Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2019 vintage. Last tasted 12.22.25 (9.2). On the list for $85 and popped for the staff at the end of the night for the usual Saturday Slurp. Medium/medium-heavy body. Spices more of a drive-by vs front and center now. Getting rounder. Getting softer. Tannins dwindling. The ever-present frontal palate richness stretching the legs and corrupting the mid palate now too. Really pleasant food or solo matchup. Harmonious and giving. 6.27.26. — 2 days ago

Brian Montgomery

9.3

Found this state side ! 2023 excellent — 3 months ago

with Jessica

Michael Phillips

8.9

Soft, with dark berries and lingering tannins.q# — 4 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

N: candyish/ dense

P: coiled. Dense but elegant. Precise but amazing cherry fruit. Spice.

Grapevine 31.50 — 5 months ago

Tyler Felous

9.4

Full bodied Gigondas, paired alongside lamb ragu. Stood up great to the food. Think the wine could have used another hour decant to really show itself. — 6 months ago

DCH

9.1

A delicious and expressive Gigondas. If you know Gigondas this is a solid one, none of that oj astringency just enjoyable. If you don’t know Gigondas, now you know. — 8 months ago

Matt Konopka

8.9

Miss you Larry — 3 years ago

with Andrew

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

2022 vintage. 6.3.26. — 19 days ago

Lee Hoff

9.0

Nice red fruit and light acidity. Cherries and plum with an easy finish. — a month ago

Michael Phillips

9.0

Well balanced with lots of fruit and modest tannins — 4 months ago

Jay Kline

9.0

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple hours. The 2020 “Aux Lieux-Dits” pours a deep garnet with an opaque core; medium+ viscosity with light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of fresh, ripe brambles, garrigue, red flowers, and inorganic earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium. There is a solid sense of place from this expression. Drink now through 2035. — 5 months ago

Irina Georgieva

9.7

Amazing rich wine, well-balanced, at its prime! — 5 months ago

Vin d’Ottawa

9.0

Hazelnut & marzipan with light bubbles. — 8 months ago

with Gillian

Robert Krupp

9.3

Maybe it’s the perfectly grilled ribeye talking but sappy, sanguine and delicious — 3 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Blend of 80% Grenache and 20% Mourvèdre, medium Ruby red color with aromas of red fruits, floral and spice notes, aged for 12 months. On the palate flavors of cherry, red plums and blueberry with notes of black pepper, floral and spice. Fine chewy tannins, long savory finish, ending with fruit, herbs, spice and slight earthy notes. Organic, drinking well, will cellar a bit! — a month ago

AEL

9.0

Earth, orange peel, berries, maybe wood. Light on palate, but structured. — 2 months ago

John Chawluk

9.0

Excellent and well priced — 4 months ago

with Scotti

Nagib Nasr

9.0

Amazing Gicondas — 5 months ago

Peter Prizio

9.0

Great. Had at Pasture in Cardiff Wales — 6 months ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.3

Cool simple bottle and label. A screw-top with class. Color is golden straw. Aromas of lemons and honey. Hint of freshly scrubbed flagstone patios. Flavors are lemon water, honeydew melon and jasmine tea. This is like all the good things in non-buttery Chardonnay mixed with the minerality and zing of Sauv Blanc. It’s fuller, denser and more elegant than most CA Chenin Blanc I’ve had. It’s also a white that seems to age nicely. If I could find it somewhere around here, it would join the short list for go to whites. — 8 months ago