Benjamin Verhulst

8.9

Big cherry and blueberry, soft tannins, good pairing for Italian. Cuts through fat well with brightness. — 9 years ago

with Anna

Dimitri Fedotov, C.S.

Sommelier Osteria 177

9.1

Bright, rustic, with substance and great structure. Treat yourself -- big, fat ribeye at med rare to medium, nothing but a touch of salt, pepper, Rosemary and good hot bread and butter on the side. The trinity — 10 years ago

LM Segal

9.5

Wow. Limited experience with Anakota but that's gotta change. Rich deep nose of black fruit and floral accents. Roses. Luscious and big, but not fat or hot, choco-coffee acidity wrapped in blueberries and compote. Lonnnnng. I noted that this was the best Sonoma cab I'd had since Vérité, was reminded by Som that Pierre Seillan is the winemaker at Anakota. Yup! — 10 years ago

Todd Abrams

9.4

2009. Big fat nose filled with herbs, cocoa dust, 12 berry jelly and a hint of cherry licorice. Nicely balanced on the palate with ample acid and tannins unwinding after buckets of fruit. Clearly has many years of life ahead of it. — 10 years ago

Roger Carrillo

9.2

Big nose, fresh and fruity, hints of earth and bacon fat, red fruits, plums, vibrant and fresh with velvet tannins. Hints of ginger on the finish. — 10 years ago

Yoon Ha

Master Sommelier/Wine Director Benu

9.2

Big, fat and rich in all the tastiest of ways. Even better the next day left open without the cork. — 10 years ago

Penny Nichols

9.2

2011 "big fat red" sharp crisp scent when first opened but makes your mouth water after the first sip crawls out of the glass into your mouth — 11 years ago

Matt Sterr

9.2

Smokey notes on the nose. Oak, smoke, bacon fat on the rich palate. Delicious and big. — 11 years ago

D Rames

9.3

Big, fat and very tasty. — 11 years ago

Nick Wolfe

9.4

Boy, I just love this wine! Smoky, oaky, dark fruit, and grip make this a fantastic wine. Let it breathe so the bacon fat and licorice can come out to play. Nose seems a bit muted but still just beautiful. Palate has grippy-but-fine tannins and lots of wet, black earth, minerality. This wine is both an over-the-top big wine and something I can ponder in an evening. It stands up to tomato sauces while still revealing layers worth discussing. Fantastic wine. — 11 years ago

Melissa Rosone

9.6

Exactly what I needed after a long week - a big fat Bordeaux! — 12 years ago

Grant Everett

9.6

The Fat Man cometh. Big, beautiful wine — 9 years ago

with Ashleigh

Andy Presland

9.3

Big fat oaky beast; bags of fruit. 1 minute finish. Turbot roasted with fennel demanded a response. This was it. Fish 1: Burgundy 1. A fair result. — 10 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.0

The pale gold tint shows a little more color than you may expect in a Chardonnay. The nose is elegant and restrained, with apples and pineapples joining a light touch of oak. On the palate, that oak gets a little noisier. The wine is reminiscent of an old-line California Chardonnay, buttery and a bit fat with a wonderful, creamy mouthfeel. The difference between California and Rhode Island comes in the minerality - the eastern earth is more pronounced than in those big, ol’ Chardonnays from the West. — 10 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.0

Rather elegant etna rosso-big fat red fruits with enough of a mineral core to keep it honest. Easy to mistake for a Cali red? — 10 years ago

with Paul and Owen

Henrik Poulsen

9.3

14.7%
68% Semillon, 30% Sauvignon Blanc, 2% Muscadelle.
Big, fat and oaky this is in remarkable good (read: fresh) shape for being 7 years.
If the intention was to produce a "Bordeaux Blanc" it misses the mark but this is a gorgeous wine in its own right. — 10 years ago

with Kurt-Inge

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

9.5

One of my favorite Chateaus, owned by the Sichel's of Palmer fame. This elegant, aromatic bottle was not as ripe and big as most 1990's and a better Margaux without that vintage fat. Very lifted, fresh and a fine foil for the "Chataberry", baked potato and fava beans. Steak & claret night! — 11 years ago

with Cleora

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

8.9

Big fruity nose. Huge intensity. Fat and juicy. Lovely and pure. — 11 years ago

Bobg

9.1

2010 vigneron select. Big, pretty, blueberry fruit. Good balance. Still has a bit of baby fat. Fruit mellows with air. Silky fine grained tannins. Finishes with good persistence and a juicy finish. A bit young. Needs time to reveal depth and structure. — 11 years ago

Mandi Speidel

City Territory Chicago, Maverick Wine Company

10

Mmmmmm
Total Bacon Fat and Bright Fruit
Insane
Really excited about 2015!!!
— 11 years ago

Wine101Hamden

9.0

Proof that good French Rose from Provence doesn't have to break the bank or spend ludicrous amounts of marketing money. Nice pale pink with that classic ocean air, crushed cranberry, red berry citrusy nose. Light & dry on the palate. Total summer into late fall Rose for $10! I would be glad to promote this wine under my new brand "The Big Fat Guido" while I grow a man braid. Should out sell the leading 750ml wine cooler rose out on the cash grab Rose market. — 9 years ago

Ladykat

9.0

Holy moley big fat full blackberry boysenberry jammy rich full wine. Smells like France . Fungi forward fruit bomb. 3.16.16 — 10 years ago

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

9.3

Pretty amazing stuff, offering varietally correct peach scented, floral notes, vanilla and English fudge on the generous but at the same time subtle nose. The action arrives on the palate, which is fat and viscous yet stony and fresh, and almost tannic in its structure. Starting to add secondary nuances, this is still far from ready. Best from 2017. Best new world Roussanne tasted so far. Easy 93 p. — 10 years ago

Bryant Bickel

9.2

Bill Bradley straight killing it! Blueberry cedar, cherry compote (Rainer) with a aged light red Rainer cherry acidity it's pure loveliness! It stands up against lightly seasoned sous vide ribeye. Silky but your pursuit of the subtleties will give way to nice tannic grip, but it shows some velvet. Melts the fat and sticks around to shake your hand after. — 10 years ago

Lewis Chester

8.9

2009 vintage. Big fruit, concentration - red plum, macerated, and a fresh earth aroma. On the palate, there's power here - round, fleshy, and concentrated. Has potential, but needs to lose its puppy fat. Quite impressed. Don't open for 5 years. — 10 years ago

Gerald Montoya

9.1

Big and rich with beautiful toast and fat yellow fruit. Despite its weight it is quite delicate on the palate with great acidic balance and depth of flavor. Toast, slight butter, yellow fruit, smoky mineral, and spice. A bit nervous still. A few years would do it well. — 11 years ago

Felix Huang

9.3

2008 vintage - Big fat syrah with huge fruit. — 11 years ago

Marshal White

9.3

Deserves a repost. Half a bottle two days later. There's a lot here. Generously sweet fruit that's light and bright. A light feral edge, and a hint of blue fruit from time to time. It's a square, big-shouldered wine, structured enough to cut through plenty of fat on your palate, but the tannins are well managed. Loamy dirt flavor. I'd love to have more of this. — 11 years ago

Bree Dusbiber

9.1

Long day, big wine. Massive, mentholated... Ripe plum skins, dripping with sugared flesh. Few pounds of baby fat (and wood tannins) still to shed, heady and voluptuous for at least the next 5. — 11 years ago

Marybeth Cashman

9.0

Great bang for the buck. Big, strong, smooth. — 11 years ago