Matthew Cohen

9.3

Sacre Bleu ! I had this with a hamburger. Now a proper hamburger. Salted through and through. Mixed with sautéed shallots. Cloth bound cheddar. Brioche bun. A dab of chutney. NO ketchup (vinegar and wine dont mix). Basically a burger that the French would make if they didn’t consistently fuck up burgers. And make them with shite French beef.

Nose: dusty in the best way possible Deep. Dark. Almost gothic. Al elegant brambriness as it opens.

Palate: dense dark blackberry fruit. Blackberry liquor. Delicious. Almost chewy. Fresh though.

The perfect wine for beef on a Monday. A proper burger. Steak au poivre. Bloody duck.

This is a solid 93. But a gorgeous 93 with the right food. It’s shows the breadth of Burgundy.

Fass selections — 10 months ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.2

Typical CdR blend of Grenache, Syrah & Carignan with a dash of Cinsault, gives the typical fruit forward flavors (raspberries, blackberries, plums) yet in a very light, airy & crunchy manner - more of a gothic cathedral than a baroque palace.
On the palate this is also airy & light, with fresh crunchy fruit (Black fruit again, with a touch of olive), good quality, juicy tannins and a mineral backbone. Weightless almost, and this despite 14.5% alc!
A beauty!
— 6 years ago

Patrick Rodrigues

9.0

Very nice tasting wine and amazingly smooth. I haven't tasted such a blend like this with its low tannins, subtle dry and tinge of blackberry sweetness alure and fresh but odd fruity aroma. Give it a go, definitely worth the mysterious experience. — 7 years ago

William Paley

9.7

Gothic and elemental, for rumination. Smells of lichen and rainfall. — 7 years ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.0

Fresh, zesty, flinty lemons with lemon peel, white peach and tons of minerality. Juicy & refreshing.
Halfway between the linear, gothic beauty of Rheingau and the exotic richness of Pfalz. Highly drinkable, too. — 8 years ago

Rick Riddle

9.1

Cassis and licorice on the nose with dark chocolate on the palate with a cherry jubilee finish. Reminds me of nighttime, darkness, gothic. Maybe because of the deep purple, dark chocolate with greater than expected velvety tannins. Not your typical Merlot, but what you would expect from the Wagner family- Very Jammy, but also very rich — 8 years ago

with Meagan

Geoff

9.0

Soft, great on it's own — 9 years ago

Carlo Maria Rossotto

9.0

Had it with Christopher in Barcelona Gothic quarter — 2 years ago

Adam Kincaid

9.0

Enjoying this a lot. And the price… enjoying it even more. Opened it yesterday and it wasn’t ready so we let it sit for 24 hours. Still don’t think it’s quite there - probably needs another two years minimum. Didnt expect that. Dark purple and light red tones. Pipe tobacco and dark fruit notes on the nose, a bit of dried cherry and rose petals. Lots of depth there, very nice gothic bouquet. :-) There’s beef steak blood and graphite mixed with dark cherry and plum. Going to buy a case! — 5 years ago

with Jillian

David Kline

9.2

Tang-sequel coloration with perfect equilibrium and crown persistence. Wig white, even dissipation reminiscent of fine cigar burn. Striating lacing of cartoon chompers and snowy tangle of wildwood. Pleasant malty and citrus interplay punctuated by oranges and pink grapefruit wild strawberry tart with caramel and sweet tobacco and Turkish coffee from a distance. Paisley lacing ensues. Lemon oils and candied grapefruit peel frame a tangerine occurrence and sparkly mineral stardusting, and a textural approximation of peaches that adds pliancy. After the initial fruit, and subsequent sips your mouth builds up the bitter units to tangible topography that lingers. Overall, a well crafted and thoughtfully restrained offering from an iconic producer. You can sense that they wanted to get this one right. Lacing remnants: gothic text with horror overtones on one side, middle command graphics, and a t-Rex-alligator-puma logo for your new pumped up kicks. .
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web bond

9.2

En Dessus lieu-dit. Gothic Faiveley. — 8 years ago

with Nils

Roman Sukley

9.8

2006 Sine Qua Non "The Hoodoo Man" White Blend
39% Roussanne, 31% Viognier and 30% Chardonnay. 15.8% alcohol. “There ain’t a horse that can’t be rode, there ain’t a man that can’t be throw’d” Yet another of my Sine Qua Non guilty pleasures. Similar to the 2009 “The Thrill Of Stamp Collecting” and the 2011 “Patine,” this is one of those Sine Qua Non wines that I find to be a might more compelling than the expert reviews. I can’t quite put my finger on exactly why, but this one has always sort of tickled my fancy, and never fails to please. Ive always been rather fond of the perhaps Grant Wood, American Gothic inspired label. Now, some 12 years down the road, as with most of Manfred’s whites, the extra cellar time has just added nuance to this sexy effort. Lustrous, radiant gold in the stem, with a stunning bouquet of smoky, nutty peach cobbler with hints of white flowers lurking in the background. Tropical fruits and orange marmalade with a toasty, butterscotchy finish of substantial length. Absolutely wonderful acidity. Unctuous, oily texture that I treasure. Powerful and intense. Great balance. I like to taste great whites slightly warmer than cellar temperature, but I would say this one just got better and better with more air and as it warmed. Just beautiful. “Salud, chindon Mr. Krankl!”
— 8 years ago

Ellen Clifford

8.9

I reallllly like this. I have loved other wines from Gothic. I don't know that I love this one but it gets my "reallllly like" rating. High on the...stewed fruit. The anise/pastille notes sing. This maybe doesn't hit "love" but I adore it. Maybe it is the Oregon vibe but I imagine it paired with anything that has blackberries....and paired with black lipstick. Gotta have the black lips with the Goth. — 9 years ago

with Paul

Jakub Kalinowski

9.3

Green apple, green lemon, a hint of gooseberry but also stony, mineral. Juuuicy, with racy acidity, lemon juice galore with a few rocks thrown in. Amazing length. A very linear, puristic ascetic Riesling but, like a Gothic cathedral, impressive in its style. — 3 years ago

Jeff Thompson

9.9

Delicous! Chocolate, leather, pepper, dark cherries. AmazIng label! — 5 years ago

Jody Scharf

9.0

Low alcohol red with some decent body. Quote the Raven nevermore! — 6 years ago

Stephen Becker

8.9

Gothic leather flight suit made of thick, thick orange rind, your bi-plane is made from fir needles. — 7 years ago

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9.8

One of the two or three most moving wines in this vertical, the 1988 Cristal is eternal. Deep and vertical, with Gothic spires of soaring aromatic, flavor and structural intensity, the 1988 has it all. At thirty years of age, the 1988 is fresh, vibrant and incredibly powerful. Lemon peel, white flower, chalk and almonds are all given an extra kick of vibrancy from the bright acids and underlying energy of the vintage. Even after three decades, the 1988 remains searing, classically austere and beautifully focused, with tremendous pedigree and stunning balance. The 1988 is a rare Cristal where the Chardonnay, at 48% of the blend, is on the higher side. “When I joined Roederer in 1989, we were blending the 1988s,” Lécaillon explains. “They were such hard wines to work with because the acidities were so high. My teeth suffered. I thought ‘am I going to have to deal with this for the rest of my life? Maybe I should change jobs?’” Luckily, he did not. “In 1988, flowering was very bad for the Chardonnay. Yields were quite low and flavors were super-intense and concentrated. This, to me, is one of the keys for making great Champagne with real dimension. Interestingly, the same is not true of Pinot Noir. Keep a glass of the 1988 to compare with the 2008 later. In my opinion, 2008 is the new 1988.” (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, December 2018) — 8 years ago

Matt Austin

Owner/Winemaker, Grosgrain Vineyards, Walla Walla, WA

9.2

Nicely aged Marin County Pinot. No need to hurry drinking these. — 8 years ago

Lindsey King

9.2

Gothic dark fruit, deep blackberry, brambly mixed berry, the European Robert Smith of wines (lol what a smoothie). A little green vegetable character, is it totally crazy of me to say asparagus? No, it's not, I say what I want. When you stop to buy berries on the side of the road but it's too far from your romantic expectations of country life and it's more like a wounded salesman with purple stained palms and blackened nails who dryly utters "do you want three pints or not" and you lean in, in a grand attempt at acting casual, and say, "yes please thanks". — 9 years ago