Joyce Lin

8.9

Dusty, cinnamon, pencil shaving, steel and blood on the nose. Blackberry, black cherry, black currant, menthol, slightly eucalyptus, bay leaf, greenish nose but not green bell pepper. savoriness showed up after breathing for 5 hours. — 8 years ago

David D

8.9

Medium bodied, red fruit, lots of mineral acid tang, bay leaf, black pepper & bell pepper. From Flatiron Wines. — 8 years ago

Marissa A. Ross

Wine Editor, Bon Appétit

9.6

Quite possibly the best California Cabernet Franc EVER. Dark-night plum in color, with a bouquet of spicy pine, raspberry, and your favorite pair of heavy denim Levi's freshly laundered. As for the taste, I'm floored. How it is possible for briny blackberries, dehydrated green bell pepper, with hints of toasted blueberries and big flakes of black pepper to come together smoother than lube is beyond me. — 9 years ago

April Wang

8.9

Medium plus ruby. Green bell pepper, cherry, prunes, plums. Medium plus acidity, medium plus sugar. — 9 years ago

Robert Branden Shine

9.2

20 percent chard, this wine is bigger than a New Zealand Sav Blanc. No oak, grapefruit, lime, jalapeño oddly enough and bell pepper. — 10 years ago

Aaron Means

8.9

I liked this compared to others among my group. Bright red stewed fruit, fresh, bay leaf and bell pepper. Good weight considering the color isn't that dark. Definitely different,..... — 11 years ago

Andy Lardy

9.2

Dynamic Sauv blanc - reminds me of cloudy bay w/ a little less acid and green character. Nose starts as pure guava and passion fruit, yielding to increasingly more grassy aromas as it warms (from green bean to grass to green bell pepper). Acid is moderate. More guava and pineapple on the palate, grass is moderate...definitely there but pleasantly dialed in for me. A touch bitter. Surprisingly fat for a Sauv blanc. This is a fun one if you keep her cold. — 12 years ago

Max Hollander-Eberly

9.2

Fucking delicious! A glorious fruit bomb without being overly jammy! Silky and smooth, with ripe red and black fruit up front and herbacious notes of oregano, bay leaf and green bell pepper coming after. After opening up more, some fennel and black licorice came forward. Love it! — 8 years ago

Jeff Ryan

9.5

Is it the best American representation of a Merlot? Possibly. Bell pepper for days, bay leaf, spice. 😍 — 9 years ago

with Jule

Rebecca Fletcher

8.9

Black cherry, dried herbs, bay leaf, roasted bell pepper, eucalyptus, and black olive. M- acid, m intensity. M+ firm tannin. Dark chocolate on the palate. — 9 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.3

Ceritas Cabernet Sauvignon Peter Martin Ray Vineyard 2012. Touch of bell pepper on the nose, beautiful. Looking forward to opening bottles of that over the next decade. — 9 years ago

with Mark

April Wang

9.1

Earthy, lovely. Green bell pepper — 10 years ago

Robert Simmons

9.0

1996 vintage. Typical pyrazine nose (bell pepper, bay leaf) with raspberry. Soft tannins stop-short the ripe red berry character. — 10 years ago

THOR Vintners & Co.

8.9

Elegant pleasing. Pomegranate and sweet bell-pepper aroma. Balanced tannin structure. — 11 years ago

Sean Wallner - WSET II

9.4

Blackberries, blueberries, vanilla and game/meat roasting over a campfire. This was an off-dry/medium-sweet red with high tannins and very flavorful. The palate also presented some bell pepper, cherry, raspberry and spice. Needs some more time but very tasty. — 8 years ago

Sean Wallner - WSET II

9.4

Eucalyptus, Green Bell Pepper, Dill Pickle, Strawberry and Cherry. Full-bodied with high tannins and a long finish. — 8 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.1

Second of the two Left Bend reds sent over to us from Gary. Love the labels on these wines and the name of this vineyard, 'Vanumanutagi' which is a Samoan word meaning "Vale of the Singing Bird". Trust us this wine sings! Bright ruby red with purplish hues. Nose started off a little tight with just red cherries and a slight perfume, but as it opened up over the next few hours it developed some cinnamon, vanilla, baking spices and some light lead. Strong acidity on the palate, makes us this it is definitely packing a punch and can last. The strong acidity hides the alcohol well. Moderate tannins (6/10) and moderate body carried by the acidity. Strong attack of red fruits and cherries. As it had some time to breathe the palate developed some baking spices, slight caramel and herbs, all very subtle. Slightly drying finish from the acidity with a little wet rock feel. A ton of potential with this wine, we drank this on day one, two, three, four and it kept opening up and its body held together. With a few extra years this will definitely score a few more points. Drink now till 2026. — 9 years ago

April Wang

9.0

Green bell peppers, smoky, prunes, light color gave it away. — 10 years ago

Austen Ito

8.9

Melon, floral, mango nose. Nice acid, medium body. Mango, honeydew, bell pepper with light mineralaity. — 10 years ago

Edgar Poureshagh

9.1

Spitfire bottling. Fresh and dried sour cherries, red currants, blackberry, clove, anise, bell pepper, red pepper, autumn leaves, bay seasoning. Excellent acidity, love the moderate alcohol. — 11 years ago