Roberto Carli

9.5

Salmon color with copper reflexes. Nose of grapefruit, and Mandarin peel, lemon juice, pink flowers, and petrichor. Faint Aperol on the back. Palate is explosive but not effusive. More grapefruit oil, lemon pith, garrigue, waves of saline minerality and a bright acidity that makes it go on and on. Pretty serious argument on why it deserves its reputation is the best rosé in the world  — 8 days ago

Roberto Carli

9.4

Wow, two wines in one. Nose is a dark, stemmy cab franc, Saumur style, lots of green pyrazines and a bit of soft berries in the background. Palate is totally different, smooth, crunchy, very soft on the tannins. One of the most clever uses of carbonic I’ve seen — 4 months ago

Roberto Carli

9.6

One of the best example of ripe style California Chardonnay I have ever had. It hits with a savory character of grilled pineapple, then gives away to a variety of ripe stone fruit, a roux of spiced oak and even further back, a crushed rock minerality that keeps the ensemble lifted and enticing. The pallet is even more surprising as it confirms the stone fruit, adds a touch of citrus and slaps you with tingling stony acidity that keeps going and going. The juxtaposition of opulence and lean elegance is outstanding. After drinking through some flabby 2018s recently, this is a smacking reminder of why I fell in love with Jim’s wines to begin with. Wow!!!! — 5 months ago

Roberto Carli

9.5

Everything a white Bordeaux should be.  extremely intense nose, feels oily before you taste it, spiced apples, vanilla, candied cedar, orange oil, lanolin. A tingling spicing sensation hits on the palate, followed by waves of citrus oil in a long finish, combining citrus both, bergamot and woodsy notes. It will balance out further with time, but it’s quite the experience already  — 13 days ago

Roberto Carli

8.8

Meunier nv. Vinous, a but of toast but a tad unbalanced towards body — 2 months ago

Roberto Carli

9.3

Big big concentration in the roussanne-heavy blend, with enough minerality and great texture to hold the big wave of alcohol — 5 months ago

Roberto Carli

9.2

Lots of structure and concentration, good promise, firm tannins. — a month ago

Roberto Carli

9.1

The most concentrated delineated line of pure petrol I’ve ever had out of a wine. The remainder of fruit and still fresh acidity shows up on the pallet, but the nose is a show.Really cool to taste  — a month ago

Roberto Carli

9.2

Lovely, lots of red fruit and freshness — 5 months ago

Roberto Carli

9.3

That’s a lot of wine in the glass. By far, the most concentrated in the lineup, brings in just ripe pear and load of bitter lemon pith. A bit of ginger on the attack. Finishes with tisane-like complexity — 6 months ago