Byron Fuller

9.2

In a great place. Needed 30-40 mins of air to blossom but then fading fruit, smoke, tea, but of meat, leaves. Very long & very complex. Wish I’d tried the ‘93 Pommard villages as well. — 13 days ago

Byron Fuller

9.3

Huge fun, raisinated nebbiolo aromas of candied blueberries and…uncooked ribeye (?). Great length and years ahead. Chestnut or slavonian oak gave fascinating fine-boned tannic structure. — 20 days ago

Byron Fuller

9.1

Lovely, slightly sour palate. Far too young. — 25 days ago

Byron Fuller

9.3

Why we age these. Beautiful medium weight & silky texture. Big but restrained, focused nose. Very elegant wine. Superb match to seared scallops. — 13 days ago

Byron Fuller

8.3

Pretty spoofulated. Guessing chaptalized, alcohol structure was somehow separate from the primary body. Nose was kind of fun— hinting at chardonnay but also matchstick / gunpowdery. To watch and hopefully visit! — 20 days ago

Byron Fuller

9.5

Poured blind. Nose of cabernet sauvignon. Estate was located in Grignan, ie current CdR orbit (but post-war labeling hilarity / historical reference to classical Kingdom of Burgundy with capital at Arles?). Fascinating, dazzling, unexplainable. Color guesses ran ‘70s (totally clear rim, some super thin hint of browning, but still very pure dark core running almost to the edge before). Great length, but again blind we all called cabernet nose for the minty, cedary character. Body maybe suggested some cinsault, but we were all way off mark served blind. Buy at auction if ever spotted! — 20 days ago

Byron Fuller

9.0

Byron had this 13 days ago

Byron Fuller

9.1

This second bottle from case was excellent. Needed masses of air. Initially mute & stalky on the nose. With an hour started to wake and at three was singing. Definitely an older style— less precise even at forty years than modern vintages but you could also see where this was heading. Should evolve and improve flavor definition further & further while at plateau for next 10-15 (very youthful). For me characteristic Rouget “iron” terroir note coming through beautifully in mid-palate. Excellent value — 20 days ago

Byron Fuller

8.9

Great to drink Santa Magdalena again though had hoped for more. Very foresty nose, powerful palate with light flavor intensity (so more power from structure and texture). Fascinating and improved hugely with 2-3 hours air. Probably best with good charcuterie rather than the red meat we fed it. This was a RED wine. — 25 days ago

Byron Fuller

9.3

This bottle a bit muted relative to last few fireworks. Undeniably burgundian build but somehow screaming Cote-Rotie / St Joseph fruit profile. Dazzling. — a month ago