Rose Clark

9.0

Flavor blooms nicely as you sip. Slight acidic finish. — 11 years ago

Alejandro Lopez

10

72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot and 10% Petit Verdot.
18 months in new French oak barrels.
Xanic means 'flower that blooms after the first rain'.
Fine aromas of black currant, blueberry and plum tinged with notes of cedar, truffle and sweet spices.
Tannins ripe and fleshy, structured acidity, spicy after taste.
Long and warm finish. — 11 years ago

Saman Hosseini

Writer Maison Abattoir

9.0

Opens dirty with smoke and rust. Integrates and blooms shortly after. Generous black fruits, with violet & llicorice notes, refined structure, and wisps of smoke. — 12 years ago

Sasha Agapov

10

Perfection! Young, bright, very open and blooms with fruit, cherry, white flowers and honey. Love it! — 11 years ago

Jason Adams

9.3

Starts out a little sour and then blooms with some air — 11 years ago

Andrew Holod

National Sales Grapes of Spain

9.1

Bonny Doon Contra '11. Vibrant ruby. Spicy, tart cherry and mulberry aromas; vaguely gravelly. Fruit blooms in the mouth with black raspberry, floral pastille and fleshy riper notes. Texturally, firm deep and lovely. Again driven by juicy acidity. — 12 years ago

Kirk Kirkpatrick

9.6

Soft delicate silky start, later blooms to hints of strawberry. Classic Châteauneuf-du-Pape. — 11 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.0

Lovely blend-Grenache, mourverdre, marselan, carignano, Alucante by female vintner & soft touch, really blooms w air. Great mouthfeel. — 11 years ago

Ivy Hastings

9.7

This evokes a late California Spring 11am picnic in Sonoma. Early blooms and the promise of bursting fruit. — 12 years ago

Nhan Huynh

9.4

Tried 2009 vintage. Great aroma with the scent of herbs and ripe fruits, hint of prune to the nose and give off nice lingering scent that last. Once tasted, hint of minerals and herb actually blooms on the tongue. Berries and prune completes the wine for a medium finish. — 13 years ago