Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2022 | Jacky Marteau knows to make a good Gamay Touraine, bow out of respect — 8 months ago

Alan Goldberg

8.9

Passionfruit and grassy notes. Quite good and what you’d expect from a Loire Valley Sauvignon Blanc. — 4 years ago

Safiya Motala

9.3

Aroma is mineral, floral, stone fruits and citrus. Flavour is bright, floral, citrusy and refreshing with a subtle fruity note. — 5 years ago

with Kamila and Martin

Dylan Thomas

8.9

With the absinthe pannacotta at Maison Premiere — 5 years ago

Jeremiah Glazer

8.9

Pleasant red. Full bodied, blackberries, herbaceous (on the edge of absinthe). Opens up wonderfully. — 2 years ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.0

Brought this back from Paris 12 years ago after being told it was the best at the absinthe store. Intense anise and spring meadow nose that fills the room when poured. High proof and hot, with a burnt herbal quality and a very bitter finish, even with a healthy dose of sugar and ice water. Very pure stuff, pretty sure it would run a car. Hard work though! Dated 2007. — 4 years ago

Bryan Hopkins

8.9

I have long been an admirer of Germain-Robin, and I like this product, but considered as an absinthe it is a very uncharacteristic example. Prominent scent of lemon with spearmint and fennel, slighter lemongrass. The taste gives more mint and anise at first that quickly develops into lemon and leaves lemon on the finish. Think of this as as what the label says, an “aromatic brandy distilled with herbs and natural flavors added,” and it’s quite pleasant. Think of it as an absinthe, and you are likely to be left thinking that it is not what an absinthe should be. But I often enjoy experimentation outside the boundaries of a genre. The fact that it is made with an apple-honey mead as the base adds to the novelty. — 5 years ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.0

Assume that’s the vineyard in the inked drawing on the label. Fancy stuff at $48 per bottle…
Lovely deep red to purple color. Smells like musk, woods, campfire on your clothes. Maybe a cranberry or elderberry tone under it all. Interesting smell to it for sure. Flavors are also interesting. Old time tonics and herbal extractions. More elderberry stuff. Absinthe. Or is that Jegermister? The fruit is there too, but it’s under the savory and strange stuff. This is a wine to age. But it’s good now too if you are into the strange and earthy side of Syrah. A true terroir driven drinking experience. I can see the coast valleys of Mendo in the flavors. — 2 years ago

Marcus Pollack

9.3

Red raspberry and cherry fruit. Black tea and a hint of licorice or fennel (reminiscent of absinthe after it opens up). Medium body, moderate tannins and acidity. Drinking really well, although there’s plenty of life left in this one. Regretting having only bought one of them. — 5 years ago

Bryan Hopkins

9.1

Notes of anis and spearmint most strongly, with more subtle citrus. Sweet even without sugar. Light and delicate but with a creamy mouthfeel. — 5 years ago