Big Wave Dave

9.5

Insane complexity. Bacon cheeseburger in a glass. Dark fruit, with hints of fig, rosemary, and mushroom sauvage. Strong bacon, savoury meat character. Med/full but not in any way heavy. Complete, and drinking beautifully. Will go forever, but singing now. — 4 years ago

with Racquel

Doug Powers

9.3

Wild herbs and garrigue aromas, clean, dark fruits with lavender, thyme and some rosemary flavors, classic CdP, not too heavy nor overripe, an old school from the days before luxury cuvees and overripe CdPs, love what Laurent is doing!! — 5 years ago

with Jim

Shengli Hu

9.4

Rosemary, basil, pepper, dried hay, dried violet on the nose. Juicy fresh cherries, ripe blueberries, purple flowers, and stones on the palate. Medium plus acidity, medium (+) tannins. 14.5%. Pronounced concentration and long finish. — 7 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

Elegant and complex with notes of rosemary stems, blackberry, licorice, forest floor — 8 years ago

Shengli Hu

9.0

High concentration medium staining. Dark ruby, Jammy to dried dark cherries, black currants, cassis, licorice/anise, tea leaves, clay, basil, rosemary, all spices, green pepper, mushroom. Low acidity, medium plus tannins - soft and velvety, medium plus body. Medium (plus) oak influences of spices. — 8 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.3

Blackberry, licorice, leather, black olives and rosemary — 9 years ago

Peter Wassam

8.9

Brambly wild fruit on the nose. Raspberry, blackberry definitely with some fruit concentration. A wild, sage, rosemary element that darkens this otherwise bright wine in a good way. Like Poe wouldn't be a legend without the darkness — 9 years ago

Willem Booij

9.3

This is a “Tig” in it’s prime, wel aged and a real charmeur! De lady of this house loved it and that’s always a good sign. Nice developed tannins with some silky chocolate and mokka, dark ripe forest fruit and some classic dried herbs like rosemary and thyme. You can easily drink a bottle but I keep a half for later. — 5 years ago

Oliver N

9.3

Even better on day 2! Let this breathe! Forest floor/tertiary notes, pine, cedar, cocoa, plum, sweet berries, I like the Campari note that someone noted... that sort of medicinal quality!
On the palate, stemmy, upfront tannins, smooths out into an etheral expression of tart forest berries, plums, some oak, coffee bean, cocoa nib, pine/rosemary, quite savoury.
This almost reminds me of something out of Italy!
Overall, a beautiful Loire red with lots to offer. Love the savoury characteristics! Cheers! — 5 years ago

Severn G

9.3

Last bottle, and damn it's drinking fine! No new notes today, but I must identify that the waxy notes and acidity are transcendent...This bottle still has years. 🥲

Prior notes:
Nose has dried grapefruit rind, honeydew melon, dry sage, fresh rosemary and beeswax.
Palate has ripe honeydew melon, dried lemon, lemon juice, acidic pear, orange rind with plenty of dry minerals and acidity for days. Wonderful. — 5 years ago

Jordan Wardlaw

9.1

Forward, warm, ripe, sweet nose oozing Grenache character. Cherry kirsch, blackberry, savory spice, rosemary, lavender. Intensely mineral mid palate, big tannins moving back to front and back again. Palate-coating monster that needs ample time to settle down. Excellent potential. — 8 years ago

Lindsey King

9.2

Lean and precise. Cranberry sauce when it's not Thanksgiving. An accent you can't quite place but revel in the cadence and timbre of. Charred sage and rosemary. — 8 years ago

Steve Martel

9.2

Well balanced ; cedar rosemary; elegant medium bodied finish ; cedar balsamic dried cherries — 9 years ago

Winston Jones

Host OrganicWineReview, Assistant Buyer Savvy Cellar Wine Bar

9.2

Well made wine. Black cherry, plum, and anise. A nice barnyard background gives way to herbs and earth. The palate doesn't disappoint, mellow tannins, good acidity and well integrated fruit. Dry yet juicy. If only I had a rosemary lamb chop, my experience would be complete. — 9 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.5

Vintage 1997 | awesome refined Chenin Blanc | deep mahony colour. overturned honey jar. I have never had a disappointing Pierre Bise | paired with poached pears in thyme syrup with rosemary cream and walnuts — 5 years ago

Chris McClellan

9.1

Gorgeous ripe black/red fruit with dried thyme/rosemary/tomato leaf/black tea, acid and tannin both elevated and well balanced and long finish. Paired great with homemade lasagna.... — 5 years ago

with Ryan and Michael

Ryan Vento

9.0

A bit astringent upon opening but looking forward to seeing how it drinks later on. From the starting line notes of tobacco, musk, potpourri, dark chocolate shavings with cherry liqueur, cocoa, leather, Rosemary, and Luxardo cherries. — 7 years ago

with Krystal

Jo Anne B

9.0

Smells like a fresh pasture😳💩. A rich tasting pinot. Sage and rosemary with a touch of sea salt at the end. — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.4

Interesting to compare this Mourvèdre from its spiritual home of Bandol with the same grape from d’Arenberg in McLaren Vale tasted a day ago. This has the garrigue type aromas expected, of Lavender and Thyme with a little Rosemary. Much of this grows around the vineyards in Provence and Bandol. Rich and flavoursome - berry fruits and some gaminess. 10/10 for the nose - loved it. This is textbook Mourvèdre probably only matched by Domaine Tempier. This is the 6th of 6 bottles I purchased 10 years ago, and the best. — 8 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

8.9

Wine Spectator's Thomas Matthews is spot on with his "Sanguine and balsamic notes frame the plum, tobacco and cola flavors in this firm red." I would add decaying lavender and dried rosemary. — 9 years ago

with Sean