Chip Hughes

9.5

Birch, castoria, blackstrap molasses, Demerara brûlée, forest underbrush. Mature but still vigorous; long, clean and impeccably balanced. One of the finest Santenays I’ve ever tasted. #bernardmorey #santenay #pinotnoir — 7 years ago

Byron C Mayes

8.9

Dark garnet purple in the glass, Big nose of dried cherries and blackstrap molasses. Palate echoes the nose with a bit of tar on the long finish. Full body; medium acidity; medium minus tannins. C'est incredible! Oh wait. That's French. — 8 years ago

Tree Kilpatrick

8.9

Fruit and syrup nose. Flavors are nice. Blackberry, black cherry, tobacco, olive, blackstrap molasses. And intense full wine. — 8 years ago

Benjamin Keator

9.4

Didn't have high expectations for this one, so I was very very pleased with how good it was. Paired well with fresh chicken fried whitetail blackstrap. Nice blue and black fruits. — 9 years ago

Page Meyerding

9.0

This wine was excellent paired with venison blackstrap. I pleasantly surprised with the rich velvet that slides over the palate. 👍 — 10 years ago

Leslee D. Miller

Owner and Certified Sommelier Amusée Wine Consulting

9.0

Another #impossiblenottolove @bonnydoonvineyard wine, thx @randallgrahm👏👏👏 2012 Contra --carignan, syrah, grenache, mourvedre & cinsault. Crushed berry, blackstrap licorice & pink peppercorn capture the nose as notes of freshly balanced dark cherry & mouth melting carpaccio lace the palate. What can I say? Always a fan of Mr Grahm's work. #certifiablydelish for just about $17 on the shelf & a steal. — 10 years ago

Byron C Mayes

9.5

Deep, glass-clinging red purple in the glass; bear black with dark magenta highlights in a drinking pour. Big, bosomy nose of cobblered blueberries and blackstrap molasses. Brooding yet fruit-forward palate and greying dark berries and some ash supported by medium, velvety tannins. This is a treat. Not too serious, but not frivolous at all. Enjoy on its own or with charred barbecue meats by 2017. — 11 years ago

Nate Wall

Winemaker at Troon Vineyard

9.0

Glad we waited until 2018 to open this 2010. Probably should have waited another 5 yrs or so. Sweet elagic tannins a bit overly pronounced, but just starting to integrate. For the coldest vintage we’ve had in the NW in decades, this shows ripe yet restrained character, chalky cocoa tannins, brambley black raspberry, cassis, blackstrap molasses, pipe tobacco, hint of anise. I can only imagine the hangtime for 14.8% abv in 2010, but it didn’t stick out and added to the structure. One of the best Sineann wines I’ve tasted. — 7 years ago

Chip Hughes

9.4

Massive, sappy, impenetrably dark. Insane concentration. Roast plums, toasted almond, blackstrap. Fine, but substantial, tannins. One of the greatest young Dolcettos I've ever tasted. #paitin #dolcetto — 8 years ago

Sean Trapani

Founder/Educator Wine Fluent, Consultant ABC Fine Wines & Spirits

8.9

Blackstrap berries, softly raisinated, with some nice food-scrubbing acidity. — 8 years ago

Michael Kanbergs

Wine Director Campo Fina

9.5

Ripe black fruit, blackstrap molasses, dark compost, maple, black pepper, Turkish spice, dry leather; all elegance on the palate, w/ iron minerality and fresh acid. Has me like 😅
— 10 years ago

Christanna Honer

9.7

Such intense concentration for a wine of 17 years--opened w powerful dark fruit, blackstrap, and vanilla bean paste aromas. Over a few hours developed into some gamey leather, roasted coffee bean, dusty old cigar box, and shriveled red cherries and prunes. This one needs the whole evening to shine--don't waste your time or money if you're only gonna see the first act! — 10 years ago

Charles Schneider

9.4

Becoming much more expressive. Dried herb, dehydrated berry, pipe tobacco, hint of anise and blackstrap. — 11 years ago

Avery Zaninovich

10

100% Petite Sirah
The 2012 Tlo Reserve Petite Sirah has aromas of black cherry and dusty cocoa powder, vanilla and earthy minerality. Smell hints of cardamom and light cedar with a touch of freshly baked piecrust. Tlo’s first ever reserve wine, the Petite Sirah, has an inky rich red hue and excellent acidity with intense, rich juiciness, luscious raspberry and ripe plum. This incredibly savory wine is very well balanced with huge, round tannins, soft smokiness and a lasting finish of blackstrap molasses and dark chocolate.

Shoemaker Vineyards, Paso Robles

Aged 26 Months
30% New Amerique Oak

90 cases produced — 8 years ago

Byron C Mayes

9.0

Dark purple garnet in the glass. Nose of plum, molasses, and cocoa. Medium full body, medium tannins, medium acidity. Palate of juicy plum, cobbler crust, blackstrap molasses, hints, clove. Medium short finish. Still some time left, too. This is one of the eastern greats. Enjoyable as a "sipper" but especially with hearty foods. Another triumph by Anthony Vietri! — 8 years ago

Robert Lim

9.1

Second bottle of '92 showing much better so bumping this up. Really struck by how much it tastes of the funky bouquet of blackstrap molasses. Also a bit of resiny texture. Fruit is in good shape and still has a decent amount of acidity. Paired equally well with cumin tomato soup and tomato zucchini spaghetti — 9 years ago

Jeff Sidwell

Owner Bon! Gourmet

9.1

A wow style bacon jam blackstrap molasses and spices — 10 years ago

patrick lorian

9.1

Day 1: nose = blackstrap molasses
mouth = yucky, b/c the kale salad totally jammed up our taste buds :(
Day 2: nose = choc covered cherries, soy, heat
mouth = fleshed out, sweet/sour cherries, bit of grip, great acid — 11 years ago

Mike Kleba

9.6

Rich, stone fruit and blackstrap with great structure — 12 years ago