Mary H

9.0

Beautiful translucent ruby red in the glass. So aromatic and heavily perfumed - I thought I was smelling the lady next to me but no, it’s the wine. White gardenia, violets. Not much fruit at all. Tannins are quite grippy for pinot noir, surprising. Finish is short-ish, bummer. The taste is very whelming but the aroma goes on forever and ever… and finally I smell that freshly rained-upon forest floor!! At the very bottom of the glass… pee-like ammonia. Not the best ending to a pretty glass. — 5 days ago

Mark Rosse

9.4

Needed at least 2 hours before it opened up but then marvelous. — 5 days ago

Conrad Green

9.2

Pure and lifted. Black cherry fruit and underbrush. Pretty and starting to drink well. — a month ago

with Major-General and Bex

Ericsson

9.6

DRC Night at Secrets Moxché in Cancun. Opulent elegance. Violets, cherry, forest, mushroom. So round and balanced. — 14 days ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

This had dark cherry, berry fruit, crushed rock, spice & violet — 15 days ago

Gregg Siegal

9.5

Three great wines, fun dinner! — 24 days ago

Scott Kahn

9.1

Nice tertiary notes of mushroom and forest floor. Fruit is still present albeit somewhat muted. Enjoyable but not the very best from the climat. — 3 days ago

Brian S

9.1

Black tea, black soil, red fruit, mushroom. — 19 days ago

Jen

9.2

Lovely wine at Alston. Somm recommended it as being between littorai and sea smoke. Elegant with nice fruit and hint of violets, light — 6 days ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

I am a fan of their work. This wine is so weightless, soft & gentle, it might float on water.

I met Toby Bekker in Australia who I thought his Grenache and Syrah wines were made in a Burgundian style. I asked him about his time in Burgundy and if that influenced his wines. He said, there he learned what not to take from grapes/wine. This is a shinning example of what he was taking about.

The fruits are perfectly ripe, floral & extracted. Cherries, strawberries, pomegranate, rhubarb tones, plums, haunting raspberries, light & softly layered baking spices- clove cinnamon, nutmeg & vanillin, understated red cola & licorice, excellent oak use-barrel powder, hints of dry herbs, understated dry twig, hints of grilled meats, notes of dry tobacco w/ ash, soft used leather, red flowers, red & pink flowers, excellent acidity and a well balanced, softly waking tension with grace and elegance on the two-minutes that lands gently on spice & earth.

Beautiful! — a month ago