John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.5

So rich and complex. Amazing wine. Dark fruit, sangio acid, wild herbs, animale, Smokey, meaty, chocolaty. Will buy more immediately. Great value as well. Not far from the Canalicchio Di Sopra for a much better price. — 6 years ago

Tony Garcia

9.5

Wet earth, dark cherry, animale, spice. The mix of density and transparency was truly mind boggling. Delicious now but years of life ahead. A true reminder of why I love the 01 vintage. — 7 years ago

with Bryan and Paul

Scott Taddeo

9.1

Garnacha and Carignan. Olive, leather, stewed red fruit, animale, cedar, char, toast and even some oregano. Med plus acid and tannin, formidable. — 8 years ago

Max Kelly

9.3

Tons of gamy, animale, sauvage character. An array of red fruits underpinned by bloody, iron character. The vintage’s acidity is still present but not obtrusive. Lovely wine, but outshone by the Côte de Nuits wines on the night. — 8 years ago

Manny Abascal

9.6

Animale, truffle, leather, earth on pronounced nose. Didn't even need to raise glass to enjoy the nose. Palate and finish beautiful. — 8 years ago

Fredybeans

9.2

Robe noire nez sur l épicé les fruit noire et la fumee
Bouche ample avec une superbe acidité et un beau fruit sans aucune note animale ou de bois
Belle longueur avec un côté plein et juteux
Belle bouteille mais je l avais déguste encore mieux il y a 3 ans
— 9 years ago

with El and Ben

Daron Watson

9.2

deep & sexy nose goes animale ~ black cherry & cola, acidic spike in midpalate finishes furry & balsam ~ suave — 9 years ago

Doctor No

9.1

Spicy and layered with garrigue and dark fruits but scarcely "animale" and feeling the ripeness of 03 as it takes away from the lean meaty notes I would expect. Still nice but a nice I can get in Cali. — 10 years ago

Angela Bortugno

9.0

Red raspberry aromas and a bit of bay leaf and mint. Stewed rhubarb, olalliberries and a touch of animale. Lively acidity. Could use a bit more time to pull it all together. — 10 years ago

Kit H

9.9

Structured, "animale," intense. Wore the new oak quite well. — 11 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.3

I had eschewed buying Roagna's for a long time due to brett problems but clearly I made a mistake, because the two bottles I had recently were phenomenal! This 11' Paje was incredibly elegant, especially when you factor in the vintage. The nose is so enticing, with red cherries, plum, licorice, earth, dried roses, and menthol. The palate just oozes sexiness. The clarity is stellar, with a real generosity that just pulls you in, and wild state that adds a little intrigue. Plush red and black fruits, orange oil, herbs, spices, minerals, and some animale hints. The acidity is excellent, driving a long finish. Very fine-grained tannin and even discrete when compared to the 96' Pira Riserva I had a couple of weeks ago. This is really young, but I think the vintage does give it a sort of mellowed approachability at the moment (at least versus the 96' again, although certainly showing less density). Really starting to fall in love with this producer ♥️ — 6 years ago

LM Segal

8.9

Smooth and refined for the price point, but I always have a hard time with that wet-cat-fur SA animale nose. — 8 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.2

I love the Barthod style but one fellow taster observed that this lacked some Chambolle tipicity. Indeed the animale notes were aggressive. But what great energy and complexity. — 8 years ago

with Gianluct

Nick Yu

9.1

4/13/2017 Heard Serafin made great wines for the 2007 vintage, and was lucky to find some. This is indeed impressively concentrated for the vintage. Very ripe , but balanced blue fruits, some funk (from Brett?), well integrated terrior of earth and animale, almost covered by the fruits. Softened tannins. Starting to peak now but can easily hold for 5 more years — 9 years ago

with Chris

Chris MacLean

9.5

My second favorite on the night--by a hair over the next one, the Gevrey-C. Layered "animale" notes and great full-flavored acidity, expanding on the close. (Burg 3/6) — 9 years ago

with Sarah, Gianluct and 2 others

LM Segal

9.2

Unusual blend including Syrah, Mourvèdre and Touriga National from South Africa. Neatly extracted, deftly balanced, it's got the heart of a right bank blend with that animale tinge that tweets out Southern Hemisphere. Impressive at C$30! — 10 years ago

Amélie Creighton

9.5

Exactly what I love about a good Petite Sirah. Dark inky purple, peppery, smoky, nose. On the palate, full body, meaty, spicy and smoky. I LOVE this wine. Memorable wine. — 10 years ago

Doctor No

9.2

Elegant, a bit animale, touch of tapenade and rich, red meat. Closest Cali gets to Cote Rotie — 11 years ago

CS

Sales Amy Atwood Imports

9.1

L'Ange Vin -Jean-Pierre Robinot! Radical wine. Pineau d'Aunis in its pure animale expression!! On the best coast for its inaugural release. Finally. — 13 years ago

Chip Hughes

9.2

Typical Raquillet Pinot nose of animale, wood smoke, meat juices and new barrel. Intense lift, refinement and raspberry coulis-like fruit from this special vintage. Plenty of heft and grip, though. Really perfect Mercurey. — 6 years ago

Rory Bevins

10

Beautiful with notes of green pepper and tomato leaf. Perfect with seafood. — 6 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

9.1

Crafted from 50-60 year old vines, Botuari's Assyrtiko is resinous and beaming with salt. The wine finds further complexity through notes of ripe citrus peel, grapefruit pith, lemon oil, sweat, and a tad of animale. Spritely, but also tactile and palate-coating. 100% Αssyrtiko — 8 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

9.1

From one of the Languedoc-Roussillon's most exciting young négociants, Hecht & Bannier's Côtes du Roussillon Villages demonstrates excellent varietal character - a classic, rustic expression of Grenache from this corner of the Med. Flavors of almond dust, warm plums, licorice, raspberry and blanched sweet herbs expand to a rather girthy mid-palate, nuanced by a subtle minerality and animale character that informs the finish. A blend of Grenache, Syrah, Carignan, Mourvèdre, and Lledoner Pelut. — 8 years ago

with Emily

Fredybeans

9.0

Robe noire avec legere évolution vers Le Brun
Nez sur les fruit noir la réglisse et l epice et un peu de réduction
Bouche dense fraîche avec un bel equilibre mais avec l air qq notes animale apparaissent en fin de bouche — 8 years ago

Patrick Rousseau

9.1

Still very youthful but in a good place. Red and black fruits and some animale on the nose. Sour cherry dominates the medium-body palate and the finish is long. — 9 years ago

LM Segal

9.1

Clean pure SA Syrah with a French soul. Light but intense cherry rainbow. Needed 45 mins to open up, but none of the stinky animale I associate with the region. Give it 2-3 years but not much longer. Nice! — 9 years ago

Matthew Duré

9.2

Dark cherry and tart berries with a hint of animale. Fine plush tannin. More please. — 10 years ago

Sam Coturri

Winery Sixteen 600, Enterprise Vineyards and the Moon Mountain District

9.5

Whoa. Refined with dark fruit flavors, animale with dried herbs and floral notes. And just enough brett keep it pleasantly rustic. Fun wine. — 10 years ago

with Philip

Sassodoro

9.1

Vintage is 2000. Lots of leather & "animale." Thx to @norberkeleywine for importing! — 11 years ago

Kit H

9.5

Garrigue, animale, salt — 13 years ago