Peter Sultan

9.1

Still tight & a bit hot. 375ml bottle — 8 years ago

Evan Bienstock

9.2

I was so excited to open this 2006 Leoville Barton. The color was ruby red and dark crimson. Almost black. It opened very hot with just a short decant. The nose showed amazing cherry, raspberry, cocoa and coffee notes. On the palate the tannins are very evident. There are obvious dark berries and even some earthy vegetables and tobacco. Over the course of 2hrs it really came into its own and showed its meddle. This is a great wine and, in my opinion, a great value. While a bit young, this wine a still great now and will be amazing in 10 yrs. — 9 years ago

Laura Brodie

9.3

So good , perfumery nose, dried fruit smooth tannins surprisingly fresh from such a hot vintage — 9 years ago

Kyna Love

8.9

Very dry and lots of lemon and grapefruit. Good and refreshing on a hot day. — 10 years ago

Jimmy Smith

Director, West and North London Wine School

9.2

2011: all varieties. Meaty, lavender, garden herbs, smoky, but still very vibrant red fruit. Lovely vibrancy of red fruit and all Mouvedre and Grenache aromatics. Sweet fruit, juicy acidity, hot indian spice and liquorice. Plum, cherry, spiced. Quite ready now. — 10 years ago

Paul Carlson

9.1

2011- gift from a friend. Excellent structure, tannins are very mellow but alcohol is still very hot. Fruit forward, possibly oxidized fruit (port-like fruit). — 10 years ago

Adrian Bryksa

Blogger YYCWine.com, Contributor Culinaire

9.0

Nose: raspberry, currant, vanilla bean, cedar, wet clay

Palate: raspberry, fig, sweet black tea, cherry. Explosive attack, a little hot and sugary. Let it breathe. — 11 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.8

If there were ever an archetypical Syrah, Jamet's Cote-Rotie would be a strong candidate. To me this is a pure expression of a classic Northern Rhone Syrah. It is not a single site, but a blend of terroirs, encompassing over 20 sites mostly from hard rock schist bedrock with little to no topsoil. There is NO Viognier in this wine like one might expect from most Cote-Rotie that might have 1-5% co-fermented.

Importantly, there is also a lot less of the oak character that can dominate and overwhelm many Northern Rhone wines. The oak maturation, while not short at 22 months, only uses 15% new oak with no trace of it on the palate as it is perfectly integrated. Grape bunches are whole cluster fermented and macerated for up to 3 weeks.

The 2007 we have here was drinking superbly for a young wine, showing lively and racy layers of peppercorn spice, roast beef, and warm blackberry and currant fruit from the hot 2007 vintage. While from a warm vintage, not a hair is out of place. Density and purity exude from the nose and hint at what a brilliant future this wine has. Perfect acidity and fleshy ripe tannin provide the backbone structure for father time to peel back the layers of this beauty. I will be chceking back in 5 years at the earliest. — 9 years ago

Shang Wang

9.1

Love it. Better than last couple bottles I opened last year. Think it just entered my drinking window. The flavor is well integrated with the still powerful fruit characters and somewhat gripping tannin. Looking forward to the future development. It does tast a little bit hot to me, but still balanced enough. — 9 years ago

Joel Pennington #❤️🐢🍷

Owner/Winemaker Slow Turtle Vineyard

9.1

Tight wine - short, hot finish for the first 40min, then everything changed for the better. — 10 years ago

with Jordan

Eugênio Oliveira

10

2003,hot year, but it was perfect pairing a confit. — 10 years ago

Kyle Schlachter

Writer Colorado Wine Press

9.2

Hot, strawberry jam, leather, mint. Big, but not over the top. — 10 years ago

with Ricky

Steve Unwin

9.1

Nose is full of pork and berries. Palette is cacao nibs and savory chambord (yeah that's a thing now). Clearly young, super hot. Still delicious. — 11 years ago

Mason Balistreri

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

9.4

Good wine considering the hot vintage (2015). It's definetly big, but not overly so. The palate is full and long. Lot's of strawberry. The color is darker than I would have thought. Very "natural" tasting, in it's style. I actually like it more than the 2014. — 9 years ago

Spinning_spins

9.3

Newly-arrived 2014 vintage, and it is very good. Balsamic, sage, underripe black cherries, and herbs. Well-crafted, the balance, texture, alcohol, and tannin all mesh perfectly. Great with marinated chicken and pork skewers, including some with lots of hot chilli flakes. — 9 years ago

Shawn R

9.2

First wine opened for our homemade grilled pizza night. Great bottle to start with. Opened and let sit for about 2 hours-wanted to come across a little hot with the alcohol being so high but turned out to be perfect. Definitely a bottle to share! Black jam fruits on the nose-smoke, spice and a hint of herbs on the finish. Fun bottle! — 9 years ago

Ludovic Anacleto

9.2

Starts jammy as a breakfast at the Lanesborough then unfolds to a very muscular, articulate wine. It's intense, powerful and extremely focused. Anis, cassis, dark berries marmalade. Can't recall the specifics of the vintage but I feel a quite hot one. The 04 insignia feel quite reductive and over ripe for me. Not my taste at all but a good example of an over the top wine. — 10 years ago

Brian Grech

9.8

Such a treat. Not syrupy or hot, just a mellow nectar of the gods. Ruby color aged into a tawnier garnet. Light sediment. — 10 years ago

with Justin, Chi and 1 other

Brian Miller

9.0

We'll done for the style: big, bold, deep. Varietal, dark, touch of lavender, coffee candy. A little hot on the finish. — 10 years ago

Kelly Keene

9.5

Very bold, strong, long finish, good. NOT as good after opened for awhile — 11 years ago