Chris England

9.2

Fab value Rôtie @ £37 that’s drinking great 👍 Gets better every time I try 😁 So easy to drink on it’s own or with a duck dish 😍

📍 Guigal Brune et Blonde Côte Rôtie 2011

🏵 92 points

🍇 96% Syrah & 4 % Viognier

🍷 Deep ruby

👃 Peppered bacon frazzles, spiced herby blackberry, smoked cherry cola, mocha mist, subtle oak, red berry & muddy raspberry w/ hint of liquorice, black olive & wild strawberry

👄 Med creamy smooth bodied spiced earthy blackberry & red cherry bomb in touch dry fine tannins & med acidity w/ a wild raspberry & vanilla undertone

🎯 Med+ blackberry earthy slight dry mocha vanilla 🍓💋 — 7 years ago

Sally Neal

9.1

Dark, blueberry and dark olive. Went well with grilled chicken and beef. Nice bold wine — 7 years ago

Maureen O'Neil

9.6

Super good. Needs to be super cold. Buy this again and he label is sooo cute — 8 years ago

with Robert

Duilio Ramallo

9.6

Same flavor profile as the 1999 - Olive tapenade, blood, tobacco, but much more integrated and subtle with a weightless, airy mouth feel. Superb! — 9 years ago

Beth Bergmann

8.9

Somewhere between a port and a sweet wine. Delicate and sumptuous. Great at the end of a long night evening. — 10 years ago

Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen KC

9.4

Intensely peppery, black fruit, olive, game. — 10 years ago

Gabriella Macari

9.1

Black pepper green olive gorgeous syrah — 12 years ago

Chris England

9.6

Yep Mrs E popped another 🤣 the 09 Sass (10th try) & @ £138-£180 is going to be a lovely 😈 in time if Mrs E stops opening them 🤣 Notes similar as before but dryness is easing & other subtle changes appearing 😁

📍 Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia 2009

🏵 96+ points

🍇 85% Cabernet Sauvignon & 15% Cabernet Franc

🍷 Deep opaque ruby

👃 Complex & elegant smoked cedar, damson, blueberry, spiced blackberry jam & purple flowers w/ raspberry liquorice, cocoa, light herb, mint, olive, leather, oak & flinty cracked minerals

👄 Med+ silky smooth body of ripe red cherry, rich spiced blackberry/currant, cocoa & liquorice in fine light dry tannins

🎯 Long dark fruity berry/plum herby mocha coating w/ touch dry minerals & creamy cherry tones
— 7 years ago

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9.8

The 1978 La Mission Haut-Brion is a candidate for the greatest Bordeaux wines produced during the 1970s. Without question, it is the highlight of the vintage. I have tasted it several times over the years and each time, my appreciation is heightened further. Still youthful in appearance, the bouquet soars from the glass with almost high-toned blackberry, cigar humidor, warm gravel and that signature trait of black olive. You could nose this all day. The palate is medium-bodied yet there is much more density than you will find on other 1978s. Notes of black fruit, bay leaf, graphite and earthy tones, the latter emphasized with aeration. Decanting is strongly advised because it responds to a long opening, deepening all the time, developing a sustained cedar tincture that lingers in the mouth. It is a fabulous La Mission Haut-Brion that at 40-years continues to give so much pleasure. Tasted at a private dinner in London (ex-château bottle). (Neal Martin, Vinous, May 2018) — 8 years ago

Chris England

9.6

This may be the smoothest Hermitage I've had @ £83 it's like a pig rolling in velvet 🐷 so smooooth 😍 Great now but 97+ over next 5-20yrs 😎

🍷 Ruby w/ purple hue

👃 Cloves, Olives, thyme & piggy 💩 through blackberry w/ touch of liquorice & minerals

👄 Med+ body incredibly super smooth olive tapenade, blackberry & dark cherry - surprisingly well balanced @ this age 👍

🎯 Long dark fruit & olive pure silk finish — 9 years ago

Gerald Montoya

9.0

Calamata olive, black fruit, spice and hints of spearmint framed in an oily texture and super soft tannins that give the wine a loose, effortless feeling. — 10 years ago

Justin Timsit, MS

Wine Director, The Rittenhouse

9.2

Smoke, olive. Truffle, blackberry. Completely secondary. Gorgeous. — 11 years ago

R Wspoon

9.8

At home. Great Moscato. Served at Olive Garden. Sweet and refreshing. A go-to favorite. — 13 years ago

Chris England

9.5

A wine I’ve been eager to try & found cheaper in 🇪🇸 vs 🇬🇧 @ €140 - Very Côte Rotie esq & a rather superbly made 🇺🇸 wine 😉 oh & Mrs E enjoyed in the hotel hot tub 😁 as you’ll see if you scroll on Instagram ⏩

📍 Cayuse Syrah Cailloux Vineyard 2013

🏵 95 points w/ more on age potential

💥 13.8% ABV

🍇 Syrah co-fermented with 5% Viognier

🍷 Opaque blackened ruby

👃 Loaded with smoked dry cured Iberian ham, cherry cola, dirty muddy piggy 🥓 & rock minerals w/ peppered raspberry liquorice, cocoa, olive tapenade, oak & black berries - just fabulous 😍

👄 Med+ body of chocolate infused blackberry & dark spiced cherry w/ wild sharp raspberry & herbs in med acidity

🎯 Long blackberry/raspberry/cherry mocha boom boom w/ a touch of dryness
— 7 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.5

Classic La Mish with complex aromatics of red & black fruits with cedar, earth, leather, soy, olive, bell pepper, licorice, tar, cigar box & violet. A wine that I have had many times that never disappoints. Everyone’s favorite today!! — 7 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.1

Showing very young & primary with black cherry, meat & olive. — 8 years ago

Rebecca Fletcher

9.1

2005 vintage. Blackberry, black cherry, earth, mushroom, black olive. M acid and body. M+ intensity, round tannin, finish and complexity. — 10 years ago

John Osborne

Wine Director Raoul's

9.0

Lovely cool vintage St.-Joseph-ish style; black olive, sage & lavender layered over blueberries and bitter cherries. Bright and fresh, but you can find just as good for way less in the northern Rhône. — 10 years ago

Pascaline Lepeltier, MS

Master Sommelier, Wine Director Rouge Tomate New York

9.2

Nori and black olive and more nori — 10 years ago

with Bryan

Doug Powers

9.6

Olive, smoke, beautiful older Syrah aromas, seamless on palate, just wonderful wine!! — 12 years ago