Jay Kline

9.2

This bottle had been opened the night before. The 2021 pours a deep ruby/purple color with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with significant staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of tart and ripe black and red fruits: mixed brambles, purple flowers, olives, black pepper, stony earth and a mix of cool and warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannin and medium+ acidity. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+ and peppery. True to the vintage, this is a cooler expression of Chave’s Saint Joseph and I really dig it. Drink now through 2041. — 2 months ago

romo

9.1

Lacked some savory notes to its benefit. More Guigal than C-R. — 2 months ago

Carmen

9.1

Concentrated fruit, soft, and a bit of spice -
Some of the best value CdR out there, sourcing fruit from around Southern Rhône!! Jean Louis Chave expertise at an entry-level price.

This was a young wine but 2022 was a good year: Extreme drought vintage resulted in lower yields and concentrated, freshly acidic wines. — 3 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

Great drinking SJ — 3 months ago

romo

9.2

Still pretty tight. Tannic day one, fruity day two. Only a bit salty. Hold em. — 4 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

Always a treat with its perfumed aromatics, balanced dark cherry, berry fruits, spice, mineral, graphite, iron, olive, pepper & violets — 4 months ago

Christina

9.6

Fantastic! — 7 months ago

Steve Medbery

9.6

Heaven in a glass. Just a bit in your mouth and it bursts with flavors of dried fruit and spice — 8 months ago

Max

9.2

Amazing! Fruity yet not too sweet. Medium body. Easy to drink — 4 years ago

with Jazz

Neil Cornish

8.9

Fresh and lively. So good with lamb. Very pure fruit. This is too young, but still approachable. — 10 years ago

KCG

9.6

christal + paul — a month ago

Peter Krug

9.3

robust and velvety — 2 months ago

Patrick Hu

9.2

Classic Northern Rhone — 2 months ago

with Matt and Andrew

Will Stanley

9.2

Third and final time trying the 2017 Condrieu ‘La Petite Côte’ from Yves Cuilleron, a wine I first tried in 2020 and described then as ‘liquid sunshine’. At seven/eight years of age, it might not be quite as stunning as it was on that first occasion, but it’s still a gorgeous, joyful wine full of Amalfi lemon, white flowers and nectarine, with an oily, waxy texture and lovely bitterness on the finish. Definitely better young, but holding up nicely, and I’d buy this again. — 3 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Youthful that is showing well with dark cherry, berry fruit, graphite, smoke. lots of spice, licorice, violets & tobacco — 4 months ago

Sonnie

9.3

Really like — 4 months ago

leon egozi

9.4

NY wine spectator event — 6 months ago

Scott Kahn

9.3

Beautifully balanced with pronounced red fruit and distinct tannic structure. Only purple, red color with a nice acidity to complement red meat. A great wine now that can easily cellar for many years. — 8 months ago

Jill Hutko

9.0

Had this at Carretta on the Gulf with the Huyck’s. — 4 years ago

Olivier Schutte

8.9

Lovely aged, elegant — 10 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.6

2019 vintage. Last tasted 08.19.23 (9.5). Still medium heavy-heavy bod. Plushy nose, aggressively undying flavors and brick + mortar structure. Comparable to what it must have been like to see Mozart live back in that day. Confusing. Pure. Beyond mortal comprehension. "It's getting better all the time." 03.08.25. — 2 months ago

Richard Portes

9.3

17.5 Rich, long, special.. — 2 months ago

Bob Yoon

9.4

Pairs well with potentially life/career altering decisions — 2 months ago

Ivor

9.2

Beautiful glass filling nose with flowers and tar followed by dark bramble, smoke, leather and liquorice. Pretty chewy tannines and a long finish. Wine got very divergent notes and ratings on ct but I am liking this a lot. No blockbuster over extracted powerhouse but freshness and complexity. Very glad to have 5 more. — 3 months ago

Doug Powers

9.6

Lovely aromatics of earth, smoke and redfruits, very solid core of dried red berry and super savory flavors, still great balancing acidity, a little less of the rustic notes in this one compared to the 1985 Verset from last Saturday, long, lingering finish, another great Verset Cornas!! — 4 months ago

with Jim

Josh Morgenthau

9.4

Exceptional. Heady orange blossom perfume and orange taffy. Cointreau. Very concentrated. — 6 months ago

K Brooks

8.9

Delicious with air fried pork tenderloin, fruity and a little spicy ($14). — 7 months ago

Izzy J

8.9

Lovely bottle — 3 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.1

Hmmm-has the charcuterie & smoky minerality, good grip, dark blood color kind a thing. Good. 2012 — 8 years ago

with Paul and Owen

Max Coane

9.1

Dark fruit. Bacon. Delicious. — 12 years ago