Benchmark Wines

Domaine Bernard Baudry

Chinon Cabernet Franc 2011

Love it, especially at the price. Benchmark Chinon. — 11 years ago

Domaine Tempier

Bandol Rosé Blend 2012

Benchmark Rose - worth the tarriff — 11 years ago

Sheela Tallman
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Sheela Tallman

Sheela Tallman

Excellent rose from Bandol France
10

Jacques Selosse

Brut Rosé Champagne Blend

Benchmark. — 12 years ago

Flavio, Magno and 2 others liked this
Marc On

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*Rose Brut

Domaine Vacheron

Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc 2011

Peter Granoff MS
9.7

Always a benchmark for Sancerre . . . — 13 years ago

Alex, Aaron and 3 others liked this

Suavia

Monte Carbonare Garganega 2012

Another masterful wine from #NYWE14, a benchmark wine from this region this had everything you want in a great white wine. — 11 years ago

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Azienda Agricola Montesecondo

Chianti Classico Sangiovese Blend 2012

Jon Bonné
9.1

Sangiovese benchmark. — 11 years ago

Jason, Scott and 11 others liked this
Ron Westlund

Ron Westlund

I agree !
jerod peitsmeyer

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I'm pouring this by the glass right now and it keeps intriguing me. every day. every hour it has a different personality, the way wine should!

William Hill Estate Winery

Benchmark Napa Valley Red Blend 2009

A well-balanced Bordeaux-style blend, this wine offered rich licorice and mocha flavors with thick tannins. — 12 years ago

Hirsch Vineyards

San Andreas Fault Pinot Noir 2007

Where do I even begin? I was the winemaker's assistant this vintage for a very stressed and haunted man. David Hirsch didn't believe in air pumps then, and the press that was installed at the winery wasn't quite high enough to press into barrel with Gravity.... So I can honestly claim that I punched down every lot everyday every time, and I hand bucketed every drop of wine in paint buckets out of the press and up into barrel. Still I never got a bottle of the stuff until I bought it recently for 35 off Benchmark. As dangerous and chaotic of a harvest gig it was, the wine now sure tastes worth all the hellfire. — 11 years ago

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Jeff Chaney

Jeff Chaney

The labor inspired the most prolific series of indie folk-tronica songs ever written. -Rolling Stone Magazine "Notes from the Rock n' Roll Expressway"

Domaine Drouhin

Dundee Hills Pinot Noir 2012

My benchmark for Oregon Pinots. Under-rated. 2012. — 11 years ago

Porter Creek

Timbervine Ranch Viognier 2011

Still my favorite Viognier on the planet and definitely my benchmark white that I measure all others against. I love the PCV Viognier. I still have a complete vertical of every year Alex has made this. Someday! — 12 years ago