Ed Matthews

8.5

2005 vintage. Bricked color appropriate for its age, light ruby going brown, nose of barnyard, red raspberry, and oak. On the palate, fruit is almost absent leaving a funky core which can no longer balance the acid. Vanilla finish. Pity. This bottle is shot. — 8 years ago

Ed Matthews

9.0

Best vintage in a while. Mineralic nose, opens with white flowers and stone fruit though subtle, expansive and round midpalate, nice lemony core. Pretty. — 8 years ago

Ed Matthews

9.0

Dark ruby, dark cherry nose with hints of earth, big black pepper streak on the attack, minerality, good acid, well done. Nice bottle of Cru Beaujolais. — 8 years ago

Ed Matthews

8.9

So, I'm not going to lie. After 30 years in this business, I just tasted this wine that I've never heard of before. It is a bright ruby wine with juicy plums and candy notes on the nose, followed by a sweet fruit attack morphing into a wave of black pepper and then a lot of dried herbs. Very good acid makes this wine refreshing. Fun and different. Love the black pepper notes. — 8 years ago

Ed Matthews

8.5

Very straightforward Bordeaux Supérieur. Pretty nose showing some oak. Fruit tastes Right Bank. Decent effort for the money. — 8 years ago

Ed Matthews

8.5

Bright translucent ruby with clear and clean Gamay nose. Tart sour cherry with a hint of gaminess in the mouth. Slightly out of balance to the acid side. Well enough made basic Villages wine. — 8 years ago

Ed Matthews

8.9

This is an off-the-wall wine that is better this vintage than it has been. Crazy nose, funky Kool Aid attack, hints of mint, orange rind, sweet candy. I don't know what I'd pair this with but if you want a conversation starter, this is your bottle. — 8 years ago

Ed Matthews

8.9

Slight sulfur on the nose but otherwise fairly closed. On the palate deep cherry plus cough drop, fine tannins provide great structure, good acid, pretty wine. — 8 years ago

Ed Matthews

8.2

Funky sulfited nose, bright ruby color, plum fruit, fine grippy tannins, high acid. Kind of weak in an ocean of CdR. — 8 years ago

Ed Matthews

8.6

Big cream nose, very pleasant cream and stones on the palate, decent acidity with what feels like a touch of malo. Drinkable enough. — 8 years ago