Tim L

9.2

Excellent CA. Cab-etc. blend. Balanced, full bodied, dark and intense...great with steak, red meats but we'll drink w/more. Deep berry forward on the palate - maybe hip, still tasty and a bit bitey on the finish if you care - not enough to offend. I don't get the fantasmic world of arcane nose and flavor some raters experience. Que sera', sera', will drink again 14.9% alcohol that seems higher... — 5 years ago

John Clinton

9.0

Unique fernet expressions—heavily minted/eucalyptus powered which was a fun experience. — 7 years ago

David Kline

9.0

Inky wine from rim to rim. Charred boar ragout, marigolds and violets, in cedar planters. Chunky baker's chocolate baking, teak, black shoe polish, burnt mocha rye, mint in turned soil scribbled on by grape scented marker. Smoked plum, worm castings, raw chocolate, espresso grounds, graphite dust. Oak and pepper belched from an arcane volcanic sacrifice. Wood tannins mushroom and coat the tongue. Next year's harvest might be a lock with this kind of dark dedication. #crozeshermitage #crozes #rhonewine #syrah #purpleteetharesexy — 9 years ago

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Neha M. H.

9.2

Love the honeysuckle. Take note, @Christopher Olin ! — 10 years ago

Hannah Barbour

9.0

Bought this bottle of 2009 in the South of France from a Caves in Saint Laurent des Arbres. Lovely Lirac with a taste of cocoa and a little oak. If you ever visit the Rhone, Lirac is a must. Cost about €8. — 11 years ago

Garret VanderLinden

9.8

Beautiful bordeaux style blend. — 12 years ago

Will Stanley

9.4

Les Amoureux by Xavier Vignon, another single-vintage wine in the Arcane portfolio, is a beautiful embodiment of the southern Rhône from the spectacular 2016 vintage. A blend of 80% Grenache, with the 20% split between Mourvèdre, Cinsault and Caladoc, and sourced from the AOCs of Gigondas, Lirac, Vacqueyras, Beaumes-de-Venise and Rasteau, it’s a fragrant but powerful wine that balances bright red fruit, dollops of garrigue and a smokey character with a good amount of acidity and tannin characteristic of a young Rhône wine. A basic Côtes du Rhône given the blend of multiple terroirs, this is the finest of Vignon’s wines that I’ve tasted to date and it should age well for the next decade. — 5 years ago

Jordan Wardlaw

9.0

Pithy with very smoky minerality, fresh orchard fruit and floral overtones. Lovely. — 8 years ago

Natrone Means Business

9.1

For those of you that think a Rhone blend can't succeed in the Pac NW, I give you this: smokin good juice that will hit its peak in 1-2 years. — 10 years ago

Natrone Means Business

9.1

Serious Riesling. Great tropical flavors that resonate. Just a hint of sweetness with great complexity. If I could get it on the east coast, it would be a total "go to!" — 10 years ago

David Kline

9.2

This is a burly Mendozan to be sure! Big chocolate out of the gates! Torque, muscle, saddle leather, blackberry, dust. This is the derby! Each December the Hipódromo hosts the Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini, the most important horse race in Argentina, and this year my money is on this dark horse. All 17$ of it. Crowd pleasing elements aside, there is a primal, and arcane element here despite its specious approachability. Deliciously deceptive. Plenty of acidity and nice earth notes. — 11 years ago

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Andoni Pelaez

9.0

Fruity. Excellent for social drink or daily drink. — 11 years ago

Ming L

8.9

I think this is my first 100% Syrah from southern Rhône, and it really grew on me.
Slightly candied dark fruits balanced by a stream of medium yet vivid acidity. Peppery, herbal, and slightly floral. Mellow tannins.
Xavier Vignon has the formula to produce great Southern Rhône bottles at great price. And this is no exception, particularly considering the age of the bottle. — 6 years ago

Charles Mires

9.5

Outstanding and keeps getting better. — 7 years ago

David Kline

9.4

Black cherry, hemp cake, eucalyptus, licorice, smoky loam, blackberry juice, spicy tea, dyed into the linen of heavy curtains shielding the holy darkness. Violets, black cherries, tart cherry, dry tobacco, cedar twigs, raw cocoa nibs, dried blueberry, loose black tea, and formidable tannins that are silky with a small amount of grainy residuals. Brilliant as arcane runes on shotgun blueing. #fattorialaripa #tuscanwine #toscana #italianwine #redwine #redblends — 8 years ago

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David Kline

9.0

Uranus detested his children. As soon as they were born, he forced them into Tartarus, a dark place deep beneath the surface of the earth. There, he brewed them into this beer!
It is pagan and arcane, with aromas of vanilla bean, malty forest moss, wet , cave stones. We are suspended for a moment before we drop in a starless night into a subterranean well filled with storm water. Then ginger and peppercorn lace the hops, curry spice and ash-laden black earth. Finally, magick runes on horse saddles. Do you hear the hoofbeats? Don't look behind you...it's Uranus!! — 10 years ago

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Maxence Guilluy

10

Incredibly aromatique; caramel, vanilla, fruity — 11 years ago

Kim Kolb

9.3

Yummy port! — 12 years ago