Matt Perlman

9.4

Been waiting for years to get back to London and bring this home as it’s only available at Berry Bros. & Rudd as far as I know. Remarkable mineral and acidic cut for a southern French white, like a Loire chenin but with a bit more heft and roundness. Green mango, bitter grapefruit, honey, pear, smoke and spice on the finish. Worth checking a bag for! — 11 days ago

Jay Eagan

9.5

Great start to the night with flavors of strawberry and melon — 18 days ago

with Kristine

Matt

9.6

White before red. Just an incredible array of aroma and flavors with every sip. Cooked black plum, dried black cherry, dried rose petals, dust, cracked pepper, cedar, wood smoke, fur, olive, leather, cocoa powder, garrigue, tar, hot iron, black tea. Everything about screams rustic but the elegance of tannin and lengthy finesse counter everything peasant about it. More impressive on day 2 is the seamless nature of it, harmonious from front to back, gaining more an overall savory and meaty profile. The shiitake, cured meat, hoisin, talcum and leather really starting to unfold. I think this could be beautiful in 5-8 years, but I love the fruit component at this moment. Father’s day treats this weekend with double GDPs 😻 — 13 days ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Blend of Grenache, Carignan, Syrah & Mourvedre, deep Ruby with aromas black fruits and floral notes. On the palate flavors of plum and blackberry with notes of cacao, spice and earthy notes. Medium+ finish, fine tannins, great mouthfeel (15.2 ABV), ending with fruit and earthy spice, nice! — 18 days ago

Aaron Tan

9.2

An impressive first run with this producer. Started off very pure fruited with high-toned black cherries and cassis, along with some light reduction that gave it a flinty quality. As the reduction blew away, it revealed beautiful stem aromatics - flowers and incense, with a strange, yet attractive iodine-like twist. Excellent structure, with chalky tannins, fleshy fruit, and limestone-derived minerality/verticality. A little volatile acidity perceivable in the backend, but it doesn’t detract from the lengthy finish. Frankly, it drank like a cru Beaujolais (would have called it if blinded), but perhaps with more weight and tannins (rougher too). Paired with some lamb tacos, this was in a league of its own. A one on the binary scale! — 2 days ago

Jay Eagan

9.5

Having a little rosé and enjoying Tor Kenward’s new book, “Reflections of a Vintner” — 13 days ago

with Kristine

Douglas Braun

8.9

2018 Vintage - Syrah /Grenache blend -Blackberry fruit spice (all Spice ) currants nice concentration but a little simple but nice for $15. — 16 days ago

Emily Kresie-Harrington

9.5

1961 vintage. Gifted from a most excellent colleague, thanks, Bill! Very caramelized with pecan pie, brown sugar, vanilla, rum raisins, candied dried cherries. Good length. Akin to good Montilla-Moriles or medium sweet Madeira. — 14 days ago

Tom Heckert

8.9

Local whey feed pork chops pairing. Earthy, blackberry, cherry fruit. Smooth finish — 13 days ago

Bruce Gunther

9.2

Excellent..great balance, notes of floral and melon. Definitely one we'll gave again. — 18 days ago