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9.5

Brilliant ruby. Smoky, mineral-tinged aromas of raspberry, cherry preserves, garrigue and exotic spices show excellent clarity and acquire a gamy nuance as the wine opens up. At once rich and energetic in character, offering well-concentrated red berry, bitter cherry and spicecake flavors and a sweetening touch of candied lavender. Shows fine definition and finishes gently, spicy and impressively long, with repeating florality and steadily building tannins. (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, October 2021)
— 4 years ago

Matt

9.3

This could be my favorite young vintage of Graillot. The freshness and balance this has is awesome, almost going as far to say there’s tension in what is normally an area that produces lipsmacking Syrah with so much jovial personality. This has a serious side. So much just ripe blackberry, currant, and marion berry fruit, lavender, crack black and pink peppercorn, salt cured olive, iron, animal, licorice, spruce and that classic Graillot tar note. The mid palate and finish wrap the tongue with stony mineraity, the depth too is awesome. The acid and “focus” almost make it an outlier for the house style, but there’s so much class to it. This has dimension and posture, I’m excited to watch it evolve. — 6 years ago

Bob Benson

8.9

Great value and wonderful body . Some spice with dark berries. Will try to get more for just to have on a nice night on the deck — 7 years ago

Mathew Arnold

9.0

$10 bold, little spice, thick n dark, slow sipper in a good way, would buy again. Still like it, but wasn't as impressed 2nd try — 8 years ago

Jenny Hemmer

9.2

Nice structure, soft acidity, peaches, lavender. — 8 years ago

Paul Juster

9.3

2009 Wine Spectator's Wine of the Year; Rich, decadent fruit, blackberry, plum, chewy, tannins. Delicious!!! Still drinking awesome after 11+ years... — 8 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

8.9

This was the first of the three Chardonnays we got from Flora Springs Winery for #ChardonnayDay. Beautiful moderate intensity yellow, completely clear. Definitely a little tight with some slight creamed butter and corn. Later that evening it developed a more complex nose, with a little nuttiness, wet grass, freshly broken twigs and a slightly perfumed undertone. Moderate acidity (6.5/10) with lots of citrus notes. A little sharp to start but definitely smoothed out and became more rounded with more citrus and light oak influences. Slight tanginess, with a medium body and long finish. Needed the time to balance out and was worth the wait. Drink till 2020. — 9 years ago

Yen Boubel

8.9

Nice & crisp SB with some herbaceous & vegetal notes with citrus, minerality & pear aromas. — 5 years ago

Dhiraj Mallick

9.2

Dirt. Chocolate. Lavender. Tobacco. Cherry. Strawberry — 5 years ago

Jan G

9.4

Very good. Had with Mexican — 7 years ago

SparrowApril

10

Love this wine. It's a new favorite. First had it in an Italian restaurant on lake Conroe — 8 years ago

Michael Meyer

9.1

This really needs the @Bill Bender photo treatment to deflect the snickering, but it was a surprisingly balanced and delicious wine. #meow — 8 years ago

Natalie Griffin

9.5

Darker fruit and some tannins. Well balanced. — 8 years ago

Matt

9.4

A little hot on the nose and palate but still freaking delicious. Nose carries through with red fruit compote, licorice whips, leather, balsam, lavender, roasted herbs, moss, funk, and meat. Palate plays more on compote, licorice, and balsam with kicks of spice and leather. There's that savoriness coming through on the palate as well. Despite some alc. poking out this is really beginning to show well. Expecting more organic earth, black tea, and umami notes in the future but still a brilliant perfume right now. Tannin still has a little edge that keeps the wine balanced. Humbled to try wines like this when I can. 375 ml — 9 years ago

Hannah Barnes

9.0

Easy to drink — 5 years ago

Ale Cortinas

9.0

Lovely cherry notes. Love the mix of this 3 grapes. — 5 years ago

Chris Grimm

9.2

Lavender. This is so amazingly delicious. — 6 years ago

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9.4

A deep, inky wine, the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon is endowed with serious depth. Here the flavors are unusually dark and intense, with plenty of blue and black stone fruits. Graphite, cloves and licorice contribute to an overall impression of gravitas. Far from an easygoing wine, the 2013 Napa Valley Cabernet needs time in bottle to truly shine. Hints of violet, lavender and plum add the final shades of nuance. All of the signatures of the vintage come through beautifully. The translucent, mineral-laced finish is especially appealing. Frankly, it's hard to put the glass down. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, Oct 2015) — 8 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.4

85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc
A little closed up, but that's to be expected from such a young wine built for aging. Air helps to unfold the layers buried within. While 2014 was a cooler year, the weather played well to the style of Sassicaia as its target is 12.5-13% abv every vintage, so the conditions here were less of an issue. The acidity and density are here to last for some time, probably more than you think and should go the distance just fine. Elegant, yet powerful, with pure red currants and cassis, a touch of bright blueberry fruit, with a savory and spicy edge from the Cabernet Franc, then graphite and lavender florals appear, this is a beautiful young and fresh Sassicaia. Rocks and stone on the nose hint at minerality. Elegant and persistent on the medium+ palate, gorgeously pure and distinct with firm medium+ grain tannin. A long, dense, tightly wound finish that is fresh and persistent, entirely to young but with loads of potential. — 8 years ago

John Zuzek

9.3

Cru Beaujolais can be amazing! This one is. Meat, forest floor, mushrooms, cranberries, plums, lavender. Lots of layers. Finely nuanced wine. — 9 years ago