Jason Budd

9.2

Lots of dark fruits with strong notes of cedar/cigar box. — 5 years ago

Eric

9.2

A couple years in the bottle has done this one some good. Nice earthy raspberries. — 6 years ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.3

Fairly fruity on the nose. Hint of black pepper and something earthy/mineral. Flavor is very dry. Dried strawberries and red vines. Classic jammy Zin thing. Some pomegranate molasses perhaps. Fresh and zinfulliciuos. Plenty of tannin to give it more bite than Zin usually achieves. Complex. True. Enjoyable. — 7 years ago

Mike Yasek

9.0

Dark cherry, big flowers and leather on the nose. little peppery first then long dark fruit finish. Lots going on here. Like it.
— 8 years ago

Nick Finarelli

9.5

Sadie has come to play! — 10 years ago

Tim Simon

9.0

Really good for a Costco bin wine — 10 years ago

Peter Freeman

9.1

Zin + Port = yummy — 11 years ago

Joseph Mims

9.4

Delicious. Highly recommend. — 11 years ago

Michael Scott

9.7

Great wine — 12 years ago

Lesa Gough

8.9

Cali Zin with refinement. Very nice. Need to get more of this. — 12 years ago

Chris DeRenzi

8.9

2017- very earthy. Good peppery spice. Subtle dark fruit. Good tannins — 6 years ago

Jim Chen

8.9

Mascalese-esque.... — 6 years ago

Neil Valenzuela

9.1

What a fantastic wine @Rajat Parr ! Beautiful color, aromas of fruit punch, watermelon and strawberry. So delicious! — 7 years ago

Dave Shein

9.3

Like a savory cherry tart! Yum. — 9 years ago

Carl Tominberg

9.0

2012 is excellent. Went very well with Tuna steak. — 10 years ago

Karen Easton

9.0

Everything you want in a zin. — 10 years ago

Emily

9.0

Drinks like a white. Tart and interesting. — 11 years ago

Michelle Twyman-ward

9.2

Love love love! Perfect balance! — 11 years ago

Robert Hess

9.1

Good zin had to decant — 12 years ago

Aaron Means

9.4

2006. 8yr old Zin from Lodi. This used to be a bruiser of a wine. Now it's quite balanced, nuanced, and at the end of its life. Very vegetal with green bean and English pea aromas, balsam, and tasting of an amalgam of stewed raisined cherry, black currant , oak, mushroom, and white pepper. 16.5%abv. — 12 years ago

Lars Miller

9.1

You can smell the alcohol on this one. Ripe berry nose, with mint, fennel, and licorice. Wow. $15 from Village Corner. — 6 years ago

Brian R

9.4

Sulfur free barbera. So fresh and alive. Really bright crunchy cranberry, raspberrry, pomegranate. — 7 years ago

Brian R

9.2

Rioja meets California. Too young though, needs another 5 years. — 7 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

My last 2011 bottle. The estate of Sette Ponti lies in the heart of the Chianti zone, 15 miles northwest of the city of Arezzo, past the village of San Giustino Valdarno. Crognolo, aged in French Allier barriques, deep red with red fruit aromas and sweet perfumed spice. On the palate raspberry and cherry flavors, gentle spice and soft tannins with great mouthfeel. Good balance, lingering finish ending with some oak and mineral tones. Aged well. — 8 years ago

Eric

9.6

Dig it. All the trademark Buccella traits like plush candied oak with a Rhone skeleton of wild game and pepper. Cool neon purple too. Looks like they got a new winemaker in -15? Fingers crossed. — 9 years ago

Doug Griffin

9.2

Heat off the nose, bramble, flowers and dust. Raspberry blueberry pie filling, five spice, chocolate. Very balanced, not pruny or over done — 10 years ago

Doctor No

9.2

Elegant, a bit animale, touch of tapenade and rich, red meat. Closest Cali gets to Cote Rotie — 11 years ago

Ryan Tedder

9.4

Favia's 2011s are awesome! Nice grip, fruit, savory and texture. Bravo! Is 2015 the year of Cali Syrah?? — 12 years ago

Manny Fuentes

9.1

amazing nose
Great rhone varieties blending — 12 years ago

John Kemper

9.9

A dense glass-staining purple, the '06 Charles Smith Syrah 'Royal City' is a monumental wine. Big, pungent aromas of game, truffles, black olives and dried fruits exploded from the glass. Complex, but still seamlessly balanced. The tastes stayed on the palate for a seemingly infinite length of time. Simply wonderful! — 12 years ago