Severn Goodwin

9.3

1988 | Syrah
E. Guigal; Hermitage
Northern Rhone; Tain l'Hermitage, France

Crushed ripe cherry, bacon & fat, crushed Hemlock needles, granite, damp compost, slight barnyard; Ripe black cherry, dried blackberry, black currant, red pepper skin. Tannins persist. Drink 2025-32+

Much brighter on both nose/palate than my other Hermitage experiences. Perhaps I prefer the dried fruit/leather notes showing with more age...
(93-94 points)

Paired to lamb schnitzel, just wonderful together. — a year ago

Robert Cunningham

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

9.0

Hey beautiful example of a classic 45 year old BV burgundy which is actually a combination of Gamay and Mondeuse grapes. The wine is beautifully balanced with ripe savory overtones and lovely rosemary, dried hemlock, savory spice elements with complex mulled red wine clove and cinnamon hints. Still youthful with spicy ripe red plum. Still very ripe however. Big nose, palate and very long finish. 7-14. Buy this wine. — 10 years ago

Chris Thygersen

9.3

Hemlock dinner — 11 years ago

Allison Frazier

9.5

Delicious gift enjoyed to celebrate. Round, smooth, lush but not at all jammy and no headache afterwards! — 2 years ago

Martinez

9.0

Elegant, complex, apple pie — 5 years ago

Heather Meyer

9.7

Subtle, but very interesting. Just gets more complex as it goes on. — 9 years ago

Nat Chitwood

9.6

Hy's Steakhouse, Vancouver, BC Canada w/ James - Hemlock — 11 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.3

Wine 2/12 (Portugieser)

Nose has black cherry, brambly blackberry, wet Hemlock, lemon zest, dried strawberry, tart blueberries and moist garden soil.

Palate has blackberry, tart plum, black tea, dried citrus, light tannins, perfect acidity and a long finish.

Portugieser, where have you been all my life??!!

Once again it is notable that I have made one full trip around the Sun earlier this week. We had our small, social bubble team to the house for celebrating my getting older and somewhat less flexible in advancing age...Whatever will be done when I creast 50? Well, at least it's several years until needing manage that concern.

We enjoyed well-salted Ribeyes (Kinderhook Farm - Valatie, NY, prepared 48h in advance), turning to a beautiful medium-rare after a mere 12m of grill time and smashed, small red potatoes with capers (yeah try it, don't judge me yet). None of the bottles were particularly planned as 'steak wines'; we didn't care as it really was a wine nerd-fest of grapes/regions, from Burgenland, Austria to Brittany, France. Wine and food were on individual plateaux today. This was the vom Boden Spring Experience case, expertly curated by Stephen Bitterolf, and well received by our tasting crew. — 4 years ago

Bonnie Wilson

9.2

Drank in NYC at Hemlock — 6 years ago

Clint Kenley

8.9

Solid wine paired w Hemlock Grove S2 and comfy sweatpants — 10 years ago