Jay Kline

9.0

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple hours. The 2020 “Aux Lieux-Dits” pours a deep garnet with an opaque core; medium+ viscosity with light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of fresh, ripe brambles, garrigue, red flowers, and inorganic earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium. There is a solid sense of place from this expression. Drink now through 2035. — 4 days ago

Peter Prizio

9.0

Great. Had at Pasture in Cardiff Wales — a month ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.3

Cool simple bottle and label. A screw-top with class. Color is golden straw. Aromas of lemons and honey. Hint of freshly scrubbed flagstone patios. Flavors are lemon water, honeydew melon and jasmine tea. This is like all the good things in non-buttery Chardonnay mixed with the minerality and zing of Sauv Blanc. It’s fuller, denser and more elegant than most CA Chenin Blanc I’ve had. It’s also a white that seems to age nicely. If I could find it somewhere around here, it would join the short list for go to whites. — 3 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

N: candyish/ dense

P: coiled. Dense but elegant. Precise but amazing cherry fruit. Spice.

Grapevine 31.50 — 8 days ago

Nagib Nasr

9.0

Amazing Gicondas — 2 days ago

Patricia Schnitzer

9.0

Cherries, plum, and pepper. Nice S Rhone blend. Drinking beautifully now. J2 fav — 2 months ago

Vin d’Ottawa

9.0

Hazelnut & marzipan with light bubbles. — 3 months ago

with Gillian

Jeroen Koenen

9.3

Very fresh and primary! Gorgeous fruit notes, delicate hints of stems, spices, minerals and garrigue. Medium-bodied and transparent in its presentation, lovely acidity all the way through the palate. Made me think Northern Rhone more than Southern.
Very interesting. — a month ago

Irina Georgieva

9.7

Amazing rich wine, well-balanced, at its prime! — 19 days ago

Tyler Felous

9.4

Full bodied Gigondas, paired alongside lamb ragu. Stood up great to the food. Think the wine could have used another hour decant to really show itself. — 2 months ago