Clean and incisive, red berry fruit and a slight touch of brioche on the nose. Creamy but somewhat aggressive mousse. I think @Morgan Twain-Peterson and @Chris Cottrell are doing very cool things here and am waiting to see some late disgorgement versions of these! — a year ago
I don’t rate wines this high often. Almost never. This was just stupendous. Beautiful, complex and layered nose of flowers, berries and game. Like a red-meated DRC, that good. Both adequately ripe and cherry-fruited and savory, herbal and bloody. Rich but decidedly middleweight on the palate. Long and subtle finish. No roughness, no rusticity. Gorgeous. Hard to imagine a better Syrah, even in the abstract. A @Lyle Fass discovery, and one of his best — a year ago
Lovely, briskly acidic, nice nose of rose hips and maraschino. Exactly what Alto Piemonte should be - sneaky depth but lighter and less roasted than its Barolo cousins. @Lyle Fass — a year ago
Noah Raizman
The @Hardy Wallace signature funk-and-red-fruit in effect here. Reminds me a bit of Metras with its light and almost carbonic nose on opening, but it gathers weight with time. There is a small bit of VA clearly evident here but it blows off quickly. With a little air, this is more and more reminiscent of Cru Beaujolais crossed with Bandol. If 2017 was a tough year for D&R, you can’t tell by this intriguing and protean Evangelho. — a year ago