Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

The better steak wine over the 2009 Ormes de Pez but, not the more beautiful, elegant wine.

The 2010 Rioja marries the Wagyu Ribcap while showing its Ranchero characteristics.

The palate shows tumble-weed, tannin fruits that are; brambly, ripe, slightly candied; blackberriesblack raspberries, dry, dark cherries with skin, ruby, black plums, very w/ ripe strawberries. Tumbleweed, straw, dark spice, tough leather, clove, sage, dry clay & top soil, crushed rocks, black pepper, dark, berry cola, mint, oak barrel powder, used charcoal with candied florals that are fresh & withering; dark, red, purple & blue. The acidity is top flight. The long finish is well balanced fruit & earth, persisting nicely falling onto earth & dark spices.

Photos of; Margues de Murrieta & vines, large oak vats and their wine shop.

1/15/21 — 4 years ago

Navin Budhwani

9.0

Opened quickly. Black fruits. Smooth finish — 5 years ago

Guillermo Camacho

8.9

Opened up and presented better than I thought it would, but not the best brunello. Has it all but doesn’t use it well. — 7 years ago

Kimberly Jamrozek

9.0

Nice flavor. Has a little spice. Didn't decant but will try for next time. Now to find a decanter🤔🤔🤔 — 8 years ago

Nevin Dawson

10

Complex in all the right ways — 8 years ago

Jeff Shapiro

9.2

Oak, tobacco, plum and flower petals. Borders on masterpiece. — 10 years ago

Stephanie Stoiloff

9.5

Johnny V's - SCW #46 🎂 — 11 years ago

Paul Ricciardi

9.6

Very old world style Pinot. Lots of fruit and earth. Extremely complex yet soft and easy to drink. — 11 years ago

Chris Rhoton

9.6

J. Light Seven Oaks Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 — 12 years ago

Patrick Gilbert

9.7

Special with Haas-Schroedter — 13 years ago

Chris Addison

9.6

Cathy Corison is a legend. — 5 years ago

HFly

9.0

Huge wine with lots of stuffing — probably opened this prematurely. Great fruit underpinned by massive tannins at this stage. Budged a bit on day two.
Will let other bottles wait at least a few more years and crack some Perbacco instead. — 5 years ago

Dean Bernal Sr.

9.1

Majic Monday’s 2010 Silver Oak NAPA Cab! 👍🏼😊 — 5 years ago

with Julie, April and 3 others

Andy Baker

9.0

Really enjoying these Cab Francs from the Loire Valley. — 7 years ago

with Adiba

Paul Barnes

9.3

Steak dinner selection — 9 years ago

Paul Kiely

9.0

Shared with Galen in SF @ Roys. Very nice — 10 years ago

Robert Vaupel

10

Nice minerality. Serve chilled. — 11 years ago

안 용태

9.8

FREEMARK ABBEY — 11 years ago

Dawn Donnelly

9.8

Loove the taste and the love the name! Woohoo! — 12 years ago

with Nic

Jessica Schmidt

9.6

7 Deadly is a must have!! — 13 years ago

Shawn R

9.2

I don’t drink a lot of this but it showed well with age. Needs a decant to wake it up. — 5 years ago

Luis Arguero (@winefromAtoZ)

9.1

Awesome! Red fruit. Spice. Smoothness. — 5 years ago

Brendan Baker

9.3

Blackberry and stone fruit, bramble and spice. Medium bodied, almost resolved tannin. World’s best QPR? — 5 years ago

Janelle Kellman

10

Exquisite celebration wine quite possibly most delicious cab I’ve had. Paired with braised beef short ribs. — 7 years ago

Nicole Li

9.1

On the purple side with slight rim variation. Chocolate, red fruits and vanilla on the nose. Cherries and developing minerality, smooth yet firm tannins, medium body; finish with ripe fruit and rustic Italian oak. Well balanced and a go-to classic chianti. Yum! — 8 years ago

Nicole Hakli

Sommelier The NoMad Restaurant

10

All the elegance! — 9 years ago

Juan Valencia

9.2

With a meat lovers pizza! — 11 years ago

John Kemper

9.1

The purple-magenta '10 Bodega Catena Zapata Malbec 'High Mountain Vines' adorns both the nose and the palate with black raspberry, fig, oaky vanilla, mocha and spice. Nicely focused and finishes with ripe tannins and long length. An easy drinker that begs for a slab of red meat. — 11 years ago

Eric Abrutyn

9.6

Full body. Great drinking. — 12 years ago

Jill Smith

9.8

Yummy good with sushi! — 12 years ago