Jae Cho

9.1

A very serious return to a cool vintage taste profile I don’t recall since the ‘14. Lavender, herbs, mineral in addition to the sweetly ripe blackberries and stems. Appreciating the 13% abv. — a month ago

JKT

9.1

At Oginos after Thanksgiving. Crowd favorite and a classy Syrah — 5 months ago

Vanessa

8.9

This wine is chock full of juicy, ripe blackberry, black cherry, blueberry, red plum, and strawberry notes, violet, leather, and soft tannins.

Winemaker Maxime Graillot is the son of the revered Northern Rhône winemaker — Alain Graillot — who passed away in March of this year. Surely his father left an indelible imprint on Maxime’s winemaking, and his commitment to quality, which he will carry forward.

This style of Syrah reflects youth, innovation, and a personality of its own that is so approachable, textural, and delicious; it would make a great choice for any holiday gathering. A crowd pleaser.

We chose this wine to pair with roasted chicken and it’s lovely.
— 2 years ago

with Deked1

Thien Bui

9.1

Youthful well made still had long life left — a month ago

Ericsson

9.0

Alain Graillot is synonymous with Northern Rhône and intrigues the mind as the name comes up on Moroccan Syrah per se. Label aside, this bottle will captivate any Syrah lover. It’s got this powerful dry nose and palate that will most certainly captivate. Not full but only medium bodied yet spicy, balanced, with a good finish. Cheers! To interesting wine. — 4 months ago

Marta Jackowska

9.7

Continuing our recent penchant for Rhône valley wines. This one is excellent (enters our top 5 wines of the year). Amazing fruit concentration but still light and with a clean finish.
Right up there with our recent Cote Rotie’s and Cornas. — 8 months ago

with Neville

Romain Fitoussi

9.2

SyrahTastingDay#3
Completely disoriented by this very original expression of the Syrah. We expect a Sunny wine with alcohol and the typical notes of Australian Shiraz outside, we have here a wine of great delicacy with rather red fruity notes, and unexpected vegetable notes of menthol and even eucalyptus, also a slight musk animal character. The winemaking is admirable and we recognize Alain Graillot's style. Superb! 🇦🇺

Complètement désorienté face à cette expression très originale de la syrah. On attend un vin du soleil avec de l’alcool et les notes typées du Shiraz australien hors, on a ici un vin d’u grande délicatesse avec des notes fruitées plutôt rouges, et des notes végétales inattendues mentholée et même eucalyptus, également un léger caractère animal musqué. La vinification est admirable et on reconnaît le style d’Alain Graillot. Superbe! 🇦🇺 — 2 years ago

Conrad Green

9.3

A stunning nose that roars out of the glass…. Meat, iron, violets, sour cherry. Black pepper Fantastic. The palate doesn’t quite live up to the nose. Nice precise smoky fruit and a rather one dimensional finish. A wine of two halves. — 2 months ago

with Paul and Ara

Sean Grullon

9.3

Archetypal northern Rhône Syrah. Dark fruit, black pepper, herbs, and a bit briney. Nice and savory. — 6 months ago

Romain Fitoussi

9.2

SyrahTastingDay#4
Always as much pleasure with this solar cuvée, not lacking in silkyness and freshness. Congratulations Alain Graillot for this beautiful cuvée "Crozes in the sun of Morocco"

Toujours autant de plaisir avec cette cuvée solaire, mais ne manquant pas de souplesse et de fraîcheur. Bravo Alain Graillot pour cette belle cuvée « Crozes in the sun of Morocco 🇲🇦 » — 2 years ago