Benito Rodrigo

Le P'tit Paysan

Santa Clara Valley Claret Cabernet Sauvignon Petite Verdot 2018

WL. Blackberry and cherry. Nice medium body with tannins. — 5 years ago

Benito Santos

Monterrei Godello

Neighborhood wine store. Front end expected and typical, back end was a pleasant twist of under ripe white fruit with nice complexity. — 6 years ago

Bodegas y Viñedos Rodrigo Méndez SLU

Sálvora Albariño 2015

Fantastic single-vineyard albariño! Floral aromatics, clean yet weighty palate balanced perfectly with a saline backbone. Need to find more! — 7 years ago

Matthew Cohen
with Matthew

Bella Luna

Lot One Barbera 2012

Soft tannins with round mouth feel. Nose reminds me of an old world wine. Like it. 2012 bottle 1212 — 8 years ago

Bodegas y Viñedos Rodrigo Méndez SLU

Cies Albariño 2013

A pure & wild expression of #albarino - reminiscent of 1er Cru Chablis or a fine Muscadet. Very cool, if a little wine-nerdy. Admittedly I am a fiend for Albariño... — 9 years ago

Benito Ferrara

Estate Bottled Greco di Tufo Greco Bianco 2013

Tom Kisthart
9.3

Solid Greco. Small producer. Their vineyard sits near abandoned sulphur mine which I'm told adds "wonderful mineral notes". Umm ok, guess that's cool. — 9 years ago

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Clesi

Siletto Ranch Montepulciano 2013

Lush and balanced. Delightful notes of raspberry and light herbal flavors. Paired well with a lamb/pork/beef meatball in ragu sauce. — 10 years ago

La Marea

Grenache 2013

Wow. QPR extremely high. Bright. What a great lead to any Cali Pinot. — 10 years ago

Methode Sauvage

Vista Verde Vineyard Chenin Blanc 2018

Crisp nose of unripe pear, honey and lime on the nose. Baked honey crisp apple, white flower, slight petrol on the palate. Lovely minerality and sense of terroir in this wine. — 5 years ago

Raúl Pérez & Rodrigo Méndez

Mª Luisa Làzaro Leirana Albariño

Mmmmm this is a porch pounder! Light lemon/lime with nice mineral and salt. I would call it “round” not crisp. Delish.
— 7 years ago

Bodegas y Viñedos Rodrigo Méndez SLU

El Barredo Red Blend 2014

Лёгкая летучка, лавр, эвкалипт, черника, гвоздика, пряная вишня. «Натуральный» ни к чему не обязывающий формат, но не без изюминки. — 7 years ago

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Benito Ferrara

Cicogna Greco di Tufo 2015

Crisp and clean, white peach and minerality — 8 years ago

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Benito Ferrara

Vigna Quattro Confini Aglianico 2012

Yes! Violets, blackberries, with caramel balsamic, dark cherries. With pizza and cacio e pepe — 9 years ago

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Bonny Doon Vineyard

Old Telegram Mourvedre 2011

Blind, this wouldn't have been out of place at the Tre Bicchieri SF tasting yesterday at Fort Mason. Best Doon juice in a long time. 2011. — 9 years ago

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Williams Selyem

Vista Verde Vineyard Port 2010

Figs and chocolate. Have to be careful with this...I could drink the whole bottle. — 10 years ago

Ridge Vineyards

Benito Dusi Ranch San Luis Obispo County Zinfandel 2012

Beautiful Zin, among the best I've had from Paso. — 10 years ago

Léal Vineyards

Carnavál Meritage San Benito Red Bordeaux Blend 2008

I can always count on Frank Leal's Meritage "Carnaval"...to go with Italian from Gino's in Salinas! Yum! — 11 years ago

Sandlands

San Benito County Mataro 2017

Oh snap! My first time trying one of the 2017 Mataro’s from Sandlands and this San Benito County is fantastic! Beautiful, pure, fresh plums and other dark cherry with black pepper and other spices. It has an almost ferrous characteristic about it that I find quite charming. Lots of tannin and acid so let this be a note to those who are holding these in their cellar: just wait. This should be killer by 2022 but it’s already pretty exciting to drink. — 6 years ago

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Stirm

Cienega Valley Zinfandel 2016

Snappy Zinfandel. Food wine. Afternoon wine. Starting to appreciate Zinfandel made in this style. — 7 years ago

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Benito Santos

Igrexario de Saiar Rías Baixas Albariño

2013, Benito Santos, Igrexario De Saiar, Albarino. I really like Benito Santos wines. Golden yellow: tart apples, citrus, minerality, salinity. Everything that I want with pan seared white fish. — 9 years ago

Deciderio Hrndz

San Benito County Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Was super pleased. Good fruit; good structure and good value for the price point. Will def drink again this winter. — 9 years ago

Teague Vineyards

San Benito County Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

The greatest Cabernet you can never buy. Side by side up against GAJA, it held its own — 10 years ago

Kenneth Volk

Calleri Vineyard Negrette

Best of the obscure flight — 10 years ago

Benito Santos

Pago de Xoan Albariño

Bit oxidized. Not sure if flawed or intention but mineral, rich, with bright acid — 10 years ago

Nat Gunter
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Strange bird. Super deelish

Benito Santos

Viñedo de Xoan Rías Baixas Albariño

Single vineyard planted in the 30s — 11 years ago

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