Guy Natural

9.0

I think I taste pepper? Kind of smells like a campfire, in a good way. Sweet finish that reminds me of strawberries. Dry. — 7 years ago

Ian Riach

9.1

Before I came to France Ugo mentioned he kind of misses the big US cabs. So I brought this big boy over from Toronto. BIG boy is right. Tres jammy upfront and lots of leather and some tobacco/spice at the end. Smooth, round, classic Napa offering. — 8 years ago

with Ugo

Pooneet K

9.2

Excellent. Just great. Full bodied, textured, excellent mouthfeel. Very well balanced. Good acid, bee pollen-y, deep and delicious. — 8 years ago

Paul J

9.3

Lovely yellow hue opens up a powerful nose filled with dirt, grass, rice, and honeysuckle. The palate proceeds to get smothered with a perfect amount of oak coupled with honey and lemon. A mildly tart finish makes this the perfect summer white. Great recommendation by the local rep and Happy 4th to everyone!....a mid-dinner update....massive green apple comes through with food! — 9 years ago

Mark Barber

10

My kind of wine , depth, fruit and quite a finish ... — 10 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.6

Opens up with busy, detailed aromatics though also with quite a beastly amount of tannin that puts this probably about a decade away from primetime, for my tastes. Even so, it delivers quite an engaging and dynamic performance today. It has deep, black-pitched flavors with a touch of cedar and gravel, but not so much like the famous 'lead pencil' of the northern end of Pauillac - for some reason this feels almost more like a St.-Julien to me, kind of reminiscent of a Leoville-Barton with a bit more sinewy muscle. And then, about three hours in, it announces, "Hey, by the way, this is what a first growth can do," and those muscular tannins almost in an instant turn exquisitely refined, liquid cashmere. — 11 years ago

David Musser

Sommelier The Little Nell

9.5

This wine was $25 bucks. I don't know if I could find a wine I enjoy drinking more with this kind of value. Barnyard, earth, funk, dried red fruit. This is a great bottle of wine. — 11 years ago

with Chris

Michelle Rupp

10

My favorite moscato. Perfect amount of sweetness and simplicity. Found at Trader Joe's. — 11 years ago

Ben Sacks

8.9

2012 vintage significantly differs from 2011 feels more well rounded. — 12 years ago

Chris Sussman

9.2

It's that kind of night! — 12 years ago

with Debbie

Carter White

9.1

Nice. Funky, meaty, smoky aromas... kind of like a mushroom bacon cheeseburger. It tastes completely differently, red fruits with soft, smooth tannins and a twang of acidity. Good balance; fairly light body. — 7 years ago

Rahim Ladak

9.1

Summerlicious sippin’ Rose! Well balanced with slight acidity - notes of citrus and grapefruit. Definitely my kind of rose! — 8 years ago

Eli Barton

9.5

I’m not a fan of merlot, and I don’t know much about Bordeaux, but I do have to say this was really enlightening. I only got a slight hint of age on the finish for the first 30 minutes we tasted it. It had a huge savory-meaty aroma that jumped out of the glass, and the dark fruit, black licorice, some herbal flavors had great persistence... still had plenty of acidity. after about an hour it started to taste a little tired compared to the beginning, definitely showed a bit more age but it was still subtle. I’ll remember it for a while. Maybe it was much bigger when it was younger, but I thought it was well balanced. And maybe it wasn’t the best example, but it kind of opened my eyes to merlot and pomerol. — 8 years ago

with Jennifer

Michael Malecki

9.0

I kind of need a few of these around at most times — 10 years ago

Erin Hollrah

9.2

Marcel Lapierre Morgon… I smell it in the breeze, the warm kind that makes my head float above the leaves and just flutter down to the ground below — no matter if that ground be sand, snow, concrete or dirt. It doesn’t matter, for this wine personifies my favourite wine descriptor: high toned.

Medium garnet in colour, a generous nose of fully ripened strawberries; red and dark cherries; and warm, granite-rich earth leaves room for no other aroma to interfere. For a daydreaming stint, I become sweet sixteen. Everything is deep pink and love is such an easy red. Life is silky and breezy and good. I could live forever in the slipsteam.

The wine is dry but its fruits are gushingly sweet. A soothing mouthfeel and supple tannins offer too lovely an experience. It is so tempting to bite into the bitter little seeds inside the berries, but instead Marcel Lapierre Morgon begs you to roll with the black cherry skin and enjoy the simplicity before harsh aspects of life are unavoidable. The cover of YM magazine will never be interesting again, so why not enjoy it while it lasts?

Alas, the heartier-skinned wines and those unbathed in hippie funk; the awkward intrigues as well as dangerous lusts inevitably called my attention. Life may never be that raw and pristine again, but the beauty I can always recapture in this unforgettable bottle.

— 10 years ago

Julie Habiger

9.0

I have some "go to" Pinots and this is one of them. If you saw the press in WS in July, it appears a lot of Americans agree. I found it interesting that it is referred to as a sweeter red. That's not my impression at all. It's just an all around drinkable and friendly Pinot. The kind you pour sitting out on the back deck with friends on a cool, autumn evening next to a campfire. Don't ask more than that and toast a few marshmallows. Yum. — 11 years ago

Jeffrey Lew

9.5

I guess the new Wednesday label! This lasted about 20min.. Great fruit, structure and balance. My kind of California. — 11 years ago

Michelle Raspanti

9.1

This wine is inexpensive, kind of sweet, and good for unwinding. I was happily surprised! — 12 years ago

Justin Howard-Sneyd

9.6

Stunning red! But then I would say that.... — 12 years ago

Alex Spoto

10

Singin’ rn!! Thanks to the guru GB! & the old vine! “The music of a privileged terroir.” — 7 years ago

Jordan Wardlaw

9.2

Glorious fruit, robust tannins, fresh acidity. Spicy, bright, intense, smoky, mineral. Everything Moulin-à-Vent should be. Youthful exuberance comes off as a bit raw, but give it time and it will be sublime. It’s hard not to get excited about cru Beaujolais at with kind of price-quality factor. — 8 years ago

Victor Hwang

9.2

Palate was kind of shot but I remember this was big beautiful but too young. — 9 years ago

Steve Shaffer

9.0

Melon guava nose, musky melon, nutty, chalky on palate. Melon rind finish.
— 9 years ago

with Molly, Alisha and 2 others

Tony Capone

9.3

Great Syrah, Spicy, with smokey notes, great with big flavor foods — 10 years ago

Greg Smith

9.4

My first kiwi wine (as far as I can remember) and very good, mostly my kind of wine, I like a tad more power but it's got plenty of flavour, I'd buy again! — 11 years ago

with Bev

Scott Stewart

9.4

In a spectacular place right now (I need to buy six pack kind of place). Toasty, with great definition... — 11 years ago

Sasha Smith

Wine Blogger Spin the Bottle NY

10

#Laterdelect from #ChristiesBYOB earlier this week. Kind of a revelation, can't stop thinking about it. Harmonious. Sui generis. — 11 years ago

with Richard, Per and 1 other

Nik Darlington

9.2

The 2013 Field of the Bee white is a gorgeous warming white for winter — 11 years ago

Greg Sorensen

9.6

One of a kind. — 12 years ago

S Parker

9.9

Visited w winemaker on napa — 13 years ago