Carter White

9.3

Lemon, grapefruit, spices, cream. Oaky but well balanced with electric acidity. — 7 months ago

Roberto Carli

9.7

what an outstanding experience and without question one of the best wines of the year for me. This is a world class business card of what American oak can do at its best. It starts with a powerful yet elegant knows of dusty cherry, old licorice but mostly gives way to inebriating feeling of grandma‘s old spice cabinet. Something in the nose already tells you that fine fine tans are waiting for you, but the palate is overwhelmingly silky smoothness, possibly the highest combination of intense-yet-silky tannins you can find anywhere, with bright acidity and medium to light body that makes the whole thing dance. I decided to check the producer website and they recommend pairing it with cod with sauce. Luck would have it that I randomly was eating pasta filled with salt cod and tomato sauce. The pairing works well as it further rejuvenates the wine, but I would say it shines at its brightest just by itself, letting those tannins tell the story without any need to curb them down. I’m drinking from Coravin meaning I cannot decant the wine, but even the sediment tastes good. Just like those people who brag about buying burgundy in the 70s, I feel like once the ebbs and flows of trends will shift I will be bragging about buying a 26-year-old monte real gran reserva, kept 24 years at the winery, for 60 bucks, which in San Francisco wouldn’t even pay for the cost of storage  — 9 months ago

Joe Davant

9.1

From a recent Santa Barbara tasting event. Shroomy, loamy, deep and rich without being overblown. — 6 years ago

Patricia Schnitzer

8.9

Jan 31, 2018. Top Ten, on the bar list. Easy drinking, Priorat. Would be great everyday wine. Dark fruit, rich earthy wine. Grenache blend. Yum — 7 years ago

Martin Johnson

10

This wine is excellente! Deep silky dark fruit. This is a great sipping wine, yet it will sing with a thick steak or juicy grilled pork chop. This is a 2007, so good luck finding one. — 9 years ago

R. Addison Wehrfritz

9.5

#gamey like a lamb kabob, #saltartyness like green olives, #dry like Cali in a drought year. Love it! — 10 years ago

Danny Hernandez

9.2

Les Petite Canailles — 8 months ago

with Suzanne

Raul Puga

9.4

Just freaking delicious — 4 years ago

Nathan Branch

10

My favorite Malbec so far. — 6 years ago

Nagib Nasr

9.2

Amazingly smooth... at Emerils — 7 years ago

Michael Park

8.9

Powerful, dense and full bodied with a high acid finish. This needs to lay down for a while. — 8 years ago

Paul Hodgkinson

8.9

Decent not great.
— 10 years ago

with Scott

Neil Shah

9.4

Loving this, it's a Pinot with all the elements I love in Cayuse — 12 years ago

Some Dude

9.0

What a winner! Fresh and lonely and such a clean mineral finish! Paired it with a beer, carrot and pomegranate salad, and also with shrimp and grits. Worked great with both. — 8 months ago

Paul K

9.0

Easy drinker with nice structure for $20. A guy could do worse on Wed night. — 3 years ago

Inseon Hwang

9.1

Black pepper — 5 years ago

Michael Nippe

9.5

This is really good wine. #schmeckt-gut — 7 years ago

Michael Meyer

9.4

Such an intense inviting nose and sexy opulent palate. I’ve been on a roll lately with excellent Sangiovese based wines (this is 100%), but this ranks high across the board, and still not close to fully mature. Herbs and spices, leather, ripe rich red fruits, silky tannins, buoyant acidity. Nothing NOT to like here, especially when paired with a pork osso bucco. — 8 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

8.9

Strawberry nose. Cooked strawberry in the glass. Low alcohol and classic California fruit. Fruit forward but well balanced with good acidity. A good one for a great price if you like this style. — 9 years ago

Nina DeMarco

9.9

Fantastic!! — 11 years ago