Matthew Cohen

9.6

Maximally delicious. Almost too much but not quite so.

Optimal after 45 minutes.

Nose: yellow flowers. The aroma of a perfect peach whose juice is dripping down your chin. A hint of dried apricot.

Palate: unbelievably delicious. Peach. Apricot. Long. Still some mountain stream here. As this opens apricot nectar. Insane.

It’s a lot of wine but it holds together. One of my favorite wines on earth. If you can’t enjoy this, you can’t enjoy life.

Fass selections — 18 hours ago

Bob McDonald

9.3

Apricot City! Nice to compare this with Australia’s top version of Viognier, the Yalumba “Virgilius” which we had yesterday and I preferred - definitely better value for money. Richard Hemming MW thought the Stephane Ogier was light for a Condrieu. 100% Viognier, 33% new oak. — 2 months ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.1

Always great — 4 months ago

Charles Houssa

9.6

At OSM board. Amazing — 7 months ago

Robert Torretti

9.2

Second of two bottles. First was a bit muted, second bottle had a more fragrant nose and deeper palate. — 8 months ago

Stephen Dodson

9.0

Good buttery starter pleaser — 9 months ago

Ted

9.4

App seems crummy again. Forgot my note. Such a cool wine. Higher acidity. Coffee notes after half an hour. Getting more. — 15 days ago

with Jeni

Rob van Kalmthout

9.3

Great wine. Blend of Roussanne and Marsanne. Apricot, white flowers, white almonds backed with subtle vanilla. Paired with John Dory and beurre blanc. 2021 is a surprise in northern Rhône white — a month ago

mik bafana

9.2

Beautiful golden color. Balanced, beautiful wine with great minerality. Great with vegetarian food. — 3 months ago

with Shweta

Erica Harrop

9.1

2024 very unctuous — 4 months ago

Paul Masson

9.1

All of the varietals come through but ultimately this is defined by its Pinot Noir polish and elegance. Light-bodied but with lively complexity of red fruit, spice and mineral. — 8 months ago

M Maloof

10

Delicious cremant. Smooth and rich, dry. Gitane - Christmas Eve — 8 months ago

B A

8.9

Toasty yet flinty — a year ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.8

Started broad, warm and slightly all elbows, then within minutes transformed completely. The palate became astonishingly elegant, serene and weightless, with enormous concentration, tiny-berry tropical fruit intensity, tremendous granite minerality and extraordinary texture. The warmth never fully disappears, but it integrates into the wine and somehow becomes part of its aristocratic character. Juicy, feral, mineral and profoundly refined, with the kind of effortless authority I associate with truly great wine. One of the most interesting whites I have had all year.

Even better integrated on day two, with the 14.5% alcohol completely disappearing into the wine and classic Marsanne gras, vanilla extract, enormous density, purity, sapidity and Grand Cru authority. Unbelievable finish and still the wine of the night. — 24 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Rich, ripe, elegant, juicy and clean, with beautiful purity and very fine tannins. Classic, polished and delicious. — 3 months ago

Chris Buggy

9.0

Oh yes, smooth as a baby’s ass! Easy sipper, soft bubbles, bon entreé — 3 months ago

with Jennifer

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.3

Stone fruit, yeasty, alive. Excellent — 7 months ago

Brandon Boesch

9.6

Best wine on Christmas Eve. Such great balance. Tons of fruit and earth and minerals and goodness. Great with food. — 8 months ago

JKT

9.1

Surprise! Was poked in 2016 and it’s still drinking nicely. Lean more muscular but interesting profile of Pinot that mashes you think about it — 9 months ago

Martinez

9.1

Also very mineral, but rounder than Les Bruyeres — 3 years ago