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

Steve Martel

9.2

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

Nikki Weyandt

9.5

Wow, love this nose. Smells of perfumed lavender and flowers, oregano, herbs, rosemary, and earthiness . Oregano, spice, earth, rosemary, flowers, lavender all confirmed on palate. Love this wine! — 9 years ago

Donald Rory

9.0

Fragrant Rosemary nose. Expresso, rose, tar. — 10 years ago

Danielle Hadland

9.0

Julie at the co-op recommended this wine pairing with rack of lamb roasted with garlic and fresh rosemary, it was definitely a perfect pair! — 10 years ago

David Kline

9.0

Earthy mushroom and chocolate nose. Tar, graphite, baked plum, cinnamon, cedar, rosemary, roses and black currant with pepper. — 10 years ago

with Courtney

Lup73

9.0

I find myself trying to pick the fruit into a forest of resolute, scented but not aggressive leather and I discover wood, tobacco, dried rose, rosemary, liqorice. Finally here is it, a vivid red fruit and rose petals. In the mouth, sweet tannins and spices. Balanced and intense structure. Good acidity. Leather is the "fil rouge" of this novel, written in proud tones, but elegantly painted with a clear and trasparent garnet red with an orange touch. — 11 years ago

Jimmy Smith

Director, West and North London Wine School

8.9

Not as sexy as the 2010. Nose is m intensity of blackberry, plum, herbs, lavender, Rosemary, tobacco, cedar, oak. Palate has good structure, sweet red/black fruit, quite meaty, savoury, herbal, spicy, quite good. M acidity, m+ tannin, m+ full body, decent chewy m+ length. Would like to recasts in 6 months to year. Good+ — 11 years ago

Matt Caris

10

Fabulous brunello Riserva served with the porcini and rosemary rubbed ribeye — 12 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

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

Erika Nielsen

9.0

Strong notes of rosemary on both the nose and palate. Brisk finish. Truly a vermouth lover's table wine! — 10 years ago

with Ramona and Angelina

Devin Bray

9.5

A baby and a shame I had to drink it this young, but I don't have another option, considering this is $733 a bottle! Flinty and with notes like a freshly lit lighter or burned paper that will, over time, distinguish it further from Le Méal, this wine at the moment is still full of blueberry fruit and rosemary herbal notes, violet, and the classic black pepper of Hermitage. Still very young for a 2010. Big and strong. — 10 years ago

Bob Yoon

9.0

My go to Oregon Pinot I just want to open and drink immediately. Pairs well with rosemary. — 10 years ago

Charlie Abbott

Sommelier Casa Mono

9.4

Espectacular!! On a real Garnacha bender these days

Edit 03/2017- lifted red cherry, dark citrus oil, rosemary, granite, transparent. One of the best garnachas coming out of spain — 11 years ago

with Casa

Jocelyn Hoar

9.3

Room to age ... Beautiful balance. Briar, dark fruit, good mid-palate and medium tannin. I want to be Rosemary when I grow up. — 11 years ago

Nelson Fitch

9.3

What a fuckin nose... Cherry and tar and berry compote and tobacco and cedar and leather and roses and maybe rosemary. — 11 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

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

Conrad Green

9.5

Beautifully resolved with soft cherry and brambles. Gorgeous and long. A touch of rosemary and a tart quality. Delicious — 9 years ago

with Matt and Paul

Becky George

Winemaker Kelly Fleming Wines

9.1

YumYum. Nice job Rosemary. Floral, milk chocolate covered cherries, dried herbs on the nose. Nice balance to palate. Feels less than 14.5%. — 10 years ago

Phil Castellano

9.2

Fabulous. Earthy, fruity, and notes of rosemary.
— 10 years ago

Brian Thompson

Sales & Marketing Krupp Brothers Winery, Stagecoach Vineyard

9.3

A 2007 that is absolutely singing! Blackberry, cherry, and vanilla aromas with a hint of rosemary. Tannins are perfectly integrated. Gorgeous! — 10 years ago

J.B. Andrews

9.1

licorice, rosemary, tarragon. neato weirdo nebbio bro. alpiney representer. 👯👍🏾 — 10 years ago

with Claire

Casey Curbow

Sales Associate Windsor Wine Merchants

8.9

Jammed Black fruit with spice. Mint. Rosemary. Cocoa bean. Dust. Masa. Big weight with soft tannic structure and acid that isn't overbearing. Slight green edge that shows its youth. #wineschool — 11 years ago

Erik Nordman

9.3

Lovely big, oaky CA cabernet sauvignon. Brandied dark cherries, raisins, dried plums, toasted vanilla, tobacco, licorice, butter, rosemary, molasses, raspberry, wool and animal skin. On the palate, the wine reveals more of those lovely dried dark fruit notes of raisins, cherries, and plums, as well as more brandied cherries, butter, rosemary. Soft, well balanced tannins that have had time to mellow and better integrate over the last ten years. I think it maybe could've gone another year or two, but I definitely opened at a great time. Splendid, deep, complex Cabernet that was a rewarding experience to drink. — 11 years ago

Charlie Schroeder

9.7

1.5 liter great wine, earthly, tobacco, currant smooth finish. Great with rack of Lamb rosemary au jus — 12 years ago