Joel Pennington #❤️🐢🍷

Owner/Winemaker Slow Turtle Vineyard

9.0

Hand picked in Lyon, the label lured me into thinking that something magical awaited, a bit disappointed when opened. Plenty of fresh, vibrant fruit, but felt over oaked and missing the finesse of other Beaujolais I’ve had from the region. — 8 years ago

Kathryn Spectorsky

8.9

Juicy and acid with great body. Very sipable. A plonk find — 8 years ago

Timothy Lynch

8.9

This review is NOT for the Old Vine labeling.
Looking for a wine to go with the Thanksgiving meal? This Gamay will work perfectly with the array of dueling dishes on the table. (Put a couple away in the cellar and take another look around '19. You'll think you're a genius.) — 9 years ago

Chris Scott

8.9

With truffled sweetbreads. Oh so good. — 9 years ago

Ryan Guy

8.9

Peppercorn, loamy earth and limestone meet plum on the nose. More black cherry than red, with a strong mid palate that transitions effortlessly to an elevated, almost floral (purple flowers) finish. Tannins are well integrated at this point. Enjoyed following 3 hr decant. — 10 years ago

jerod peitsmeyer

9.9

I hope they serve this by the glass in the afterlife. — 11 years ago

Amanda Hand

10

Real fav red wine — 12 years ago

Narun P

9.1

100% Gamay.

Iron-tinted garnet. Clear and transparent.

The nose is royal. Complex commingling of floral note, red fruit, and minerality. Violet, rose petal, red cherry, wild strawberry, cranberry, tar, and iron. On the bouquet alone, this could very well be misunderstood for a Nebbiolo-based wine.

Structurally, the wine is built for long haul IMO. Grippy tannin, med plus acid, med low body (12.5 abv). 4 years old but this Beaujo tasted so young (who said it cannot age!). Still a lot of red fruit characters backed by mineral/stony frame. The same profile follows through from the aromas to the palate.

Pulled the plug on this bottle on a whim. No regret. Now I know I have to keep my hands off the rest of my bottles for another decade. Lovely juice! 91+ — 8 years ago

Michael Mendes

9.6

Practically perfect. Fruit like a NV cuvée with a beautiful savory note. Balanced, precise, exceptional. — 8 years ago

Fraser McKinley

9.5

Pure, ethereal and delicious right now - 2014 — 9 years ago

Loretta de Guzman

8.9

A nice burgundy. Smooth and a bit smoky at the end — 10 years ago

Peter Friday

9.5

Bringing out the good stuff now that Bess can drink again. — 10 years ago

Maggie Ehler

9.2

This is a wine nerd's wine. Smells of a dark blond roux. Floral yet mellow. Not huge on the fruit. Would never pay the money for it, but fun to sip on. — 11 years ago

Alona Felzen Vlasova

10

Sweet Amoure by @Dedustate Wine Club
#100%Saveravi#thebestkindzmarauliever#kakheti#georgia
Kindzmarauli is a red naturally semi sweet wine made of the saperavi variety cultivated in the kindzmarsuli micro-zone. It has deep garnet color, round velvet taste with long-lasting pleasant after-taste. Charaterized with strongly pronounced accentuated bouquet of ripe blackberry and raspberry aromas. — 8 years ago

Kevin Bohlin

9.1

Cru Beaujolais made in a Croze-Hermitage cellar and it shows! Tasty! — 8 years ago

Nora Grossman

9.5

Spicy, great with chicken. Very delicious. — 9 years ago

with Caila and Sarah

Marcus Ross

8.9

Good easy drinking and fruity — 9 years ago

Laural Hargrove

10

Very sweet. Wonderful to drink, especially in a mimosa — 10 years ago

Maggie Ehler

9.7

Mmmmm silky mud. My favorite way to have my wine. — 11 years ago

Dan Pierskalla

9.8

Picked up at Batchlor Farmer! — 11 years ago