Alexis Castillo-Quezada

9.2

Luscious ,dense and balanced with an expresive bouquet confirming on the palate the black fruits ,mocha and forest character .Awesome vin de garde 🍷🍷 — 7 years ago

Benoit Duhamel

9.3

Servi à l’aveugle. Le vin est plutôt jeune, on percoit encore l’élevage. Au nez, j’y vois des agrumes et des fleurs blanches. En bouche la texture est dense, riche et a aussi des notes épicées. Le vin est assez boisé par contre. J’avance Puligny assez jeune… mais non. Le vin est excellent mais il a une acidité
moyenne qui me fait douter sur une très longue garde. — 8 years ago

Mason Balistreri

Sommelier, International Wine Guild; Balistreri Vineyard; Sales, Joy Wine and Spirits

9.2

Syrah seemingly in the zeitgeist right now so I picked up this 2011 Coulet. Wow - it's so different than the Cote Rotie I just had. I know syrah can run the gamut but this is radically different. Biodynamic, low so2, neutral oak & concrete. Not really Vin de Garde; Not really Vin de Soif...

So what then? Certainly intense. Plum & liqueur-like raspberry notes that are both in-your-face "sexy" & "scary" at the same time. Even more prevalent than the fruit are the aromas of menthol, acetate, & iron. Nearly akin to robitussin - & I mean that in the best way possible. It's weirdly delicious & syrah freaks will get it.

Unfortunately, the regular consumer might find it to be too much. The slight volatility is both good & bad. It dials up the fruit's sweetness, giving the wine body & texture. But also amps up the medicinal quality. This is not a wine to guzzle & ignore. Admirably, not subtle.

Coincidentally this wine reminds me Pax - who is getting a lot of attention right now & rightfully so. I have't tried the new 100 point Hillside bottle yet (though I have one ready), but I've always been a huge fan of his wines for a long time. My favorite site he works with is Griffins Lair & I believe I've tasted every vintage of it going back to 2002. Those original vintages are bigger & riper (which I still love & fuck you hipsters for not), but even back then Pax never used superfluous new oak, sulfites, yeasts etc.. Yes, they were broad shouldered wines but they were pure & unmasked - like this Cornas. Some of the early 2000s Griffins Lair had a slight volitility that came across as kirsch sweetness. It's an interesting balance that punctuates the varietal character perfectly - & it demands your attention while doing it.

This Cornas is not some delicate wine that somms gush over; nor is it a slick, parkerized wine without sense of place. It's something else. A wine for the true syrah aficianado. The audience is small but those who can appreciate it, will appreciate it. If you like weirdness, intensity, complexity & the flavors to scream at you from the glass, this is your wine.

#cornas #syrah #coulet #biodynamic #pax #coterotie #rhone #northernrhone #rhonevalley — 8 years ago

Andrés Solís Lira

9.7

I feel star-struck!! — 10 years ago

Yan Rivard

9.3

Puissant tanique même encore assechant. Un très grand vin de garde — 10 years ago

Richie Mello

9.5

A show stopper of a Syrah. Happy where it's at, although next time I think that I will wait a couple years for it to mature more. A true Vin du Garde nonetheless. Expressive, unique and exciting! @Pax Mahle @Jason Ruppert — 11 years ago

Francis Wilden

Director Francis Wilden Food & Wine Consulting

9.3

11 Dubreuil Fontaine Corton Charlie: pretty flash, steely, racy, mineral. Vin de garde. — 12 years ago

Matt Fosket

9.4

Vin de garde — 12 years ago

Thomas Monroe

Winemaker Division Winemaking Company, Owner/Winemaker SE Wine Collective

9.4

Loire vin garde! — 12 years ago

Chloé Mochet

9.0

Atomes de noix et noisettes. Bonne acidité. Vin de longue garde — 13 years ago

Paul Petit

9.3

Magnifique nez. Parfaitement salé. Notes d'amande, fruit sec. Rond en bouche. Un beau retour. Un vin de garde. Assemblage, Vin de 2 producteurs. — 7 years ago

Sylvain Rhainds

9.3

2005. Fait pour la longue garde. Super vin. Va bonifier avec le temps — 8 years ago

Maciej Kurka

9.1

Great Chenas. Definitely vin de garde. Like — 8 years ago

Cédric P.

9.0

Bu 1 bouteille le 20 juillet. Vin concentré mais avec de beaux tannins. Potentiel de garde d'au moins 5 ans de plus. — 8 years ago

Richard Hell

9.6

Uni just got alot better! — 9 years ago

Louis Schofield

Sommelier/Wine Merchant East End Cellars

9.8

4 years in barrique with no topping up. Classic Jura oxidative nose (not as intensely rancio as full blown vin jaune) with just bloody perfect balance of high acid and texture on the palate — 10 years ago

Laurent Van Damme

9.2

Magnifique vin blanc avec des arômes de miel et de brioche.
À déguster avec plaisir, le vin garde un très bel équilibre.
2003 peut faire peur, mais ici la fraîcheur est encore présente.
Un régal ! — 11 years ago

valerie lenglart

9.1

rond et equilibré, charmeur, vin de garde . — 11 years ago

with Isabelle

Geneviève Delporte

9.0

Vin rouge traditionnel de Bordeaux - appellation Graves contrôlée - élevé en cuve et fût de chêne - médaille d'or à Mâcon - millésime 2008 - 55% merlot noir et 45% cabernet sauvignon - vin plaisant fruité, puissant et charpenté - accord viandes rouges et gibier - garde 10 ans et plus - prix 11 ,75 euros TTC - tous les vins de la propriété sont certifiés "vin biologique" à partir du millésime 2011 — 12 years ago

Alexis Castillo-Quezada

9.8

If you like Anarone!.. This vigneron must be in your cellar..Vin de garde.. Chocolate?? Yes.. Spices ? Yes and yes on and on.. All you want in an Amarone .. — 12 years ago

James Elliott

9.6

Less chalk and minerals than the Chatons de garde. I love Calek's wine. — 12 years ago

with Sarah

Ellen Clifford

9.2

I cannot get enough word play. Especially as it pertains to wine, French Stuff, and outer space. Although I’d like Uranus jokes over UFO ones. That joke wrote itself only because I also adore alliteration. Ahem. Anyway this homage to Chateauneuf de Pape’s refusal to allow UFOs in its terroir (I don’t let them in mine either, honestly) is ever so transparent in what is in it, ever so zing pow wow, but shhhhhh chillout sweet babygirl that I am now a Bonny Doon convert. I wish I could say I was more than a half glass in writing this but you can blame to wordplay/slight tawdry-ness/silliness on...me. And the following tasting notes don’t do anything to actually explain this wine. Less than the prior paragraph anyway. But know it is more than the sum of its parts. But! If you want tech:
Appearance: pale pink. Nose of red fruits of all types, Whole Foods bulk section and a new fountain perhaps in a cheeky avant- garde art garden. Tongue: dry, medium acid, medium alcohol (whoops it’s 13.5!) body is silky and neatly suede-y. You’ll taste bright underripe strawberries, overripe raspberries, maybe an iris or so and something mineral and also green let’s call it pussywillows just to keep me thematically on track. Finish is medium plus with a hint of candied fruit punch. — 7 years ago

Lisa Hart

9.6

Could just sit and smell this all night, but then I'd be sober. Damn. Special juice. — 8 years ago

Deborah Heath

9.1

NB: @delectable, this is the rare variety carignan blanc. Pls edit => white wine.

At his cave in Pézenas, Languedoc, Daniel le Conte des Floris shared 3 vintages of his Lune Blanche, 100% #carignanblanc , the rare grape he's been instrumental in resuscitating. This is a vin de garde that demands aging. The 2015 showed its acidity but otherwise had its defenses up. The 2013 revealed some lovely chenin-like notes on the nose; still taut on the palate. The 2010 was a revelation: integrating nose and palate, evoking both chenin and certain white burgundies, with a hint of petrol on the nose like a fine old riesling. Daniel trained in Burgundy, and it shows in both this rare Languedoc white and in his lovely restrained reds. — 9 years ago

Stas Medvedev

9.3

Deep ruby color with brick rim. Well developed wine with vibrant rich aromas of fruits, wood, trufel, spices and tertiary notes: gouache color. Invisible tannins. Elegant, balanced complex wine. Château Nenin is considered one of the better wines in Pomerol. Estate belongs to Delon since 1997 (owns Château Potensac & 2nd growth Château Leoville-Las Cases). 32 ha vineyard: Merlot 78%, CabFr 21%, CabS 1%. Château Nénin is the epitome of a great Pomerol "vin de garde" (wine for laying down). Rating 4,3/5 — 9 years ago

Emilielambert

9.0

Ce vin mis en bouteille depuis 3 semaines au moment de la dégustation présente des notes très fruitées, sans acidités ni défauts de jeunesse et un potentiel de garde bien meilleur que le millésime 2013. — 11 years ago

Bobby Stuckey

Master Sommelier, Partner Frasca Food & Wine, Vintner Scarpetta Wines

9.3

Vin de Garde Rose — 12 years ago

Jonathan Lipsmeyer

9.4

Red. Ready to go. As close to a blue chip vin de garde yet undervalued winemaker as I know. — 12 years ago

Alexis Castillo-Quezada

8.9

Extracted Barbera !! Vin de garde .. Better with years.. Try it please — 12 years ago

Thibaud Davaye

9.6

La claque. Y'a pas a dire les chardonnays c énorme. Vin déjà très ouvert 2009? Peu être en train de se mettre en place pour la garde. Notes de pain d épice tension exceptionnel. — 12 years ago