5/20/2024 - fournelm Likes this wine:

I have spent some expense to construct a proper wince cellar and have stored this wine for 11 years since purchase @ 55F. While the fruit is less obvious than several years ago it is still present, missing is the tannic acidity of youth. It was an excellent accompaniment to a charcoal grilled rib eye and sides this evening. Unavailable in restaurants, we should celebrate the proper provenance of such wines which mature into delightful partners in our meals. If stored properly highly recommended.

5/20/2024 - xwine wrote:

Quite nice. I think it could use another couple of years in the bottle.

5/20/2024 - lolo66 wrote:

very pretty cherry notes- some funk on nose - almost a medicinal note that hoefully will blow off - but i enjoyed this

5/20/2024 - Bubblesearcher23 Likes this wine:

Deep garnet color. Aromatic cherry, rose, forest/greenery, perhaps lacking a bit of definition and power but very pleasant. The wine shines on the palate, with sweet cherry, black current, bitter orange. Perhaps a bit closed and may do with a few years for the next try. 92 with potential to go higher.

5/20/2024 - RobbieC Likes this wine:

Drinking well now.

5/20/2024 - nefarm wrote:

Leaked

5/20/2024 - rbfleming Likes this wine:

I expected it to be good but even so I was pleasantly surprised. Plenty of fruit but with a lively acidity. It continues to age well.

5/20/2024 - Sijan wrote:

Opened up after several days, recommend decanting. Classic notes of cherry and cedar. Great QPR!

5/20/2024 - Burgnick Likes this wine:

In magnum. Good freshness with brioche, nut fruit and cream. Enjoyable. 91-92

5/20/2024 - FoodAndDINK Likes this wine:

We first encountered this wine at one of our favorite Italian restaurants and loved it. Since then, we’ve bought a few bottles for home enjoyment and gotten several family members hooked as well. 100% Sangiovese, this is a young, light, and fruity expression. Much better, in my opinion, than similarly priced Chianti Classicos. Just enough tannin, nice integrated acidity, really just a smooth, pleasurable Italian red.

5/20/2024 - fournelm Likes this wine:

So I have spent a bit of money constructing a temperature controlled wine cellar and have stored this wine for 11 years @ 55F. I find it very mellow but having a depth of character which still presents fruit albeit not as intense as tasted several years ago. What is gone is the tannic acidity of youth, revealing a balance that perfectly accompanies a charcoal grilled rib-eye steak and the accompanying sides. Unavailable in most any restaurant, we should celebrate the patience of proper provenance to allow such wines to be appreciated.

5/20/2024 - mbronstein101 Likes this wine:

Mellow, blackberry and peae

5/20/2024 - Martin Redmond wrote:

Ballet slipper pink with salmon reflection and red fruit, ruby grapefruit, melon and dried herb aromas. On the palate, it's very fresh with and persistent with strawberry, cherry, quince paste and melon flavors with a medium plus accented with a saline minerality

5/20/2024 - kitkat4 Likes this wine:

Always fantastic. Great across both nights.

5/20/2024 - Joeyskills wrote:

Started off a bit closed, then opened up after an hour and had a very pleasant honeysuckle note. Probably wouldn't hold much longer.

5/20/2024 - mywine1350 Likes this wine:

Smooth easy drinking, good with pizza or pasta. Had with lasagna.

5/16/2024 - thejamer Likes this wine:

Solid wine, but probably a bit over the hill. Nothing to note. I have one more bottle. Perhaps it will prove more interesting.

5/20/2024 - robertp57 Likes this wine:

Excellent. Very food friendly, acidic without being tart, herbal, citrus, very pleasant. And a sentimental favorite, since I've visited Weissenkirchen and the Wachau Valley where this was made. What a great wine region and a very good wine.

5/20/2024 - 1saxman Likes this wine:

Outstanding Sonoma Coast Pinot, flush with red strawberry, 5 spice , long finish-wonderfully balanced-drinking beautifully

5/19/2024 - d'Artagnan wrote:

Bue à Québec en famille, avec une impression similaire à la précédente.

5/20/2024 - mattmyersnj Likes this wine:

very good version of their Bordeaux style blend
dark fruits cassis vanilla oak cacao
and green peppers from the cab franc
very solid and great producer when we visited their winery

5/20/2024 - prasm Likes this wine:

PnP, consumed over 2 hours. Appearance: Clear, medium lemon-gold. Nose: Clean, medium+ intensity with developing aromas of cantaloupe, ripe pear, lemon oil, and hay with subtle licorice notes. Palate: Dry, medium acid, medium+ intensity, medium body with a creamy mouth-feel, 14.1% abv with developing flavors of pear, melon, and licorice with a medium+ finish.

Balance: Excellent
Length: Excellent
Intensity: Excellent
Complexity: Very Good-Excellent

Who says Sauvignon Blanc can't age? This 7 year old version is drinking wonderfully this evening. Showing some development, but still has a solid acidic backbone and plenty of fruit. Can drink now or over next 2-3 years.

5/19/2024 - Brain Capers Likes this wine:

The wife made a lovely soup de pesto, anchored by Rancho Gordo flageolets. With a quick chill, ‘Faun’ was a lovely choice, very nice Zin, that has the same dimensions (ha, can a wine have dimensions?) as a good Beaujolais. Went very nice, Yum

5/20/2024 - 2loyal Likes this wine:

Fantastic QPR. Notably improved since I drank my first bottle (clearly too soon) four years ago. My wife even appreciated this, and she's no CA Cab fan these days. Wish I had bought more.

5/20/2024 - lalalalala Likes this wine:

Opened it in a restaurant in Nuits. Althought it's a 9-year old wine, it showed little evolved sign. Still very youthful. Decanted half of it for 2 hours. Started to show something: ripe lemone zest and some floral notes. On palate it was defintely a tasty wine but not much layers were shown.
The second half of the bottle was kept for 10 hours with cork on. It was defintely sublime for the first pour. It felft like a basket of orchard fruits with ripe citrus mixed with some stones. The floral characteristics are more precise: bit of honeysuckle and gardenia. On the palate, it gained more weight. The acidity is powerful but has some roundness in it. The finish has some sweet sensation on it.

5/20/2024 - blanquito wrote:

Needs a few minutes to blow off some spritz and this stuff is on! Scents of ripe black cherries, zesty saison, wet gravel, and sweet fresh-crushed slightly savory herbs. Bright and light and snappy on the attack,

5/20/2024 - Delli wrote:

Purple and inky. The appearance suggests more than 13.5% alcohol. The nose is dominated by rich vanilla. The palate is dark fruit with some tart notes. Muddled fruit finish. Modest structure and understated acidity. 5+12+15+7=89

5/20/2024 - jonahfactor Likes this wine:

Young and primary after an afternoon-long decant. But, oh, the potential ahead. Almost black in the glass, this releases a black-and-red-fruit-basket aroma and lush berries on the palate. There’s oak in there, but, my, how well integrated it already is. Big and balanced, this might be one of our favorite Syrahs from the numbered series. We’ll wait on future bottles and stash the others in the cellar. Drink 2026 to 2036. Outstanding

5/20/2024 - hermitkingdom wrote:

Deep garnet in glass. Nose of alcohol, hint of oak spice. Red/black fruits on palate, slightly hot at end. Tannins integrated. Ok, but nothing special.

5/20/2024 - Jacks Wine wrote:

Pretty flat and uninteresting

5/20/2024 - MikePass44 wrote:

Aromas of wet gravel, fresh dill, grass, grapefruit, fresh rain. Lots of grapefruit on the palate, lemon curd, wet stone. Really impressive depth of flavor, big weight, high acid, lengthy finish. Excellent.

5/20/2024 - Martin Redmond Likes this wine:

Medium garnet color with black and red fruit, cigar box, spice, vanilla violets, and hint of graphite. On the medium-bodied with firm velvety with medium-acidity. It shows cassis, red currant, black cherry, graphite, vanill and subtle spice flavors. Long finish. Blend of 61% Cabernet Sauvignon/27% Merlot/8% Petit Verdot/4% Cab Franc

5/20/2024 - Jacks Wine wrote:

Flat. Bad taste. Dumped out

5/20/2024 - randypowers Likes this wine:

been getting for years it is a good simple wine for a white wine food night

5/20/2024 - Condrieu82 Likes this wine:

Pitch dark in the glass, with a nose of sweet plums, blackberries, vanilla. Medium+ acidity, medium tannins to nicely balance that; black fruits - plums and dark cherries - light peppery notes, clove, smoky notes - classic Mourvèdre flavors; ending is medium-long with notes of spice and oak. A decent wine, good for food. Monastrell.

5/20/2024 - Rossdhu House wrote:

Consistent with my previous note however, this bottle is a little less integrated with pronounced alcohol on the finish.

5/20/2024 - A L P Likes this wine:

Dry, somewhat tart, full bodied.

5/20/2024 - YackAttack213 Likes this wine:

Somewhat austere nose, but I can pick up some red and purple berries, sometimes a little perfume, shrubs.

On the palate the wine is medium or even light-bodied, watery in texture. While there is clearly some acid, there isn't any real zing. Very smooth without being at all flabby. There's the slight tartness and flavour of cranberry, a bit of black plum on the mid-palate (both the skin and the ripe flesh of the fruit). The tannins are also like that of black plum skin, but dusted with powdered cocoa. Obviously from time in oak barrels, but with barely a hint of wood.

I paid $45 for this which is probably high. It is however a well made and balanced wine. Drink now or hold for a few more years. "Good".

5/20/2024 - Mark1npt Likes this wine:

One of 3 bottles in a recent shipment. This was the hottest temp bottle out of the box, even with the styrofoam inserts.

Decanted almost 2 hours then back into a clean bottle to take to HMC's for dinner. Slow ox'd another 90 minutes there, so almost 4 hours of total airtime.

Initially, a bit of a 'dud'? Kind of flat throughout. Nice fruit, nice color, nice tannins, just a lot of nice....maybe a 91?

By the end this began to fill out, put on weight and develop more personality. More taste sensations, more acidity coming to the forefront, etc. Clearly, this bottle at least, seems to be in a stage where it needs every bit of 4+ hours of air to shine. The wine really deepens at that point in time. Glad to have two more in the cellar, glad that they weren't as hot off the truck as this bottle was!

5/20/2024 - gstutz Likes this wine:

Floral notes mingled with fresh meat and mineral notes on nose. Good weight with Blackberry fruit being strongest but cherry on finish with vanilla notes. High tannins, med + acid, and rather muted given the weight. Will see if it opens up with a bit of time.

5/20/2024 - cdoyle31 wrote:

Overpowering nose of red fruits, jammy to the point of distraction. May be appealing to certain palates but not mine.

5/20/2024 - JPL Likes this wine:

Too sweet

5/20/2024 - TBenM Likes this wine:

Dry. Smooth.

5/16/2024 - Benj wrote:

Just starting to shed its baby fat and many years from its peak, this is a gorgeous Yquem. Moderate spice, big time peach and pineapple nectar, lots of tea leaf, orange peel, and wonderful length. A very tropical rendition, still quite a lot of (delicious) oak, and moderate acidity gives this an approachable lushness now that has not much started to dry down into maturity, yet it is fresh and well held despite its plushness. No regrets drinking this now but it will only improve from here. 97 now with the possibility of more down the line.

5/16/2024 - Martin Redmond Likes this wine:

Pale lemon yellow with Meyer lemon, yellow apple, peach skin, honey and wet stone aromas. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, and very fresh with yellow apple, peach, Meyer lemon, and honey flavors with a very appealing wet stone minerality with a medium-long finish

5/20/2024 - sethebarlow Likes this wine:

Bright and shimmery. Quite mineral with restrained pear, green apple, quince, and papaya flavors. Really special, but very unassuming. The acidity lingers so incredibly long and there's a faint hint of...I'm not sure - maybe lavender or thyme (something that reminds me of herbs de Provence) on the finish. Just a great wine all around.

5/20/2024 - Pontifax Likes this wine:

Well, nothing shy about this Southern Rhone!
On nose: steak tartare, a ghost of eucalyptus, heated iron, and a note of fresh rosemary.
On palate: all above flavour notes clearly present, with Damson plum flesh, cinnamon, pipe tobacco and Kona coffee, rounding up the profile of this full bodied, well balanced red...at 7 years of age , in the middle of a great drinking window....will play well with duck, pork tenderloin and venison.....great expression of Old World craftsmanship.

5/19/2024 - Vintuition Likes this wine:

Fiable. Pourrait être mieux.

Il très bien pour le prix et la constance.
Plutôt en mangeant du goûteux, car il ne se fait pas éclipser.

5/20/2024 - Mark1npt Likes this wine:

Full throttle, in your face MH cabernet.....elevated fruit, oak, drying tannins on the back end, and acidity. I guess one could say 'balanced' in that respect, but it's balanced out the wazoo! Opened 3 nights ago, drank half a bottle through the evening then put a Repour stopper in, til taking it to HMC's tonight. Drank much the same, good consistency using the Repour.

For me personally, I am tiring of these burning, over the top hyper fueled monsters. I will let me remaining 3 bottles sit for another year or two or ten and see where they are then. Make no mistake, I like this wine....I just wish it were toned down a notch, or three.

5/20/2024 - Rhodium32 wrote:

Not a bad wine, but not to our preference. We found it to be rather tart and very little (perhaps no) oak character at all. Quite heavy bodied with a nice mouth feel, and did have some apple and citrus notes. It just didn't seem particularly well balanced, to us. Probably wouldn't buy it again.