Jay Kline

9.4

Popped and poured, enjoyed over the course of a few hours. The 2021 pours a straw color with medium viscosity. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of yellow apple, peach, honeysuckle, squishy, pineapple, clove. On the palate, the wine is dry, but showing significant fruit. So much so that it almost gives the impression of being off-dry. Acid is medium. Confirming the notes from the nose where the honeysuckle note is crazy powerful. The finish is long and there’s a slightly oily texture. A great, young Chave Blanc with a very bright future. Drink now with patience to allow it to open and drink through 2046+. Bottle 05182
— 7 months ago

Doug Powers

9.4

Leather, bacon fat, classic northern Rhône Syrah aromatics, similar flavors, this is still quite fresh and youthful for a 32-year-old Crozes-Hermitage, long finish, punching well above its weight, great bottle!! — 4 years ago

with Jim

Ron Siegel

9.5

Another great one from the master showing dark fruits, graphite, spice, floral, meat & violet. Still very youthful at 20 yrs with amazing complexity & balance — 4 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

Another great vintage for this wine. Brilliant whites in St. Joseph in 2018. Nose is super granitic with yellow fruits, superbly refined and defined. Palate is ripe and dense with superb finesse, yellow fruits and old vine sap. Juicy with great mineral freshness and clarity. Long finish. Always such a great wine. — 5 years ago

James Forsyth

9.5

Hold moly. The tannins are still grippy. Great balance and fruit through the finish. Gorgeous from this rare old bird. — 7 years ago

Pooneet K

9.1

This is a nice wine to say the least. Very aromatic, with great smooth tannins. Earthy and meaty on the palate in a great way. Really quite nice — 7 years ago

Paulo Netto

9.4

Great Syrah... for sure — 9 years ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Fleshy and open. Great complexity and vibrant. Very good. Long. — 8 months ago

with BOT, Matt and 1 other

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Meaty, minty and peppery nose. Wow. So gamey and bloody. Pedal to the medal St. Joseph. Ultra traditional stuff here. Lots of olive and all on a serious granitic background. Palate is elegant and so refined but also has a wild side in that it’s super gamey, olivey and very supple and has good red berry sweetness. Really clean. These wines get cleaner every year without losing their feral edge. Very fine tannin. Also some youthful austerity. Needs air. I will be back. As this opens up exotic tea scents. Maybe oolong and Puer-eh. Great concentration and super silky and long. This is so good. 19 is also best vintage since 15. — 2 years ago

Chris McClellan

9.3

Big black and blue...immediate stank of meat/smoke/pepper/funk/bacon...mellowed out later..delicious with aggressive tannins and acid and long finish...still a baby..great in 15 years... — 5 years ago

with Guy and Gregory

Ben Christen

9.3

Great wine. Love that this is the entry offering. — 6 years ago

Fredrik Finn

9.0

Fruit driven, showing variety salt berries at first, but never far from provenance with an underlying red fruit character, defined savory character and fresh well built and structured palate. Falling a bit short on the finishes but great QPR. Drinks well, yet built for a positive development. — 7 years ago

Ryan Mullins

9.3

Great but pretty tight right now. 2hrs of air have allowed it to unravel a bit but I'm probably not popping another bottle for a year or so — 9 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

Great drinking SJ — 9 months ago

Mark Eastom

9.0

Love this wine and producer. Boysenberry, crushed rocks, fennel, pepper and great acid. — 3 years ago

Jalyn Warren

9.0

Delicious! — 4 years ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.2

Great partner for lamb. Big on well-defined + appetizing gamey notes. Bramble fruit and violets still there, but take a back seat to meat, wet earth and old armoire. Maybe a little brett? Palate disappoints a bit after such an exquisite and evocative nose. — 5 years ago

Nico

9.3

Full bodied, nose of very ripe fruit. Fairly acidic, not too oaky, still get hints of leather. Great with steaks, and even better with cheese (comté, taleggio). — 7 years ago

Chris McClellan

9.3

Loved this...DEF needed more time to air out. Tart red fruit, smoky campfire, slight grilled meats, whole cluster stinkiness, med plus acid....long finish. Great stuff, mote time in decanter and this is a super star! La La! — 7 years ago

with Justin, Chad and 1 other

Dylan Knee

9.5

Super light oak but great peppery finish. Nose of red fruit. Loved it with Steak — 9 years ago