SF | Dense colour; onyx, soot; and an appropriately Dickensian nose; tar, smoke and dried fruit. Behind that sloes and a hint of eucalypt. A complete and satisfying mouthfeel, fruits both black and blue dancing a merry dance, the acidity keeping them into order and the soft chalky tannins refusing to neglect the value of the moment in terms of gratification. Very Dao, very agreable. Smoky bacon and black fruits, grippy acidity and a broad expansive peroration. 93
AJ | Very dark, black-red: almost opaque Earthy, fresh, with the memory of yeast, hyper-present aromas: clean, vital, very exciting. Forests and pressed leaves over dark sloe and damson fruits. A quiet mill of aroma. Excellent nose -- one of the best in the whole tasting. It grows in refinement in the glass. Dense, close-textured and uncompromising wine; severe (very high in acidity) with the usual brisk mountain tannins; lively, vivacious fruits. Not an easy glassful but very very good and this is the place itself, delivered with great honesty and purity. Dao in all its brutal glory! Excellent wine. The lingering extracts testify to vineyard work and sacrifice. A distant cousin of a good Cornas.Drink Dates: 2024 - 2032. 94