09' Cerro Sur is a hard wine to come by. Andy Erickson's Cabernet Franc blends are simply some of the best produced in California.
2 hour decanting. The complexity is fantastic from mid-palate onward. I'm getting pronounced spicy cedar, licorice-cherry, smooth chocolate & oak. Very light espresso on the back of the palate. This wine builds to a crescendo… longing for another glass. I don't know if another year in the bottle will help? Thinking 6-10 years. — 8 years ago
A good experience with an older Paul Pernot Batard gave me the courage to bring this into Per se for a "casual" meal with my wife Linda and our friend Jonathan Holloway and his wife. I was always always a great buyer of Ramonet's Ruchottes beginning with the '85 vintage onward until around the 2000 vintage when it became clear that the wheels had fallen off the white burgundy bus. But this wine, this was some kind of wine! No premox, just a marvelously suave, honeyed flavor, supporting acidity, and a finish with great minerality presenting itself as a kind of minty freshness. Always a treat to graze through a magical Keller meal in the Per se reception/bar area overlooking Columbus Circle, even more so when accompanying the meal with a wine worthy of supporting this sophisticated cuisine. — 8 years ago
It's inevitable to be indulged in class and sophistication when presented from a superior being. Long ago, while traveling in le Midi near Corsica I ran into a young gentleman who requested that I appear in the film Lacombe Lucien. I declined, neglecting my intuitions, I continued onward through my decades of life only to be bestowed living in a wooden cottage with my deaf hound. Life is a series of fascinating experiences only to be rejected. — 11 years ago
Crimson earth. bramble berry conserve, bright sandy tannin. #CA #Carignane Onward my wayward son... — 8 years ago
Light, dry, and absolutely lovely. — 9 years ago
Dangerously good! — 10 years ago
Mark Leonardi
Dry, crisp, aromatic floras. A great wine with an original style. Faith is one to watch. — 8 years ago