Marta Jackowska

9.5

Smooth, light, yet super fruit concentration. Earthy, foresty (is that a word? 🤔)
Basically, solid Cote Rotie and we liked it! — 5 months ago

with Neville

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.3

Great wine and great people — 7 months ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.1

Delicious, savory style of Cote Rotie. Purple olive, eucalyptus, blackberry. — a year ago

William Paley

9.6

fantastic macerated strawberry carrot seed brick color with an explosive strawberry rhubarb nose. it’s got the remarkable mouth-coating viscosity of chicken soup - an unctuous bath of black pepper, cranberry skin, lemon rind, wood ear, chili flake, shale, bonaroo, and cough syrup (in a good way, baby). — 2 years ago

with Jess

James Darch

9.1

2018 villages wines are just drinking wonderfully at the moment and great value — 4 years ago

Ming L

9.1

I don’t drink Northern Rhône enough, but this terrific single vineyard Syrah crafted by the late, long-time Latour cellar master Denis Malbec is for sure nothing like new world Syrah.
The nose was filled with fresh dark cherry and raspberry, and turned to parades of cedar, fresh herbs, vanilla, dried mushroom, and light smoked hays. Slight hint of dried rose petals too. On the palate it had a richer feel than the nose would indicate. Dark spices and earthy minerals with sharp acidity. Polished tannins. — 4 years ago

Jacob Tallman

8.9

Light, slate, minerality, summer wine — 4 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

The first edition of Jardin d'Ulysse, based on the 2015 vintage and disgorged in 2021 has aged beautifully in bottle. It’s really picked up intensity and generosity since it was first released. It definitely needs air, in fact, I’d have it open an hour or so in advance. It’s a taut, racy rendition with a stunningly silky texture while simultaneously rich with just the slightest oxidative complexity that’s beginning to build and only adding to its attraction. Its floral, spice and citrus inflicted aromatics are layered between its chalky mineral core and the palate is chiseled, full bodied, satiny and concentrated, with structure built to age. It’s only going to get better. Love these wines 🙌🏻 — 6 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

Very good if a bit fat. But decent acidity but gras city. — 8 months ago

romo

9.3

Another birthday, another Foillard Cote du Py in the desert. Duroc pork chop! 🐷 — a year ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

Reddish tawny, Translucent. Medicinal nose. Slate, bacon fat, cherries some menthol. Rich and powerful. Silky. Long finish. Everything you want in a Cote-Rotie. At peak and in a perfect drinking window. — 3 years ago

David L

9.4

16’ Peter Michael Bella Cote (Rued vineyard). Peach, honeydew, toasty oak, fig, apricot & tangerine. Moderate acidity & ends with a long, expansive flavors. Another extraordinarily well-made wine by PM. — 4 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.6

Tasted blind. Amber tawny, not too thin. Northern Rhone nose, very exotic. More specifically you can guess Cote-Rotie on this wine just from the nose. Notes of black fruit, graphite, gravel and what my wife would say is dirty socks. Guessed 89 La Turque, which (looking back) is a complement to how well the 61 performed today. — 4 years ago

Michal Rosenn

9.2

young but beautiful — 6 months ago

Double Pound

9.2

Excellent! — 6 months ago

Richie Mello

8.9

Very yummy. Light body that opened up like a flower after only a few hours. Really enjoyed this especially for the price. — 9 months ago

Scott Petrus

9.5

Extremely good but still infanticide. — 2 years ago

Nicolas Duchesneau

9.3

Nez assez exubérant aux notes lardés, un peu fumé, poivre blanc. En bouche c’est très structuré, chaque lampé apporte des saveurs différentes, viandé, cote floral avec la violette, poivré, un peu d’herbe, thym. C’est soutenu par une bonne acidité, finale est longue et gouleyante! Belle récompense apres la semaine de travail! — 3 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.1

A very interesting wine. A very difficult vintage that the winemaker addressed with stupid low yields. If you love wine, a great wine to drink to see how a very good winemaker handled a rough year in non elite terroir. His 1er crus were sick in 17.

Nose is purplish. Dark. Swirling. Sexy. But a bit Brutish but in a sexy way.

Palate is dark fruit. Very very dense for a wine at this level. Very. The fruit outweighs the acidity although it’s not stewy at present.

I’d drink this now. It might peak in 6-12 months. But I have no idea. My gut is the far side of the mountain is steep. But man this is an effing fun drink today. If you have a bunch of save one for a few years just to see what happens. Science baby.

Bought from fass selections

— 4 years ago

Jon Ebsworth

9.0

Lovely refined Cote Rotie. With tapenade. Yummo! — 4 years ago