Mark S.

9.0

Dark cherry red. Oak, vanilla. Black currant. Chocolate nuance. Good acidity. Mid body. Dry, Elegant. 55% Mourvedre, 30% Syrah, 10% Grenache, 5% Carignan, CHATEAU RIVIERE LE HAUT GRAND VIN ROUGE LA CLAPE 21 @5500, sommelier, 241116-241207 — a month ago

jochen rueckert

8.9

Quite sweet — 10 months ago

Lluís Chico

9.2

Gon Riviere Giro 22-12-22 Al Marge — 2 years ago

Mark S.

9.0

Golden yellow. Pear citrus nuts liqueur vanilla herb chalk mineral rich white flower. dry. 40% boule blanc, 20% grenache blanc, 20% marsanne, 20% roussanne, CHATEAU RIVIERE LE HAUT GRAND VIN BLANC LA CLAPE 19 @5500, sommelier, 241116-241207 — a month ago

Daniel M

9.0

Clos la rivière, saint chinian 2019

No notes, red wine of the birthday celebration of my cousin. Good stuff, a bit of oak, with a bit of vanilla in the rear. Went well with a duck parmentier. — a year ago

Tom Casagrande

9.3

This is 50% from The Rocks and 50% from the surrounding hills. Both basaltic rock-based terroir, but the it’s wind-eroded loess in form in the hill and the famous galets-like round stones in the river plain that is known as The Rocks. And, unfortunately, I got an email a few months ago saying this winery is shuttering. Sad, because their wines were excellent, if under-publicized. The nose on this is wonderful, with dense, vibrant dark berry fruit, a bit of fresh beef blood, and smoky gravel. In the mouth, it’s got dense, low-toned flavors that are contrasted with penetrating acids, which is not the norm in Walla Walla. It seems a little tightly wound but the tannins are well contained. It’s a beautifully balanced wine that seems a couple of years away from peaking, but is damn tasty right now.

I actually lucked into buying this bottle. When my wife and I visited, we wanted to taste it, but they said it was sold out. We tasted and talked and bought some other excellent wines (the GSM was terrific), and just as we were leaving someone came in with a case of this that was being returned for some reason. So we lucked into this bottle! Shoulda bought more! — 3 years ago

Mark S.

8.9

GSM sweet and spicy. Good balanced. Chateau Riviere de Haut La clape 21 @5500, sommelier, 241103 — 2 months ago

Lindsay joly

8.9

Pleasant, easy drinker. Classic funky franc. Great for the price. — 8 months ago

Lluís Chico

9.2

Gon Riviere Giro 22-12-22 Al Marge — 2 years ago

Fredrik Finn

9.0

Olivier Riviere La Bastia 2019, one of Riojas young guns and a big part of the postmodern revolution of the region. Le Bastid is a 90% Viura, 10% Garnacha Blanca, fermented and matured in 500 liter French oak barrels.
With resemblance to a good Burgundy the wine opens up with ripe white stonefruit (plum juice, white peaches) and a lemongrass herbiness. Followed by a whiff of toast and nuts that lies over a stoney minerality. Good energy on the palate with a fresh acidity and savoury qualities on the mid palate that brings dimension and complexity through the finish.
Paired with an improvised salmon and shrimp casserole in a mushroom infused velouté topped with fried parsley and sourdough croutons.
Serve it at 10-12 degree in a burgundy glass
— 4 years ago