Austin Hohnke

9.4

Needed 3 hours of air to really open up.
Hour 1 was as inaccessible as Kilimanjaro.
Hour 2 was tightly wound and muscular.
Hour 3 was waltzing with raspberry, blackberry, currant, cedar, potting soil, caramel, mushroom, and green stems. Powerful stuff with a mineral backbone. Looking forward to trying on day 2. — 4 months ago

GaryWEdwards

9.4

Nice combo of deep ruby and commination of both lavender, chocolate with a rich earth thingy. Nicer — a year ago

Stefan Lindberg

9.5

This is a wine that need lots of time in the decanter or big ass glass.

Trying to understand this wine from just pouring a glass and drinking it is pointless.

Full bodied (Imagine meatloaf in fight club, may he rest in peace) complex, super tight and vivid yet 18 years young. On the nose I sense tar (freaking new highway asphalt!) probably new and old reused oak. Scent of white spirit in that haze of tar before sweet jammy fruit appears between a rich autumn forrest with leaves that start to decompose in my nostrils. Mineral notes between iron, copper, gravel and a plummers jacket. This is by far a wine that I can’t decide if I like or love I’m intrigued by its mystique and bedazzled by its harsh appearance. These grapes must have grown on vines stuck with its roots deep in some serious steriod soil.
On the palate, long jammy blue fruit, violets, ripe black plum, blackberry, liquorice, tar, rich iron minerality towards licking your own wound. Long lasting finish going to sundried blue fruit, tobacco and jeez this wide palete with its perfectly integrated oak and smooth tannins.

I’m ready to give my verdict after 4-5 hours in the glass, I love this wine so much. — a year ago

Lyn Farmer

9.3

Rich, intense aromas of black cherry, blackberry, cassis, black olive, tapenade, mint, baking spice, vanilla, cedar, dried violet, leather and earth. Great finesse with plenty of tannin that is silky and polished. The alcohol is well balanced with the pronounced flavors a lovely wine. — 5 months ago

Eric

9.4

Beautiful Pinot. I really enjoy Sonoma Coast and Freestone/Occidental in particular. Steve crafts a fine wine - it’s harmonious. — a year ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.6

2016 vintage. The Jaboulet whites seem to have improved spectacularly under the Caroline Frey reign, as demonstrated by this amazing 2016. Light golden colour. Intense complex perfume of quince, pear, pineapple and lemon confit,intertwined with floral and mineral notes. In the mouth it is powerful and refined at the same time, with layers of fruit and spices, balanced by an attractive almondy bitterness. Impressively long mineral finish. Abv. 14%. — a year ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Very plush and open on the nose. Corn, yellow flowers, lifted acidity. Full bodied and lush. Long but atypical — 10 months ago

with stewart

Neil Valenzuela

9.3

Medium straw color. Citrus aromas, lightly floral and raw biscuit. Sexy AF champagne, complex with a racy citrus punch. Could use some salty caviar to balance it. Definitely can go another 8-10 years. It’s a Grande Dame, absolutely amazing! — a year ago

Drew Summers

Sales Northampton Wines

9.3

🍕 Pizza Party! 🍕 — 2 years ago

Rachel Retallick

9.5

Robust berry blend with soft finish and beautifully fragrant. 2013 opens up nicely, but would be curious if it tastes even better with more age. — 2 years ago

with JP