bright. Pretty nose. Notes of citrus, flint, white clay and some spice. Has it all going on. Fresh. With more air time I'm sure this would have blossomed but the team was thirsty and this went quickly. Bottles like this one can certainly improve with 5-10 more years of age. — 6 years ago

Lauren Vance

Buyer Whole Foods Market Oakland

9.2

Wet stone, flint, lemons, bright and vibrant. Electricity in a bottle⚡️ — 7 years ago

Mary H

9.0

Ripe pineapple, golden straw color, has some middle weight tannins but light on the finish. Green apple, pomelo pith, flint, mineral, tropical fruit. Great wine for a meal at the Arden Waikiki. — 6 months ago

Jamie Lauder

9.0

2023 vintage.
To say this is entry level Soave would do it no justice.
Garanega grapes from 30 year old vines grown in Basaltic volcanic soil. 100 % stainless steel production.
Shiny green gold in colour.
Mineral driven with notes of wild yellow flowers, golden apples, marzipan and almonds.
Crisp acidity on the finish.
This wine begs for scallops regardless how you prepare them. — a year ago

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9.1

Les Romains is a vineyard with its feet in flint to the east of the fault line in Sancerre. The 2020 Sancerre Les Romains begins with a fruity and open welcome, blossoming and silken in the mouth before tying the wine up; the flint influence acts like the belt on a pair of trousers tightening up the middle and leaving a sensation of sinew and length with a fine nettley fragrance. (Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous, August 2022)
— 4 years ago

Rene Grandmont

8.9

Hells yeah! — 5 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2015 | Chenin Blanc that is very useful to combine with food. I drank this with 1) rillettes, 2) prunes with bacon from grill, 3) charcuterie. With the prunes it was perfection. Smell with flint, peaches and a hint of papaya, great acidity, but off dry why it combines so good with different foods. Nice to drink a wine from this small appellation with so much potential. — 6 years ago

Brecht Spileers

9.3

Rather muted nose of oyster shell, lemon and flint - awesome evolution on the palate fatty in the middle with a lingering finish. Fantastic. Competes at GC level - this one feels a bit quieter at the start, but its lingering finale completes a perfect picture. Aerate. — 6 years ago

with Charlotte

Brian Kostreba

9.0

Dry green fruit, flint, with a slight oak finish. A very nice Chablis. — 7 years ago