July 30, 2022 - Drank at a friend's house with bbq ribs, and alongside a bottle of 2010 La Dame de Montrose which I brought.
Served from decanter. My first glass was after a couple glasses of the Bordeaux. The length of the St Estephe persisted even thru the first sips of the St. Joseph.
Softer, rounder fruit profile with lower tannins and acidity. Earthy and lightly peppered, well balanced with a medium length finish. Very pleasurable but somewhat overshadowed by the bigger wine.
December 11, 2021 - More floral and honeyed this time on the nose than our last bottle, with blueberries and black olives again on the palate. A very good bottle, if not quite as deep or compelling as the previous one. Will finish our last few bottles over the coming couple of years I think.
August 8, 2021 - white and black pepper, savoury
June 11, 2021 - This syrah is drinking beautifully now (and was very tight and hard to read soon after release). The purest blueberry liqueur, with black olives, rosemary and cream on the nose. Tannins almost fully resolved. Nice with steak and mushrooms, but would be even better with venison and blueberry sauce (note to self). I'll give my remaining bottles a few more years. Wonderful stuff!
April 8, 2021 - bramble berries, dark cherries, hints of roasted wood.
all in perfect balance. International style, but elegant, not jammy, with nice acid and pretty good length. Not great, but very, very good. Scored 91-92
Decent QPR at 20-25 Euros.
Perfect now but no hurry to drink.
February 27, 2021 - Nice wine, certainly fits the profile. Lots of earth and black olives along with iron and meaty flavors before restrained dark black cherry fruit emerges mid-palate and carries through the finish. Texture is silky with tannins fully resolved.
Fully mature, drink now-2023.
August 21, 2020 - Once again, I'm an outlier. Nice nose that just screams "Rhone" - a hint of herbs and a ton of minerals. On the palate, a big disappointment. To intentionally misquote Clara Peller, "Where's the fruit?". I suppose there was some, but not enough to identify it. Very good structure, which made it serviceable with grilled lamb chops, but... Spectator gave this a 93, and most of the notes in CellarTracker are positive, so maybe this one was an off bottle.
February 6, 2020 - Lightweight, pleasant enough though lacking in power. A little over-priced maybe.
January 8, 2020 - Dark red murky color. Musty dark cherry, berry and tobacco aromas. Consistent flavors with some black olive and saline. Medium body and acidity.
October 12, 2019 - Really enjoyable, 2hr plus decant. Black pepper, olives, burnt citrus on the nose- sanguine, medium body.