Similar to the Paul Pernot Batard, this Leflaive displays notable energy and spine, with an exacting and chiseled frame houses tense, youthful fruit and mineral elements that excite the palate and…
A bit of reduction kicks off an intense display of lemon curd, ripe yellow pear, yuzu, white travertine, fresh lemon juice, and a kiss of vanillin wood. Thankfully, this shy in the exotic department,…
Flinty and lemon/lime juice-driven, with lemon curd and softer white and yellow pear notes to round out the profile. Medium in delivery and body, with the reduction just enough to add interest and…
In a good place now, with succulent lemon, lime zest and pith, and yuzu notes delivering a noteworthy depth and expansion of flavor, this presents as giving and ready, with a nice unfolding of…
Solid performance. Ripe lemon flavors with beautifully placed saline, travertine, and white melon rind notes that keep it all in focus. No reason to wait on these. I mean, there's one reason not to…
From magnum. Fairly angular and foursquare, especially on the finish. Shows moments of imbalance, lacking an overall sense of seamlessness. Grilled lemon, melon, and olive oil. Less vibrant and fresh…
Starting out a little sleepy-eyed, this took an hour or so to open up and express itself with adequate speed and flavor expansion, intently pushing out ripe lemon, yellow pear, limestone, and fresh…
Holy potent panther of ripe and ready profundity! All you Aubert and Kongsgaard cronies take note, as the 2019 Henri Boillot Folatieres is a double-barreled doozy of such volume and intensity that it…
Beautiful lemon confit and white travertine notes unfold in a deliberate but mindfully generous undulation of yellow fruit and mineral flavors. There is a serious side here, but not so strict it…
Lemon, chalk, and limestone lead the charge of this notable bottle. Fires off with excellent intensity and persistence, swiftly managing to completely invigorate and envelop the palate with yellow…
Notable breadth and power, this is a broad shouldered ripe lemon and vanilla (thankfully not sweet) animal. For as beefy as this is, there is poise and focus. It is super yummy and hard to spit…
I've written a decent amount on this wine, so as a matter of a check-in here, I'll reaffirm that this is still a fairly brawny wine and will likely always be a less finessed example of P-M, instead…
True to form, this Mouchere follows suit with its past siblings in a broad and shouldery display of lemon and yellow and white stone fruit flavors unabashedly pouring on to the palate. Notable focus…
In contrast with a 2015 Ramonet C-M appellation served beside it, the Leflaive was beaming with fresh and primary citrus juice and zest notes, pushing out a fair bit of reduction initially, but…
This bottle was a pretty linear and primary showing. Purity of fruit is evident and refinement is also notable, but it is skimming the surface at the moment. Leave these alone for five years. Lemony…
Muted and linear upon the first pull of the cork, the Montille Folatieres grabs you by the ears with freshness and crisp focus but is reluctant to show the goods on the initial shake-and-wake hour or…
On initial opening, this was not really giving up the goods the way I would have liked. Compared to other showings of this wine (this vintage and others), this particular bottle was a bit linear and…
Very similar to the 2018, this year-younger brother is full of pithy and limey vigor, with notable persistence and a zingy-tart delivery that offers pogo stick flavor punching on through the vibrant…
Spun up til sun up, this is all lemon juice and chalk right now. Decanted for three hours, shake-and-bake'd like a Ricky Bobby rag doll, and dropkicked across the hall in hopes of bustin' out some…
This started out a little funky and stubborn in the early going, with a completely muted nose and lifeless linear execution of "flavor:" lemon juice acidity and perhaps a little chalk on the palate,…
Seriously good juice. A few years ago when I was first tapping a number of Etienne Sauzet wines, they were showing undeniable purity and verve. Additionally, now they appear to be spreading their…
Powerful and pungent (though less overtly brawny and heated than the 2019 Richemont), this is a Folatieres with a lot to say. Pear and pineapple rind lead the charge, with yellow and green pear,…
At first a bit reticent and horizontal, the Pucelles takes some time and air to get out of first gear and increasingly, gradually, rev up to more expressive flavors of yellow and green citrus juice…
