Mark Flesher

9.4

What wine is a 92 after 20 minutes of cork pop? What wine is a 94 with a chicken green chili, poblano and jalapeno pepper soup? THIS. Slight hint of aged brambleberry and fig on the nose. Entry is fig dominated without food and more of a black cherry with the food. After an hour, this one actually seemed to get more youthful with or without any acoutrement. Hint of truffle to the finish. Nice wine. Two more and I'm actually amazed I was able to time consuming this case rather well! Should drink nicely for the next 5 to 7 years. — 2 days ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.0

Fruits of the vine and tree on the nose. Also cola. Color is lovely. Flavors are dynamic. Leather and prunes (oops I mean dried plums). Plenty of dark things. Dark berries, dark chocolate, dark plums. Elegant, flowers with perfume throughout. — 17 days ago

Sharon Su

9.2

Nice. Not jammy. Nice finish. Would drink again — 5 days ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2011 — 11 days ago

Jay Kline

9.4

We had a couple of friends over and did a fun little 2010 Saint-Damien Gigondas side-by-side consisting of “La Louisiane” and “Les Souteyrades”. Both wines were opened six hours prior to service; each spent three hours in the decanter and also slow-ox’ed in the bottle for an additional three. I initially questioned whether decanting was even necessary but after reading some of the notes on CT and trying a small bit after pulling the corks, it seemed to me that air would be beneficial.

The “Les Souteyrades” was a trip to the Woodland Realm. On the nose this was brambles, oud (agarwood), boiled spinach, curaçao, smoke and mushrooms. A much more powerful and rustic wine than “La Louisiane”. This should drink well for another decade. — a month ago

Jay Kline

9.3

We had a couple of friends over and did a fun little 2010 Saint-Damien Gigondas side-by-side consisting of “La Louisiane” and “Les Souteyrades”. Both wines were opened six hours prior to service; each spent three hours in the decanter and also slow-ox’ed in the bottle for an additional three. I initially questioned whether decanting was even necessary but after reading some of the notes on CT and trying a small bit after pulling the corks, it seemed to me that air would be beneficial.

The “La Louisiane” was rather fascinating on the nose with brambles, lavender, herbs a rather remarkable smell of young mezcal! An elegant wine when compared to “Les Souteyrades”. I suspect this will continue to drink well for another 5+ years. — a month ago

S.S. Mandani

9.0

Musky bouquet. Spicy, black currants. A rich perfumed red broth of flavor and aroma.

Beautiful blackberries. Nice, smooth, supple mouthfeel.

Drinkable, yes. Flavorful and complex, yes. Good balance of tannic, slight astringency, fruit, and just a hint of tartness.

After a long day of writing, reading, running around the cold of NYC, this is a welcome red blend of bouquets of berries.

$23. Worth it. — 21 days ago

Matt Lasater

9.0

A stronger showing for the ‘06 vintage, it has hit its stride and drinking mature at the moment, I’m not sure I would take it much longer. Deep garnet with reddish hues, nose is low toned, dark and composed of savory leather, chocolate, espresso, stewed plum, black fig. Also the classic garrigue notes accompany but more in a distilled/medicinal sort of way. I think the structure from the oak is holding this wine up, theres tannin there to posture the deep and sappy fat this has. This doesn’t quite have the acid to lock in the freshness, so this comes across a little more thick than usual, more gras. Love the deep black fruit and bitter cocoa notes though, again leather and coffee come about, some meatiness, tar, spice cake, clove, and pepper there too. No reason to hold any longer, wishing I could’ve popped a cork at the 8-10 year mark on this guy. — 9 days ago

Ellen Clifford

8.9

Light brite. Bright and not ever so light! It has that Grenache hit that makes this fun and not just another white wine masquerading as a rosé as it is the salmon color that says it is serious. the lime, tangerine, shell, wetted (in your luxe shower) pumice stone and custard bits take me home. Literally and figuratively I’d come home to this wine. I’d take it home and bed it on the regular — 22 days ago

Hernan Hernandez

9.5

Strawberry and raspberry notes. Medium body. Flavors of black olives, leather and some earthiness. Bought at RV. $22. — 17 days ago