Brandon Boesch

9.4

This wine is expressive. I read a kids book series called “a year in brambly hedge” to my children and this tastes like the pictures of mushrooms, blackberries, cherries, in their stores under the hedge. There’s also a game/olive component in the background. I like it! — 4 years ago

Jonas Palmqvist

9.2

Very big and interesting on the nose, sometimes fruity, sometimes bloody and meaty. Elegant in the mouth with some initial dark fruit until the savoury elements take over for a long finish. — 7 years ago

Ella Grace Downs

9.0

Complex but easy drinking — 8 years ago

Craig Jenest

9.2

Paired with...
Potage aux Cosse de Petit Pois — 8 years ago

Dave Montagne

9.0

Last night in Vaison-La-Romaine with Matthieu. — 9 years ago

Jeremy Wong

9.0

Drank on 7 Apr 2017 in HK @ Serge et le Phoque. Floral nose and long lasting — 9 years ago

Rebecca Markarian

9.3

Good stuff — 10 years ago

Austin Arnold

9.4

Rose, cherry, pepper — 6 years ago

Sagee Aran

9.0

2014 vintage. Black olive and earthy aromas with some violet floral, tannins are round with cassis on the palate. Some mild cigar box notes after a couple of hours. — 6 years ago

Stefanie Cantelmo

8.9

Spicy, bold — 7 years ago

Kenta Hayashi

9.2

An elegant Burgundian Rhone. Blackberries, currants, plums and definitely olives. Very airy and just wished the finish was longer. A delicate Cornas. — 8 years ago

John Hagood

9.5

Whence? Extremely pleasant. With poached salmon — 8 years ago

Alia Connor

9.1

Sel rrose! — 9 years ago

Al Doyle

9.4

I'm very enamoured of this; one of the few (only?) Chenin Blancs from the Muscadet appellation area, it's doing a lot of things at once; malo richness and tingling acids, fresh and terrifyingly drinkable. — 10 years ago

with Lulu

Steve Medbery

9.5

Eye opening! Didn’t know Cohors wine could be this awesome. Bold yet elegant. BlackBerry, mint, fig. Very smooth transitions. Knocked my socks off — 6 years ago

JKT

9.0

Very nice Cahors Malbec. Dark inky color but showing hints of purple. Blueberry and forest leaves firm still lively texture ABs medium finish. At a very good place. Good Acker buy. — 6 years ago

donat agosti

9.0

Not as deeply colored and rich as I would expect for a Malbec / Cahor. But pleasant to drink especially for it's prize — 8 years ago

Mason Balistreri

Sommelier, International Wine Guild; Balistreri Vineyard; Sales, Joy Wine and Spirits

9.6

Cool label, but can you explain what the hell "sérine" is? Apparently it's some tight clustered Syrah clone that's both "highly precise" and "vulnerable to disease". Sounds risky... Especially considering this comes from the frighteningly steep terraces of Cote Rotie. Not only that, but the wines were made without new oak or sulfur. He also picks early and uses some amount of carbonic maceration. Jean Michel Stephan uses to work for Guigal, but I guess he must of learned "what not to do" instead of mimicking the style.

The intensity is beyond belief! Cote Rotie is already aromatic, but this is amplified by the carbonic quality. Further, there's a large amount of Viognier here too, which lends a bright tropical punch in the midst of classic Syrah notes (tapenade? meatiness?). There's some similarity to the Matthieu Barret Cornas I just drank, but this has far more clarity in the aromatics - a quality both important and underrated. So striking here are the aromatics, it's hard to even move on to actually tasting the wine - but once you do, it surprises again.

This wine's balance is very strange... No oak, but the high acidity is tapered by carbonic maceration. It's soft, but lean at the same time. There's a slight oily texture which might be from the Viognier, but it's counter balanced by an amazing display of fresh fruit. Raspberry, pear, black cherry, and even pineapple. From the nose to the mid palate it's an exhilarating wine., but the finish is noticeably abrupt. The tannins are tart and bitter like the skin of an under ripe plum. Aesthetically it works. From the nose all the way into the mid palate, this wine is so "over-the-top" that a sudden, unexpected bitterness comes across as a moment of clarity instead of disappointment.

I highly recommend the wine. I hope to taste other vintages and bottlings.

#syrah #naturalwine #coterotie #northernrhone #jeanmichelstephan #syrah #biodynamic #rhone #northernrhone #rhonevalley — 8 years ago

Teresa S

9.1

Deliciously crisp. — 10 years ago

Ben Walker / Caravin

9.7

Violet petals, a little leather. Beautiful balancing act. — 10 years ago