Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2019 vintage. Last tasted 1.29.23 (9.3) and 4.7.22 (9.2). Starting to mellow out a bit after 3.5 years and beginning to develop secondary flavors like caramelization and peach pit notes. 10.17.26. — a day ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Medium Ruby red color with aromas of black fruits, floral and pepper spice notes, aged in neutral oak. On the palate flavors of cherry and blackberry with notes of black pepper, floral and spice. Fine chewy tannins, long juicy savory finish, ending with fruit, cacao, spice and slight earthy notes. Nice now. — 5 months ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

8.9

Pretty decent for an 02 — 5 months ago

Tegan Marriott

9.4

Viva la Rhone, et Magnifique! — 6 months ago

Jean-Phillippe Landry

9.1

Fantastic! — a year ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.3

Really great. — 9 months ago

Zack McDonald

8.9

Syrah oh ah - yes I rap, it’s a wrap — 3 years ago

Timothy Eustis

Wine Director, Red Lion Inn

9.3

Really good. Super Syrah. Balanced with good acidity and fruit. — 3 months ago

Rufus King

9.1

Rich French red blend, served on Viking Danube cruise — 6 months ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.4

Stole the show — 5 months ago

Kate Parkerson

9.3

Nice red. Tasted at our neighborhood wine store — 7 months ago

Jay Kline

9.4

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a few hours. Black plastic cork; the standard for Dard et Ribo. The 2015 “Les Rouges des Baties” pours a deep, dull ruby/purple with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears and some sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of wild black brambles, oil cured olive, roasted meat, purple flowers, black pepper, a mix of organic and inorganic earth and dried herbs. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. An utterly beautiful expression of Crozes-Hermitage and this worked really well with goose from South Dakota. I’m smitten. Drink now through 2035. — 8 months ago

Chris MacLean

9.1

Olives and stones — a year ago

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Douglas Braun

9.1

2023- vintage -good extraction, wild fruit , Stoney character, rose petal, dried strawberry , medium tannins, medium acidity. — 3 months ago

Amy

9.0

from spirited gourmet- very savory- got pepper and sausage — 4 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Exactly in the zone. Gorgeous nose of lavender, wild mint, Herbes de Provence, grilled meat, bacon, blood, granite and blackberry fruit. This has become fully mature but not old, with that perfect mid-term aging window where the fruit is still alive and the savory Rhône complexity has arrived. Palate is juicy, sappy and energetic, with dark fruit, meat, smoke, granite and real structure. Tannins gained a little grip with air, but the fruit kept winning. Beautifully Crozes, but if blinded, many would guess elite Saint-Joseph. Drinking at apogee, and honestly could still go longer. 9.4, flirting hard with 9.5.

Day two. Nose is mintier, wilder, more sauvage. Still juicy, clean, drinkable, and delicious, with a long finish and real fruit remaining, but it has lost a little clarity and precision from day one. Not collapsed at all, just slightly less vivid. Still absolutely something I’d drink happily. — 5 months ago

DAL 9000

9.3

At tannins upfront. Berns Steak House. In the 8T room Last bottle. Bottled candled and decanted. Mild dusty dark fruit bouquet. Soft dusty delicate middle. Old world earthiness. Finishes smooth. — 7 months ago

Rebecca Graham

9.1

Depth and complexity. Very very good. — 9 months ago

Erica Harrop

9.1

2022 Silene. Lovely, tight dark fruit and earth tones. Young but luscious. — 10 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Note, in 2019 hail cut yields by 40%, Deep Ruby with concentrated aromas of ripe dark fruits and spices. On the palate flavors of black cherry and blackberry with leather, licorice and smoky herb notes. Fine tannins, hints of oak on medium+ finish ending with fruit, herb and earthy mineral tones. Nice! — 4 years ago