Bright yellow. Clear. A bit closed on the nose, ripe apples, peach, honey, oak. Dried fruits, orange on palette. Acid. Tangy or spicy. Silky, medium finish. Tasted in May 2021 at BigMacs&Burgundy book event by Alliance Francaise. — 4 years ago
Acidity smoothed out with breathing. Strong plum. Made in steel instead of oak. — 5 years ago
Buy a case! — 5 years ago
Nose has smokey dry earth, dry lavender, old licorice, dried black cherry, ripe black currant, dried blackberry and (light) dried oak.
Palate has silky dried blackberry, ripe plum, black currant jam, (light) dark chocolate, dried blueberry and light tannins. Mouth coating texture. Future bottles should be 2023+
50% Grenache & 50% Mourvédre
Paired with a bottom round beef roast, slow cooked 8+ hours with autumn root vegetables and the au jus from the roast, thickened with a little of my own tomato paste, delicious. — 6 years ago
Awesome balance of acid and roundness. Saline, Meyer lemon pith and juice, minerals. — 8 years ago
Last night in Lyon with Daniel et Denise — 9 months ago
~ Rochambeau — 5 years ago
Pretty decent. — 6 years ago
Nice and fresh, another bottle proving 2016 is better than 2015 to my palate in Beaujolais. — 7 years ago
Another Wine Club meeting come and gone. This time we had some exceptional selections that were thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. Speaking of enjoyment, there are few things more enjoyable than sharing good wine with good friends. This is one reason why Wine Club is a tradition that we will strive to preserve for many years to come. — 8 years ago
A good Chardonnay type wine. Was really good with Seafoodm — 2 years ago
Needs an hr of air delicious, balanced with good acid — 5 years ago
Phenomenal. A deep, concentrated cab franc with excellent structure. Drinks really well now with air, has at least 7+ years of evolution to go. Dark berries, mulberries and blackberries, lavender, cocoa, classic Loire bell pepper, leather, wet rock. Superb. — 5 years ago
11 June 2018. Frenchette, New York, NY. — 7 years ago
It grew on me steadily. Light-bodied, bright, fruity, clean. — 7 years ago
14 July 2017. St. Anselm, Brooklyn, NY. — 8 years ago
Charlie Tapp
Fig and tobacco. — 9 months ago