| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2022 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
4/17/2024 - Eric wrote: NRChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): Mmm, fresh raspberry, peppery, moves to black fruit, good maturity, Suffered hail but seemed to do well despite. Good structure, very fine and well controlled tannins. |
| Red |
2010 Château Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape ReserveGrenache more |
4/16/2024 - Eric wrote: NRChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): So young, but this is everything you want from Rayas, just such a unique expression of Grenache on sandy soils. Sweet and savory, seemingly pale and light but with deceptive power and persistence. Haunting wine. This will improve for two decades. |
| White |
2022 Domaine la Barroche Châteauneuf-du-Pape Pure BlancClairette Blanche more |
4/16/2024 - Eric wrote: NRChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): 100% Clairette. Oh my, honeysuckle, floral and energetic with impressive structure for a white. Maybe a hint of a cider character, fairly flinty and smoky, so fresh, yet surprisingly tropical. A wine of paradox. 100% concrete egg. |
| Red |
2014 Domaine la Barroche Châteauneuf-du-Pape Pure RougeGrenache more |
4/16/2024 - Eric wrote: NRChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): One sniff and I can't help but smile, wow, just wow. The textbook element of licorice, oh my, silky, great length, really balanced, long, just gorgeous, an exceptional wine. So fresh, really exploding with energy and vibrancy, 14.5% |
| Red |
2021 Domaine la Barroche Châteauneuf-du-Pape Pure RougeGrenache more |
4/16/2024 - Eric wrote: NRChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): Holy wow, what a gorgeous Grenache. Peppery, firm, long and spicy. 15%. Delicious! |
| Red |
2021 Domaine la Barroche Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée MystèreMourvèdre more |
4/16/2024 - Eric wrote: NRChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): 60% Mourvedre on clay and 40% Grenache. This is a kick in the teeth, savory, leaner than expected, structured, really cool aromatics, lots of structure. |
| Red |
2021 Domaine la Barroche Châteauneuf-du-Pape Julien BarrotRed Rhone Blend more |
4/16/2024 - Eric wrote: NRChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): Mmm, licorice, pepper, spice, really proper, serious, chewy, lots of structure but with good freshness as well. |
| Red |
2016 Domaine la Barroche Vin de France LibertyRed Rhone Blend more |
4/16/2024 - Eric wrote: NRChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): A 2015/16 blend? Very fresh and peppery, very reminiscent of a Cotes-du-Rhone, but Julien bottles as Vin de Table rather than Cotes-du-Rhone Villages so as to not need 15% Syrah. A nice choice, this is fresh and deliciously peppery. |
| Spirits |
NV Domaine Saint Préfert Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieux MarcGrenache Blend, Grenache more |
4/16/2024 - Eric wrote: NRChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): Moonshine! From an insanely impressive 3.0L bottle?!? Compares to a grappa but with a bit of a caramel note on the finish. |
| Red |
2021 Famille Isabel Ferrando Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
4/16/2024 - Eric wrote: NRChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): A slightly caramel note on entry, more austere on the back of the palate. Maybe the balance is less generous than the 2022, but this is nice, spicy, pleasant, more dark, soy. Sort of a BASS profile as compared to TREBLE for 2022. |
| Red |
2023 Famille Isabel Ferrando Châteauneuf-du-Pape F601Cinsault, Cinsaut more |
4/16/2024 - Eric wrote: NRChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): 100% Cinsault, totally different wine, jammy entry, intense, moves to a darker fruit profile, brooding, dusky, husky, bittersweet, cocoa. Wow such concentration, so silky, really polished. 15.5% |
| Red |
2022 Famille Isabel Ferrando Châteauneuf-du-Pape ColombisRed Rhone Blend more |
4/16/2024 - Eric wrote: NRChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): 100% Grenache, all whole cluster, concrete egg aging. Very sweet core, very Grenache, strawberry and white pepper, very structured, firm and dry. |
| Red |
2022 Famille Isabel Ferrando Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
4/16/2024 - Eric wrote: NRChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): Big, explosive, raspberry, subtle licorice, the bright fruit screams in a fairly high-pitched way. Super spicy, cinnamon, punchy red fruit. Whole cluster Grenache and Cinsaut, destemmed Syrah and Mourvedre. Texture is somewhat dry and grainy. |
| White |
2022 Famille Isabel Ferrando Châteauneuf-du-Pape BlancWhite Rhone Blend more |
4/16/2024 - Eric wrote: NRChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): Flinty, reductive, mmm, nice snap, really fresh, lots of drive and focus. |
| White |
2022 Famille Isabel Ferrando Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes ClairetteClairette Blanche more |
4/16/2024 - Eric wrote: NRChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): Dusky nose opens up to a much more rich and full palate. I rarely think about texture, but this is silky and enveloping. Really salty, yet fresh with tension, mouthwatering, wonderful acidity! |
| White |
2023 Famille Isabel Ferrando Châteauneuf-du-Pape BlancWhite Rhone Blend more |
4/16/2024 - Eric wrote: NRChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): 60% Clairette / 40% Roussanne, 2 ears in old foudre. Just bottled in February. Marzipan, mineral, really fresh, almost minty. |
| Red |
2016 Domaine de la Vieille Julienne Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Hauts LieuxRed Rhone Blend more |
4/16/2024 - Eric wrote: NRChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): Chewy, Grenache, earthy. |
| White |
2021 Domaine la Barroche Châteauneuf-du-Pape Pure BlancClairette Blanche more |
4/16/2024 - Eric wrote: NRChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): Wow what a nose! Sharp and floral, wonderful acid on the finish. This is unlike any CDP Blanc I have had before. |
| Red |
2014 Domaine de Marcoux Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
4/15/2024 - Eric Likes this wine: 90 pointsChâteauneuf-du-Pape with my boy!; 4/15/2024-4/17/2024 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, France): Cool vintage. Grenache forward. White pepper. Pine. Cherry. Just glorious. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2005 Lemuris Botrytis - Crushpad Pinot BlancSanta Maria Valley more |
4/10/2024 - Eric Likes this wine: 88 pointsStunningly successful. I have been meaning to open this for a decade. Worried it would be over the hill. Deeply brown, textbook botrytis. All of the apricot and shower curtain. Labeled at a shockingly ripe 14.3%, this drinks much more fresh. Orange rind, white pepper, long, ripe, sweet and sour. Really enjoyable. |
| Red |
1990 Couly-Dutheil Chinon Clos de l'OliveCabernet Franc more |
4/10/2024 - Eric Likes this wine: 91 pointsMmmm, so beautiful. Edgy, Franc, tobacco, bell pepper, the prototypical Chinon nose. The palate is an utter contrast, warm, baked, easy red fruit. Fairly soft, mature, utterly resolved. But oh the nose!!! |
| White - Sparkling |
2004 Dom Pérignon ChampagneChampagne Blend more |
4/10/2024 - Eric Likes this wine: 96 pointsUnreal. I really have no idea how Dom achieves such high quality every year. This is stunningly fresh, tense, mineral and edgy. Across two hours it opens to white chocolate, citrus, so precise. This bottle was impressively fresh, drinking so young. |
| Red |
2001 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La CrauRed Rhone Blend more |
4/9/2024 - Eric Likes this wine: 91 pointsMmm, super peppery, spicy, fruitcake, a touch of dried fruit, old school, so traditional, grilled plum, meaty, black pepper, stern. Some tannin still there on the finish. |
| White |
2015 Domaine du Collier Saumur BlancChenin Blanc more |
4/9/2024 - Eric Likes this wine: 93 pointsI always feel like I have a blind spot for Chenin Blanc, but this is a way to get over that. Piercing aromatics, lemon oil, funk, only a little wooly, oh wow, the acid and slate, oily texture, so looong. Really fantastic. |
| Red |
2019 Dirty and Rowdy ZinfandelSonoma Valley more |
4/6/2024 - Eric wrote: 90 pointsPretty impressive. 13.75%. Pepper, bramble and blackberry. Exceptionally juicy and fresh with truly lovely acidity. Zin isn't really my thing, but this was delicious, approachable and vibrant. |
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