Surprisingly good Pinot noir. Good nose, with some body to it. — 8 years ago
Bold cranberry and currant with mild hints of abuse and mint. Soft yet grippy with tight little tannins that cling to your tongue like a melody from the past. Needs time so you can hear the orchestra, but will delicious today. Pair with meatballs and Mikes Davis. — 8 years ago
Light straw, pear, apricot and a hint of wet slate material. Crisp and delightful! — 8 years ago
good carbonation, perfect balance of sweet and dry, happy alc level, perfect natural cider — 8 years ago
Inviting nose of cream and citrus and dried orange peel...,refreshing yet hefty tripel comes through. Great! — 9 years ago
Great Redwine blend from Argentina. When the wine was first opened, it tasted flaw with hint of dry cork. This vanished after leaving the wine alone for another day with the vacu cork seal.
Wine showed dark berry fruits and was well balanced! — 9 years ago
Fresh cut Meyer lemon, and green apple with undertones of white pepper and damp river rock. Slight residual sweetness, fresh acidity. — 10 years ago
“The art of collection - rare champagnes” — 7 years ago
Seven Stones was the wine of this market visit to Napa. For me, it is the very definition of why I drink wine. Great fruit that is not overworked and is the Webster’s Dictionary of elegance, even at this young age.
On the nose; beautiful dark & medium red cassis. Ruby in style with amazing florals. Blackberries, dark cherries, raspberries & blue fruit mix. The red florals are so engaging, They possessed me for quite sometime before getting to tasting the wine. Soft baking spices with understated vanilla.
The body was medium full. Tannins unbelievably soft, silky and elegant for such a young wine. The fruits picked at the perfect ripeness. Such elegance! Creamy and ruby fruits of; cherries, dark cherries, creamy raspberries and wafting blue fruits. Soft spices, dry crushed rock powder, delicate volcanic minerals, touch herbaceous, whiff of black olive, dry soils, beautiful red roses and violets. The structure firm yet delicate as was the tension. The length and balance in perfect harmony. The long, polished finish simply amazing. Especially, in a wine this young.
Photos of; the property with the seven stones from Yosemite that are held together by gravity and weight 100,000 pounds, and two other artworks from the owners amazing art collection and the view from their terrace. — 7 years ago
Lidia's Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine + Tignanello😏 — 8 years ago
Color is so deep such that you almost can't tell it is dark red. yellow, copper, dark green and brown in the rim make this wine unique. Nose of so much endless chocolate, fragrant cedar wood, fermented plums, and sweet French vanilla. Taste of the notes similar to nose with powerful alcohol note hidden within, and ripe grapes notes. Aftertaste of lingering sweetness, a bit zest, spice and sourness makes this wine a very special experience. — 8 years ago
Bold, full body shiraz with plum, blackberry and some spice but very well rounded. Some tannin to go well with BBQ, beef and lamb. I would order this again! — 9 years ago
3L 1982 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande. Drank at Art/Film as the first of two reds, with 1982 Cheval Blanc. This wine was ready to drink right from the first pour. Absolutely perfect, it was like silk. Pure velvet. Lorraine and I absolutely loved this wine. Much smoother and less vegetal than the Cheval Blanc, which perhaps was also more nuanced. Great wine amazing treat. — 9 years ago
Blackberry and bramble. Earthy, spicy and minty. Light, delicate but with lots of density. — 10 years ago
Bowlful of biodynamic blackberry fruit with mouthwatering acidity and fine, young tannins. — 10 years ago
Insane amounts of fruit. Plum and fig. Balanced and smooth. Amazing. Aged in first growth Bordeaux. — 11 years ago
Very good Pinot. Exactly what I would want from a Pinot noir. Would definitely buy again. — 7 years ago
2002 Sine Qua Non “Just For The Love Of It” Syrah. 15.2% Alcohol. So I have a confession to make. When this wine was released and Mr. Parker rated it 100 points (and correct me if I’m wrong, but I think this might have been the first Parker SQN 100 pointer), I couldn’t wait to pull the cork. And when I did, I was totally.......underwhelmed! I began questioning Parker. Questioning Manfred. Questioning my palate. What was I missing? What was my problem? Could I continue on in this world? Well, I never did reconcile things, and then “Papa” was released and all was right with the world again. So here we are, 15 years hence, and I’m here to report that Mr. Parker knew what he was talking about after all. We’re talking absolute perfection screaming from my Zalto stem. Notes of exotic flowers, toasty oak, anise and spice box on the nose. Just gorgeous. I could swirl and sniff all evening. On the palate, a predominance of sweet black currant, white pepper, blackberries and plum jam. Juicy, opulent, intense, pure. Stunning really. Endless finish. I haven’t tasted this wine in ten years because as I said, it never impressed me. But it just jumped up to co-number 1 SQN Syrah with me along with “Poker Face” and “The 17th Nail In My Cranium.” One addendum to Mr. Parker’s review which stated this wine would drink well for 10-15 years. This piece of art is just getting started! Remember, “...never for money.” — 7 years ago
... full, soft and delicious. Well worth the wait, after nearly 2 decades of cellaring, this '98 was purchased for the art long before I knew what good wine should taste like. No longer a huge fan of John Grillo, I am a fan of mature and well structured cabs. This Sonoma masterpiece brushed with just a hint of olive oil, but broader strokes of chocolate and leather. — 8 years ago
From Margaret River Chardonnay specialist, Pierro. Mid Lemon in colour. Mealy nutty aromas of almond and cashew. Restrained stone fruit with some ripe grapefruit on a medium bodied palate. Great balance between the new leaner style of Aussie Chard like Oakridge 864 and the traditional full bodied style like Leeuwin Art Series - both great Chards themselves. Excellent. — 9 years ago
The 1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche is a transcendent bottle, wherein no one element dominates, it's in absolute harmony, not unlike a great piece of music or art. It has pronounced power, and is at the same time weightless and ethereal. Layers of crushed raspberries, currants, blackberries and plum give substance to more fleeting layers of exotic spice, minerals, rose petals, black tea, and fresh alfalfa hay, all of which crescendos in a seemingly endless finish. A profound wine. — 9 years ago
I was finally really impressed. It's so dense with a deep nose & long cherry finish. Its fruitiness is nicely balanced with wonderful long breath. Full body & complex wine, art of winemaking process like its label designed by Portuguese fashion designer. It cries in the glass, but they are tears of happiness :), tastes pretty mature, round, even and reach in taste - so drink now, it is ready & you will not regret it. — 10 years ago
Easy drinking, agree with other reviews - it doesn't quite have the strength of taste associated with most Riojas - but good drinking none the less. — 10 years ago
Raun Kupiec
Very bright, smooth and juicy. Chocolate and loads of cherry up front. Super fine integrated tannins. Evolves into a spicy long finish. — 6 years ago