Devin Bray

9.3

Raspberry jam nose, some musky funk. Mouth is the same, with some herbal kick and a slightly powdery, ground stone mouthfeel. — 8 years ago

Florian Perolini

9.0

In English and French.

What a luck !

- A magnum Hermitage La Chapelle 1975 from Paul Jaboulet Aîné.

Bottle opened 24 hours before drink.

The wine is brown and trouble.

A big density, the bouquet offer lot of spicies, cinnamon, dried grappe, old cherry in alcool, date fruit.

The palate :

Full of spicies, deep. Again the cinnamon followed by date fruit and dried grappes, smooth and elegant, a long and fresh finish on the ground aromas like mushroom an old and luxury wood.

Not so old ! A great wine. Loved it.

Around 1200 - 1700 €


- Chance incroyable !

Degustation autour de ce magnum de 1975. Rare. Bouteille ouverte 24h à l'avance.

Sous sa robe usée, trouble et marron, ce vin cache une ceritable fraîcheur.

Son bouquet s'ouvre sur les épices, cannelle, fruits secs, raisins secs, cerise à l’eau de vie et dattes fraîches d'Iran.

Un grand bol de fruits secs, d'épices, de dattes, beaucoup de matière et de tendresse. Un style tout en élégance.
Une longue finale sur des notes tertiaires de mousse, champignon, et de vieux cèdre.

Très beau. J'ai beaucoup aimé.
Attention, le goût de vieux vins est toujours particulier !

Autour de 1200 - 1700 €.

À bientôt.
Florian. — 9 years ago

John Kemper

9.4

An opaque red/purple, the '00 Ojai Syrah '50% Roll Ranch 50% Bien Nacido' is richly scented with black raspberry, ground pepper and dark cherry notes. Powerful mouth-coating flavors of ripe black fruits with spicy cracked peppercorn accents then flood the palate. The fully-rounded and well-integrated tannins make the lingering finish lip-smackingly delicious. — 10 years ago

Austin Ferrari

Wine Director Hillside Supper Club

9.2

Dog fell asleep on this beauty! — 10 years ago

with Kit, Brian and 1 other

Bob Barry

General Manager Winebow

9.5

"Would you like some ground pepper?" YES! — 11 years ago

Mara Welton

9.7

Peach jolly rancher wrapper with a hint of ground cherry. Creamy, yet bracing. Super nice! — 11 years ago

LM Segal

9.2

Giusto hits another one outta the park. Sicilian take on new world Pinot Noir, made in clay amphorae buried in the ground, light, pure pomegranate and red berry. Love how the clay and the red earth come through. Very long. Seek this out, decant a bit. — 9 years ago

Catherine Theis

9.1

Thanksgiving! — 9 years ago

Christanna Honer

9.7

Some of the best damn Côte Rotie I've had. Love this producer. Aromatic intensity with no shortage of ground pepper and bacon fat aromas. — 10 years ago

with Molly, Adam and 1 other

Erin Winter

9.8

Delicious tart cherries and vanilla finish. Love it, great sipper on its own — 10 years ago

Austin Ferrari

Wine Director Hillside Supper Club

9.4

Ground breaking! Thanks to one of my best buddies.. Happy Thanksgiving! — 10 years ago

with Anthony

Jon Bonné

Wine Editor San Francisco Chronicle

9.2

2012. Really happy to see a new vintage of this appear. — 11 years ago

Jonathan Lipsmeyer

9.7

Whohohoooa out the gate: incredibly vivid pepper, chicken broth, dried rosemary, red currants! Man this is fabulous! Only my second Rostaing and I'm loving this. Opens into afar smoother red currant bright earthy wine after 1hr. Tantalizing, alluding to what is to come, but I can't resist alluring young ones. Already a silky fresh ground black pepper monster. — 11 years ago

Marcie Molek

9.1

Great, smooth but interesting Pinot. Terrific price. — 9 years ago

Paul Weil

9.1

An extremely impressive effort, this Malbec is binged in a style Californian to the core, rejecting the more sharp and tangy acids of Argentina for a Cabernet like approach, with rich velvety chocolate and cherry flavors and a lingering coffee ground finish. A bit sedimented, it benefited from some time in a decanter with a punt. — 10 years ago

Mason Balistreri

Sommelier, International Wine Guild; Balistreri Vineyard; Sales, Joy Wine and Spirits

9.3

Beautiful and intriguing wine from off the coast of France, below Muscadet, where the vines grow mere inches off the ground from the brutal winds, and the soil is all schist rock.  Dark cherries, tons of mineral notes, and also some wild game. Extremely taut acidity.  — 10 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.4

Still rich in colour. Very dusty nose. Penfolds nose of choc/malt but becoming more ground coffee. A very good combination of plummy fruit and savoury palate. Penfolds say to 2030! They certainly build them to last! 18+. — 10 years ago

Courtney Cochran

Sommelier/Host hiptastes.com

9.4

Improbable combo of bright red fruit - straw bomb! - and pert minerality. They find a middle ground. Color is cranberry - thus emerging as my holiday aperitif of choice. In all seriousness, it's dry but not too dry for before d, redolent of herbs and delish red fruit, peach fuzz, and general fabulosity. *crush this for holiday* — 11 years ago

Michael Kuperman

10

#GravityCheck #JurassicParkVineyard — 11 years ago

Hansi Brauer

9.9

The year when Kristianstad burned down to the ground. A mind blowing wine. Room filling bouquet, vigorous, balanced and an infinite length. Decanted 2,5 h — 12 years ago