Jane Anson: 96 Punkte
"Intense cassis and blueberry, olive tapenade, black pepper, sage and rosemary. This is concentrated with slate tannins and a slow build that offers balance and promise of long ageing. Renamed from Estate Cuvée from this vintage. Unfiltered and unfined. Chloe Asseo director, Stephan Asseo owner and winemaker, from the Willow Creek district of Paso Robles." (07/2025)
Decanter: 96 Punkte
"Crayon, blueberry, cool and fresh notes on the nose - expressive - some florality and soft dried herb accents. So perfumed with milk chocolate too. Round and filling, tannins are plentiful but so integrated and give the sense of structure without overpowering - slightly chewy but no dryness. There’s definitely spice and this ends with a touch of bitterness alongside some really salty minerality - oyster shell and graphite. Great complexity and sense of building to this wine - so pure, crystalline, detailed and pixelated. Still young, a little tightly coiled with tension but there's amazing potential. Lots of liquorice, clove, aniseed and mint. Ageing 12 months; 83% new oak, 17% one year with malolactic fermentation in barrel. No fining or filtering." - Georgina Hindle (07/2025)
The Drinks Business: 97+ Punkte
"(Paso Robles, Willow Creek District; 55% Syrah; 33% Cabernet Sauvignon; 12% Petit Verdot; 14.9% alcohol; 85% new oak; 21st bottling; tasted with Swann Dufeu from L’Aventure at CVBG). Gorgeous aromatically. Intensely floral. Violet, lavender and saffron. Sunny in personality. Beautifully textured and tactile tannins and a lovely natural sweetness. Dense and compact, full, rich yet always crystalline and pure. Glassy and glacial giving this a cool mid-palate. Long and vibrant, sumptuous and succulent, lithe and juicy on the long, almost rippling, finish." - Colin Hay (09/2025)
