Glorious bottle. Red and black cherries jump out of the glass with shimmering clarity. Black raspberry and violets. Really terrific nose. 9.5. Palate is velvety and sweet with juicy and super pure black cherry fruit and real density, explosiveness and length while being light in tannins but there is still a delicate structure here and wow that length. Real finesse as well. Best Serpentieres from Girard I have ever had. — a month ago
The 21’s here are masterful. Nose of late season black cherries, late season red cherries, earth, mineral and more. Blueberry and blackberry as well. So deep and expressive. That’s 21! Palate is teeming with energy and juiciness. Sour and red cherries and glorious silky tannins and lovely sweetness. Long and flowy. Needs time but just spectacular. So much finesse now and the fruit is all red now. — 20 days ago
So fruit forward and supple. Not what I was expecting at all but so delicious. — a month ago
2/2025. Big, bold, full of flavor. Enjoyed. — 2 months ago
Electric tension. Smells like smashing two rocks together. Lime, gooseberry, white peach. Like the Millenium Falcon entering warp speed. Probably would’ve called Premier Cru Chablis in a blind. — 5 months ago
Last had 4ish years ago. On cork pop was concerned this had not come together. But decanted for an hour and this became quite seamless and delicious. Definitely on the fuller bodied end of the spectrum. Dark red and some black fruit, nice body, excellent acid on the finish married to quite present but integrated tannins. Excellent with a roast chicken with mushrooms cooked in the chicken fat. — a month ago
Ela’s fave — 3 months ago
Mike Evans
Punching way above its weight, it is texturally very similar to the ‘02 CdlR. — 6 days ago