Joe Davant

9.0

A friend who worked at Eric Solomon Imports gave me this wine many years ago and told me it need a bit of bottle age. Well, I forgot about it, so it got plenty of bottle age. After 18 years in the cellar, I thought it would be well past it’s prime, but it was still alive and vibrant. A bit of iron, some leather, and a surprising amount of red fruit. — 7 years ago

Shay A

9.0

Final red from this northern Rhone winery hit most of the check marks for me. Well balanced. Fruity, but not overly jammy nose, medium bodied and much more approachable than the previous 100% Syrah. — 10 years ago

with Cody

Frizzle Manamana

9.1

Years back a plush monkey wearing a sombrero cradled a small acrylic painting of my own sat in a well maintained yet delicately musty loafer with a soviet hammer and sickle I'd also painted on the side was placed on my friends doorstep in the middle of the night. Shortly after my friend opened the door to quite a surprise, he was deep in the land of mushrooms, so deep he required conformation of the loafer monkeys existence. The complexity of that situation is not unlike this leathery, light, and colorful display. — 11 years ago

Scott Kirkpatrick

9.4

I tried this last summer and wasn't as stoked on it. Now, I'm beside myself. This is rich, oxidative, and delicious. This is other-worldly. Very few wines like this exist in the world. — 11 years ago

Steve Law

Winemaker, MacLaren Wine Company

9.3

More oak than the Vins de Vienne, but is closer to a Condrieu — 12 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.3

And then the Crozes, supposes, showed up. That's a tasty number with falafel, pitas, and tika chicken. — 9 years ago

with Mark

Keith Crump

9.0

Well settled a great wine — 10 years ago

Nicole Ruiz Hudson

9.0

Juicy with dark plum and blackberry and spice. — 11 years ago

Paul Heyrman

9.4

Black pepper, Syrah goodness. Drinking well now. — 11 years ago

Mike Swadener

9.6

Courtesy of Mr. Penn, got to enjoy this with the cellar crew of Vins de Vienne. Healthy dose of RS was nicely held up with plenty of acid. Aromatic and ripe but fresh and long. — 12 years ago

Ryan Guy

8.9

Smokey meats, crushed black pepper, spice box, black cherry fruit. Chewy, juicy yet fresh on the palate. Bright fruit and acidity shin. Blend of northern and southern Rhone Syrah. Value buy! Drink now. — 9 years ago

H

9.2

Very pleasant Côte-Rôtie. I think there is not much mileage left here so I'll drink up my remaining bottles soon. — 10 years ago

Geoffrey Turnbull

9.5

Tasting @ 714 with Sue — 11 years ago

Michelle Hagen

9.0

Delicious and I wish I had another bottle! Enjoyed with ribs and the pairing was great. — 11 years ago

Sam Klingberg

9.2

Cote Rotie, and keep going north until you find the land that made Pliny geeked out, and then drink that Syrah, and be transformed. — 12 years ago