Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Hope family began their planting’s in 1978 & sold wine under the Hope Family label directly from winery's tasting room. In 1990 the Hope ranches became the sole source of fruit for Liberty School Cabernet Sauvignon. In 1996, they founded Treana Winery. Blend of 75% Cab Sauv & 25% Syrah. Deep Ruby with aromas of sweet berry & spice notes. On the palate flavors of currants and ripe berry with cacao, pepper and vanilla spice. Full body, rich tannins, good balance ending on the spicy side, better after decant. — 5 years ago

Kenji Cal

9.2

Superbe. Une belle longueur. Mineral et gras à la fois. Fougue de goût mais parfaitement en harmonie avec la daurade fusion en sucre sale. — 6 years ago

Ericsson

8.9

Good wine. — 6 years ago

Mike Smith

Owner/Winemaker Myriad Cellars

9.3

Tasted at the source 10 year — 7 years ago

Daniel M

8.9

Needs air to be more gentle but man this is good — 8 years ago

Joel Barnes

9.2

Wonderful acidity, sour apricots — 9 years ago

Robert Waxman

9.3

Nice grapefruit — 10 years ago

Luca Bettazzi

8.9

Vintage 2013 — 10 years ago

with Gabrio, Marco and 1 other

Melinda Hoffman

8.9

Floral, bonne acidité, frais , texture grasse — 11 years ago

Todd Bostock

9.3

Back at you @kentcallaghan - thanks for the source material. #research @kellybostock — 11 years ago

Eric

9.3

Masking up and scanning your menu sucks but washing it down with a nice Pinot makes it better. — 5 years ago

Gil Krakowsky

9.3

Just a really enjoyable wine that is both hearty and even “ big” but still refreshing.
Clearly some Brett and some effervescent feel like may hint at VA, but I find both to be well integrated and enjoyable. A deep darker-side-of-red fruit profile: red and damson plum, dried red cherry, Black licorice, olive. Has a floral sense to it, and some exotic woody undertones as well earth - like a forest after the rain . A full bodied and almost lush wine that might recall the mouthfeel if a Napa cab, but with much more refreshing a acidity coming through - never the least bit cloying or overwrought. Simply a great wine with a broad food pairing potential. That said, I do wonder if it would taste dramatically different at the source. With zero sulphur amidst a long boat ride, life in distributor warehouses, a wine shop and ultimately my euro cave, whether the original intent is preserved in its entirety. Drinking fantastically but also wondering if peak drinking is 2-3 years ahead. Again, the sulphur thing... — 6 years ago

Jordi Pazo

9.4

Vila. Avanzadas 2017. 166,90
25.06.18 — 7 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.1

Up against some serious competition tonight. — 8 years ago

with Mark

Sindy Wise

9.2

Ripe blackberry in the nose. Bark, soil and soy with subtle berry on the tongue. #wine #syrah — 9 years ago

Yohan

9.0

Good wine, small price for this wine of the Clos des fees. A classic of languedoc. Thanks Hervé bizeul! — 9 years ago

Fraser McKinley

9.5

2014 - 13/03/15 bottling.
A treat to enjoy this with my good friend and mentor Ehren Jordan. There's been no stronger source of inspiration than Lapierre, AG and EJ for me — 10 years ago

Larry Halff

10

Straight from the source. — 11 years ago

Philippe Hugon

10

100% grenache je suis fan — 12 years ago

Delectable User

8.9

Aroma notável de abacaxi... E o vinho branco de Bordeaux também é uma delícia! — 12 years ago

Steve Rura

8.9

Dry, acidic, and mineral. The holy trinity of summer white wine. Drink it ice cold during your local heat wave. — 5 years ago

JT

9.0

Fresh and fruits. Very easy. Love it — 5 years ago

Conrad Green

9.3

A beautiful nose of soft red fruits, some spice, soulful plummy stuff. Very burgundinian but the plushness of US Pinot. On the palate this has great poise. Light but intense this has lovely fresh fruit and some gnarly wild herbs with underlying acidity and good length. Apparently the ‘j’ refers to Jayer cuttings being the source of the Pinot. If so, that would go some way toward explaining why this is so aromatic and balanced. Excellent — 6 years ago

with Naoko and Larry

Anthony Hughes

9.2

Soft blueberry and leather notes with a dry body and gentle tannins — 7 years ago

with Nikkisa

Ian Bailey

9.7

YAS PLEASE — 9 years ago

Martin Grisolle

9.4

Too young but directly from the source — 9 years ago

Phil Stice

9.1

Smoking good. — 10 years ago

Jonathan K

9.0

Drank FEB 2015. Very good Syrah — 10 years ago

with Eleni

Matt Pasquali

9.7

Got 4 bottles straight from the source. €59/ea. — 11 years ago

Mark Lindzy

9.2

First night showed lots of VA, 2nd night much better, but now on 3rd night it's really pretty. Evolution of natural wine! — 12 years ago