El Deez

9.0

Top Barbera d'alba! Zalig. — 6 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

Maureen O'Neil

9.6

Super good. Needs to be super cold. Buy this again and he label is sooo cute — 7 years ago

with Robert

Devin Bray

9.2

Vincent's old vine offering, this time grown on a 60% grade in the hills of Cornas. More mineral driven than his 30, with less ripe fruit and more notes of pencil lead, iron, and just a touch of olive. Bitter chocolate rounds things out nicely. What a great AOC this is. — 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. — 9 years ago

Justin Timsit, MS

Wine Director, The Rittenhouse

9.2

Smoke, olive. Truffle, blackberry. Completely secondary. Gorgeous. — 10 years ago

R Wspoon

9.8

At home. Great Moscato. Served at Olive Garden. Sweet and refreshing. A go-to favorite. — 12 years ago

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 🍓💋 — 6 years ago

Andrew S

9.5

Now we are talking. Dark berries, smoked meats, olive, beautiful acidity. Tanins are medium. — 7 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

Dark fruits, rich, structured with black olive, cracked pepper, crushed rock & forest floor. Decanted 1 hr but still needs a few more years. — 7 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 — 8 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.5

I love La Mish and this is one of my favs! So aromatic and complex showing sweet black fruits, tar, earth, cedar tobacco, soy and black olive. This has reached its peak drinking window and will drink well for at least another 5 yrs. — 9 years ago

Nicolette Anctil

9.1

Olive tapenade & bacon fat. — 10 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

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

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! — 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. — 9 years ago

Tim Edwards

9.2

#greggiere comment about olive tapenade is spot on! Great meat and earth. Big, bold and not for the faint of pallet....... — 10 years ago

Gabriella Macari

9.1

Black pepper green olive gorgeous syrah — 11 years ago