Andy Stabile

9.6

Damn good bottle of wine..

Edit… came back as I couldn’t stop thinking about this bottle all night.

California wines were my ‘gateway drug’. I moved away from these wines as I learned about and tried the many many varietals around the world. Ultimately, I fell in love with the quality and, frankly, accessibility of Italian wines. Over the last 5 or 10 years i’ve tried many Italians, travelled to and gotten to know the regions reasonably well. Italy vino is my thing.

But French wine… it eludes me. I know there are great wines — maybe the best. But the country is so large, the regions and varieties so diverse, the price, sometimes too discouraging, that I simply haven’t learned enough about the wines to know my way around the offerings or how to find the wines I love.

But… I know they are there. I’ve had my share. And just how “every now and then a squirrel finds a nut”, so to do I, from time to time find my way to a great French bottle to remind me I’ve leveled up.

This bottle, for me, was one of those reminders. I actually opened it by accident. While bummed it had no age, I was so happy to drink it. I’ll probably buy a few more to cellar… and, yeah, will probably now spend a little more time and money brushing up on my French…

— 3 days ago

Andy Stabile

9.0

Liked this a lot. Salty. Earthy, dry.
Barsha WOM — 2 months ago

Andy Stabile

8.8

Really wanted to like this more. While it had enjoyable firm tannins, this Food & Wine recommended Bordeaux was too oaky and floral for me. — 3 months ago

Andy Stabile

9.2

Yum.. someone said “minerals raspberry”. That’s it out of the bottle. As it opens the dryness, the currant, the earthy hit in waves.
Fruit stays big and tart.
Loved this. — 9 days ago

Andy Stabile

9.0

Interesting. Soft tannins. Dark fruit and earthy with a hint… just a hint… of cotton candy.
#masteos — 2 months ago

Andy Stabile

8.9

Solid. A bit rustic. Dry. Nothing remarkable. — 2 months ago

Andy Stabile

8.4

Nice tannins and some strong ruby fruit.
Not digging the super oak… sweetness… and strong clove / allspice direction. I’m sure others do, but not for me.

Wish I cellared this… maybe then… — 3 months ago

Andy Stabile

9.0

Dry, soft, touch of spice
Very nice — 2 months ago

Andy Stabile

9.0

Off the cork, I loved. There’s some earth in there, which I loved, but as this opened up, it got a little more floral and a little more sweet… so I pulled back my rating a touch.

Strong fruit upfront with a little spicy clove and firm tannins. Then a floral nose and sweet finish.

Nice glass of wine. — 2 months ago

Andy Stabile

8.8

I like more than most
Mushroom, lemon, thyme, bit of melon. Not sweet, which is my favorite part.

Admittedly, a bit muddled.
— 2 months ago