Jay Kline

9.4

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a few hours. Black plastic cork; the standard for Dard et Ribo. The 2015 “Les Rouges des Baties” pours a deep, dull ruby/purple with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears and some sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of wild black brambles, oil cured olive, roasted meat, purple flowers, black pepper, a mix of organic and inorganic earth and dried herbs. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. An utterly beautiful expression of Crozes-Hermitage and this worked really well with goose from South Dakota. I’m smitten. Drink now through 2035. — 4 months ago

James Everhart

9.0

Good northern rhone. 2015 vintage mature in 2025. $35. — 6 months ago

Robert Ahlstrom

8.9

Deep ruby medium opacity, medium body, currants and sweet cherries, solid Syrah — 6 months ago

Chris MacLean

9.1

Olives and stones — 8 months ago

with Sarah

Shay A

9.3

I picked up a couple C-H wines last month and this is my second bottle to open following Jaboulet’s Thalbert.

Followed over two days. 91-92 initially, finished at 92-93. Still some room for upside, so scoring accordingly.

From start to finish this was undeniably a more enjoyable wine than the Jaboulet. Day one was a potpurri and floral overload aromatically before ripe dark fruits and green herbs shut it down hard with a wall of tannin at the finish (similar to the Jaboulet). Day two showed what this wine is evolving to be…a softer aromatic profile but so much depth on the mid-palate with lavender, charcoal and dark berries before a finish of black peppered meat. The wine feels well balanced by acid and tannin and the alcohol isn’t obtrusive. Not quite crunchy, but bright and powerful. Lovely C-H from the Chapoutier team. Could cruise another 5+yrs in this same drinking window. — 9 months ago

Michael Brown

9.0

Earthy with notes of herbs and stone. — 5 years ago

Rebecca Graham

9.1

Depth and complexity. Very very good. — 5 months ago

Erica Harrop

9.1

2022 Silene. Lovely, tight dark fruit and earth tones. Young but luscious. — 5 months ago

Todd Scurci

9.3

#crozeshermitage #unionsquarecafe — 6 months ago

with Annie

Matt Waring

8.9

Really nice Crozes with those pepper and bacon notes you expect but plush black fruit forward too. Quite tight — I got the real experience at 2.5 hours open. — 7 months ago

Victor Aul

9.0

My style of wine. Good mouth feel with black licorice but not overwhelming. Nice ripe fruit, a touch of spice.  — 8 months ago

Nate Wall

Winemaker at Troon Vineyard

9.1

Fruit and earth and heme and amazing tannins and just a hint of Brett. Quite lovely though. Could certainly have aged longer but I didn’t feel like waiting. — 9 months ago

Ben Christen

9.2

Yummy natural Syrah. Great nose, pepper, some light VA that integrates nicely. Inky. Delicious. — 5 years ago

with Ellen

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.3

Really great. — 5 months ago

Dru Margolin

9.0

Solid gimme. — 5 months ago

Marc S

9.6

Leather and charcoal in the nose; silky smooth in taste. Plums, cherries, lychee and its characteristic pepper tingle — 6 months ago

J. B. Rainsberger

9.2

Fruity without being sweet. Elevated without being too much. — 7 months ago

with Sarah

Doug Powers

9.3

Original price tag, this Crozes-Hermitage is really remarkable (I believe La Guiraude is a special cuvée?), meaty, smoky, classic aged French Syrah, long finish, amazingly this was the most ready to drink of these wines I’ve been posting tonight, and the favorite of at least one of our 6 tasters tonight!! With all that said, if anyone has bottles of this wine, it’s fully mature. — 9 months ago

with Jim

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Note, in 2019 hail cut yields by 40%, Deep Ruby with concentrated aromas of ripe dark fruits and spices. On the palate flavors of black cherry and blackberry with leather, licorice and smoky herb notes. Fine tannins, hints of oak on medium+ finish ending with fruit, herb and earthy mineral tones. Nice! — 3 years ago

Julia K

10

This was a hundo p for me! — 5 years ago