Ian Hamel

9.2

2024/9/2-3. There’s some young austerity, but with air the aromas really open, with salted lemon, stone, smoky minerals, flowers and judicious oak. In the palate it’s still quite tight, with ample acid and and austere structure - enjoyable but a bit gangly compared to what it will be at peak. Still, I understand Amiot has lengthened maturation times to near two years, and to me, those echoes of old school producers are very welcome — 2 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Meaty, minty and peppery nose. Wow. So gamey and bloody. Pedal to the medal St. Joseph. Ultra traditional stuff here. Lots of olive and all on a serious granitic background. Palate is elegant and so refined but also has a wild side in that it’s super gamey, olivey and very supple and has good red berry sweetness. Really clean. These wines get cleaner every year without losing their feral edge. Very fine tannin. Also some youthful austerity. Needs air. I will be back. As this opens up exotic tea scents. Maybe oolong and Puer-eh. Great concentration and super silky and long. This is so good. 19 is also best vintage since 15. — a year ago

ESF

9.0

Light straw w/green tint: this usually straddles the line between Old & New World and I think this vintage needs some time to fatten up. Typical toasty buttery lemon verbena on the nose with some tropical guava and melon for good measure. Firm acidic backbone & lighter body gave it an austerity on palate thru finish. — 3 years ago

Jay Kline

9.1

Opened and poured into a decanter about an hour before service; no formal notes. This is only my second experience with Padelletti which, continues to be somewhat elusive here in middle-America. Based on my previous experience, I expected this to be very traditional (and it was) but I also expected this to show more of the hallmarks of 2015. Instead, it had a similar elegance and austerity that I recollected from the 2012 that I enjoyed several years back. The quality is certainly there however, it is somewhat reticent and really made me work for it. Be careful not to pair this with fare that’s too heavy. This is a wine to sit with; to ponder. If I had another bottle, I would hold for another 5+ before enjoying again. — 5 months ago

Sherwin Taghdiri

9.0

A little strong on the nose, with scents of dark berries, currant and spices.
Drink’s surprising smooth on the palate, with subtle flavors of berries, chocolate and spice…with a linger or spice at the end.
A good deal when on sale at Costco for $9. — 2 years ago

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Bill Kaplan

9.2

A grape fest. Some austerity on the nose, and a party in the mouth. — 3 years ago

Austin Hohnke

9.1

Another outstanding Picasses that is far more accessible in its youth. Open but with more muscle, austerity, and brooding fruit than the ‘14. Need to revise my other rating up rather than this down. — 8 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

8.9

Deep ruby , garnet thinner rim . Quite deep fruits again . Spicy fruit darker in profile than the 1998 . But in style quite similar to the 1998, not the austerity or classic profile of the 1995 or 1996. Redder lighter fruits again , touch of spice and tobacco. A bit more stuffing than the 1998 , bit more tannin noticeable, with good acidity . This is better balanced than the preceding wine , has more complexity with quite good length on the slightly saline tinged finish. Certainly aromatically the youngest wine in the tasting , this can be drunk now though will improve over the 5 years perhaps and last well a further 5-10. — a year ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.5

Built for the cellar. Delicious. Maybe medium approachable in its youth. But lots of acid and structure, dryness that verges on austerity, but for a licorice sweetness that brings it back and complicates this immensely. Open from ‘25. — 2 years ago

David Kline

9.4

Lime pith swells with shallot, lemon peel and lemon-poppy bread, seashell, chive, carnation, orchids, candied grapefruit peel bouquet. Dry and enticing entry, has a Chablis like austerity, but rounder, showing chamomile and caper with lemon juiciness. .
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