Kyle Volluz

9.0

Wonderful. Silky smooth and a terrific exemplar of CNdP — 3 months ago

Austin Hohnke

8.9

Would be a solid blind, reads entry Rhone. Restrained concentration. Wild raspberry and black pepper. Grenache purity on the palate. Grenache often reads as “Zinfandel light” to me in terms of fruit forward/jamminess/abv. Syrah also stands its ground here. Slick packaging. — 5 months ago

Jess

9.1

Medium-deep ruby-purple color.
Aromas of blueberry compote,
Dry. Flavors of ripe blackberry, blueberry, cinnamon, licorice. Medium, chewy tannins.

Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 7 months ago

Michael Phillips

9.7

Well balanced deep rich red and dark fruit. At or near peak but should hold on for a few years — 8 months ago

Zack Hall

9.1

Not totally fresh but fine split and consumed quickly. — 9 months ago

Sean Griffin

9.0

Earthy, smooth, black cherry, herbal. — 3 years ago

Priscilla Pederson

9.5

Semi-sweet, light and refreshing, good table wine — 4 years ago

Akiva Tschernia

9.0

2020 needs 2-3 years. But still very drinkabke — 4 months ago

romo

9.2

Syrupy and light at the same time. — 5 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2009 | cherries, light cacao, vanilla. Juicy taste, start tertiary tones — 6 months ago

Matt Perlman

9.2

This was pretty muted at least initially. Crisp and refreshing with orchard fruit, wet stones, a bit of smoke, but with a depth hinting at lots more to come with time. Would wait or give it a decant — 8 months ago

Ashley B

10

This wine is delicious — 9 months ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.2

Sweet aroma explosion. Light honey, Mirabelle plums, apricots, white tea, candied orange peel, yet it remains so fresh.
On the palate this is so balance, so juicy, v. sweet to still fresh. And there’s depth, a hint of tannic structure, a stony, mineral finish.
Why have dessert when you can have this? — 2 years ago

Audrey Irvine

9.1

Wine Shoe wine — 4 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.1

A tad soft but good underlying fruit. Easy drinker. — 4 months ago

Johnno Harris

9.6

Ex-magnum. Stunning. So plush and opulent yet with great structure, length and persistence. Sitting a great drink window right now I suspect. — 5 months ago

Joe DAscoli

9.1

Wow. This does not taste like CdP. Seems like very heavy proportion of Syrah and has a dark inky color as well as black pepper and olive notes. There is some fruit here, very dark and chocolate like.

I would have guessed it was a crozes hermitage wine.

Overall enjoyable despite the head fake — 6 months ago

Eric Urbani

9.2

A lineup of 1993-2013 Chapelot and Mont de Milieu 1er Cru Chablis. Most of the group thought this was flawed but I found the unusual smokiness intriguing. — 8 months ago

Ira Schwartz

9.2

Lots of complex aromatics that became even more expressive as the bottle warmed up. Some oxidative notes mixed with bread and flowers. In the mouth this leans to the vinous side. Acid driven which allows it to be consumed through out the meal. Just a hint of bitterness on the finish — a year ago

Elisabeth Brevet

9.9

Dry and bold with a lingering finish. Oak, tart cherries, and a hint of something that reminds me of really good olive brine. — 4 years ago