August 26, 2021 - Spicy, very earthy nose with only the very slightest touch of brett which I find pleasant. Surprisingly light, elegant mouth. Maintains earthiness into the finish with moderate acidity. Reminds me somewhat of an Etna Nerello Mascalese but with even a touch more earth and without the sweet cherry notes. Both interesting and extremely enjoyable.
November 8, 2020 - No formal note but still alive and kicking. Certainly retains the gun powder note which is distinctive - great acidity and went well with a grilled paella - fun to drink
September 27, 2019 - Had pretty high hopes for how this would age when tasted a few years back. The wine didn’t deliver according to my expectations this time as it has become more one-dimensional and with less complexity now, than four years ago. Still good and with a nice sea/salt/seaweed-charachter, but not as good as I had hoped.
November 19, 2016 - On this occasion, bretty, reductive, gunpowdery, savoury; paired with Hermitage it could pass for Northern Rhone.
June 16, 2016 - Nose obscured by reduction, with strong gunpowder scent. Too bad -- underneath a really pretty, lifted wine with red berries and charcoal on the back end. Distinctive.
May 26, 2016 - I love this wine - so refreshingly individual. Savoury (white pepper, roast meats), but with enough of a plummy core that it's not austere; medium bodied, rustic, with a rugged crushed-rocks mineral streak. Really characterful.
May 8, 2016 - Second bottle. First was clearly flawed - second is drinkable but still has some of those same characteristics. Hard to square my experience with the other notes here. Nothing fruity at all. Very minieral, almost a gunpowder struck match note.
Not rating this as I'll assume mine are bad bottles.
January 23, 2016 - Dog at the beach + rubber cement.
Badly flawed.
October 2, 2015 - Bright red fruit, tobacco, herbs, flowers and loads of minerality - gravel, minerals, crushed rock. Hints of reduction that makes you think of poulsard, eventhough the aromatics are different. Lovely wine!
February 3, 2015 - Wierd Grapes First Get Together (Jelle in Amsterdam): A red field blend, so its hard to tell exactly what grapes we are drinking. Lightest colour of the flight and style wise I have "farmers burg, which a dash of Southern Rhone". This is more refined than the white version, with a touch smokey and animal on the nose, red fruits and medium acidity. We all liked this and it would fit well as a pirate in an Etna tasting