Josh Morgenthau

9.2

Very brisk, red-fruited, a bit wild with bitter berry along with the sweet ripe berry fruit. Cough syrup and mineral dust. A bit medicinal numbing, licorice. Dusty tannic herbal. Way less giving than the 2018, most definitely needs time in bottle. — 10 days ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

Light Ruby with aromas of red fruits, floral and herb cedar notes. On the palate flavors of raspberry and strawberry with notes of cacao and earthy cedar toned. Fine soft tannins, long finish ending with fruit, mineral and earthy character. Very nice value!! — 5 months ago

Max Einhorn

9.3

Solid fruit forward, soft tannin and very crushable — 2 years ago

Lyn Farmer

9.1

Good is a lovely cool climate unoaked Chardonnay with loads of lemon, green apple, yellow plum, honeysuckle, wet stone and flint. Tasting it blind I first thought it could be a great chenin blanc until the Chardonnay realization set in. Pricey but a terrific food wine. — 22 days ago

Brad Swick

9.2

Really nice Pinot with lots of flavor, nice bite, good balance. Full and long. Tasted 6 December 2021 — a year ago

Mary H

9.1

Bright, zippy, refreshing. Strawberries, a hint of salinity, and tart but not overwhelmingly citrusy. Wonderful warm weather wine, great with a watermelon feta salad. — a year ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.7

This has got to be the top Pinot Noir from the Southern Hemisphere. Who else is fighting for the podium?! Chacra in Patigonia has a shot. Burn Cottage from NZ I like. Ochota from Oz is worthy of a podium. But yeah, Sailor is winning gold in my book. — 3 years ago

with James

Martinez

8.9

Clean, pure and savory. red fruit, spicy notes, mineral — 4 days ago

Dan

8.9

Bright lime and light floral nose. Lime and lemon, moderate cream/cheese mid palate and quickly turns to high acid crisp finish. Slightly reductive. — 4 months ago

Shay A

9.3

This was one of the red wines I served for my annual WWC hosting, alongside a 2016 Pellegrin Gamay, 2017 Chacra CyC, and 2015 Force Majeure estate Syrah.

As all wines are tasted blind, I totally get the guesses of Cayuse-like Syrah. The 100% whole cluster use here is undeniably distinct. For the most part, it seems to be a love it or hate it style (I love it). By the time we all got to this, it had been in the glass 1-2hrs. Deep purple, with massive stemmy/green aromatics that hit you in the face. Wintergreen notes, too. On the palate, it’s funky, herbal, spice driven notes wrapped around underripe blackberries and rhubarb. This is a floral, savory, spicy Syrah at 8yrs that seems crazy youthful. Likely hangs in this window for a while. Bravo, Mike Smith. — a year ago