Peter van den Besselaar

9.4

vintage 2022 | Finally! Le Puy has been on my bucketlist for years. Icon of nature wines. Winemaking with little or non interventions. Right bank Bordeaux. It is a wonderful wine, 22 is drinking fine now. Cassis, leather, clove and laurel. Warmth. Fine structure. It made my dinner with steak frites. At restaurant Amsterdam in Amsterdam. — a month ago

Vin d’Ottawa

9.0

A beautifully subdued Bordeaux blend with dry plum flavour at the forefront — 6 months ago

with Gillian

Ed Chin

9.2

The softness and integration made this so pleasurable and easy to drink. It gave me the impression of something aged but with youthfulness in the fruit. — 9 months ago

Dave

9.2

Beautifully made blend of 80% Merlot, 15% Cab Franc, and 5% Malbec. Complex nose consisting of dark fruit, toasted nuts, and wet leaves. No florals.
Boisenberry and blueberry, earth, graphite, olives, leading to polished tannins on the finish. Very good now, will be perfected in 5 years.
Listening to Wendy Holcombe ❤️ Ugh! — 2 months ago

"Odedi"

9.1

Reddish in color with fresh red fruits on the nose.

Medium in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate and fruit forward.

Showing red fruits with earth, light wood, spices, coffee and dark chocolates.

This is a very tasty Grenache from Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Nicely balanced with a nice mouthfeel. Complex and interesting to enjoy as a sipping wine.

Very approachable young, soft and elegant. Needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly, and will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.

Easy drinking and good by itself or with food.

100% Grenache grapes from 115 year old vines. Aged for 2 years in used French oak barrels. A small production of only 4,000 bottles.

16% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$90. — 5 months ago

Spencer Fox

9.3

trousseau, plousard and pinot. super light maceration—dark rosé territory. silky, fresh and soulful. white pepper and deeply fruited palate would lead me to pineau d'aunis in a blind. very nice way to end the night. — a year ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.3

Impressive — 2 months ago

Dirk Hyde

8.9

Smooth and dry with nice finish. Hints of cherry. — 5 months ago

Erik Longabardi

9.4

Bordeaux forever — 7 months ago

Daniel M

9.0

Date night with my wife in my childhood's home back home without any kid or pet in sight. We are working remotely this week from Toulouse, but this definitely feels like an extension of our summer holidays 😁.
The nose is very merlot-forward with notes of cherry, leather, earthy, clay touches, cedar, beef stew and almond powder. The palate is big, bright and broad, with a nice strawberry and earthy notes that carries on all along a strong acid drive, there is width, there is matter, it's rather muscular but you peep the 15% abv on the (barely readeable) back label you start to understand why! Tannins kick in the rear but they are not harsh, they caress and come across as a gentle hug around a very nice, meaty, juicy finish that goes on for a while. Cherry and earthy notes carry on and that savoury touch comes around to crown a very nicely made right bank effort. Kudos to the winemaker, this is punching way above its 10 euro retail price category and I have had many a saint emilion in my time that would be pale in comparison. — 10 months ago