Joe Gillies

9.2

Needs more time or a long decant. Tannins are still showing prominently.
30 min decant, minimum aromas. Traditional style. Cherry, floral violet, and smoke charcoal. Paired perfectly for pizza night in the outer banks — 5 years ago

Joe Gillies

9.3

Night one of the outer banks vacation.
Drinking perfectly. Everyone loved it!
Black cherry, and some earthiness. — 6 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.7

Great way to celebrate the 4th of July. What are you guys drinking today?
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2010 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon
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Oakville, Napa Valley, North Coast, California, USA
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Tasting Note:
Received a three hour decant and tasted blind. Deep and dark purplish ruby red. Layered nose with anise, cassis, cherries and rich undertone of black fruits as well. Heavy tannins (8/10) and full bodied. A light touch of heat on the palate but not overwhelming. Rich and lush palate with dark spices, blackberries, blue fruits, cinnamon and some dark cocoa. Long and lingering finish. A real treat to finally try a bottle! Drink till 2030.
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One of the most prestigious wineries in the world, started by Jean Phillips in 1986 when she purchased a vineyard in Oakville that was cultivated by Ren Harris of Paradigm Winery. Now the estate is owned by Stan Kroenke who purchased the estate in 2006 with Charles Banks. This vintage was produced by Andy Erickson with Nick Gislason as his assistant winemaker. Made up of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Merlot and 9% Cabernet Franc. Aged for alomst 24 months in 65% new French oak. Only 610 cases produced.
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Rating: 97 Points
Price: $$$$$$ - Retails on the secondary market for a minimum of $3,500.00. Release price from the estate was $750.00.
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— 6 years ago

with Sean and India

Katherine R

8.9

Delicious on a hot summer evening. If wine was water rushing and flowing over rocks in a stream with fruit trees and bushes on the banks, this would be that wine. — 7 years ago

Jason Chang

Proprietor NINE SUNS Winery, HOUYI Vineyard

9.3

Tough to follow the burg. Not the same refined textures. I think if alone I'd appreciate it more. Still like right banks though! Thanks Greg! — 8 years ago

with Wai, Flora and 1 other

Beachin Wino

9.0

Enjoyed this wine at Trio and Bluewater in Outer Banks. A most excellent value! Great fruit and lingering finish. Much more than you would expect at this price point! A new favorite! — 8 years ago

with Fred

Skip Smyser

9.2

The aromatics of this wine make it a hit from the beginning. Great acidity, lingers at front of pallet. Incredible florals. Enjoying with a Ceasar Salad at their tasting room on the banks of the Columbia. — 5 years ago

Joe Gillies

9.4

Perfect for a 90 degree day on vacation in the outer banks. So refreshing! Sun dried strawberries, slightly tart lime zest, and watermelon. Mouth watering sea water salinity and bright acidity makes this amazing! This is probably the best rose I have had this year! — 6 years ago

Mark Howard

9.3

Ok, first thing- thank you Rick Banks for the gift of this bottle. Secondly, we have an affinity for this producer as Elizabeth and I shared a bottle of pinot from Hartford Court on the night we met. Now about the wine. Bold blue fruit aromatics with a hint of licorice. Mid palate shows some red fruits mainly raspberries. Soft tannins fading away to a sweet finish. Not many domestic pinots have life after 8 years, this one definitely does. Best to consume sooner than later, maybe over the next year or so. What a wonderful treat. Thanks my friend! — 6 years ago

with Elizabeth

David Kline

9.4

Mushroom and roots of river scrub poking out from muddy banks while skewering the corner-baked brownie with a thin, nearly burnt, crispy collar. A papyrus envelope lies open, filled with sandalwood soaked clay, and a blackberry, blueberry, gooseberry reduction with cassis just to tease. Lean mouthfeel that turns sharply mid-palate to a gravelly mineshaft of nutmeg, black sesame, burnt brownie bits, and soft cranberry jellies wraps up herbaceously with cedar chips, Provençal herbs, hazelnut, Brazil nut skin, hot saw blades salivating old cherrywood and belching pipe tobacco. Kept me nose deep in the funk. Brilliant wine with a surly personality. #LaFleurdeBoüard #Pomerol #rightbank #frenchred #lalande #lalandelicious #rivermonster — 7 years ago

with Courtney

TheSkip

9.0

Happy Canada 150!!!!!! 🇨🇦 🇨🇦

This Canadian Bordeaux blend sits between the left and right banks. Fairly light on her feet but tannic and bold. Still, a nice wine! — 7 years ago

Michael Horkay

9.1

Could have been better given the vintage but still a well made wine with plenty of gas in the tank. I always find Margaux sweeter than must left banks and thus chateau is no exception. — 8 years ago

Christian Baeppler

9.0

2012 Sandhi Sanford & Benedict Pinot Noir from one of the oldest plantings in the Santa Rita Hills (1971). Youthful, lovely fruit purity and freshness, highlighting the vineyards cool micro climate. This wine speaks the language of the vineyard. Old world wine style made in the New World. This will age gracefully, but already delicious! Only 600 x 6-Packs produced, partnership between Charles Banks (Ex-Screaming Eagle and Sommelier Rajat Parr, winemaker Sashi Moorman) available in Thailand through wine garage. — 8 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.2

Likely the last of Wind Gap for me - Pax sold stake to his partner (Charles Banks who is in prison for fraud). Pax will continue to make wine under the “Pax” label - his style always favors cool climate, low ABV, lean, whole cluster, not too out there but true to the natural wine sermon.

The 2013 Pinot is soft. Supple raspberry, boysenberry, and wild strawberry. Brick color from 6 years of age. It sings the New California song. — 5 years ago

Joshua Clemence

9.3

BIG FAN! Great job on your wine Nick Banks — 6 years ago

with Nick and Emily

Simon Weston

9.0

Local brew on the first night, very good pilsner style beer, malty with a good finish. Good choice with the excellent jerk chicken! — 6 years ago

Shay A

9.2

Left bank vs right bank WTF Group night. People paired up and poured wines in pairs with same vintage and opposite bank. Everything enjoyed blind.

@Delectable Wine : This is a Saint Emilion Bordeaux. I didn’t see it in the database.

This was a random pick by me at the local wine shop. JSuckling 95 and RParker 94. Unique right bank. After about 2hrs in the decanter, it had a bit of funk to it that many left banks have at pop and pour. Cali reminiscent. Dark fruit profile with dark chocolate. Dirty chocolate covered cherries, fleshy berries on the palate and fantastic aromatics.

— 6 years ago

with Bill, Colby and 1 other

Justin Hansohn

9.5

There are these moments in recorded music where something gets reissued today from like the 70s or 80s on a crisp new vinyl press. Nobody's seen the original because it's so damn rare. And the recording just fucking bumps so hard and the soul of the music is so deep, from the ages when synths and sample banks were too far off to care about. Ya, this. This is the one. Don't be afraid to drink this today. You will be rewarded with soul. It will be difficult to return to trap hats and people with no talent feeding you meaningless poetic dribble. And my apologies to Amass, we put you up against this. Unfortunately this wine won in the end by a long shot and the 30 chefs in your kitchen were all slain by 3 generations of farmers working side by side. — 8 years ago

with Taylor

Ricardo Beltran

9.3

Pure Alentejo Soul! Quality price ratio is top! It aged for about 5 years at 14 degrees and darkness. Etc. was still a genuine wine at the time of the 2009 harvest. Now a days it unfortunately shifted to a rather commercial banks wine. — 8 years ago

Mekiva

9.3

Not bad for $6.99
— 8 years ago