Hiroshi Tominaga

9.0

Good. Smooth, black cherry. Bought at Mitsukoshi for ¥5,000. — 4 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Needs about 90 minutes to open up.

Nose is very dense slate

Palate is fantastic. Dense slate. Some finely crushed rocks. Some yellow apple. Delicious.

Bought from fass selections — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

Nose: green apple skin.

Palate : juicy apple. Nice richness. Finely dusted minerals.

Bought from fass selections. — 5 years ago

LM Segal

9.2

Decidedly animale, focused and powerful Pinot Noir. Wish I bought more. — 5 years ago

John Malcolm

9.0

Inky purple. Full-bodied. Licorice, tobacco, and dark fruits. — 6 years ago

Peter Colarulli

9.0

From Pearson’s. Nice value. — 7 years ago

gypsy vigil

9.0

Lovely evening with very lovely dinner guests...this guy the second of two different bottles enjoyed this evening. Right out of the gate showed strong dark fruit especially plum to the nose...on the palate strong blueberry, plums slight pepper a bit a leather. Med plus finish and very delicious. — 7 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

More on the delicious end of the scale on open. Very fruity tangerine. Citrus. Awesomely mineral of course. Nice acidity. Lovely nose. As it opens becoming more serious. Rocky finish. ... fast forward 15 minutes. Ok ... now it’s liable. I’m chewing on rocks in a lemon vineyard. Best lemons ever. Sweet lemons with the acidity of regular lemons. Ok that makes no sense unless you are a lemon geek. Nose is insane. Gods lemon oil. Mad love. Bought from Fass Selections. — 7 years ago

with Lyle

Matthew Cohen

9.6

When the price of this doubles in a few years grown men and women will be weeping that they didn’t buy more. Myself included. Explosive fruit and minerality. More than enough balancing acidity for the 15 acidity alarmists. As this opens it has palate expansiveness. My gut is that this will improve with more age. Wow. Bought from Fass Selections. Ok an hour in this is killing it. Profound wine. — 8 years ago

with Lyle

Pam

9.2

Love this Zinfandel. Spicey berry and medium bodied. Not too fruity like a lot of Zinfandel. Getting more! — 11 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Wow. Intense.

Nose is mineral. Almost floral.

Palate is mineral, so juicy. Almost tart. Wow.

Bought from fass selections. — 4 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Nose: lifting cherries. As it opens more deep and velvety.

Palate - elegant cherries. Such gorgeous sweet silky fruit. So fresh. Silky tanins. Savory. A bit meaty. Some plum.

He did a masterful job in a vintage that was critically panned.

Bought from fass selections — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Wow. Whopping chablisien fruit out of the gate. So mineral. Explosively.

Awesome lechet fruit. So dense. Luscious. Mineral. This vintage seems more straightforward and less Reflecting the intense house style than other vintages. Stunningly delicious. Bravo.

I cannot emphasize how delicious this is. It’s the apogee of lechet.

Bought from fass selections. — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

Needs an hour decant. A bit dumb before that.

Fruity. Some spice.

Bought from fass selections — 5 years ago

Mike Levin

9.1

Funky fresh — 6 years ago

Max Nomadic

9.1

Super funk. Love it. — 7 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.6

Epic. Needs an hour to open. Nose is pure spatburgunder. Licorice. A hint of green. Pepper. Palate is Uber fresh and concentrated cherries. Mineral. Focused licorice. Pure. The stuff of genius. Bought from Fass Selections. — 7 years ago

with Lyle

Richard Russell

9.3

Very nice cab for steak night. We both think delicious. — 7 years ago

Cole Ingram

9.2

Very light but packs a mineral, smoke & funk punch — 9 years ago

Phil

9.0

Takes me home to when I was a lad drinking Greg Norman. — 9 years ago

Devin Bostick

9.0

Cinnamon, cranberry, cherry, magenta, ruby, leather, cherry, cranberry, acid and tannins are chalky — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

On open closed on the nose.

Palate is typically incredibly delicious. Good minerality. Green apple fruit. Bright.

Bought from fass selections — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Nose is BEAUTIFUL. So elegantly rich. Aromatic. Some oyster. Wow. 9.65 nose.

Payable is rich with great fruit. Juicy.

Bought from fass selections. — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Wow. The nose on this is beautiful. White flowers. Perfume. Intense but elegant. A 9.7 nose. Crushed seashell.

Palate is elegant tropical fruit. A bit hot at first but it blows off. Good deliciousness but not in your face.

Major crush on this producer. Such elegant wines. This vintage reminds me a bit of Rhône legend Marc Sorrel.

Bought from fass selections. — 5 years ago

Daniel Sutcliffe

9.0

Slight scent of sour apple on the nose. Very light on the pallet with hints of apple and citrus. Not a huge fan of white wine but would drink again. Great pairing with chicken. — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Needs an hour to integrate. Then is majesty. Nose of a tropical fruit basket. Palate is mineral and the essence of tropical fruit - guava papaya. But not overwhelming as it lives with the minerality. Brightly acidic. Moderate pleasant richness. An iconic northern Rhône white. Bought from Fass selections. — 7 years ago

with Lyle

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Wow. Amazing distinctive wine. Nose is searingly fresh cherry cherry flower and a hint of cherry liquor. Palate is fresh cherries and some awesome spice. So fresh and juicy. A hint of spatburgundery bitterness. Amazing wine. So delicious but also unique and complex. Bought from Fass Selections ... as this opens the brightness integrates and the internal aromatics become more prominent. Some licorice on the finish. At the very high end of delicious. I hope I have some of this to try in a few Years. It could be profound. — 7 years ago

with Lyle

Dan Weisshaar

9.1

Superb fruit, tangy citrus juice, hint of honey orange flower, still spare and balanced with full acidity. So nice. Ty, Fass Selections. — 8 years ago

with Lyle and Matthew

B Williams

9.3

Excellent wine. Had with spaghetti. Inexpensive and will buy more. — 9 years ago

Raul Puga

9.8

Tough to rate this with anything other than OMG!! — 10 years ago