Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.1

If you’re not aging your Condrieu a little bit, you’re doing it wrong. Chamomile, ripe peach, hay. — 4 years ago

Andrew Liguori

9.0

Hay barrel, honeycomb, powder apricot, clean and dry but vibrant finish — 5 years ago

Jay Eagan

9.0

A good Chardonnay with a candied lemon rind finish with descent length. This vintage Janet was still assistant wine maker. — 6 years ago

with Kristine

"Odedi"

9.2

A great Syrah from an Oregon Winery, but the grapes come from California. Made by the previous assistant wine maker of Sine Qua Non.

Dry and fruity on the palate with blackberries, black currants, plums, vanilla, licorice, wood, chocolates, coffee and peppercorn.

Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.

Needs an hour to open up properly and show some tannins.

Well balanced and complex with a great mouthfeel. Delicious and yummy.

14.7% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$80. — 7 years ago

Bethany S

9.1

My go to cab. — 9 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.3

Sample from #CapeClassics.
Deep ruby red with high intensity. Nose was slightly dirty to start with a little barnyard or wet hay funk (good South African funk, don't be scared). This aired out to some classic chalkiness with tobacco, light bell peppers and a little charred note at the end. Moderate tannins (7/10) with a medium plus body. This was very tight and softer than expected when we opened it, but started to sing after a few hours in the glass. Very well integrated, no sharp or harsh edges. Layered palate with some red cherries and savory notes on the front end. With the air time came a few more notes of black berries and raspberries, some dried berries too. Also seemed to have a few rustic characteristics. Beautiful wine with a dry and lingering finish. Definitely one of the great wines out of South Africa. Give it some good air time and let it get to just below room temperature before enjoying. Drink till 2028. — 9 years ago

with Sean and India

Jeroen Koenen

9.6

Oh yessss…
That’s a lot more like it.
Inviting nose of hay, green tea, vanillapods, lemoncurd and quince-jelly. Wonderful mouthfeel, loooong finish. When I savour and taste this, I am puzzled by its apparent contradictions: umami vs citrusfruit, massive structure vs subtle complexity, marmalade vs mushrooms, strict and rigid vs suave and playful, searing acidity vs creamy roundness. Only touches of tertiary characteristics.
Full of life, 25 years young. Love it!
— 4 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.2

I wasn’t expecting to like this as much as I do, for some reason. Anyway, this is excellent. Very fragrant (with air), showing intense sweet hay, meadow flowers, ginger ale notes, crisp pear, and crushed stone. Intense in the mouth too, but with a weightlessness that is very appealing. Long, minerally, bone dry finish with an almost Muscadet-like quinine thing at the end. — 5 years ago

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.4

Tasting group. My 1st, group 1st. Stones. Stone fruit, canned peaches. Hay. Full feel, tart balance. — 6 years ago

Daniel M

9.2

Cherry, cola a bit on the nose, some hay, some flowers (violet?) , an earthy thing too. The palate has a very nice balance with a strong acid backbone, some bright cherry all along, some width, a nice fresh and grippy texture and a superb finish with violets and cherry. This is again delivering outstandingly! 😍 — 7 years ago

Daniel M

9.0

Very mineral nose with crushed rocks, a hint of smoke, hay, white flowers, petrol a bit maybe ? The palate is very good : a wide opening with white flowers and white peach, a real grip and texture that lasts and accompanies the acid backbone to the finish with white fruits. Very good but perhaps a tad under the 2015. Less complexity in the structure I guess. Still very good though — 8 years ago

Efraín Claudio

9.1

Un vino con mucho aromas y sabores. Bien balanceado. Es uno de esos vinos que hay que tener siempre en la cava. — 9 years ago

Diana Eng

9.2

2008 vintage. Smoky, meaty, red and black fruit, integrated tannin, pepper. Dried herbs. Wow, if all new world Syrah tasted like this. This winery is making wine in the Rhone style. — 10 years ago

with EatSommThings

Eric Urbani

9.4

A lineup of 10 August West and Roar Pinots, 2007-2011, all made by wine maker Ed Kurtzman, who attended our tasting! This one was meaty and elegant, my #2 of the group. — 5 years ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.2

Hay. Salty, lightly buttered. Some yellow fruit and citrus. Medium body and medium finish. Nice sweetness and lactic quality. Tart and salty... great. — 5 years ago

Clementine Swan

10

Ice cubes. Gentle grapefruit. Kasugai peach gummies. — 6 years ago

Irene Anderson

9.5

Superb Nebbiolo!! Met the wine maker!!’ — 7 years ago

Evie Olson

10

There’s so much here it’s hard to put in words! Magical is a good descriptor... Notes range from orchard fruit, white flowers, hay, kettle corn, with a striking minerality always coming through. — 8 years ago

Ainsley

9.0

Can tell this is a very good quality wine...personally though, too many hay, grassy and lees aromas for my liking. — 8 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Stunning nose. Hay, mineral, super aromatic nose, alpine aromas, elegant and rich with super complex depth and fruit. Stunning. So clean. — 9 years ago