Conrad Green

9.4

Dark and sweet and delicious. Gnarly deep fruit but a lifted clarity and deliciousness. Really good — 2 years ago

with Paul

Conrad Green

9.5

Fresh and lifted on the nose. A hint of honey, slate and lime. Very balanced and refreshing. Excellent — 3 years ago

with Major-General and Gregg

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.3

Absolutely delicious. Lifted aromatics with hibiscus, rose petal and dark red cherry. Will only improve with time. — 4 years ago

ESF

9.1

Entry level Valtellina showing some age w/beautiful amber bricking, ruby see thru - showing elegantly styled rose petals, tart cherry, bit dusty, some tar & soil but overall more lifted & light on its feet. Med bodied (this has no doubt shed some weight) on palate, more tart fruit & secondary flavors, needed more structure & acidity. Close out price of well under $20 was a fantastic deal. Def drink up! PS: bump for 2nd night showing — 4 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Smoking nose of bright tangy mid to late season red cherries. Ethereal, confectionary and gorgeous. Really bright and lifted. Expansive and deeply aromatic. Layered and full of nuance. Really terrific nose. 9.6. Just stunning. Palate is sweet, silky, gamey and just flat out gorgeous with a very expressive hit of delicate and elegant minerality. This is mindblowing. Did not expect this to be that great. Beautiful light and translucent color as well. Such fine tannins. Hit of licorice develops on the nose. Really wonderful sweetness but also terrific depth and such finesse. Usually Beaune is more bigger and brawny but this one. Blind I’d say Volnay. Very impressive. — 5 years ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Fresh, punchy and full of life. Lemon, limestone, chalk, lifted white flowers. Great fun — 6 years ago

with Aaron, Walker and 2 others

Conrad Green

9.7

Ooh. This is a seriously seductive wine. An opulent nose with rich blue fruit, blood, hints of leather, soft cherry, some lifted floral notes on the nose. In that perfect window of maturity where there s all kinds of complexity but the fruit is still there, but settled. A gamey, meaty midpalate with mint and dried herbs. Plush and great motion from first taste to the end palate which is long with superb balance. Really great stuff — 6 years ago

with Aaron, Walker and 1 other

Stephen Osgood

9.1

Lifted, pretty Rosso. — 2 years ago

Conrad Green

9.7

This is super fresh but ready to go. Bright lifted lemon and limestone fruit. Super bright and intense and detailed in the palate. Really vivid and dynamic. Still young. Really good. — 3 years ago

with Chris, Tony and 1 other

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9.2

The 2019 Pinot Noir Jolie is the most ethereal and lifted of these Pinots. Crushed red berry fruit, cedar, mint and orange peel hover across the palate. Understated and classy to the core, the 2019 is impeccably balanced, not to mention a real charmer. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, January 2023) — 3 years ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.3

Levet is always one of my favorites. unfortunately these wines are getting harder and harder to find.

Black pepper, pastille, “Australian licorice”, black currant, black cherry, dried thyme/sage. It’s showing more fruit than I remember (this vintage? The point in its development?), but the fruit is pretty and lifted and not overripe. Of course, this wine is still showing the dirt under its fingernails—just enough barnyard filth to make it a proper syrah. Ripe, silky tannins. So much finesse.

Cote Rotie was the perfect red to pair with everyone’s entrees: duck, pork chop, wagyu, roast chix. — 4 years ago

Conrad Green

9.2

Very bright and lifted. Zesty lemon, limestone. A little light on the midpalate. Shells and a touch of salinity. Refreshing — 5 years ago

with Bex

Conrad Green

9.4

Intense on the nose. Lifted and sappy lemon. Really viscous with great attack. Really good acidity, drive and balance. Great — 6 years ago

with Major-General and David

Diana Eng

9.5

Violets, fully bloomed roses, slightly meaty, iron, black tea, warm spices (nutmeg, anise), red cherries, strawberry jam, black plums. Medium acid, medium/med plus body, medium plus finish. So perfumed and lifted. Stunning. — 7 years ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Plum with green pepper. Lifted floral notes. Olive and herbal notes. Great balance and length. — 2 years ago

with BOT, Alan and 2 others

Tripp Kaelin

9.5

Intensely lifted, fresh, and concentrated and showing incredible youth at nearly a decade in bottle. Perfectly ripe blackberries and black cherries are enveloped by aromas and flavors of fresh ground coffee, wet fall leaves, leather, menthol, and vanilla. The wine finishes long and with a crave-worthy mineral/graphite finish. This can cellar for years to come but is excellent now with herb-roasted lamb chops or grilled steak tips. Delicious! — 3 years ago

Conrad Green

9.8

Gorgeous. Dark plum, lifted notes, zippy balanced acidity. Stems and a slightly herbal notes. Really complex and gorgeous. Persistent fruit. Wow. Very DRC. Time ahead — 4 years ago

Conrad Green

9.3

Lovely fruit. Plum, tobacco, lifted green notes. Quite light with sharp acidity Lovely stuff. — 4 years ago

with Walker, Tony and 2 others

Lee Pitofsky

9.6

Dancer’s Perrieres vines are sandwiched in between the great Roulot and Lafon, and his 2013 Perrieres is a stunner. There is so much depth to this wine and it’s about so much more than just reduction. It’s detailed, complex and layered with yellow fruit and stony minerals with superb density and inner mouth tension. It’s powerful and intense but its weight is so lifted and the freshness of the vintage keeps it impeccably well balanced. There is a line of pulsating acidity and exhilarating energy on the palate that leads to an explosively long finale. — 5 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

Of course the 2014 Chaillot is in its early stages (although it is considered to be an early maturing and approachable vintage for Northern Rhône), but a multi-hour pre-dinner decant served it well as it was very open, giving and multidimensional showing great depth, power and an elegant backbone. Black raspberries, liquid stones, violets and a hint of black olive. There is a great midpalate richness leading to a long, finessed and lifted finish. — 6 years ago