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I love 21 N Rhone. 12% alcohol here. Olives, game, smoke and flowers on the nose. Juicy, elegant palate with terrific length, purity and all red fruited and mixed with minerals and herbs. So fresh and energetic. Awesome. After around 20 hours this is crazy good. More depth and concentration. Awesome fruit. 9.3 to 9.4. — 6 days ago
I love this estate. Grassy nose of wild flowers, green apple, some minerals but a bit muted and quiet. It will come around. But the palate is where the party is at. Great acidity that is perfectly interwoven with the gorgeous grassy and wild flower infused fruit and finishes with extraordinary spice. Really awesome texture and ballerina like balance. This is terrific but needs a few hours. I will be back. As the airs the fruit starts to develop on the back end.
Wow. 24 hours late this is a stunner. Terrific elegance and structure and brilliant mouthfeel. Almost a 9.5. — 8 days ago
21 is a brilliant vintage for N. Rhone whites. The entry level St. Peray from Gripa is something else in this vintage. Nose has yellow fruits, melon, gras, lime zest and loads of granitic intensity. Palate is juicy and luscious with great cut, minerality and freshness. All coated with glorious minerality. Gorgeous. — 5 days ago
Outrageous stanky mineral nose right out of the gates. Gorgeous purity and a liquid mineral component. Jaw dropping. Some lemon peel and also a wild, feral element. Wow. super concentrated and tons of sweet and bitter lemon fruit and tons of juicy but stern minerals. Great acids and a long finish. Still needs to open but the purity, clarity and linearity are outstanding. Some citrus oil on the nose and sweet, concentrated citrus on the palate. So juicy. Brilliant stuff. — 7 days ago
Killer nose. White cherries, peaches and apricots. Jellied and ripe but also has a palpable sense of minerality. White chocolate sprinkles. So delicate and detailed. Palate is a dream. Juicy and intense like a liquid sweet tart. Such intense but clean and caressing acids. So dense and chewy but loose as well. This is so delicious and so well made. Wow. Long electric finish. Stunning wine and QPR. As it aired it gained finesse and length. Genius. — 11 days ago
So awesome. Nose is all granite, florals and deep black and blue fruits. Insane detail and clarity. Wow. Leather and smoke as well. Really detailed leather. Palate is a dream with absurd concentration and juiciness with so much class and refinement. Finishes so mineral and sweet, velvety tannins. Finish is a mile long. Can’t wait to see how this develops tonight. Now after 3 hours it’s so velvety and elegant. Great cut. This is brilliant wine. — 3 days ago
Great nose of spice dark red cherries, some plum and a meatiness. Decaying. leaves and huge minerals. Expansive. Palate has that extraordinary Rebourgeon fruit wrapped in silk. Gorgeous finesse here. Long and juicy. Black and red cherries galore. So well made. — 6 days ago
Oh this is glorious I am gaga over 2021 red burgs. All bangers all the time. Deep aromas of early to mid season cherry, spices and lots of. dried rocks like limestone. Big time limestone. This is ultra transparent. Some fresh pink rose petals as well. Wow. What a palate. Nimble and ultra refined but substantial tannins. Wow this is fantastic. Palate is all early to mid season cherry fruit with silky and furry tannins. So juicy. Needs air but it is all there.
Now after air the nose is an intoxicating perfume of roses and early season cherry. Stunning palate with gorgeous sweet fruit and so linear. 9.3 to 9.4. — 8 days ago
Lyle Fass
Founder Fass Selections
Glorious bottle. Red and black cherries jump out of the glass with shimmering clarity. Black raspberry and violets. Really terrific nose. 9.5. Palate is velvety and sweet with juicy and super pure black cherry fruit and real density, explosiveness and length while being light in tannins but there is still a delicate structure here and wow that length. Real finesse as well. Best Serpentieres from Girard I have ever had. — a day ago