Doug Powers

9.2

128-year-old Mataro vines from the Spinelli Vineyard in Contra Costa County, the dark black fruit aromas and flavors seem unmistakably Californian, quite ripe, still shows lots of structure and old vine intensity, long, lingering finish, last bottle but this is another outstanding wine from Matt Cline!! — 8 months ago

with Jim

Roman Ochocki

9.0

Oak, chocolate and vanilla. And some fruity sweetness. — 4 years ago

Paul Secombe

9.2

Beautiful with casa Nostra pizza and delightful friends — 4 years ago

Nicolas Duchesneau

9.2

Lafon Rochet 2005

Nez principalement sur les fruits noir, cuir, eucalyptus! En bouche, c’est très bien, les saveurs typique bordelais, fruits noirs, tabac, cuir, cèdre , roches mouillées. Le vin est quand même puissant, les tannins sont présents et le vin a un bel équilibre. Va tenir la route encore
Longtemps mais c’est très bon en ce
Moment. Excellent accord avec le boeuf Wellington. — 5 years ago

CA Haynam

8.9

Well balanced with enjoyable floral notes and mild acidity — 6 years ago

JoBeth Currie

9.4

First wine of 2020 — 6 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.0

Light pink color. Aromas of red berries and red and white flowers. Flavors of wild strawberries, pomegranate, green melon, red apples and unripe peaches. A slight citrus note on the medium finish. Medium-minus body and medium acidity. Light, easy drinking and refreshing. Thanks for sharing, Chris B! — a year ago

David Carter

9.0

At Lay line restaurant last week. Not sure of vintage. Almost Bordeaux level to me. Very good. Glass was $22! — a year ago

Pat A

10

That's good, was chilled on a hot day and was nice. Steph (double check) & I both love it — 2 years ago

John Johnson

9.8

Sweet, but not too sweet. Nice honey taste. — 4 years ago

Henry Boshoff

9.3

Nice and spicy... — 5 years ago

Maria Cohn

9.3

Yummy red fruit we both enjoyed. Needs a bit of time to open up — 6 years ago

Collin Brown

9.1

Brb...En Route to buy another bottle of this — 6 years ago

Dan Wesolowski

8.9

Especially excellent at the price! — 6 years ago

Shane Walker

9.0

Clear, deep ruby colour. Clean, pronounced red fruits and pepper on the nose. Dry, high acidity and tannins, with ripe plum, red cherries and heaps of pepper! Full-bodied with a very long finish. Very good quality.

Great accompaniment to the beautifully cooked, glazed fillet.

Britannia Restaurant, onboard Queen Anne, in the South Pacific, en route from Tonga to New Zealand.
— a year ago

with Michele

Ericsson

9.4

One of those unicorn wines. Just a unique wine made of blend of varietals. Mostly Cab but some Pinot in there too. 2003 gives it a brickish color. Gorgeous wine with lively fruit and good acidity; lingering on the palate. “Daumas Gassac apparently has a geological formation unique in the Languedoc: chalky, friable, poor in humus, the bits of earth ranging in size from mere grains of sand to little stones, a soil similar in aspect, similar in constitution, to that of the Côte d’Or and the Italian Friuli.” Excerpt from Adventures of The Wine Route. — 2 years ago

setver

9.0

Pio sa Kresom u Alegria. Odlicno! — 3 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

8.9

Ruby with aromas of red berry fruits and spice. On the palate flavors of cherry, raspberry and citrus with notes of oak, spice and forest floor. Fine tannins, good acidity balance, medium+ finish ending with fruit, cedar and mineral character. — 4 years ago

Sarah Owen

9.2

Excellent with jamón ibérico — 5 years ago

Mario Vaillancourt

9.1

Nose of black fruit, even some blueberries, a bit of a smokey feel to it, some violets too and traces of dark chocolate. The palate is delicious with good acidity, a nice freshness coupled with subtle and approachable tannins, on a good fairly lenghty finish. A nice forward 2017 at a good price for the appellation and that will age well also no doubt. 91-92 pts

Un nez de fruits noirs et bleuets entre autres, floral avec des violettes et des traces de chocolat noir. Une bouche délicieuse avec une bonne acidité, de la fraîcheur en plus des tannins assez souples et soyeux, finale assez longue et savoureuse. Un beau 2017 approchable maintenant et ii va tenir la route et à un prix acceptable pour l’appellation. 91-92
— 6 years ago