Ruth Jones

9.0

Very smooth and flavorful — 4 months ago

Anita Machlin

9.7

I love the Oregon Pinot gris. They tend to be a winner for me — 2 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Tried this again, 1st bottle was a dud! Made by Michele d'Aprix, an American woman who studied organic chemistry in college and ended up in Bordeaux. Chemical equation on the label is the equation for calcareous clay soil in the right bank of Bordeaux giving a unique character. Deep Ruby with aromas of dark berry fruits and notes of cedar and spice. Palate shows flavors of blackberry & cherry with tobacco and pepper spice. Drying tannins, medium+ finish, nice balance ending with earthy herbs & black pepper notes. — 5 years ago

Julia May

9.4

Tastes amazing like smooth juice - I could drink this by the bucket. Amazing 2008 wine — 6 years ago

Karen Tripson

9.0

I like it. — 5 months ago

Michael Chelus

9.1

Cherry, cranberry, rhubarb, currant, strawberry, mossy earth and oak. Light-bodied and soft tannins. — 4 years ago

Michael Chelus

9.0

Cherry, strawberry, raspberry, lemon and orange. Great acidity and balance. — 5 years ago

Julia Liebner

9.0

Delicious, medium finish, slightly acidic yet slightly buttery. Bright. Pairs well with nearly anything. Great for summer sipping. Paired nicely with souvlaki and tzatziki with lemon rice. — 5 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

#Remembrance #Love 6/25

One of our special stops in Maipo, Chile.

The day we visited, they had just received & were using their basic bottle labeling machine. They were elated to no longer have to do it by hand. 2018.

49% Carmenere, 42.5% Cabernet & 8.5% Syrah.

Picture of Sofia in Nefertiti’s Tomb. The top of Sofia’s bucket list.

The fruits are ripe and dryish; blackberries, black raspberries, black plum with big skin, plum pudding, darkest cherries & strawberries hues, creamy raspberries. Dark chocolate w/ fudge frosting, caramel, mocha, deep, dark spices w/ some palate heat, moist, forest floor with dry leaves, clove, nutmeg, soft cinnamon stick, vanillin, black tea, black licorice, dry river stone, moist, grey, volcanic clay, limestone & dry crushed rock minerals, dry top soil, some black pepper, dry tobacco & chewy leather, oak wood shavings, dry, withering & candied flowers, excellent, round acidity with a ruby, fresh, round, well; tensioned, balanced, knitted, smartly polished finish that lasts minutes.

Still has 10-15 years of good life ahead.

It was Bordeaux that first embraced Carmenere and the only Chateau that I know that still blends it is Clerc Milon…only about 2-3%. Chile champions Carmenere now.

Photos; Sofia & I tasted on top of that structured & their barrel room. — a year ago

Vasanth Balakrishnan

9.2

The famed #lopezdeheredia - Their 2008 release year matched the year we got married so we ordered this at a nice restaurant on our 13th anniversary. I asked the sommelier to cool it in an ice bucket a bit and so it took some time to open up in the glass. One of the best old school #rioja - subtle dark fruit, forest floor and distinct mushroom and truffle aromas on the nose. The biggest surprise for me on the palate was the incredible freshness and bracing acidity. Forest floor, leather and dark fruit as the backup chorus. This is still such a young wine. Delicious and versatile pairing wine - worked so well with a brined chicken breast with a puff pastry side stuffed with morel mushroom and lobster. — 4 years ago