Luis Arguero (@winefromAtoZ)

8.9

A beautiful Santa Cruz mountain cab highlighting all the great characteristics of the terroir. Dark. Bold. Ripe fruit. Soft tannins. Elegant finish. — 7 years ago

Wesley Box

9.3

Should have aged this wine for a decade. Forest and ocean mist, limestone quality to the tannin structure. Excellent wine. — 8 years ago

Evelyn Marin

9.5

This would fool any wine professional in a blind tasting into thinking it was from Burgundy. Beautiful balance of earth and fruit, low alcohol, beyond food-friendly. These guys at Arnot Roberts can do justice to just about any grape varietal they touch. And with amazing Santa Cruz Mountain fruit like the Peter Martin Ray Vineyard has a long history of producing, it's a perfect recipe for magic in the bottle. Oh yeah, 2012 was a pretty decent vintage as well. — 8 years ago

Jeff Burrows

9.4

28 years old was just right. Red in the glass, lovely secondary flavors. — 9 years ago

Spencer Schoeben

8.9

the 2009 vintage is really good. burgundy inspired — 9 years ago

with Nikhil

April Wang

9.4

Smells like the forest, tastes like cedar chips. — 9 years ago

Nathaniel Muñoz

9.0

Yes again. Love this. Everyday swill! — 9 years ago

Ryan Bond

9.6

Legit SCM Chard. Mineral acidity balanced butter and pineapple/Apple flavors. — 9 years ago

Kevin O'Connor

9.5

Earthy, mushromy, Santa Cruz mountain goodness. Such and underrated appelation! — 10 years ago

Scott Barber

Wine Educator Meadowood Napa Valley

9.2

Ok theory people, where is Ben Lomond Mountain AVA? — 11 years ago

Matt Austin

Owner/Winemaker, Grosgrain Vineyards, Walla Walla, WA

9.0

First Pinot made by Big Basin. Stemmy and a little bretty. Nice acid. Shows a lot of Santa Cruz Mountain character. — 7 years ago

Loren Grossman

Vintner Wilde Farm Wines

9.3

So good. Old school mountain cab. Seamless. — 8 years ago

Kyle Groombridge

9.1

Wow, brand new bottling and a stunning one at that. Santa Cruz Mountains, bald mountain vineyard that is known for minerality and complexity, and this does not disappoint. The nose is rich with a werther's original-like caramel note as well as some peach skin.. lovely aromatics all around. The palate is firm and rich, but retains some zingy acidity, loads of cream, and a lingering mineral-driven finish.. impressive bottle - a standout for $25. — 8 years ago

Lauren Domenech

10

Spectacular example of mountain fruit at 35 years old. Pretty sure this is the ann. Of the golden girls 30 yr on air. Equal greatness. Structure, depth, dark brooding fruit.amaze-balz. — 9 years ago

with Scott

Nick Wolfe

8.9

Nicely done wine with big fruit, black licorice, plum, baking spice, kola nut, and dry black earth. Wine is balanced except for the tannins which are strong and rustic. Medium (+) finish. Nice wine. My other bottle will need to stay laid down for another 5 years or so. — 9 years ago

April Wang

9.2

Blackberry, mocha, pepper,cinnamon — 9 years ago

Alec Lytle

9.5

A really great Pinot. Very sophisticated and not overly fruity or sweet. One of the best SC mountain pinot's I've had. — 9 years ago

Matt Harrelson

9.3

Earth, forest floor cherry. Very smooth — 9 years ago

Saman Hosseini

Writer Maison Abattoir

9.0

54% Bald Mountain Vineyard, 46% Cooper-Garrod Vineyard. Barrel fermented, indigenous yeast. Aged 11 months, 30% new French oak. 375 cases produced. — 10 years ago

Carl Hekkert

9.1

Red kite prime — 11 years ago

Keith Lite

9.2

My 2nd pick of the month from the Santa Cruz Mountain Region. Delicious layers of fruit mixed with coffee, chocolate tones , and a blackberry finish. These wines should be fantastic in 4-7 yrs. laying them down ( but had to taste) hee hee. — 7 years ago

Tom Morgan

9.0

Waaaay too young, but a treat to check out nonetheless. Loud, brawny tannins out of the bottle; mellowed into pure mountain fruits, anise, and an underlying earthiness. — 8 years ago

Mike Greene

9.2

Keepin' it local (ish). — 8 years ago

Scot Kerivan

9.6

Yeah! Way more refined and elegant than I initially expected, but plenty going on. Exceptional with roast beef. Really good! — 8 years ago

Damon Shanle

9.2

One of my favorite Santa Cruz Mountains pinot noir producers, and this bottle was a great example of why. Fruity but not overly so, rich but easy drinking. A fun and enjoyable wine that I'm happy to drink anytime. — 9 years ago

Damon Shanle

9.0

Family in town, time to celebrate with good wine! — 9 years ago

Josh Trowbridge

9.1

Celebrating new business and new friends..... — 9 years ago

Nathaniel Muñoz

8.9

Lemon oil, orange blossom, cantaloupe rind, and intense mineral backbone. — 9 years ago

Edgar Poureshagh

9.1

Really indicative of mountain fruit. Blackberries, soy, dill, cocoa, smoke, scorched earth, coffee, black pepper, dried currants. Extremely terroir driven, which is nice to see. — 10 years ago

Emily Listmann

9.7

So impressed. Very aromatic, lots of body, fruit forward. — 10 years ago