Matt Perlman

8.9

Juicy crunchy blackberries and pomegranate, a little peppery, violets. Great for burger night — 2 days ago

Matt Perlman

9.2

Beautiful, delicate. Fresh, bright citrus and spring meadow. Zesty, stony, slight herbaceous quality, creamy lees. Fantastic with fresh linguine with Parmesan, lemon zest and ramps — 7 days ago

Matt Perlman

9.1

No surprises, just spot on. Candied lemon, green apple, browned butter, wooly, great acid — 14 days ago

Matt Perlman

9.3

Probably not everyone’s cup of tea but I really liked it. Broad, powerful, acidity lower than I was expecting. Some seriously vegetal and herbal stuff, like hay, camomile and sage, going on along with ripe melon, grapefruit and pear, almond and chalk. — 18 days ago

Matt Perlman

9.0

From mag. Had not yet tried this wine with this much age before and didn’t know what to expect but it was really quite nice. Develops kind of like a gamay or Pinot. Black cherry and raspberry still there but definitely leaner and more acid-driven and savory at this point. Dried flowers, stewed tomato, dried herbs, mushroom, maybe a little sweet tobacco and mesquite. Overall I think I would still drink this young for the exuberant lip smacking red fruit but this was interesting — 3 days ago

Matt Perlman

8.9

Plummy purple, cloudy. Peppery, stemmy, earthy, some tart red and blue fruit left, black currant, blood orange. Has entered a period of charming, gentle senescence — 10 days ago

Matt Perlman

9.0

Nose has citrus and an emerging something inorganic that I can’t quite pinpoint (petrol? Rubber? Asphalt?) as I don’t spend much time seeking out those kind of smells. Palate is feather light and tingly, sweet peach and apricot and lime up front followed by a hint of the herbal and savory. Will let the next one rest a while longer — 16 days ago

Matt Perlman

9.1

Another delicious and affordable Portuguese bottle. Roses, cherries and tar, easygoing and medium bodied — 4 days ago

Matt Perlman

9.2

Shockingly youthful and vibrant for 20 year old wine. Acid is positively feisty. Time has not dimished the potency of this in the slightest, instead knitting the intense lemon and grapefruit together with toasted nuts and a smidge of leesy richness and marine elements recalling seashell and kelp. And yes a little SO2. Btw this stuff costs less than $20 a bottle—buy it, forget about it for a while — 9 days ago

Matt Perlman

9.5

What a color. So distinctive and ridiculously good. Cool climate fruit part of the spectrum, sour cherry, red plum and wild strawberry, blood orange, some blue and purple berries too, meeting with herbal stemmy whole cluster kind of stuff, flowers and game and chalk. Makes me wish I had a whole case but sadly only one bottle — 17 days ago