The quintessential oyster wine - Mark Ollivier's classic old vines cuvée Clos des Briords. These Melon de Bourgogne vines planted in 1930 on schist yield an intensely mineral and refreshing wine. '14 is a stunner and sure to please for many years to come. Drink up!
Shengli Hu
White flowers, peach blossom, lime, tangerine, grapefruit, turnip, pepper, slight lanolin, wet stone. High acidity, medium intensity and finish.
White flowers, peach blossom, lime, tangerine, grapefruit, turnip, pepper, slight lanolin, wet stone. High acidity, medium intensity and finish.
8.9Marc Stubblefield
Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant
I could buy all that was available of this wine and not have enough. 2014 of perhaps a touch rounder than some, but that's not a complaint. I have more, but there are not enough to last the arc of this wine's life. Best white value/age deal, hands down.
I could buy all that was available of this wine and not have enough. 2014 of perhaps a touch rounder than some, but that's not a complaint. I have more, but there are not enough to last the arc of this wine's life. Best white value/age deal, hands down.
9.2Gerald Montoya
An absolute beauty. Marc Ollivier always makes a beautiful wine and Briords is always a cut above the rest, but the 2014 vintage brings a luxurious and sensual texture that compliments the minerality so well. If you see this wine, buy it. In fact, buy 2.
An absolute beauty. Marc Ollivier always makes a beautiful wine and Briords is always a cut above the rest, but the 2014 vintage brings a luxurious and sensual texture that compliments the minerality so well. If you see this wine, buy it. In fact, buy 2.
9.7Ben Lehman
Always a stunner, but I'm really digging this new vintage. Elegance, intensity, and ripping sea salt inflected minerality. A vintage to cellar if I could only restrain myself
Always a stunner, but I'm really digging this new vintage. Elegance, intensity, and ripping sea salt inflected minerality. A vintage to cellar if I could only restrain myself
9.5James Rienstra
Mmm so good. On par with the 12. Razor sharp acidity.
Mmm so good. On par with the 12. Razor sharp acidity.
9.2Chris MacLean
This was pretty great with sauerkraut and polish sausage.
This was pretty great with sauerkraut and polish sausage.
9.3Michael Morris
Wine Director The Park Café
Bracing acidity. Stoney, salty minerality. Crunchy and long, this is Muscadet by the case for the cellar. 2 a year for the next 6 and you'll be drinking well.
Bracing acidity. Stoney, salty minerality. Crunchy and long, this is Muscadet by the case for the cellar. 2 a year for the next 6 and you'll be drinking well.
9.3Mark Lindzy
Always great, yet somehow even better when out of magnum. #4thofjuly
Always great, yet somehow even better when out of magnum. #4thofjuly
9.2Raymond Domenico
Domaine de la Pepiere has a total show stopper here. I love this wine; ocean air, brine, lemon peel aromas. Pallet is tart citrus, green pear, white minerals and high acid. I need oysters, quick!
Domaine de la Pepiere has a total show stopper here. I love this wine; ocean air, brine, lemon peel aromas. Pallet is tart citrus, green pear, white minerals and high acid. I need oysters, quick!
9.3Leslee D. Miller
Owner and Certified Sommelier Amusée Wine Consulting
Brine, like licking the back of a wet oyster shell, racy & beaming with lemon verbena, tangelo & underripe white peach skin. Dom. de la Pépiète 'Clos des Briords' Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, a gem! #certifiablydelish
Brine, like licking the back of a wet oyster shell, racy & beaming with lemon verbena, tangelo & underripe white peach skin. Dom. de la Pépiète 'Clos des Briords' Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, a gem! #certifiablydelish
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