"Odedi"

10

Oh my god! What a wonderful dessert wine.

Burnt orange color with a copper hue and a pale yellow/orange rim. Color in the bottle is more brown than orange.

Immensely strong nose of curry, indian spices (as if you walked into an Indian restaurant), cinnamon, coffee, brandy, orange peel, tumurac, raisins, figs and dates.

Extremely smooth and soft on the palate, with figs, raisins, dates, coffee, sweet candy, citrus and sweet cherries.

Sweet, Full bodied, bold and buttery with great legs. It actually tastes like a liquor would, without the alcohol burn.

Long finish with a trace of brandy.

17% alcohol.

The high acidity makes this sweet dessert wine, very balanced and non cloying.

Poured from a 375ml bottle.

This is a non vintage bottle, but I held it for 8 years in my cellar, and boy does it show... — 10 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.4

Family not in the business of winemaking Francois was in cooking school but liked the idea of becoming winemaker and planted his first vines in 1988 then made his first wines in 1991 he makes almost all of the wines available from the north 8 appellations cote rotie condrieu them grilled which is the smallest appellation in France st Joseph coronas st perret they make sparkling therein left are crazes hermitage a hermitage lots of granite except cote rotie schist. Hermitage the soils very complex crazes very similar but not as complex too cold for Grenache in the north. Very pretty bouquet with juicy peach and apricot fruit 100% marsanne varietal this name used to be used for the varietal 20% new burgund barrels more floral and mineral this varietal very pretty white with a smooth creamy textures lovely freshness and balance with pretty floral notes through the finish excellent clementine orange zest — 12 years ago

Andrew A.

9.5

Well balanced with neutral French oak and a crisp finish. — 11 years ago

John Manus

10

What an amazing wine - buy buy buy!!!! 8/10 — 11 years ago

Mark

9.5

Drank 8/16/13 with roasted chicken, excellent from the start. — 12 years ago

Erin Miuccio

9.9

Yummy LoCo Vino from 8 Chains — 12 years ago

Erin Rasmussen

9.4

Green and stemmy with exotic oak spices. Cardamom and garam masala. Damp wet barrel. Good balance! Complex and well integrated. A complete surprise that this wine is 8 years old. Lots of room to grow and open. #syrah #tinyhousetastinggroup — 11 years ago

Bob Trimble

9.2

A little tight when first opened but singing 8 hours later, pretty wine! — 11 years ago

Mark

9.1

Drank 8/9/13 with grilled salmon, broccoli and lentils. Good from the start, but very intense. — 12 years ago

Matt Oettinger

9.6

Not as dry as your normal Merlot. Great finish. — 13 years ago