David Kline

9.0

Another day of powering through the stash to make room for baby stuffs! Luckily just an 8.3 abv. version of this big turkey. Gulp. Apple-cherry in bourbon compote/mincemeat pie plus Old fashioned/new fangled with a delicious root beer streak and rich vanilla aura softening a coriander prickle. Orange peel and fresh pear bent on being brandy. Coffee candies swim in bourbon syrup, over cooked chocolate pie, and pecan pie under cream. Vanilla throughout. Pleasant enough to softly pull your guard down and adumbrate an evening in warm robes of holiday evocations. — 6 years ago

D S

9.0

Dry, citrus — 7 years ago

Craig Marino

9.3

Kelly, Valerie and Kyra loved it — 7 years ago

Patrick Vogel

9.3

Straight soil & soul. The waves of terroir on this cuvée will not escape you::::it is relentless in its expression: hence the note on the bottle :: Expression Originale du Terroir. Very little fruit out the gate...dry...maybe something very dark and deep...minerality then soil and deeper and deeper. It has a mystic aura, ethereal. I can honestly say I've never tasted anything remotely like it. — 8 years ago

Stewart Alsop

9.5

A splurge. This bistro has a remarkable wine cellar, which I'd like to adopt as my own! But just one bottle, and this was an excellent choice by Valerie. It took the whole meal to establish its personality, which is bold and complicated. — 9 years ago

with Valerie

Jim Wagonfeld

9.5

Great wine from a terrific produce. Volley after volley of white fruit, apple and a exotic tropical component. Solid acid backbone to offset the sweetness. @Valerie O'Shea and @Nancy dwight love this producer by missed out on this bottle.
A numerical score says nothing really given the superb nature of this wine. — 9 years ago

with Judy

Sylvain Rhainds

9.0

2004. Encore un bébé. Completement fermé
Aura besoin de temps. La note va grandement ameliorer avec le temps — 6 years ago

Eric K

9.5

Spectacular wine great taste fruity taste. Valerie and Jamie thank you for great time! — 7 years ago

Peter James

10

My favorite Malbec! 😍 thanks Valerie and Di 🎁🍾 — 7 years ago

Ken Smith

9.0

I'm usually leery of "celebrity" wines but Valerie Bertinelli's Cabernet Sauvignon is a terrific wine. Lots of fruit, full body, and great finish. — 8 years ago

David Kline

9.2

Baby, it’s cold outside. Falling near 70! The stouts are out! This sleek black beauty has it all! Thick, even lacing in two tone cafe shades, a cumulus attitude. Clean almond and cacao pod with a lemon pith aura. Bee pollen, waterfall rocks and northern oyster shell, including a light brine. Medium mouthfeel and soft minerality prevailas sips reduce the lace to alphabet soup fonts and ultimately horror forests. Unexpectedly clean, with coffee-cola notes and caramelized onion minus the burn. Crispy vanilla that turns creamy with agitation. Steely, smoky, pepper crackers, and bitter violets. #boulevardbrewing #darktruth #kcbeer #stout #dankdark — 8 years ago

with Courtney

David Kline

9.2

Dusty creek basin, dried raspberries, cranberries and rainier cherry contrast with sliced red plum, crepe paper, sunflower petal. Incredible depth and texture, with stony plum, dried black cherry, fig skin, powdery raspberry, dried violets, and a baked, black olive and red saffron aura. This is a fine burgundy, and at a price that makes you smile! — 9 years ago

with Courtney

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9.0

Haven't had any of their pinots in awhile but I love this. Just more earth than fruit with a spicy warm aura of tobacco, currant, and dark cherries. Really loved this — 9 years ago

Eric K

9.9

Fantastic wine small producer. Great taste earthier finish vs. 2014 fruitier. Great with entree!
Thank you Valerie and Jamie J! Great wine great experience!! — 7 years ago

Holly Yuen

9.1

Sunday afternoon lazy drinking with Italian weekend brunch at aura. Marco and candy and Gaia! — 7 years ago

Alison Lambert

9.6

Chillable in more ways than one. Good for drinking with a friend who "doesn't like wine." Not because it's approachable and easy drinking, but because I got to drink most of it. — 7 years ago

Tom Watson

8.9

Surprisingly strong performance from the 2012 vintage. Leather, blackberry and the aura of authority that suggests a few more years would get more interesting still. I’ll be back. — 8 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.0

The Caymus of the Central Coast. Inky with massively extracted red and black fruit, and in a mode not unlike pie filling. Not to be denied, it's loaded with vanilla, baking spice, fig, and a few drops of root beer extract. The aura of charcoal and new leather weave throughout, all with an edge of tilled earth. Translating this from taste and smell to sight and sound, this is walking into a brand new casino. — 8 years ago

Erik Nordman

9.3

Stupid good single-site Riesling from the Chehalem Mountains. Impeccable balance. Could totally see calling this as a high-quality Nahe kabinett if blinded on it but at the same time it still has a distinctly Oregonian aura about it. Nose of ripe nectarine, key lime, and honeydew, pure, slate-y wet stone minerality, cherry blossom, subtle cardamom and nutmeg spice, and just a touch of petrol starting to show. Palate echoes the nose, channeled through bracing high acid and an extra layer of flinty mineral focus. Moderate concentration, medium (-) body but with great texture from neutral oak fermentation and elevage and possibly some lees influence as well. As referenced above, sweetness is comparable to some of the less sweet German kabinett wines; delightfully off-dry. Deliciously quenching. Gonna hoard a couple bottles of this because I'd love to see how this fares with a bit more development in bottle. — 9 years ago

Ken Schmidt

9.3

2009. Wine 2 of 3 from my first wine club shipment. Marin nicknames this "Dos Hombres". I remember that this wine is very, very, very dry. Sucks the moisture out of your mouth. I think I liked it more than Valerie. Her favorite is "Intimate", A 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon—the one with the gold label (the one with the red label is "French Kiss"). — 9 years ago