Alexandre Pagliano

9.0

Very well done Portuguese blend, tobacco and cedar notes behind the black fruit notes. Excellent stuff and at great QPR. — 7 months ago

with Jose, veronique and 1 other

Winton Sweum

8.9

Rich garnet; still somewhat reticent red-berry with cherry nose; medium-bodied red fruit in the mouth with the tannin still obvious, this wine is solid if uncomplicated. Reco’d by the Rezdôra sommelier. — 4 years ago

Lou Sab

9.1

Light but full fruit with dryness and unsweet, thanks to Bill Zacharkiw from Montreal Gazette and 40 West sommelier extraordinaire. — 6 years ago

Roy Goble

9.5

Second zoom tasting, this time with master sommelier Hak Soo Kim of Per Se. Chris Blanchard nailed the description with the line “velour not silk.” But Hak Soo stoke the show by matching the wine with his operatic voice. — 6 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

First up, this is made by Master Sommelier-Raj Parr & his business partner Sashi Moorman. I studied for my Sommeliers test one day with Raj.

Second, this is one of few Santa Rita Hills I like. Most are over extracted for me. IMHO, many drink like Cabernet-Pinot blends. This is not. It is more Burgundian in style.

The 2018 is starting to come around. It shows some nice evolution & integration.

Lush & ripe entry of; blackberries, dark cherries, both plums, strawberries, black raspberries, raspberries, cranberries, dry herbs are bountiful, mid, dark spice, a touch of smoke, grilled meats, moist clay, limestone, dry top soil, some menthol, eucalyptus w/ bark, mid berry cola, red, dark, blue & purple florals for days, excellent round acidity, nice; tension, structure, balance & elegant finish that lands on spice & softened earth that lasts nearly two-minutes. — 8 months ago

J Levenson

9.1

The quality for price is outstanding. In 1936 “Caillou’s owner had no desire to join the governing ranks of anything, let alone a wine appellation. This brazen act excluded the estate from the AOC and essentially carved out a chunk of Châteauneuf-du-Pape‘s border. Today it continues to be an ‘unclassified’ section in what is otherwise some of the most prized vineyard land in the area“-Ian Cauble, master sommelier — 5 years ago

Pon Gong

9.1

Toujours excellent. Le sommelier m à fait un prix — 6 years ago

Laura Purdy

9.4

Today has been wild. It’s bubbles o’clock over here. This is just beautiful today — 3 years ago

Tim Cleveland

8.9

Good blend, easy to drink and enjoy — 3 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.6

Mid to bright gold in colour. A note of paraffin Notes of Orange marmalade, toast, apricot, mangoes and almonds. Intensity off the charts. How can you get this much flavour into a wine. A fitting finish to a marvellous dinner. Hats off to the Downs Club - Mark Kennedy the chef, and Peter Barbe the Sommelier. May there be many more such dinners, also Ramon the importer who spoke about each wine with great knowledge. — 5 years ago