Zach D

9.6

I thought it would be fitting to pop this as it was harvested Oct 17 2017, exactly 9 years ago. Still very fresh strawberry compote, fresh and dried roses, fresh porcini, tar on the nose. Excellent acidity, depth, silky tannins on the palate; confirming everything on the nose. Great length. Fantastic wine, possibly at its apex if you like a balance between fruit and earth. — 15 hours ago

Zach D

9.6

Fantastic. Pours a medium yellow, aromas of Meyer lemon, tangerine, pink grapefruit, wet slate, white and yellow flowers, very intense. Palate of grapefruit pith, tangerine, slight saline quality. Fantastic depth and intensity while maintaining the high acid, linear spine which makes Riesling so great. There is also an interesting fresh vanilla note towards the end of the finish which is intriguing. Great wine @Lyle Fass — 2 months ago

Zach D

9.4

Fantastically pure fruit. Slight rose color, plum, tart cranberry, strawberry, not much autolytic character, but pretty complex otherwise. One of my favorite producers. — 2 months ago

Zach D

9.3

Cherry, lilacs, potpourri, sweet oak, moderate alcohol. Really enjoyable vintage. — 21 days ago

Zach D

8.8

Nice primary fruit, pretty forgettable; serviceable — a month ago

Zach D

9.2

Really nice Albariño imported by skurnik. Lemon, lime, white flowers, white pepper, good acidity and length for 20 usd — 2 months ago

Zach D

9.1

Pours a purple hue with some fading at the rim; aromas of black and red fruit; raspberry, blackberry, some dark cherry, and cassis; palate with good acidity, congruent with the nose; there is a bit of vanilla clove baking spice oak on the palate. Alcohol is moderate at 13.5; I like the wine, and I don’t drink a whole lot of American wines. The oak influence should be more delicate in my opinion, as the fruit is pretty elegant. It overwhelms a bit, and holds it back. I have doubts that this aspect will improve with bottle age, but I have another couple bottles and will leave in the cellar as an experiment. — 2 months ago

Zach D

9.0

8.9-9; clean, fresh, simple orchard fruits with the creamy texture I expect from this varietal. For 16 usd the value pushes it to 9 for me. — 21 days ago

Zach D

9.6

Short note. Intense black pepper, smoked meat, blackberry, black olive times 10, brown sugar on the nose; really unique dried rose aroma, almost Nebbiolo like. Excellent acid, superb balance; decant for 2 hours. Wait for 4 years and will probably be better. Fucking great. @Lyle Fass — a month ago

Zach D

9.4

Great wine; 14 abv; classic Nebbiolo character, roses, tar, violets, tart cherry, cranberry, white truffle. Great acidity, almost valtellina in character which these days is the highest compliment for Nebbiolo — 2 months ago