Sipping Fine Wine

9.5

Blend of about 39% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Petit Verdot with the rest Cabernet Franc, aged for 18 months in 100% new French oak, deep Ruby, purple edges with aromas of dark red fruits, oak and sweet spice. On the palate flavors of blackberry, plum and currants with cacao and herb spice. Full dusty tannins, opens nicely, long finish ending with fruit, oak, vanilla spice and mineral character. Nice! Drinking well now, will still age. — 6 months ago

Shengli Hu

8.9

Visited the vineyards with Tim Mosher on a hot late summer day at noon - Sep 3 2022. Drove through and tasted berries from the OG ungrafted DRC vines, old and new Pinot Noir vines, Grenache, Syrah and Carignan vines. It was a blast.

Barrel fermented, 10 months aging on lees which were stirred once a week, full malo. Yearly contract with Pride Mountains for making wine. Since 1996. 13.2% abv. Yellow delicious apples and other stone fruits, hazelnut, stony characters, butterscotch, Brioche, lemon curd, yeasty sea salt, smoke and flint. A mix of new Francis Fevre medium toast barrels (they get 12 new barrels every year) and 1 year old barrels from Pride Mountains. Ever since 2016 elevage was down to 10 months (instead of 18 months) for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. — 2 years ago

Adam Gäfvert

9.3

Riktigt kraftig och djupt koncentrerad. Lite flamboyant. Modernare tolkning av St Emilion och högra stranden, men med tydlig merlot-karaktär. Mycket elevage som hålls upp av frukten. Mörk bärighet, svart tryffel, cigarrlåda… — 3 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.5

Blend of about 65% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Sauvignon with the rest Petit Verdot, aged for 18 months in French oak, deep Ruby, purple edges with aromas of dark red fruits, oak and sweet spice. On the palate flavors of blackberry, plum and currants with cacao and herb spice. Tannins, still firm but opens nicely, long finish ending with fruit, oak, spice and herb mineral character. Nice! Drinking well now, will still age. — 7 months ago

SV

9.0

Truly one of the best California Syrah blends out there, regardless of price. Elevage make a huge difference here — they’re selling the 2016s now. Fruit forward with plenty of garrigue and savory herbs — rosemary, tarragon, thyme. A lovely wine to buy by the case ahead of summer BBQs. — 2 years ago

Adam Gäfvert

9.1

Medium bodied. All the syrah notes are there. Nice elevage. Really pleasant to drink today. — 3 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.3

This is an elegant, finessed Chardonnay. Impressive. — 10 months ago

romo

9.4

Even better than the sample I had a few months ago. Might be the best Cru from this producer so far. 41 months elevage. — a year ago

Izek Jasper

9.2

Always a textural interpretation of Chablis, the ‘17 rendition of the Vent d’Ange has developed even better than I expected. There is a real salinity that balances out the depth that comes from a long elevage and extended lees contact. — 2 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.2

Blinded. The classic aromas were instantly revealing of the appellation, but the vintage was well-hidden behind the remarkable acidity. I felt the 06' exoticism was well-honed in here, which is perhaps a function of long elevage balancing any hint of fruit ripeness with layers of lees-derived texture. Intensely saline finish. Impressive and a strong case for long aging/late domaine releases. — 3 years ago