Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple of hours. The 1999 Chianti Classico pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with light staining of the tears and some light sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with lovely notes of ripe and some dried red fruits: Bing cherry, raspberry, red flowers, Pu-erh tea, porchini, dried green herbs, a whiff of varnish (letting you know it’s Italian), old leather and wood and gravelly, iron rich earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. This 27 year old CC is sensational and further proof that Sangiovese rewards the patient. Drink now through 2039. — 18 days ago

Romain Fitoussi

8.9

A charming, juicy and greedy Crozes. Red fruits, violet, dry, semi-light body, marked minerality markers. No smoked taste or charcoal; blindly I could have believed a Cabernet-Franc de Loire a little natural. Easy to drink.

Un Crozes charmant, juteux et gourmand. Fruits rouges, violette, sec, corps demi-léger, marqueurs de minéralité marqués. Pas de gout fumé lardé ou charbon; á l’aveugle j’aurais pu croire un Cabernet-Franc de Loire un peu nature. Facile à boire. — 3 years ago

Benoit Duhamel

9.5

Première expérience avec la syrah de Colgin et je suis bouche bée. C’est de la bombe. On a pris un verre vendredi soir sans remettre le bouchon. Le vin était encore délicieux samedi soir. C’est rempli de fruits noirs, c’est soyeux, riche. C’est epicé avec des notes de viandes fumées. J’aurais pu croire une cote-rotie, dans le style d’une Llala de Guigal. — 5 years ago

Jay Kline

9.1

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of an hour. The 2020 “Bucerchiale” pours a garnet color with a transparent core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of ripe and tart red fruits: funky cherry, mushroom, horse blanket, pu-erh tea, earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium. This bottle benefitted from time in the glass and would recommend a 30min decant ahead of service. Drink now through 2030. — a year ago

Brandon Chew

9.0

Better after breathing overnight — 3 years ago

Clay Bullwinkel

9.2

Savory hazelnut, bacon, fava bean, wonderful. Quite stinky when initially opened. Cork - PU! — 5 years ago

Dr.Meandor

8.9

Still a baby, but already solid, huge, grippy, powerful and assertive Priorat.
Garnacha/Syrah, fermented in cement tanks with wild yeasts with daily oxygenation. Macerated 10-15 days. Aged in 4000 L wooden vats, 300 L barrels, clay jars & demijohns for 18 months.

Dark inky garnet, scarlet rim.
Intense, invigorating & refined nose of black earth, tar, smoke, pome jam, raspberry pie, charred pine cone, crushed pepper, peppermint, cherry seed, bone fire, caramel, mulberry jam, tobacco, box of matches, mushrooms, pu er tea, licorice, ink, rosemary, volcanic minerals.
Impressive and massive palate. Very full body (14.5%), vivid acidity, grained tannins. Chokeberry, hibiscus, red currant skins, basil, lilac broth, black gooseberry, unripe saskatoon, earth, cigar, roasted cacao beans, lavender, savory, espresso flavors.
Saturated lasting finish of cedar, saskatoon, chokeberry, coffee and licorice.
Paired rib-eye steak finely.
88–89/100 — 6 years ago

Serge Mismetti

9.9

Peut être le meilleur Languedoc que j’ai pu boire …
Accord magique sur tous les plats du menu découverte du restaurant souka à Aniane — 2 years ago

JKT

9.1

At dinner Naxiang Xiao lunbao with Cindy Pino, so Amarone of course. Nice balance and dare I say lightness that did well with the meat dishes. — 2 years ago

Mario Vaillancourt

9.1

Nez muet à l’ouverture mais qui s’ouvre de façon élégante sur de beaux fruits rouges, des épices douces, un petit peu terreux. La bouche suit la même tendance, un peu fermée pour s’ouvrir finalement sur un beau fruit engageant, une acidité bien sentie, presque minérale, des tannins de fort belle texture, il y a une belle vivacité, finale de longueur moyenne mais savoureuse. Un très bon Chassagne rouge très typé je pense du terroir qui aurait pu mériter un peu plus de temps en cave.

Muted nose at first, took time to open up and it did so very nicely on red fruits, soft spices and a touch of an earthy feel. The palate follows the same trend, fairly closed and then started to blossom with that gorgeous and energetic red fruit, nice acidity, almost mineral, with tannins that have a nice texture on the palate, the delicious finish is of medium length. A very nice and typical red Chassagne that could have benefited of a little more time in the cellar. — 4 years ago