Chemins Des Pins
Roucas Toumba
La Grande Terre Vacqueyras Red Rhone Blend 2019
Les Grands Chemins $25 at Basic Necessities — 4 years ago
Les Chemins de Bassac
L'Incandescent Syrah Rosé 2020
Loved this GLOU GLOU to the max — 5 years ago
La Baronne
Les Chemins Carignane Blend 2016
Autumn hedgerow fruit resound on the palate. Gorgeous fruity mouthful, spicy, juicy, well rounded, soft tannins. Highly recommended blend of Carignan, Grenache and Syrah. — 6 years ago
René-Jean Dard & Francois Ribo
les pins Crozes Hermitage Syrah 2017
Sandy, decomposed granite soils. Richly textured with a firm, tannic backbone support its dense fruit. Ripe, pushing soaked, black fruit, roasted meat, garrigue, talcum, menthol, violet, leather, and loads of pepper. There’s a firm thread of granite and sanguine throughout. This is wound up, I love the texture though, grainy and raw. It needs some time to harmonize its finish. Baby Hermitage! — 6 years ago
Domaine Laurent Barth
Le Clos Des Trois Chemins Gewürztraminer 2013
Domaine du Mortier
Les Pins Bourgueil Cabernet Franc 2017
Presented to me double-blind. The wine pours a deep ruby/purple color with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with significant staining of the tears and signs of sediment. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of cassis, Poblano pepper, horse blanket, purple flowers, tobacco, herbs and warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+.
Initial conclusions: this could be a Cabernet Sauvignon (or based blend), Cabernet Franc (or based blend), Merlot (or based blend), Carmenere or Malbec from France, Italy, Chile, Argentina and I guess the USA but unlikely due to the style. This was a tough one for me. I considered the Loire (Chinon) as a possibility but I stead, went with my gut. Final conclusion: this is a Cabernet Sauvignon based blend from France, Bordeaux, Haut Medoc, Cru Bourgoise from 2017. Ooof…Bourgueil! I get it. I’m also liking this producer the more I try them. Drink now through 2032. — 4 months ago
Les Chemins de Bassac
Roussanne
Smells like a breezy summer day. Lovely thicc texture with notes of lemon and apricot — 5 years ago
Château les Pins
Muscat de Rivesaltes 2012
Sweet smooth and long lasting taste — 6 years ago
Domaine Des 7 Chemins
Cuvée Mat'lo Crozes-Hermitage Red Rhône Blend 2017
Interesting Young syrah, to drink now — 7 years ago
Delas Frères
Domaine des Grands Chemins Crozes-Hermitage Syrah 2019
Note, in 2019 hail cut yields by 40%, Deep Ruby with concentrated aromas of ripe dark fruits and spices. On the palate flavors of black cherry and blackberry with leather, licorice and smoky herb notes. Fine tannins, hints of oak on medium+ finish ending with fruit, herb and earthy mineral tones. Nice! — 4 years ago
Domaine Les Pins
Cuvée les Rochettes Pitault Landry Bourgueil Cabernet Franc 2020
Smells like fresh oil & jet 🛩 fuel, oh wait thats the Airshow & Oil spill here in Huntington Beach🙄 again.
K&L notes
This is a fresh, snappy berry-driven rosé with delicate floral notes. It's bright and crisp, delicious with or without food. Domaine les Pins has been family run for five generations. They are a small artisanal producer that oversees every stage of the production from start to finish. They have roughly 30 hectares of Cabernet Franc spread out through the Bourgueil and St-Nicolas de Bourgueil regions. They practice sustainable farming, and each and every vine gets singular attention throughout the year. Vines of an average age of 25 years are planted in sandy, clay and gravel soils. Cabernet Franc makes for an excellent rosé. Not only does it bring an array of new flavors into the pink world, but the wine has depth and weight that a Grenache or Pinot based rosé could never achieve. This lovely little wine has aromas of fresh raspberry and white pepper with a subtle presence of culinary herbs in the background. On the palate it has great weight and a stronger red fruit presence than you might expect. The note of white pepper persists and carries through to the crisp and clean finish. — 5 years ago
Domaine Philippe Charlopin-Parizot
Les Pins Pernand-Vergelesses Chardonnay 2015
Lovely! Complex and bright with the terroir coming through more with every taste. I loved this wine and found it to be an incredible value for the price point! — 6 years ago
Jeremiah Diaz
Clear, medium ruby in color with a hint of garnet on the rim; on the nose, it's clean with medium intensity primary aromas of raspberries, potting soil, and flowers; on the palette, it's dry with high acidity, low tannins, medium alcohol, medium body, and medium intensity primary flavors of red currants, sour cherries, and strawberries with a long finish. This wine has enough fruit to balance the acidity. It's complex and balanced. Overall, I rate this wine as very good.Nellie likes it too. — 3 months ago