Alvaro Bustillos

9.7

Gpo 2 aguas Cuu con ludo — a month ago

Tom Barras

9.2

Still displaying the youth and vitality of a much younger wine, its black fruit appearance is dark and dense, the confirming perfumed aromatics and dark fruit flavors are still quite primary, and its structure is solid with ample fruit, light acidity, and supporting, chalky tannins at the long mouth coating finish. Definitely in its Golden Years. (Should be ideal with tonight’s Soy marinated Rack of Lsmb.)

— 2 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

This was silky, inky & polished with dark fruits, graphite, mineral & violets. — 3 months ago

S.S. Mandani

9.3

Oiliness, wool, lemon oil.

Citruss fruits (lemon), stonefruit (white peaches), white flowers, dandelions, viscous and textured like lemon oil. Waxy.

A bit of honeycomb and then a slight bitterness of almost like biting into an herb or like dried sea buckthorn, even.

Interesting and memorable. — 5 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

Nose: darker Syrah fruit. Bit of sauvage. Lilacs.

Palate: licorice. Good acidity. Pretty acidic.

Planetwine — 6 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

This had black fruits, spice, meat & floral notes that needed some air to develop — 7 months ago

Charles Houssa

9.4

A hot young for the 2022 vintage in October 2025. — a month ago

Ki Punwar

Owner, California Wine Republic

9.3

This is drinking well right now. Tannic but lush and quite open. Long finish and love the acidity here — 2 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Cuu amigos — 2 months ago

Ed Chin

9.1

Pretty much all fruit though I detected a bit of iron. Nice texture. — 3 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Great vintage that needed air showing perfumed aromatics with dark cherry, berry fruit, savory spice, olive, game, pepper & violet. — 5 months ago

Jonathan Wall

9.4

Black fruit, a bit of spice and tappenande under and over a very elegant weave. Avec T-Bone. — 6 months ago

GaryWEdwards

9.3

I'm in new territory and I really like the offering here. Nice smoked meat and big dark berry . Fairly approachable out of the gate and will only improved with time. — 6 months ago

Ericsson

9.2

Great cellar find. Aged Syrah from Cote Rotie… Opulent Syrah. — 2 months ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

After a rough stretch of vintages (14,15,16) for this producer, 2017 has it returned to form showcasing the unique Burgundian style to Côte-Rôtie that had it gain such a following early on. It wafts its stemmy spice aromatics with beef jerky, violets and and black pepper. It shows weightless intensity on the palate with a spine of minerality giving it lift and focus. Cordeloux is a tremendous success in 2017. — 2 months ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

I have wanted to do this producer side by side with Alban with well seasoned Tri-tip. Tonight is the night.

The crowd that leans California liked the French better.

I have always thought Alban in the new world mimicked Rostaing’s style.

Both phenomenal and I enjoyed both for slightly different climate & soil reasons.

These two producers do Syrah without the heavy smoked meats & bacon fat of say Cayuse. — 3 months ago

P Plusquellec

9.7

Like silk with full, well- rounded fruit & mouth-feel. Just about perfect French Syrah! — 4 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.0

Nose: some vegetal as opens.

Palate: tight. Vegetal. Good structure. A bit tart.

$53.33 — 5 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Nose: old wood. Initially lilacs. Nose is more beautiful as it opens.

Palate: old wood. Hints of fruit.elegant. As it opens: sleek. Balanced. Ethereal.

Dies quickly. A 9.2 for 10 minutes then an 8. — 6 months ago

Ed Tostanoski

9.2

Needed a long decant to open up .. much heavier and more tannic than the 14 — 8 months ago