White

Vinous Reverie NotesThese are the great lords of the appellation. There are seven of them (Les Clos, Vaudesir, Valmur, Blanchot, les Preuses, Grenouille, Bougros), all grouped together in the same well-defined geographical area. Rich and generous,...

Vinous Reverie NotesAn utter respect for tradition, and in some ways a total break. Mounir and Rotem Saouma has slowly developed wines in Chateauneuf-du-Pape, and the results are extraordinary and distinct. It started with 5...

Jancis Robinson"Full bottle 1,330 g. Certified Ecocert organic. Blend of mostly Grenache Blanc/Grenache Gris and Roussanne, with some Macabeu.It's so distinctive. Yet it smells of almost nothing – maybe of daylight. This wine smells like grey...

Vinous Reverie NotesPaul Lato was born and raised in Krakow then settled briefly in Spain and then onto Toronto where he became a decorated sommelier in the best restaurant in Toronto. In 1996, he went to California’s central...

92 points Vinous"The 2021 Chardonnay The Agnes from Crystallum is tight and minerally on the nose, sharp and stony to the point where it can easily deceive you into thinking it comes from far cooler climes. The palate is fresh and tensile, almost steely,...

92 points Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate“A pure expression of Chardonnay, the Passopisciaro Vini Franchetti 2018 Passobianco is a generous wine with lots of honey, dried apricot and apple baked in butter. Ultimately, this expression from the...

Vinous Reverie NotesAn old 17th century hunting lodge built for the Duc de Choiseul. Since 1830, it has been a renowned wine estate. Damien Moyer represents the eighth generation at the head of the estate, which covers 9.5 ha. Tasting Notes: The...

Jancis Robinson"Sophisticated nose and really complex. Lovely hint of nuttiness on herbs and flowers. Good grip on the end. 17/20 points." Vinous Reverie NotesPaul Gadenne’s interest in wine began 10 years ago when he moved to Chignin, in the...

* Hachette Guide (Very successful)"Managed for ten years in biodynamics by François Barmès, this estate has ninety plots on nine different terroirs. This Riesling has its roots in the warm soils (sand and pebbles) of Herrenweg, a locality...

95 points James Suckling"Still very youthful, this is super-elegant with intense slate character. Mini-banana and spring-flower aromas. Very focused on the sleek and silky palate, which you want to linger long over because it lingers long with you at the...

95 points Mosel Fine Wines"The 2020er Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Trocken Uralte Reben GG is a bone-dry wine (with 3 g/l of residual sugar) made from fruit picked on un- grafted vines planted in 1890. It proves rather backward at first and really needs a...

95 points Vinous Media"The 2018 Hoë-Steen is predominantly Chenin Blanc, planted toward Darling on deep iron-clay soils and usually picked after the reds. The vines were planted in 1968. This has a more stony bouquet than the Skaliekop, a very...