Brendan Baker

9.2

Fresh baguette, lemon zest, mineral, yeasty, fine bead. Disgorged June ‘16 ✨😋✨ — 6 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.5

2005 vintage. Almost tastes like it could have been released last week. Super youthful with dark berry and plum blasts. Decent structure but not oppressive. Catching this one just below the top of the bell curve. Hopefully, you’ve got more than one bottle kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown. Other-worldly now but methinx it’s about to get even better. Last tasted in mid-June and same score but this bottle was slightly better. Seek this out-now. — 2 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.2

2020 June / July. Great in those instances where you want a Riesling for what it does with things like Thai or Vietnamese food - it has the right balance of acidity, sweetness, and minerality — 4 years ago

Jeff Hasmann

9.4

Mini vertical of Rioja Alta - tasting ‘09 and ‘10 side by side. This is the’10. Both are great vintages, but the ‘10 is more intense and concentrated. Ripe red fruit with layers of smoke, vanilla, spice, and earth. Incredibly long and complex finish. This has years ahead of it. Exquisite and classic Rioja. 2010 vintage on June 6, 2020 — 4 years ago

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9.1

The 2022 Rosé is distinctly savory, nearly smoky, with a blend of bouquet garni, crushed peaches and wet stone. A tinge of minerality up front enhances its tart orchard fruits, adding a crisp, almost crunchy sensation as sour citrus punctuates the close. It tapers off with a spicy and wonderfully fresh saline tension, leaving just a subtle trace of licorice to fade. (Eric Guido, Vinous, June 2023) — 10 months ago

Vanessa

9.3

We are loving the toast, marzipan, almond paste, brioche, dried apricot, dried apple, crushed white rose petals, and pastry notes coming from this beauty - nearly confectionery!

It turns out we love vintage bubbles 🥂 🍾
2006 vintage, disgorged June, 2014. — 2 years ago

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Ian Hamel

9.0

2020 June / July. Very similar to the Bernkasteler Badstube in that it’s just so young. There might be a bit more stuffing here, and this a bit further to grow — 4 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.4

You will appreciate this wine more once you’ve seen the YouTube movie “Dreaming of Wine” about the rejuvenation of the wine industry In Priorat after 900 years. A fascinating story and well worth the time to view the movie. Clos Erasmus was founded and still run by Daphne Glorian, the blonde woman in the movie. The wine itself is one of the 1001 Wines to Drink Before you Die and described as “one of the few cult wines in Spain”. The wine itself in colour was not as dense and dark as I was expecting after a decant though, a substantial deposit was left. Lovely red and black fruited aromatics with dried herbs, violets and ripe berries, although with porty and raisiny notes - cocoa and a touch of tar with granular tannins. Arguably a bit long in the tooth - depends what you are looking for. Bought at a wine shop in Gratallops, the little village in Priorat in June last year, 2022 after a tasting at Clos Mogador, also in the movie. Tasted a while ago Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate gave this wine 99 points “flirting with perfection “. A blend of Grenache, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon. — a year ago

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9.0

The 2017 Gricos is a fresh-styled Aglianico del Vulture. Dusty dried florals, black cherries and crushed stone minerality lift from the glass. It’s silky-smooth yet spry, mixing sweet tannin with nervous acidity, creating mouthwatering tension, as hints of tobacco and licorice linger. $18.00 (Eric Guido, Vinous, June 2021) — 3 years ago

Scott E. Becker

8.9

[Tasted on June 20, 2020 at Home]

Dried berries and rose petal, with strong notes of mineral and smoke. — 4 years ago