Reviews

Paul Pernot et ses Fils Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Chalumeaux

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…

Domaine des Malandes Chablis 1er Cru Montmains Vieilles Vignes

Much improved from my last experience with this wine. More focus and intensity than its sibling 2018 Malandes Vau de Vey (served beside it), this Montmains delivers a notable green and yellow fruit…

Domaine des Malandes Chablis 1er Cru Vau de Vey

This is a succulent little fruit buster, with a much-improved glide from my last go-around. An extra beam of lift and grip adds a bump of intensity and focus. Lemony and slightly rich, but with a…

Domaine Jean Chartron Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Pucelle

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,…

Drew Family Cellars Chardonnay Bahl Briney

Yellow and green apple notes are complimented with lemon water and faint unripe white peach notes. Medium intensity, with a straightforward band of flavoring. Misses in the depth and complexity…

Saxum White James Berry Vineyard

A blend of 46% Grenache Blanc, 31% Roussanne, 23% Chenin Blanc, the 2019 Saxum White displays quite a beautiful core of deeply pitched yellow melon and peach notes counterbalanced with judiciously…

Dönnhoff Hermannshöhle Riesling Großes Gewächs

This thing needs a decent tick of time before it (hopefully) starts showing what it's all about. It has crystalline purity and the typical lemon/lime spritz thing going on, but it doesn't necessarily…

Domaine Louis Michel Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux Vieilles Vignes

This has come along nicely since last year. More depth and yellow fruit flavor to be had to match the white fruit and acid. Less of a grippy animal, settling nicely into quite the affable spirit.…

Domaine des Malandes Chablis Cuvée Tour du Roy Vieilles Vignes

Performs exceptionally well on both succulent and energetic levels given its class. Peachy and lemon juicy, with a saturating mouthfeel that begs to be drank now. It's not going to MIT or anything,…

Etienne Sauzet Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Combettes

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…

Hubert Lamy Saint-Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly Blanc

Bright and electric, with searing and near teeth-clattering acidity, the En Remilly is so vibrant and shining that it almost hurts to take it down now. Yet, with flavors so pure and distinct, you…

Vincent Dauvissat (René & Vincent) Petit Chablis

A bit of a waxy/dry extract feel to the glossy yellow citrus and stone fruit, with a balanced acidity that keeps the succulence in proper focus, this 2019 Petit Chablis is silimar to its 2018…

Hubert Lamy Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Clos de la Chateniere Blanc Vieilles Vignes

Continue to hold for a few years. A two hour decant expanded the flavors and allowed the salty and chalky white and higher-riding yellow fruit to deepen. Excellent energy and intensity. Try to hold…

Künstler Hochheimer Hölle Riesling Großes Gewächs

Lime pith, green apple skin, and quince dominate, with a spritzy and linear posture that comes off primary and juvenile, this Kunstler is a bit of a straight shot cough drop at the moment. Flint and…

Turtle Rock Willow White

Yellow and green pear, lemon verbena, honeydew, cantaloupe rind, unripe mango, and white flowers all make for a refined attack that, especially with air, saunters across the palate with notable…

Domaine des Rémizières Crozes-Hermitage Blanc Cuvée Christophe

Less of the banana pool boy palate pusher compared to the bottle back in October 2020, this particular sample veered toward more melon, peach, and lemon curd elements (though the raw plantain flavor…

Marc Colin et Fils Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Champs-Gain

Definitely hold for a few more years. Tastey now but evolves in the glass over a few hours of consumption. Budding sophistication stands to become even more suave with some cellaring. More layering…

Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre

A succulent showing that pulls a decent amount of ripe fruit from the core and splays it out in 'come hither' fashion, but still maintains enough Chablis typicity to keep it from becoming too overt…

Jean et Sébastien Dauvissat Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons

More lemony and speedy than my previous bottle. Good 1er Cru energy. Less concentration than others in its class, but with enough oomph to keep it competitive. Drink now and over the next five years.…

Gilbert et Christine Felettig Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune "En Vallerot" Blanc

This thing lasted almost a week and still had energy to give. Certainly a revved-up little Bourgogne. Even with multiple days open, this Felettig blasted a Dupont-Fahn Bourgogne served next to it.

Domaine Dupont-Fahn Bourgogne Blanc Chaumes des Perrières

Similar to my last experience, this is a humdrum suuuuper boooooring snoozer with a pedestrian unfolding of drab fruit and sleepy acidity. It's yellow and tastes like Chardonnay, but is completely…

Three Sticks Chardonnay Origin

A revisit of this wine since 5/9/2021. (On CT this shows up in a couple of places with various notes in each place, but this seems to have the most holdings, so I'll post here).

Olivier Leflaive Auxey-Duresses Blanc

Lemony lemon lemonness, with all the succulent lemonistic lemontastic yellow lemon curd you'd want in a $30 buck Chuck Bourgogne. Ripe and ready. Drink now.

Domaine Louis Michel Chablis 1er Cru Séchets

Much more filled-out and salivating than 1.5 years ago, with persistent tension cradling the lip-smacking lemon drop and white stone notes, this 2017 Sechet is a winner. Finishes with a nice…

Arrow & Branch Sauvignon Blanc Heritage Reserve

Lime, lychee, grapefruit rind, honeydew, vanilla, and pisco sour flavors saunter from the glass with suave and pep. There's a flash of runway model here, but also a cunning and curious smirk behind…