Peter Sultan

9.4

Funny how sometimes I’m guilty of thinking “ letting the Brett blow off” to taste the main event. Here the development in the glass is the main event, which includes quite a bit of funk when first opening up. That the evolution includes wild blackberries & cassis, & the funk adds to the overall impression of something feral getting tamed, is all part of the fun. Fine grained & can be drunk young, but curious how it would fare in 8-10 years ( imagine a much more smoothed out development & sweetness). — a month ago

with Owen

Romain Fitoussi

9.3

Intense fruit aromas: apricot, peach, pineapple, melon, flowers, honeysuckle, almond. Smooth texture, almost milky. A lot of breadth in the mouth. Medium acidity. Powerful, greasy and bitter finish. Superb with a risotto with scallop nuts.

Aromes intenses de fruits: abricot, pêche, ananas, melon, fleurs, chèvrefeuille, amande. Texture onctueuse, presque lactée. Beaucoup d’ampleur en bouche. Acidité moyenne. Finale puissante, grasse et amère. Superbe avec un risotto aux noix de Saint-Jacque. — 3 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

Great fruit blackberries. Nose is granite and sweet fruit. Palate is blackberry and granite.

Bought from fass selections — 4 years ago

Joe Weinberger

9.1

Fresh and pure Syrah. Great with a chill. — a month ago

Erik Longabardi

9.3

A beautiful bottle — 10 months ago

Doug Powers

9.2

A little saline, beautiful fruit, more backward, less fruit-forward than the St. Julien en St. Alban, which I marginally prefer, very nice! — 3 years ago

with Jim

Sylvain Rhainds

9.3

Tres beau vin. Structure complète et tout en puissance — 4 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

Nose: Cherry liquor.

Palate : good fruit. Restrained but good. Very good balance. Precise. Very grippy.

304 a case — 2 months ago

romo

9.1

Advanced beyond evaluation. — a year ago

John Tan

9.1

LQV w Nic and Brian.

A bit simple and jammy, the 2015 Saint Joseph Babylone features aromas and flavors of cherry preserves. It's medium to full-bodied, with some slightly green, stemmy notes on the silky finish. RP89, 2015

Bright, vivid blackberry fruit with lots of concentration yet quite light body. Slight bitterness to finish. (RH) JR16.5, 2017 — 3 years ago