Briar Valley

Charly Thevenet

Grain & Granit Régnié Gamay 2027

Good. Wants some air. Not as much concentration as I’ve been used to for a Beauj of this price point from Morgon, but the other thevenet wine we had was from morgon and was a lot lighter than anticipated so maybe it’s a winemaker style? Lots of raspberries and this interesting briar note on the end, the back end doesn’t have as much going on but… I did have the majority of the bottle without letting it air out a bit. Wife wants to do a side by side with their morgon to compare the stemmyness. Worth a check definitely, makes me want to try more regnie but also solidified my adoration for morgon. But the more this airs the better it gets. Will have to revisit. — a year ago

Château Montrose

Saint-Estèphe Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2006

Edgy with briar and summer blackberries — 4 years ago

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Geantet-Pansiot

Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2015

3 hour decant. Crimson and black fruit, quite structured and powerful, some briar and a dash of cedar. Big and round delivered with more punch than finesse. — 6 years ago

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Haha that one is my daughter @Stuart Scheff!!
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My bad. Great picture.
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A. Rafanelli

Unfiltered Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel 2016

They make such good Zins. Briar & Bramble, dark red fruit. Currants, smoke, tea — 3 years ago

Briar Hill

Briar Hill Santa Barbara Country

Great Pinot... comparable to Meiomi. Will get again. — 4 years ago

Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2001

2001 very funky heaps of secondary savoury notes the blackberries faded into briar and tobacco — 4 years ago

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Paul Lato

"Suerte" Solomon Hills Vineyard Pinot Noir 2015

A new height for Lato, beguiling nose of briar and sour cherry full of stems. Layered and interesting, black tea, strawberry jam. Less acidity than expected but enough for food. Long finish, awesome with Nobu’s best stuff from sashimi to Wagyu. — 6 years ago

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Very nice. Love Nobu!

Burn Cottage

Central Otago Pinot Noir 2016

Black cherry, black tea, wooly tannin, briar — 4 years ago

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Sadie Family

Treinspoor Swartland Tinta Barocca 2019

Delectable Wine
9.3

The 2019 Treinspoor, 80% whole-cluster Tinta Barocca matured in old foudre, presents a crisp, well-defined bouquet of blackberry, briar and wild fennel scents, gaining intensity all the time in the glass. The palate is very well balanced with a fine bead of acidity. Taut and crisp, almost pixelated in style, leading to a sensual, mulberry-tinged finish. Very elegant and refined. (Neal Martin, Vinous, April 2021)
— 4 years ago

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Château La Fleur-Pétrus

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2012

2012 a grand wine fresh bright with great blackberries and briar long finish — 4 years ago

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