Cave St Mathieu

Cave Sébastien Blachon

Cuvée Isaline Saint Joseph blanc Marsanne Roussanne 2025

Lyle Fass
9.4

80% Marsanne, 20% Roussanne. Complex granitic nose with terrific purity. Great freshness, so juicy and clean, electric and engaging. Excellent. — 4 days ago

Jay, Zach and 1 other liked this

Cave Sébastien Blachon

Margariat Saint-Joseph Syrah 2021

Lyle Fass
9.7

Needed 1 hour last night then it got reductive. But today oh man! Nose is glorious red fruits, granite, herbs and flowers. Clay, iron ore. Some blackberry as well. palate is raw and feral with blood, guts and meat. Concentrated and linear. Unreal texture and finish but needs a decade. — 8 months ago

Neil, Zach and 7 others liked this

Domaine Dujac

Morey Saint Denis Pinot Noir 2017

Flowery on the nose, slightly earthy but dominating red fruit and a touch oaky. The palate is pretty nice, medium bodied with nice dosage of acidity and fine grained tannins, the finale is nice with red fruit and a touch though of dryness. Pretty good despite the youth, preferred the 2016 and 2014 drank recently, but very glad to have many bottles in the cellar that will sit a few years. 90-91 for now.

Nez avec une touche florale, du fruit rouge, un peu terreux et un peu de boisé. La bouche est avenante, acidité présente mais bien dosée, tannins aux grains fins mais un peu asséchante en finale, compte tenu de la jeunesse. Bien aimé mais moins profond que les 2016 et 2014 bu récemment. Content d’en avoir plusieurs en cave qui attendront.
— 6 years ago

Vanessa, Arden and 27 others liked this

Cave de Tain l'Hermitage

Première Note Syrah

Surprisingly good, and as clearly northern Rhone syrah as any wine can be. It has the strong fruit and the floral complexity, but remains smooth on the palette and well balanced. — 6 years ago

Cave Sébastien Blachon

Le Pépé St. Joseph Syrah 2013

As good as last time. I confirm. And there's pepper. Very herbal. Somewhere at the top of my list. — 7 years ago

Château Beau-Séjour Bécot

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2008

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik
9.3

No decant; straight from the Cave. Lovely spice aromas here (cloves, cinnamon, walnut), supported by fine oak, tobacco and aged cigar box scents. Complex. Medium-body, still shy! Plums, dark cherries and an iron-like close on the still tight finish. Rich fruits shining through but tightly restrained by still lively tannins. Impressive. — 8 years ago

Keith, Lasse and 14 others liked this

Cave St. Pierre

Sion Fendant

Un peu gras. Légèrement salée plutôt agréable. Jolie bouquet avec notes dominante de rubarbe. Un bel équilibre gras/acidité. Très minéral. Dommage les vins suisse sont trop cher — 8 years ago

Paul liked this

Cave Sébastien Blachon

Alban Saint-Joseph Syrah 2023

Lyle Fass
9.4

Gorgeous clay-like nose. Juicy and dense, with insane tannin management, gorgeous granite, acidity, velvet texture, freshness and unreal energy. So, so sick. — 4 days ago

Jay and Scott@Mister liked this

Château Léoville Poyferré

Saint Julien Red Bordeaux Blend

Drunk April 9 2022Malu’s birthday. Possibly best wine in my cave better than 1er cru with everything you could want from Bordeaux — 4 years ago

E. Guigal

Saint-Joseph Syrah 2016

C’etait bien, un peu jeune certe, mais pas pour en mettre quelques unes en cave — 6 years ago

Mario and Benoit liked this

Cave de Tain l'Hermitage

Selection Parcellaire Esprit de Granit St. Joseph Syrah 2016

Fruity, medium bodied, easy to drink. Pairs well with meat and cheese.
— 6 years ago

Paul liked this

Domaine la Monardière

Galéjade Vacqueyras White Rhone Blend 2016

Very pretty wine. Tastes more like a St Joseph blanc than Vacqueyras. Quite rich. Recommend by Mathieu. — 8 years ago

Cave de Tain l'Hermitage

Esprit de Granit St. Joseph Syrah 2020

Yet another exemplary wine from this co-op. Bloody and irony on the nose, some nice fruit underneath the primal elements. Very linear on the palate, medium body but great intensity of savory flavors. So soft and enveloping but without excess weight. Very nice acids. — 8 months ago

Angelo Casagrande
with Angelo
Angelo, Peter and 15 others liked this
Doug Powers

Doug Powers

Excellent, the Alsatian co-ops also produce really fine QPR wines if you ever find them in the U.S.

Cave St. Pierre

Fendant 2023

Refreshing, lime mineral, a lovely Swiss Chasselas — 2 years ago

Gillian Koh
with Gillian
Doug, Ron and 1 other liked this
Pinotman /// Andreas

Pinotman /// Andreas

Also grown in Baden Southwest Germany there called Gutedel.
Pinotman /// Andreas

Pinotman /// Andreas

The best are imported Lyle Fass from Ziereisen on very rare occasions they can be found in a store. Ziereisens wine beat what i have tasted from Switzerland - but hey the guy is almost in Switzerland.
Vin d’Ottawa

Vin d’Ottawa

@Pinotman /// Andreas thanks for this. I’ve only ever had Swiss Chasselas and will keep my eyes open for Ziereisen.

Domaine Bruno Clair

"En la Rue de Vergy" Morey-Saint-Denis Pinot Noir 2011

Superb Morey Villages that needed a bit of time in the cellar to open up some. All the power of a Morey with freshness and elegance, nice pure fruit, lovely and silky tannins, long delicious finish, really good especially given this cold 2011 vintage. 90-91 easy.

Superbe Morey Villages qui méritait du temps en cave pour s’adoucir un peu et s’ouvrir. Toute la structure d’un Morey avec du beau fruit très pur et des tannins veloutés sur une finale persistante, fraîcheur et élégance aussi, vraiment très bon, compte tenu du millassez froid aussi. 90-91
— 6 years ago

Mike, Hanibal and 11 others liked this

Cave de Tain l'Hermitage

Saint-Joseph Syrah

I discovered this fine Syrah on AF — 7 years ago

Cave de Roquebrun

Les Hauts de Saint Martin St. Chinian Red Blend 2017

Fantastic wine, earthy but with a long silky finish. £8.50 in Co-Op bargain — 7 years ago

Clos Marie

Manon Coteaux du Languedoc Pic St. Loup White Blend 2012

nouvelle tentative, convaincu désormais après 5 ans de cave. Belle patine avec encore une superbe fraicheur. — 8 years ago