KA

9.4

Ox & Olive DC — 8 days ago

Graham

9.3

Wow - so good! Baked apple, lemon, nice acid. — 6 months ago

Haute Epicurean

9.4

So balanced and easy to drink — a year ago

Eric Urbani

9.2

Mark Royer's inaugural vintage. Very Burgundian. Clones include Dijon 76, 95, and 548 among others. Elevation 600-700' which is relatively high for OR. Soils are a mix of Ritner, Witzel, Nekia, and Jory of volcanic origin. South and West slopes. Mesoclimate: "Very windy".
— 5 years ago

Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7

9.7

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K&L notes, Attractive aromas of cedar, caramel, crushed pineapple, eucalyptus-vanilla, and fine tea with a round, vibrant, dry-yet-fruity medium body and a smooth, complex, very long allspice, lime leaf, dried mango, smoke, and sea salt finish. Exotic aromas and superb integration make this the Cognac or Single Malt-lovers Tequila; a must-try." (04/2019) Distiller's note: "A distinct tequila, El Tesoro Paradiso® is slowly aged for five years in French oak ex-Cognac barrels. Created by Don Felipe Camarena in collaboration in with Alain Royer of A. de Fussigny Cognac, this unique tequila has an earthy taste with a hint of minerality, tropical characteristics, and sweet notes of butterscotch." — 6 years ago

Tracy Swanson

9.2

Love this Champagne! Lovely hint of Girl Scout shortbread cookie flavor! Bright, brioche and complex! — 8 years ago

with Glenn

Peter Wassam

9.0

Smell like lemon and fermenting pizza dough. Peach, pineapple, cream and a dry, persistent finish. This has weight and length. Really good for the price — 9 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Pale lemon color with aromas of ripe fruits, citrus, nutty and flinty scents. On the palate flavors of apple, peach and orange citrus, cinnamon notes, well balanced with acidity. Medium+ finish ending with nutty toasty spice, mineral and citrus notes. Good now! — 2 months ago

JKT

9.1

Well aged CdP that is supple and floral with a beam of tension underlying it — 6 months ago

Yuri

9.0

Christmas lunch party at Kaori’s second house in the Minoh mountain. — 4 years ago

with Kaori

David Schoonover

9.4

Incredible Champs! So balanced, such a phenomenal producer! — 5 years ago

Michael Housewright

Writer/Photographer Wine Enthusiast Magazine

9.2

What a glorious example of the area. Minerals for days. Acid like a Jimi Hendrix show in 68 — 6 years ago

Timothy Lynch

9.0

After two highly defective bottles the third one sings. I’ve never used sassy before to describe a wine, but sassy—for this ripe Pinot—says it all. There’s a hell of a lot going on with this one, and the pervasive candied chewy fruit notes that linger long after the swallow are impressive. Terrific entry level Burgundy when it’s right. But two duds are a concern. — 7 years ago

Mark Royer

8.9

Final stages of life. Nice tertiary. Truffles. — 9 years ago

Vasanth Balakrishnan

9.1

2021 was a cooler finesse year in CdP and it shows with this wine. Savory nose: charcuterie, dried plums and fig. It doesn’t drink hot, plenty of snappy acidity, some spicy notes, wild cherry and grippy tannins on the finish. I’ll be seeking out more 2021 CdPs based on this one. #châteauneufdupape — 4 months ago

Nishith Jobanputra

9.0

Satellite bottle shop. — 9 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

NV | a tasting at Brabantse Wijn Sociëteit opened my eyes for champagne from the Côtes de Bar, like this one. 80% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Noir. Made with 20% reserve wine. It’s bouquet is its greatest quality: refinement, brioche, yeast and beautiful fruit like peach and apple. Good acidity. Paired with scrambled eggs breakfast. Merry X-Mas. 🎄🍾 — 4 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.7

Outstanding blanc de blanc! Nose of flowers, honeysuckle, bread, lemons. Palate was a lemons, lemon curd, something herbal, I think some barrel influence which is really nice. So we’ll balanced. — 5 years ago

Severn G

9.1

Nose has decaying leaves, dried black cherry, distant new shower curtain, slight cow pasture, Maraschino cherry, unopened Bandaid and very slight eucalyptus.

Palate has ripe black cherry, dried blackberry, plum skin, cedar sawdust, blueberry seed, slightly drying on the medium finish and mild acidity remaining.

Not what we generally expect from C-M (our favorite village), but doing acceptably for a Sunday night bottle, peaceful.

2 hour decant, very...stinky on cork pull.

(Background photo on my Chromecast ambient scroll is Mathusalem (6L) of 2012 Taittinger Comtes (Only 510 bottles produced!) from our visit in May 2018...🤤🤤🤤) — 6 years ago

Austin R

9.0

Soft and delicious. Light but some modest tannins, some nice Pinot fruit. Would totally drink this again! — 9 years ago