Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Cuu amigos — 2 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

This was silky, inky & polished with dark fruits, graphite, mineral & violets. — 2 months ago

Tyler Titcomb

10

Single favorite wine — 3 months ago

Vanessa

9.6

Where do I begin… this wine is stunning.

It is positively golden in color with concentrated notes of caramel, butterscotch, vanilla, creme brûlée, dried apricot, yellow apple,peach, nectarine, yellow cherry, kumquat, baked quince, lemon curd, honeysuckle, butter cream, lavender,, dried herbs, fennel, beeswax, honey, chamomile, hazelnut, praline, honey, & wet stones…

It’s textured!!! Waxy & mouth coating, full bodied, round, & opulent.

Alcohol is high at 14.5% ABV — it’s warming but balanced and integrated with the deeply rooted flavors and elevated, vibrant acidity. Yum!!!!!
— 4 months ago

with Deked1

Matthew Cohen

9.0

Nose: some vegetal as opens.

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

$53.33 — 4 months ago

Vanessa

9.4

Damn. This is delicious and in an amazing spot 😍

It has effusive aromas & flavors black cherry preserves, dried fig, prune, rose, graphite, coffee grounds, blackberry bramble, licorice, leather, tobacco, peat, clove, star anise, cardamom, cured meat, black peppercorn, wet earth, mushroom, potting soil, balsamic glaze..

On the palate it’s dry with high - barely so - alcohol (14% ABV). The acidity is lovely and energetic. Tannins are silky and well-integrated.

100% Syrah from Hermitage hill, biodynamic and lower intervention in the winery. Textured and deep.

Delicious !!!!

— 5 months ago

with Deked1

Patrick Hu

9.2

Classic Northern Rhone — 8 months ago

with Matt and Andrew

Jill Hutko

9.0

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

Mandi Lovasz

8.9

A beautiful Condrieu! Very floral and mineral. Honeysuckle and fresh grass, lovely legs and an oily appearance, but it’s light and spicy at the finish. Perfect for summer and paired with fish or Asian food. — 6 years ago

with Alex

Max Coane

9.1

Dark fruit. Bacon. Delicious. — 12 years 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. — 2 months ago

Takuya Namise

9.0

Wagyu Shin — 3 months ago

Tim L

9.0

Very fine representative of Cote blends… — 3 months ago

John Chawluk

8.9

My Loup anniversary dinner. Much better than the Grenache ;) — 4 months ago

with Scotti

Conrad Green

9.7

Ooh. Super fresh. Dark tangy fruit with a slightly medicinal edge. Plum and iodine. Dried herbs and a bloody, feral intensity. Amazing — 4 months ago

with Walker and David

Guy Acheson

9.2

Delicious. Fresh. — 5 months ago

with Joyce

Boris Mathiszik

8.9

You cannot really ever go wrong with a value CDR selected by Kermit Lynch. Well rounded fruit with subtle tannins and balanced acidity. Quaffable all day long. — 5 months ago

Sharon B

9.5

Delicious! — 6 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!! — 10 months ago

with Jim

Lindsey King

9.1

Upfront and transparent and confrontational. Strong posture. Wears a leather jacket in the summer. Blood and rust and repressed tears and a grainy black and white western. Cigarettes that he rips the filter off of to make them stronger. — 7 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Showing lots of dark fruits, smoke, meat, savory spice, mineral & violets. — 2 months ago

romo

9.4

Who the hell brought this awesome mag of Clape? Romo, you are awesome. 😛 — 2 months ago

Erica Cessna

9.4

Pa liquor store — 3 months ago

Shay A

9.2

I initially expected more based on vintage + producer, but also have to keep context in focus that this is Crozes-hermitage.

Followed over two days and very little changed.

I’m surprised at saying that after 48hrs for a C-H…I think this is in a weird phase/shut down. Powerful/heady aromatics (black fruits, olive, espresso). ABV pokes out a bit up front. Good mid-palate weight with peppered dark fruits, herbs and some iron before a curtain of tannin shuts this down hard. Undeniably Syrah at the finish with a rusticity I normally find in Cornas…dark florals, spice, graphite and some charcoal. A serious and structured C-H. — 4 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. — 4 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

Ron Siegel

9.3

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

Ron Siegel

9.2

Great drinking SJ — 9 months ago

Max

9.2

Amazing! Fruity yet not too sweet. Medium body. Easy to drink — 5 years ago

with Jazz

Michael Simonetti

9.6

Dream. Herbs. Game. Fruit. — 7 years ago