Doug Powers

9.3

[Half bottle] This lovely 17-year-old Banyuls has finally knitted together into a very fine example of Dr. Parce Banyuls (old vine Grenache made in the same way as Port), earlier bottles were terribly disjointed and lacking balance and sweetness). Served with Viennese Sacher Torte my wife made for dessert!

Our first Dr. Parce was the 1967 “Vielles Vignes” which was fantastic and is still my reference point. We had that in 1987 at Pierre Gagnaire’s restaurant in St. Etienne, before he moved on to Paris, his staff was kind enough to comp us a bottle — blind — while my brother and I embarrassed ourselves trying to identify the wine!! That bottle was tried with Pierre’s famous “chocolate soup” dessert, the recipe for which was in Patricia Wells’ “Food and Wine Lovers of France” book from the mid-1980s — memorable combination!!! — a month ago

with Jim

Alex Lallos

Owner No Limit Fine Wines, Private Wine Consultant

9.3

Crazy good albeit a little ripe, exudes character. Lots of Scortched earth, charcoal and camphor, complimented by dark berry and winter spices. Truly great and hard to believe I bought recently for under $40. I’ve had the current vintage and it reminds me of either gramenon (kermit) or domaine du mas blanc (colliure). Awesome stuff — 2 years ago

Palmer Emmitt

Owner/Winemaker Judge Palmer

9.3

Blew me away. Nose is so elegant and pretty with lavender and dried red fruit. Just perfectly balanced palate with enough meatiness to know you’re drinking Mourvèdre but not enough to turn off the non-wine-geeks. So expansive on the palate in terms of the breadth of flavor and complexity, but at this stage of evolution it’s incredibly approachable and easy drinking. Smiles. — 4 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.0

Had a glass of this with a small lobster roll at Supernormal. Sadly a little too cold. In colour very pale, water white with a pale yellow hue. I love Rhone whites but this was somewhat restrained. Barb thought a Lily perfume. Delicate soft flavours - a note of pear finishing with a bitter note on the light to medium weight palate. I have had more powerful Rhone whites but the cold temperature doesn’t help. — a year ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Barush ludo nichk alegza mau @gradcru — 2 years ago

Andre Rodrigues

9.0

Maison Sota — 2 years ago

Pierre-nicolas Chabanel

9.2

Mas Jullien blanc (IGP Pays de l'Herault)
Vintage 2018 — 4 years ago

John Chawluk

9.1

Delicious $12 wine on “our terrace” in Menton (La Grande Résidence). From Marché des Halles. — a year ago

with Scotti

Toby Aldenhoven

9.0

A languedoc medium sweet wine. Great with cheese after dinner and the locals make an excellent sangria with it which goes down well on the beach — 2 years ago

John Tan

8.9

Bar Brutal w Sienna and Quinn. Lively. Tiny tiny fizz on the tongue. High acidity. — 3 years ago