James Gourley

9.4

This one has improved with time. Well integrated and silky smooth. The dusty cherry fruit had a cinnamon, nutmeg, spicebox accent along with a savory earthiness. — 8 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.0

This lovely Gigondas combines drinkability with depth and interest. Dark cherries and brambles, spicebox, garrigue and violets. 20% Syrah in this wine, and it's enough to keep me coming back for more. — 9 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

Dark fruits, spice, fruit tea and dry floral nose. Fruits are stewed. Black spiced plum, blackberries, black cherries, back palate of strawberries, dates, figs, spicebox, soft elegant minerals, dry floral bouquet, dry dark earth, anise, sweet leather, baking spices. An amazing complex blend with a ripe rich fruit finish. This is in a perfect place and a good example of why you want to cellar most of your Cabernet 10 + years. — 9 years ago

Devin Bray

9.4

Subtler than the Sizeranne, this single vineyard from one of the most prized areas of Hermitage offers light blueberry fruit, spicebox, rolled cigar, cedar, sawdust, and good integration with its alcohol. Lovely. — 9 years ago

Matt

9.3

Rainy day wine while braising pork shoulder. Sensual and elegant expression of zin. Floral, spicebox, cracked black pepper, powdered sugar, raspberry jam, cooked cranberries, cherry compote, sweet wood. Juicy and rich fruits balanced by fresh acid and fine tannins. Perhaps making it up but I feel like there is a sand-like mineral taste/texture to the wine, like getting sand in your mouth at the beach but more delicious. Fantastic juice that is balanced and ethereal. Own-rooted, silica based sands, planted in 1915. — 9 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

From a grand vintage. Black and blue fruits, soft spicebox & leather, some earth, smooth and elegant. Spice more pronounced with food. It's right around it's peak for the next 3-5 years. — 9 years ago

M. Ventre

9.2

Excellent balanced palate and juicy flavors, with a whole lot of life left. subtle nose at first, but came on nicely after a couple hours. Fine grain tannin, black and red bramble fruit, clove, spicebox, cigar leaf. Could drink this all day — 10 years ago

Jason Koh

9.0

lovely grenache, spicebox with a pretty hint of violet and Hermes silk finish. the restaurants wine list price of $95 is so fair!! had the cured fluke appy and the pan roasted chicken main and wine was yummy with both! — 10 years ago

Kyle Miller

8.9

I've had this a few times now. I love gamay. Americans don't quite appreciate gamay because of the acidity. It's made for food, period. This Forez is great. Cranberry, cherry, spicebox and herbs. It's fresh and it gets your palette ready for things like lamb, coq au cin, and wash-rind cheese. — 10 years ago

with Mark

Jeroen Koenen

8.9

Browning on the edge, also in the nose. Forestfloor, toasty oak, brambly fruit, spicebox. Soft mouthfeel, fine acidity, palate is a tad too oaky... Great nose, good wine. — 11 years ago

Ryan M

9.1

Great find. Full of blackberries, plums (the ones that are red inside), spicebox, palm tree leaves, with a slight touch of Rutherford valley dust at the end but mostly full dark purple/red mountain body. Silky smooth and recommend a try. Vineyards are farmed by Jon-Mark Chappellet and it shows. — 8 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

8.9

Quite woodsy upon opening. Some evolution in the translucent garnet core. Meaty nose, beefblood, stew, spicebox, gingerbread, dried cherry, but also prunes and dates. Soft and round on the palate. Again, that hint of evolution. Very leafy and floral, touch of alcoholic warmth in the back. There's good balance, but it's not an elegant wine. Fine. — 9 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.6

Deep black core, ruby mid section, starting to show some autumnal browning in the edges.
First sniff is a little murky, soupy. But this blows away after aeration and then a very quiet, sophisticated, graceful bouquet is revealed, hinting at cigars, black olive, sundried tomato, spicebox, fatty Ibericoham, black cherries and plumpudding. Terrific concentration on the palate! Silky soft and smooooth, cinnamon, milk chocolate, leather, discrete notes of oak and garden herbs all coalesce into the very long, echoing finish. Did I already mention this has sheer perfect acidity? An androgynous wine, masculine and feminine at the same time. A home run in this so-so vintage. — 9 years ago

JJ Lumia

9.5

Wow. Blackberry, spicebox, white pepper. Full-bodied. A rich, lush, 30-second finish. Massive. A tour de force. — 9 years ago

Son

8.9

Ripe dark cherries and spicebox nose w underbrush/wet earth funk. Plenty of ripeness and semi cola vibe and more wet barnyard on the palate. Nicely integrated tannins, good acidity on the finish though length could be longer. Really nice — 9 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.2

This was a very satisfying bottle, perhaps even out of proportion to where it stands as a matter of raw "quality" or however you want to put it. It's a firmly old-style Bordeaux, with a profile of red orchard fruits, old wood and spicebox, and unapologetically astringent tannins that don't really relax until it gets a chance to warm up from cellar temperature. It is still young, probably a decade from its zone, but there is something about it that reaches really far back and reminds me of some of the antique early 20C Bordeaux I've had. It's not that it tastes advanced, but it's in the style, like a young man wearing a vintage wardrobe, and I can easily imagine it getting to a similar state one of these days. It's still got plenty of density and seve at the core so I see a firm constitution here. The chateau's reputation was in the doldrums in this period although this wine was reasonably well-reviewed. At this point it's an unqualified success. I paid $25 for this, this year! — 9 years ago

guy loftman

9.3

Well named. Not sweet, not dry, spicy but not overwhelming 4 thumbs up by 4 of us sharing our 48th wedding anniversaries at feast market, bloomington, in. — 10 years ago

Bill Bender

9.5

En Mag. Outstanding. Spicebox, forest floor, mushroom. Lush warm finish. — 10 years ago

Bryan Preuss

9.0

This was the favorite wine at my sisters wedding geez could be five years ago by now. It's still killing it, black cherry fruit Spicebox silky tannins. — 11 years ago

Austin Beeman

9.7

Rich a spices power. Really nice. Very good leather spicebox. — 11 years ago

with David, John and 1 other

Jason Bernstein

9.2

Black Cherry, cedar, spicebox, decent tannins, but bright — 8 years ago

JJ Lumia

9.3

Black cherry fruit, with ample spicebox, toasty oak, forest floor and deep, dark espresso flavors taking over mid-palate. Lush and concentrated. The velvety finish is generous, and the tannins provide great structure. Young, this needs some cellar time. A 15-yr wine. — 9 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.3

Damp earth, prunes and black cherries, antique cabinets, humidor, spicebox, dried herbs and a touch of manure. On the palate there is a luxury mouthfeel, horse stable, classic dryness, acidity and rusticity. Resolving tannines, completely a point. Somewhere halfway a Saint Estephe and a Cornas. Amazing QPR.

Even improves with air! Up a notch. — 9 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

Fruits are fresh and run juicy to dry. Black plum, blackberries, dark raspberries, bit of stewed strawberries, tannins are dusty/gritty, leather, spicebox, baking spices, dark powdery minerals, good acidity, balance and finish. Check it again in 8-10 years but good for 20 years. — 9 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Dark cherries, a little tar, spicebox, coffee grounds and dark chocolate. — 9 years ago

JJ Lumia

9.3

Complexity reigns supreme. Blackberry, smoked meat and spicebox cling to the palate. The legs are strong, the body is huge. This is massive and built to age. Can't wait to try in 5 or even 10 years. — 9 years ago

Colin McCartney

9.5

Drinking beautifully...classic strawberry and cedar aromas with a seamless berry, cocoa, and spicebox palate...velvety tannins on a lengthy finish. — 10 years ago

JohnQ Boxler

Sales Berkeley Wine Company

8.9

Leafy, spicebox, tobacco, classic Claret. Tannins resolved. Very good. Re-buy — 10 years ago

Errol Craig

9.0

2005 vintage. Complex nose - musk, sweaty sock, Spicebox, tree bark. Very memorable.
Mouth - mid bodied, light cherry / cranberry fruit with an element of savory bitterness. Slightly addictive. Has hints of the Burgundian magic event in this village cuvée. Recommended. — 10 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

8.9

Rich, autumnal nose of macerated dark fruit, soft oak, chestnuts and spicebox. Powerful palate, strong tannines, great acidic backbone, needs a lot of decantertime to reveal the aromatics that are hidden beneath the enormous structure. Like. — 11 years ago