Starts off fruity and light (surprising for an old vine Zin) and ends peppery and strong. A lot of aerating breathing room seems to balance those flavored really well. Makes a great with any spicy sriracha dishes! — 11 years ago
Wonderful surprise! — 12 years ago
By a wide margin, the wine of the night was the opaque purple '08 Herman Story Syrah 'Nuts & Bolts'. Exuding blackberry, graphite, tar and licorice aromas, and then filling the mouth with bold layers of spice, pepper and plum flavors. This astonishing rich effort ends with sweet and polished tannins. Simply WOW! — 12 years ago


Dark chocolate aromas, deep, rich berry flavors. Smooth straight out of the bottle! Ends with a hint of sweet. Delicious!! — 11 years ago
Very full flavor, spicy but ends sweet — 12 years ago
2013
Celia Welch!! — 10 years ago
The dark ruby '12 Piedlong Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge is the second vintage from a new cuvée by the producers of Vieux Télégraphe. Nice aromatic nose of briery dark berries, wet stones and loamy soil. The palate is full of licorice, dried herbs and black olive flavors. The silky long finish ends with a fine dry tannic pucker. — 10 years ago
A more restrained, denser mouton nose here, somewhat closed but there is a detectable, dense core of dark cherry, blackcurrant fruit but also a deep red currant coming through with scorched earth and burnt ends.
Palate is balanced with very approachable, lilting red berry fruit that still has some sweetness to it. Classy red fruited length. — 11 years ago
Richard Stowell
This was an intense red that hits first with a big earthy rap, followed by slight yet dark fruits and ends on a smooth cloud of silky finesse that lingers just long enough to await the next sip. This is an amazing wine that I will search out again. — 10 years ago