Joe DAscoli

9.3

Boom! This wine is super purple inky. And incredibly in your face with big berry flavors and a roundness and lush bursting profile. There’s nothing subdued or elegant. This is just big.

Funky labels aside - I enjoyed this wine and reminded me a touch of Turley without Turley’s distinctiveness of fruit and site flavors. A good blend and great wine when you just want to drink wine. I could see this being good at a tailgate. — 3 years ago

Joe Fischer

9.2

Beautiful salmon color, rose for the nose, and strawberry for the buds. Excellent!!! — 4 years ago

Tom Wildenhaus

8.9

Young and vegetal but strong red and black fruit. All of the wine is in the front and in you face. Should have decanted long or waited 5 years. — 5 years ago

Shay A

9.3

Wednesday Wine Committee hosted by Dan. 1 sparkler, 3 whites, 4 reds and 1 dessert wine. Tasted blind as usual.

Drinking wonderfully. Full fruit at this stage without it being in your face. Plum, blackberry, and currant. Soft and dense in the mid palate. Tart black cherry work herbal notes on the finish. Just beginning to channel secondary notes. I guessed right bank Bordeaux from early 2000s. — 6 years ago

with Jeff and Dan

Howard Roselinsky

9.1

2005.... has settled somewhat, fruit is now not as in your face, still needs time to integrate the massive oak here; however, overall this is a very good drinking experience — 7 years ago

Shay A

9.5

One of my favorite entry level wines out there. Outstanding and in your face. Surprisingly open at the young age. Rush of all types of fruit. Sandalwood and bacon on the nose. Elegant on the palate actually... not as brash as previous vintages. Full bodied. Large and in charge with blueberry pie and fig. Bevan is in my top 3 of favorite winemakers. — 7 years ago

with Dan, Benjamin and 1 other

Michael Brown

9.7

Deliciously thick and sweet. Essence of apples. Lovely dessert "wine". — 8 years ago

Tom Garland

9.1

2 hour decant (decent chunky/cloudy sediment). A purplish dark magenta color. On the nose: in your face aromas of plum, leather, cedar, currants, floral, mint and smoke. Taste: a smooth, dry, elegant, nicely balanced wine with black fruit, minerals, graphite, black pepper,, and a smokey herb long finish. Give it a few more years to come around, has potential. — 3 years ago

with Brenda

Fredybeans

9.0

Jaune clair
Nez fleur blanche lys herbe coupée
Bouche ample ronde puis acidité vive et côté cristallin
Finale minérale — 5 years ago

Scott Soren

9.4

Black raspberries dominate the palate. Integrated tannins for such a young boy. Medium acidity will lend to cellaring for a decade or more. Punch in the face Napa cab. Delicious — 6 years ago

Max Reichwage

9.5

Silky, plush, spicy, lots of dry extract, super good — 6 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

Love this Rostaing Syrah created from 12 or 13 different vineyards. The style encompasses everything thing I love about Northern Rhône. At $50-$55, their 2010 vintage of Ampodium pushes quality close to their much more expensive single vineyard bottling for a 1/3 of the price.

It’s round and elegant. Lightly roasted, creamy dark fruits, used expresso grounds, savory meats, just a touch of bacon fat, soft, understated minerals, dry top soil with dark withering & fresh dark florals. The round and beautiful. The finish glides over the palate with persistence and puts a smile on your face. It was a magnificat pair with my Short Ribs and Yukon Gold Horseradish Potato Purée.

— 6 years ago

with Christina and James

Ron R

9.5

So my black face surprised David L tonight. Couldn't let him come to NY without pressing the flesh. Anyway, we took a picture with the Arietta owner Fritz Hatton. A brilliant evening (organized by Daniel Posner: Grapes) on many levels - At Restaurant North, NY. — 8 years ago

with David

Tracy Hall

9.2

Bosc pear and apple nose. Lemon curd and super fine bubbles to mid palate then fades nicely. WHW — 3 years ago

Fredybeans

9.2

Jaune clair
Nez gourmand, poire
Bouche fraîche et tendue finale savoureuse
Bel équilibre — 4 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

Nose is Smokey but it blows off in 30 minutes. Becomes more mineral. Dark rocks. Palate. Mos def a sucking on a rock thing. Maybe some deep apricots. Very mineral. Good acidic balance but not in your face acidic. Salty. Almost savory Very dense. Rich but rocky rich.

15 was an odd year but I’m glad I’m drinking this.

Bought from fass selections @p — 6 years ago

Ellie A

9.3

Smells like a Washington State cab. Fruity. Lots of tannins. Really good with chocolate. Full-bodied and in your face. — 6 years ago

Brenda Reyes

9.1

Peche - Susan — 6 years ago

Keith Fisher

9.7

As you would expect from Manfred. After a while you just run out of superlatives and just sit there with a Syrah stained smile on your face. Rich dark fruit with beef blood smell (that term doesn’t do justice to how interesting and delicious the combination really is). Tremendous finish, dark color to the edge. Just a great wine experience. My only bottle. I have no clue how long this wine could go before peaking. — 7 years ago

Matty Colston

9.1

Checking in on this one. Purchased a case for the restaurant 2 years ago and it wasn't ready. Now it's beautifully subtle, quiet and peaceful as the place it comes from. I want to sleep naked in a bed with sheets that have the same texture as this wine. — 8 years ago