Severn Goodwin

9.4

Nose has ripe blackberry, fresh black cherry, cherry jam, mashed cherries, toasted anise seed, sweet smokey cedar, cherry liqueur. Rich and beautiful.

Palate has bright black cherry, old milk chocolate, cherry jam reduction, ripe fig, dried fig, black currant jam, moist garden soil, licorice and grape Jolly Rancher candy. Rich palate with mild tannins and long finish. This wine is in an outstanding spot with years ahead of it still, enjoy 2024-26, in proper storage. Decanted 6H.

Paired with pulled pork sandwiches, a Superbowl Sunday tradition for us. A local pork shoulder (Mill River Farm, New Marlborough, MA), dry spice rubbed and rested for 24H, then 10H in the slow cooker; it's just falling apart...so beautiful, our kitchen smells amazing! Garnished with our garden bread & butter pickles, homemade barbeque sauce, pickled red onion and a dash of cilantro, all a worthy combination. — 3 years ago

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9.1

A fruit-forward yet wonderfully fresh red, showing a mix of cherry, raspberry, sweet herbs and spice. Cooling minerals and earth tones balance the warmth of the 2015 vintage nicely. Vinified in large neutral oak. $18.00 (Eric Guido, Vinous, August 2020) — 4 years ago

Daniel P. Drake

8.9

On this Sunday afternoon I have opened the 2018 Jules Taylor Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough, New Zealand.

On the nose there are pungent aromas, pink grapefruit, lime, kiwi fruit, green apple, white flowers and nice mineral notes.

The palate gives up notes that are tangy and citrus with lime, green apple, stone fruit, mango, passionfruit, a herbaceousness and minerality.

This wine is medium bodied that is zingy crisp with medium + to high acidity and a long crisp clean citrus finish. I hope everyone is well and getting along in this time of seclusion? This too will end and we will get back to a normal assemblance of life. Please stay healthy and safe. Nostrovia! 🥂🥂🥂🥂 — 4 years ago

Tony Lamonia

9.0

At its peak I think. Great wine with some pasta and homemade red sauce on a chilly Sunday night in Chicago. — 5 years ago

Tobin Trevarthen

9.3

Had the 2009 with some friends for NFL Sunday kickoff. Dark brick color, unleashed a burst of black fruit, with peppery spice. It’s that really brought out the tang in BBQ ribs. 🤗 — 6 years ago

Andrew Ardizzoia

9.0

We had a bottle left over from Christmas and ended up drinking it with chili in August. Surprisingly easy to drink, even with food in the middle of summer! Complex, but not heavy, with pronounced dried fruit and floral notes. — 6 years ago

Jonathan Udkow

Import & Logistics, CA Sales Manager Pacific Prime WIne

9.4

Wow. I’ve had a lot of kiwi SBs in my day but this wine is completely different. Super elegant on the nose, elderflower and hay on the nose with subtle pear skin and muted grapefruit. Med + / med acid toned down and balanced. Ripe citrus turned down to a 6 and a touch of lees to provide structure. Finish is vibrant, clean and strong on the fruit — 6 years ago

Joe Lucca

9.0

When you have to travel on a Sunday, and that Sunday happens to be Mother's Day, you're not exactly psyched. This little oasis in the Delta Sky Club afforded me the opportunity to smile. Not a bad pour, regardless of the price. Typical Lynch-Bages cigar tobacco and leather with some luscious and velvety black fruit. Finished a little flat, most likely due to being open for a while in the fancy automated pour gizmo. But still smiling! — 7 years ago

Jonathan Dunn

9.1

Tropical withstood an intense sirloin burger with decorum in August ... And made for a nice onion compote in the afternoon — 9 years ago

Chris Freudenreich

9.5

Perfect for a stay in Sunday! Ice and rain outside. Great Italian sparkler. Red currant, strawberry and a touch if violet . Easy and fun to sip. — 9 years ago

Joel F

9.2

Straight juice splash! — 3 years ago

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9.7

A wine of immense pedigree and stature, the 2018 Syrah Colson Canyon Vineyard captures the essence of Joey Tensley's style. Soaring aromatics, dense fruit and beams of tannin shape a Syrah of intense richness and savory depth. The Colson Canyon Syrah is a wine of tremendous dimension that gets better and better with time in the glass. Cedar, sweet pipe tobacco, iron and bright red fruit build into the palate-staining finish. All I can say is: Wow!! (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, August 2020)
— 4 years ago

Mike R

9.7

Oh baby and I don’t mean maybe - winner winner chicken dinner - with the WNH gang on a Sunday night Italian IGT tasting via super Tuscan - this wine became commercially available wine in 1968 and since then it has risen quickly in fame - the 2015 as well as the 2016 are getting ridiculous scores from critics - like Bordeaux first growth scores - 97 plus from all - yes it a baby and as such I double decanted - i have more and I have much older vintages so this was my attempt to see what the hype was

Well the hype is real - patience is rewarded - 4 hour decant and every glass got better - in hour six this was incredible and went from a 9.5 to the 9.7 I gave it - 85% cab with 15% CF - reminds me of a great Bordeaux or great Napa blend like Continuum maybe a 2010 vintage as far as taste but leaves there and goes further - chiseled tannins integrated in a rich supple deep ruby color pushing red blue and black fruits elegantly- this could easily go another 30-40 years - and it will get better - in ten years this is 9.8 or higher - my face is broken from smiling so much! — 4 years ago

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Tom Casagrande

9.2

Terrific old vine Zin. No jamminess. Lots of pure spicy blackberry and gravelly notes in the nose. Palate really lets the gravelly minerality shine through. Good acids and a clingy finish. Outstanding! — 5 years ago

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9.4

The 2016 Chablis Grenouilles Grand Cru has a clean and precise bouquet with granite and flint aromas mixed with pressed white flowers, red apple and Conference pear. The palate is very well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, taut and linear, open and one of the most generous 2016 from Droin at this early stage. In fact, you could almost drink this now, especially to savour upon the long spicy aftertaste. This is a deeply satisfying, quite involving Grenouilles from Droin. (Neal Martin, Vinous, August 2018) — 6 years ago

Andrew Stock

9.0

Huckleberry, wild strawberry, yummy — 6 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.3

Sunday decanted. Maggie Harrison’s 2013 Lillian Syrah. Maggie was assistant winemaker to Manfred Krankl of Sine Qua Non for eight years before moving to Oregon to take over at Antica Terra. Lillian represents Maggie’s personal project and reflects everything that she learned during her time at Sine Qua Non. Fascinated by the “cannot unsee” factor of this wine... like those pictures that show two different things in one image... this is a Syrah that if given the right perspective will morph into a Cabernet. — 7 years ago

Kim Stanbro

9.2

Took a chance at this 3 liter buying it never tasted at auction. Shared with my Sunday night crew and it was perfectly aged and went down so easy. Gone in an hour. — 8 years ago

Brian Robinson

9.3

Drank with Erica at home for a relaxing Sunday evening after finishing to-do list including immigrantion paperwork. From Erica's collection - got in Napa — 9 years ago

moshe cohen

9.1

A tremendous Gewurztraminer! close your eyes and meditate. perfect body..rich but not heavy. the palate is a plethora of tropical fruit and roses. the length is legendary. incredible wine .bought in the winery june 2014. opened with friends on our patio August 14..superb! — 9 years ago

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9.2

The 2018 Pinot Noir (Santa Barbara County) is gorgeous. A rush of sweet floral and red berry notes makes a strong opening statement. Rose petal, red berry, blood orange and mint are all laced together in a Pinot of exquisite harmony and total finesse. I would give it another year or two in bottle to fully come together. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, August 2020)
— 4 years ago

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9.5

The 2018 Chardonnay Puerta Del Mar is bright and finely sculpted. Lemon oil, white flowers, mint, and a range of saline-infused overtones all grace the 2018. Weightless and yet full of flavor, the 2018 is positively stellar. It is yet another fabulous white in this range of new releases from Ojai and a terrific example of the far western edge of Santa Barbara County that is outside of the Sta. Rita Hills appellation. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, August 2020)
— 4 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.7

Mid yellow in colour. Aromas of musk and mandarin with dried herbs and a hint of paraffin. Fresh and sprightly at 18 years of age. I was contemplating leaving this to 2022 when it would have been 20 years old and on this showing it would have made it easily. With time some peachy flavours and some sweetness. Next day - lovely honeysuckle and honeyed notes on the palate. Fulsome with stone fruits and quince - you would think off dry but in fact 12.8% ABV and fully dry. Made by the legendary Brian Croser back then. An absolute treat to have a wine like this for Sunday lunch. One of the Wines of the Year for me. — 4 years ago

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9.2

Vivid orange-pink. Bright, minerally and focused on the highly perfumed nose, displaying fresh blood orange, strawberry and floral aromas that expand steadily with aeration. Energetic and chewy in the mouth, offering concentrated red berry, citrus fruit and honeysuckle flavors that show excellent depth and delineation. Closes taut and precise, displaying strong persistence and a resonating floral note. (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, August 2019) — 5 years ago

Evan Bloom

9.1

Lovely classic, but slightly lighter than a typical nuits. Thoroughly enjoying this to some early 1970s Parisian acoustic hippy soundtrack piped in.. — 6 years ago

Laura Coit

9.0

Enjoying a bottle from our host in Kommetjie, South Africa. August 2018. — 6 years ago

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9.4

The 2002 Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart comes across as rich, powerful and opulent. This latest release of the 2002 was disgorged in July 2015 and finished with a Chardonnay-based liqueur whereas the previous release, disgorged in May 2014, was finished with a Pinot Noir-based liqueur. This is a distinctly vinous, almost shockingly raw, visceral Champagne from Billecart-Salmon. There is no shortage of volume or intensity, that is for sure. Stylistically, this year's release inhabits a whole other world relative to last year's release. Dosage is 4 grams per liter. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, August 2016) — 6 years ago

Michael Herzog

9.0

Candy, floral, with a touch of vegetal in the background. Easy like Sunday morning. — 7 years ago

Charles Garrison

9.3

Amazingly pure an enjoyable...previous bottle seem to be fading...however tonight's was in a great place...Ed has Rosella's dialed in — 8 years ago

ToM Stransky

10

It's been a few years since last visiting this icon and midnight on a Sunday seemed like a good idea. #Absolutelyoutstanding and preferred over all of its peers. Opulence in the autolysis department yet enough fruit to balance and keep it focused. Quintessential 'spoil yourself' champagne at the top of the class. If only I could make it a weekly event..TS — 9 years ago