Joel Haith

8.8

When most think of natural wines the impression of off balance, funky, cloudy, mousy come minds. This wine shatters all of those conceptions. 100 percent Syrah this wine beautiful. Silk on the pallet, the nose screams of dark fruit with a hint of anise on the back end. If you have been on the fence about “natural” wines go grab this @ sub $30 its a killer. — 6 years ago

Joel Haith

9.0

Pop and pour, needs to open up a lot. Nose of anise dark fruit plum blackberry. Very silky mouth feel with a moderate finish. — 6 years ago

Joel Haith

9.5

Joel had this 7 years ago

with Timothy

Joel Haith

8.0

2000 vintage definitely showing its age, bricking slightly, fruit characteristics are fading leading to earthy undertones. Not much time left in this one, but when paired well with food certainly drinkable — 7 years ago

Joel Haith

9.5

Wow! For some reason this wine is pretty well allocated in the Midwest. What a beautiful bottle. The nose Screams bright red fruit think raspberry, cherries, Red currents. This wine has a fantastic acidity to it gripping yet balanced. Lighter in style this wine is insanely drinkable at 12.5%. Easily one of my top 10 wines of the year, perfect wine for summer with a slight chill on it. — 6 years ago

Joel Haith

8.5

This was a great little inexpensive 2010. Loved the dark fruit notes in this. Hints of anise which can usually be off putting for me but balanced well with the oak. Very silky mouth feel and well balanced tannin, would show well for another 2-5 years — 6 years ago

Joel Haith

8.3

12’ very crisp clean Riesling. On the nose tons of lemon zest stone fruit and granite. Not overly sweet on the mouth feel but a tad sweeter than I would like. I think in a few years this wine will be fantastic — 7 years ago

Joel Haith

9.1

What a fantastic representation of what this grape can be. The 2009 is absolutely singing right now. On the nose there is a wonderful onslaught of violet followed with amazing cranberry notes with a dirt note undertone, A hint of white pepper on the back. An insanely silky mouth feel with anise notes, dark fruit and a stone component. On the pallet this lasts for a while. — 6 years ago

Joel Haith

9.0

This is funk on funk on funk. I thought it was a fantastic bottle. Not a light Gamay by any stretch of the imagination. On the nose this reeks of hay and barnyard with a wet stone note. Fantastic tart red fruit on the pallet with a wonderful lingering finish. if you are not into funky natural wines this may not be the bottle for you. But given the style of the producer I felt this fell fantastically into the style of wine that Souhaut makes. — 6 years ago

Joel Haith

9.2

Pop and pour, wine shows fantastic out of the gate. Insanely dark, inky in the glass. Wonderful nose with loads of vanilla oak and a hint of pepper with a slight alcohol burn. First taste far exceeds expectation. Velvety tannin l, the vanilla note shines in this wine (which works wonderfully) for the price this wine is amazing. A Calistoga wine for the price and quality is almost unheard of in this day and age. Defiantly seek it out. — 7 years ago

with Timothy