Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.3

Deep ruby red. Dark nose with cocoa, cinnamon, a bit herbal, cassis, light graphite and smoke. Medium plus tannins (7/10) and well integrated with a medium plus body. Really grips the back and sides of your mouth, even with two days being open. Layered flavors of smokiness, black currants, bramble, wood and black cherries. Long finish. Drink till 2030. — 7 years ago

Vilmantas Matulis

9.0

Very good, with the taste of oak barrel... — 8 years ago

Rob Brobst III

9.3

Nice wine. It came to the party wearing a backpack, glasses and a hat with a mosquito net. — 8 years ago

with Jade and Paul

David L

9.3

13' Vineyard 7 & 8 Chardonnay. Big boy Chardonnay. Pop & pour. Love drinking this wine. — 9 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Greg kasanoff 9/7/16 — 9 years ago

Winton Sweum

9.1

Well-fruited nose with grapefruit first on the palate with some slate. Still sharp-ish. Needs time. €17 at cellar door. Tasted in May in Ayl. — 10 years ago

Joseph Bilton

9.3

$313 bottle of opus one sat waiting in our wine cooler for 4 years (cost less than $200 then). Gentlemen at the winery told us 7 years would make for optimum drinking but could hold on for 15+ yrs. celebrating the new year so we opened it exactly 7 years later. Definitely needed time to breathe and open up but really enjoyed this Cali Bordeaux blend. Not super big/dark or highly tannic like some reviews stated but rather easy to drink in my opinion :) — 10 years ago

Chris Wooddell

8.9

2012 enjoyed in April 2015. Dark ruby in color with a slight sunset around the edge. Chalky/earth & plum jam nose. Soft tannins and a slight chewy fruit... finish gives you a little jawlock with every taste. Takes an hour or two to open up. Great value at $14 bucks (HEB R/S) — 11 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

A wine with the 'yummie' factor, drinks like limonade (in positive sense), playful and elegant. — 11 years ago

Tooty Frooty

8.9

Vetifan hur jag lyckades men jag råkade glida in på nån vinprovning med spanska viner??? — 7 years ago

Erock C

9.1

Posthumously review, it was great — 7 years ago

Rob Brobst III

9.2

Well balanced and medium bodied as a good Pinot should be. — 8 years ago

Nico J. Snyman

9.8

Solera vintages: 2005-2013, Dégorgement: 01/2016, Dosage: 0-4g/l, All 7 Cépage, this is so interesting, screaming acidity, beautiful development & layers of complexity, outstanding wine. — 9 years ago

Ashlee Howarth

9.5

One of my favs. Light. Citrus. Floral. — 9 years ago

PABA

9.2

Nice head, cloudy orange, hoppy and with a.strong backbone good balance, Smooth. — 9 years ago

Alex Innes

9.0

😢 Sad this isnt readily available anymore — 10 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.2

💎 like purity and precision! 7/15 disgorgement. — 10 years ago

with Elena

Viktor Wiström

9.0

Lightheaded, yet well structured. First time cooked vegetables came up as a GOOD association. — 10 years ago

Nicholas Boles

9.4

Not too early for rose! — 11 years ago

Gabriel Van Duren

9.5

One of the best — 12 years ago

James Forsyth

9.3

Black cherries, cloves, leather and tar. It's a ripe, overt Napa Cab that has an attractive balance and surprisingly silly tannins. Approachable now but would be happy to cellar this for a while longer.

Enjoyed at Simon and The Whale in NYC paired with the Simon Burger, which was beautifully prepared, if rather fussy with endless aiolis and such like. — 7 years ago

with Peter

Daron Watson

9.4

nose of brambly dark berry patch, part herbal & botanical w perfume of violets, spice cake & fireball cinnamon ~ sappy, candied & juicy raspberry & cherry, pastilles & rose petals w smoke, minerals & white pepper on the finish

about 90% Listan Negro and 10% Tintilla from 35 plots of vines ranging from 10 to 180 years of age at heights of 250 to 800 meters above sea level

to be clear: this is their “intro” red wine we sell for $17.95

BRAVO! — 8 years ago

A-M

10

Yes. Yes! YES!!! — 9 years ago

Fredrik Johansson

Winemaker Staglin Family Vineyard

9.4

Disgorged 7/23/2015. — 9 years ago

Lance Aker

9.1

Dark cherries and black currant. Deep purple color. Really gets better after being open for an hour. Moderate+ tannins. Had another glass 24 hours after opening and I think it was even better. — 9 years ago

Dan Michael

9.0

A lip smaker, lovely with our crab cakes. — 10 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.0

Famous #australian #riesling from the #clarevalley made by #accolade company #leasingham . From the hot season of #2003 though mot looking shabby; pale gold yes; spice and restraint not strong kero or honey; backward a little; evolving fruit; blessed by screwcap; 12.5%. — 10 years ago

Olga Tuttle

Partner/Winemaker Teutonic Wines

9.5

Barnaby and I got this wine as a gift on our 10 year anniversary. We found the perfect night to drink it- after a very long day of harvest work with pizza. It was such a treat. — 10 years ago

David Canter

9.1

Needs growth time and patience. Super young and a tad all over the place. Flavors all over the place but after time tobacco and cherry start to emerge. Needs 3-7 more years of age to fully become one of the better super Tuscans — 11 years ago

Cassi Meo

10

Always good with daddy — 13 years ago