From Kingston Wine Company. Apples, cranberries, dark chocolate, strawberries, WOW is this crushable 🍷 — 2 months ago
Dark cherries. A little organic bark. Black pepper and cassis. Subtle minerals. — 5 months ago
Highlight of the night! And a surprise to some degree. I kind off had given up on Lynch Bages. Given the high price, to me, the 2015 and 2016 were below expectation. But, boy, this 2018 rung all bells. Super concentrated, layers of evolving dark cherry, blueberry, current flavors and a superb balanced finish. All one could wish for. — 18 days ago
Enjoyed at La Forét in San Jose, CA. — 2 months ago
Grog Shop Very nice Buy again Have bought before Kermit Lynch import — 8 days ago
Medium body with delightful raspberry notes. Structure is a little off balance for me, with alcohol punching above its weight at least in the first glass. Very good value CdR. — 5 months ago
Shay A
@Delectable Wine : This is the La Pierelle Hermitage Blanc. I didn’t see it in the database.
Project between Louis Barruol (of Chateau Saint Cosme) and Kermit Lynch. From the small plot called La Pierrelle near the top of the hill (vines are more than eighty years old). 100% Marsanne.
Pours a bright-gold color. Aromatically you can smell the dried apricots and honeysuckle from a foot away. Classically viscous and waxy, but by no means cloying or flabby. Reminds me of those Bit-O-Honey candies as a kid with honeyed-lemon followed by some truffle Marcona almonds at the finish. Mid-palate texture is weighty and the finish is lengthy. Fruit isn’t dominant here (as expected) but the complexity with the almond skin/waxy bitter notes is beautiful. I love Rhône whites.
Followed over two days and stayed consistent. Pop and pour now for stage one, or hold 7-10yrs for marsanne’s stage two revival. — 3 days ago