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9.5

Deep, lurid ruby. Powerful, smoke-accented aromas of black currant, cherry liqueur, vanilla and candied licorice; a suave floral nuance builds in the glass. Alluringly sweet and broad on the palate, offering deeply concentrated black and blue fruit, mocha and floral pastille flavors and a touch of spicecake. Shows excellent delineation and solid punch on an impressively long, dark berry-driven finish framed by slow-building, harmonious tannins. (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, February 2021)
— 5 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

Consistent notes from February 2019. Molasses Caramel etc and ultra smooth. A top quality rum from Nicaragua. Great minerality from all the old lava flows in that country where the sugar cane grows. 18 years old. — 5 years ago

David L

9.3

17’ Turtle Rock Willow White. An abundance of orchard fruit. Drink at room temperature! I’ll have to go out & purchase a few more. Fantastic!
Turtle Rock...is something you should put on your list of wines to purchase from Paso.  — 6 years ago

with Mike

Justin Wittkopf

9.5

Slow O for 6 hr prior to drinking. This really great. Seems perfectly proportioned to my tastes. Not too sweet. Great frame. Not hot. Seems a bit more open than previous Greer bottlings I have had. Likely from the blend of the two clones previously split for the Pott Arsenal and Greer, but maybe vintage, too. Whatever the case, I like it. — 7 years ago

Michał Ptaszek

9.5

Slow post-18.4 Saturday. First day without K (Utah spring break) — 8 years ago

The Wine-Know Jim Stephens

9.1

The fantastic texture and mouthfeel that I have come to love from Carbonnieux was very much intact. Complimented with flavor of dried apricot and apricot pits, it truly was still shining bright and accented with the nutty notes of its slow oxidation over the years in bottle. Truly a legendary Estate by any measure and they never disappoint! — 8 years ago

Jay Kline

9.2

Tasted alongside the 2015 vintage. Both wines were opened about eight hours in advanced and allowed to slow-ox at cellar temp (51°F). Comparatively, this was more open for business. Dark cherry, gym sock, dried herbs, leather, and tomato leaf on the nose. On the palate, dusty cherry fruit with black tea and dried herbs. Rustic. Quite an old school charmer! Towards the end of the bottle, this started to tighten back up a bit but it was still my favorite of the two vintages tonight. I expect this to enjoy a long life. — 5 years ago

Dani Jensen-DeNofa

9.7

Medium yellow color. Tropical and vanilla on nose. Oak With something I can’t distinguish.. maybe some salinity? Bright pineapple. Then rich buttery creaminess. Slight vanilla into an oak finish. Slightly dry — 5 years ago

James Forsyth

9.4

A slow burn. Approachable and simple but opens through finish. — 6 years ago

with Mark, Julia and 1 other

Steve Williams

9.3

“When a lovely flame dies, smoke gets in your wine...”apologies to the Platters. My goodness, the smoke is up front, setting up for warm plum, and dried cherry. A long, slow, dry finish. An enjoyable wine from beginning to end. “When your heart’s on fire, you must realize, smoke gets in your wine.” Shared by Mayor Bob. With Hall, Joanna. After a visit to Moose & Virginia Mack’s. — 7 years ago

Raff

9.1

Fun! Super sweetheart (not cloying) ripe melon, ripe apricot, finishes on light Jolly ranchers. — 7 years ago

Justin Wittkopf

9.0

Slow O for 10 hrs. Pretty Cabernet nose and delicate, elegant palate. Nice balance but feels really light. Almost no tannin. Not what I expect in a Kap GV. Vintage specific, I suppose, but the 2011 Roberta’s from last night had much more tannin. Very food friendly wine. — 8 years ago

Devin Bray

9.7

A truly poised, beautiful, wine that's just wild and unpredictable enough to make its many transformations satisfying over a night of slow, contemplative drinking. Green bell pepper, jalapeño, puréed strawberry fruit and some barnyardy notes lead to a finish of red licorice and hay. Rustic and gorgeous, if still a bit young. Orange peel, wood spice, and tons of fleeting but beautiful earthy complexity. — 8 years ago

Severn G

9.3

Nose has oxidized yellow pear, dry chalk, wilted daffodils, over-ripe pineapple and sweet oak.

Palate has rich, ripe pineapple, bruised yellow apple, dried orange peel, wet river stone but the acidity makes one take notice, quite exciting for the age.

Cork pulled for slow oxidation, 11H.

Another example of a Saint-Aubin that hits my pleasure on all fronts, doing great tonight.

Paired to a French dish this evening, chicken, apples and cremé à la normande (cream, onion, mushroom & calvados), wow smiles all around tonight. — 5 years ago

Matt

9.0

Ripe and heavily influenced by its barrel upbringing. I think this has potential but it just needs time to sort itself out — 6 years ago

Kirk F

9.2

3 of these disappeared in the matter of an hour #pasorevisited — 6 years ago

Eric Godin

9.6

Opening up like a Pinot, started off with potpourri and lemon zest, floated off to sandalwood, cigar tobacco, white and yellow flowers, blackberry, and leather and bee pollen. Flavors swing from bright, lemon-fresh berries and somehow flow through a gammut of berries and grapes into a dark, cocoa, flinty rock. A single, elegant cascade through flavors that lasts over a minute. A slow ride that ends so sweetly and softly you forget how much you're looking to sip again. Astonishing how bright this wine still is. — 6 years ago

speedy duncan

9.0

A toast to Mr. Benson — 8 years ago

Nicole

8.9

I snuck aboard the space station and made my way to the holding cell where I was told the princess was being held. Upon breaking down the door, I was confronted by a short person in a diaper and odd headdress who said "I'm sorry, but the princess is in another death star".

About that time all the alarms in the space station started going off.

After some brief firefights I found myself cornered, my only escape to done down a shoot into a garbage compactor. So I did. Once in the trash compactor I met a friendly monster called a Dianoga. We shared a lovely bottle of Slow Press while the walls of the compactor slowly closed in on us.

Fortunately for me, I'm the hero of this tale and, as such, made a timely escape, rescued the princess (eventually), and managed to do it all without realizing I had spilled wine on myself. — 8 years ago

Eric Egan

9.4

What a beautifully graceful wine! A bit muted on the nose (slow ox for three hours - perhaps I should have decanted) but one of the most amazingly expressive palates I have experienced for a very long time. All the elements in perfect equilibrium; one of the rare times that I would actually apply the term 'smooth' to a wine. Tannins still lightly peppery, poised acidity, and an insanely long velvety finish that kept revealing hidden layers of complexity. Like a Burgundian peacock's tail that keeps expanding, adding new layers of graceful shades and patterns to the rolling tapestry of flavour. — 9 years ago