Emma Wallace

9.0

Very out of my regional wheelhouse but I was great! Drinkable and full bodied dark fruit flavors — 8 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.2

This unoaked wine - 100% Chardonnay - smells great. It has a rich, golden tint and a little Champagne-like funk on the nose. I have only encountered that quality once before in a still wine, and it was in a Chardonnay from Uruguay. In this Moroccan Chardonnay it is not as pronounced, and it might be taken as salinity. The fruit aromas offer nectarines, peaches, pineapples and a touch of lime. In the mouth, fantastic acidity makes a refreshing sip. Tropical fruit flavors dominate - papaya, mango, pineapple - and there is an earthy quality that is expected after the aromas telegraphed it. The wine finishes citrusy, but it doesn't last very long. — 8 years ago

Kevin DeBernardi

9.0

2013 Ouled Thaleb — 10 years ago

WC Fields

8.9

A cross between Priorat and Northern Rhone. Impressive. — 8 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.0

The wine has a grassy note, but it's not the high grassy note of New Zealand. It's not the grassiness you smell when you have just cut the grass. There is more of an herbal edge to it, like the smell you get when you are pulling up weeds. Does that clarify for you? Good. I think my palate is coming unhitched from my brain. What I think I'm getting at is, there's an earthy sense to the grassiness here. On the palate the tropical fruit is definitely shaded by earth. It gives a wonderful display of pineapple, citrus and apples with just the right amount of earthiness. This wine, like the White Blend, is a great one for someone who thinks Sauvignon Blanc is too grassy. — 8 years ago

Hassan Sefrioui

9.6

A great Rose wine — 10 years ago

Christy Canterbury MW

Master of Wine

8.9

Super deep color. Creamy tannins. Lifting acidity. Medium body & 13% alcohol. Charm & finesse with game & cracked black pepper. — 8 years ago

Randy Fuller

8.9

This blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Grenache grapes feels to me more like Grenache than Cab. Aging took ten months in oak barrels and the 13% abv alcohol number is very restrained.
Dark and brooding are the aromas here, with blackberry and cassis trying their best to smother the notes of black pepper and earth. Oak spice is there, but not burdensome. The palate of this inky wine shows blackberry and plum, with the earthy, mineral-driven flavors coming on a bit stronger than on the nose. There is a rustic, dusty sagebrush feel to it, and the acidity is the only thing that’s bright about this wine. Tannic structure is good. — 8 years ago

Didier Pariente

Owner Exotic Imports

9.8

Ouled Thaleb CB Initiales 2007. 100% Cab. Morocco. — 10 years ago