Neil Valenzuela

9.2

Pale ruby color. Aromas of blackberry, herbs and smoky oak. Fantastic dark cherry, violet, and cranberry notes with a silky finish. — a year ago

Anand Rajan

9.5

Balanced, saline, forest floor, marshmallow, dark chocolate, ripe red fruits, medium tannin — a year ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.2

Super fruity and easy to drink. Warm day, smoked trout on the grill and a glass of this in your hand...good times!!! — 2 years ago

Ariana Collins

9.5

Bright, light summer perfection. Very subtle flavor. Highly drinkable. — a year ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.1

Grapefruit, bruised apples, lemonpeel, flowers, cloudy, malty, flinty, yeasty and saline.
Not too acidic, not as ‘orange’ or oxidative as I thought it would be. Lots of minerals on the finish. Nice. — a year ago

Joshua Fisher

9.6

Paired with chunk. My new frenchie puppy. — 2 years ago

Daniel Bloom

9.2

N: Cherries, old shoe leather, tree bark, red verging on black. Has the quality of a freshly pitted bowl of cherries, pits still clinging to the flesh. It’s very “ lifted” as they say… Volnay like.
P: Seamless,delicate, acid but not overtly, not rich…gossamer. Delightful mouthfeel, silky.Red fruited, cherries & plums, some tobacco, integrated tannins. Mountain Nebbiolo indeed.
Thanks@FassSelections — a year ago

Ely Cohn

9.2

The Dr. Pepper to shake up my Cola habit. Condrieu is something different - thick, waxy texture, concentrated like mercury. Yellow canned peaches in syrup, apricot jam, starfruit, honey, and the most awesome orange liquor.

Condrieu or Cointreau? — a year ago

Tom Casagrande

9.3

Delicious. Complex nose has plenty of ooozing, sappy dark cherry fruit, a decent amount of toasty, clove-like French oak, spice, warm moist loam. The palate is more minerally, with lots of crushed rock and salinity. Bone dry, but with mouth-clinging dark cherry extract. As slight bitter note at the tail end of the finish, which is long. The acids are there but soft, and there’s some very soft tannin, so this will certainly age at least a few years.

UPDATE: On night 2, the oak is much better integrated and the wine is more settled and complex. Upping from 9.2 to 9.3. — 2 years ago