Paul Masson

9.3

Smoking! Vibrant fruit, but drink up, starts to fade after a couple hours open — 8 days ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.3

2016 is firing off rn — 19 days ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

I am a fan of their work. This wine is so weightless, soft & gentle, it might float on water.

I met Toby Bekker in Australia who I thought his Grenache and Syrah wines were made in a Burgundian style. I asked him about his time in Burgundy and if that influenced his wines. He said, there he learned what not to take from grapes/wine. This is a shinning example of what he was taking about.

The fruits are perfectly ripe, floral & extracted. Cherries, strawberries, pomegranate, rhubarb tones, plums, haunting raspberries, light & softly layered baking spices- clove cinnamon, nutmeg & vanillin, understated red cola & licorice, excellent oak use-barrel powder, hints of dry herbs, understated dry twig, hints of grilled meats, notes of dry tobacco w/ ash, soft used leather, red flowers, red & pink flowers, excellent acidity and a well balanced, softly waking tension with grace and elegance on the two-minutes that lands gently on spice & earth.

Beautiful! — 5 days ago

romo

9.1

Just enough of the 2020 weirdness to inject some depth after an hour of air. — 6 days ago

Joe DAscoli

9.5

Acker birthday auction. Some butterscotch and richness. Pretty good — 4 days ago

Tom Garland

9.4

Pop and pour. A majestic lite gold color. On the nose: crisp apples, lemon, almonds, floral, and honey. Taste: creamy, beautiful texture and nice acidity wine with apple, pear, lemon zest, saline, flint, and a minerally lime peel medium plus finish. YUM! Maturing gracefully and time to go. — 12 days ago

with Brenda

Gage Orion

8.9

Light bodied red… strawberry notes especially on the nose. Some spice notes. Very decent bottle from Publix, think I’m enjoying this vintage more than last years. — 16 days ago

Joe DAscoli

9.7

Acker birthday auction. Shared by Bill. Unreal wine. Stood out amongst everything but the Truchot — 4 days ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.7

Amy Acker auction — 3 days ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.3

Quite a deep colour , deep garnet , with a medium wide garnet rim . Needs time to open , quite discreet but quite deep and dark on the nose , with some blackberry tinged , liquorice , dark cherry , earthy sous bois . This opens up after a while to show more floral influences, lighter , redder fruits . On the palate this is quite dense , with a blackberry , dark cherry hint , earthy , mineral with quite grippy tannins . Good volume and density . Balanced acidity and earthy , mineral tinged finish. This needs time and improved quite a lot with air but really needs a few more years in the cellar , maybe come back in 5 years and will last well at least another 10. Promising . — 2 hours ago