Edmond Bordelon

9.4

Wonderfully complex Château neuf at an equally amazing venue in the Alsace region. Love the presentation they do at Auberge de L'Ill! Currant and of course the licorice root. This 2008 could use another 10 years in the bottle and it could be stellar. — 9 years ago

with Katherine

Donald Patz

Owner/Winemaker Patz & Hall

9.6

Mature, earth and root beer notes - rich mouthfeel and creamy finish. — 10 years ago

with James, Russell and 1 other

Tom Elliot

Founder Northwest Wines

9.5

Top Grosses Gewächs (Grand Cru) quality. Bosc pear, ginger root, sea salt. Distinguished and distinctive. Drink now to 2035 or beyond, depending on cellar conditions. — 10 years ago

Kathbot

9.3

Took a minute to blossom, but this really grew on me. It first smelled like an old, molding root cellar. — 11 years ago

Donald Patz

Owner/Winemaker Patz & Hall

9.8

Earthy - smokey - root beer — 11 years ago

with Sung

Dan R

9.4

Beet root, pepper, lifted red fruit, silky tannin, super interesting wine — 11 years ago

David D

9.5

Great, inexpensive wine — 13 years ago

debbie rosenbaum

9.5

The girth and weight of this bad boy is ... Remarkable, jarring, and exceptional. I'll be talking about him for a long, long time. I mean it when I say he is one of the top two I've had in recent memory. Can't wait to get back in the sheets for a tumble with this one as soon as possible. — 9 years ago

with Sophie

patrick

CEO/Partner Wine@ 52 degrees

8.9

Coming from northwest province of Leon (Spain) the clay and slate soil help to produce these lush aromas and flavors of licorice, minerality, hint of spice and wild flower floral components. Nice medium body wine. That's what I'm talking about! I'm drinking it all tonight! ;)
— 10 years ago

Amie Murphy

9.0

Medium-bodied, black cherries, root beer, spicy. — 10 years ago

Matt Sterr

9.0

Good for what it is. Tastes and smells like root beer. A little drier than NYFRB. — 10 years ago

Emily Martinez

9.0

Dark, rich fruit flavors, hint of root beer — 11 years ago

Bijoy Shah

8.9

Sweeter than expected, but quite good. Paired with a vegetable paella when tasted. — 11 years ago

Nicholas Livingston

9.4

Delicious Mourvèdre a la Bandol -this 2011 is exceptional with black and red cherries, licorice root, vine clippings in all their pruned sap, and an herbaceous Mediterranean wisp of lavender. Such a star! — 10 years ago

Daniel March

9.1

I wasn't going to rate this wine at first, but after downing a six pack after a couple weeks I figured something is working here. It's definitely not your bread and butter pinot, and if you're a classic pinotvitorian, this wine probably isn't for you. But I'm just digging these crazy notes of root beer, caramel, oak, bright cherry, with almonds lurking in the background. Great body to this wine, well balanced with just a hint of pepper on a lingering finish. It's rich, voluptuous, and satisfying. As a club member I'm paying $28 a bottle and that feels like a deal. Good chance I'll be doubling down again soon. — 10 years ago

Carlo Mantica

9.8

Now we are talking — 10 years ago

Nick Chang

9.3

Just a nice balance of flavors... — 10 years ago

Carter Nixon

9.4

Now we're talking- this is balanced and beautiful. — 11 years ago

with Thomas

Matthew Jannette

8.9

Black cherry blackberry gentian root low tannin. Pretty nice pinot — 11 years ago

Patrick Bourgeois

9.1

Round 03. Beaujolais. (12e arrondissement) — 12 years ago

with Leah