Donny Bridges

9.5

V v tasty. Makes a kitchen table in Chicago February feel like a patio in summer. — 6 years ago

Steve Pacini

9.0

Jammy, Smooth, yummy — 6 years ago

Sabina Colombeau

9.2

What a trip. So many weird words came up: burnt caramel, raisins, bourbon, nutty, dried mangos, Sherry, bananas foster, plum liquor, orange blossom. Paired amazing with fleur du maquis cheese. — 8 years ago

John Visto

9.1

Strawberry, brick, cedar....awesome — 8 years ago

Bob Gaby

9.2

Great Thanksgiving Wine. Pairs well with Turkey and all the fixings. — 8 years ago

Erik Helms

Sommelier/Wine & Beer Buyer Whole Foods Oakland

9.1

Very dark in color, dark chocolate, solid wine. Cabernet, petite Sirah and Zinfandel. — 9 years ago

with Miguel, Lauren and 2 others

Melissa Boon

9.6

Beautiful brick color, deep, murky. Nose: chocolate, pepper, vanilla, toffee. Very interesting, round, red fruits, coffee, tobacco. Mouth: red fruit, sourness, blunt chocolate, tobacco. Very velvety, nose that is super expressive, nice acidity from sour red fruits. Very good wine, very good vintage. — 10 years ago

Matt Trader

9.5

The Steading definitely won most interesting wine of the night. It is a GSM blend, in fashion of Chateauneuf-du-pape. Oldest wine on the tasting list, from 2012, and it had a gorgeous brick red, slightly opaque color. Boy did this have a fantastic fragrance - strawberry, cranberry, saddle leather, decayed violets, pipe tobacco, dried eucalyptus leaf, and soy. If the nose wasn't the most enticing thing about the wine, it was equally matched on the pallet which was lush, elegant, and dainty compared to the sort of brash character of most of Torbreck's wines - red plum, bruised red apple, duck fat, braised and charred meat, luxardo cherry, dried rosemary, dried sage, graphite, hickory charcoal, and a juicy, lingering finish. What an absolute treat.. it is on its 5th year of age, but sadly it may only really have 3-5 more years of plateau to enjoy. Not meant for extensive age, but surely amazing value from Torbreck; not all wines are meant to be aged long! — 6 years ago

Brian Grech

9.7

Brick color with orange rim, touch of cloudiness. Blood-like alkalinity and seaside salinity. Blueberry, blackberry, coffee grounds, prunes, leather, tomatoes. Very very fine, out of a 5L pristinely stored in Bornholm, Denmark. — 8 years ago

with Ashley and Justin

Lauren Vance

Buyer Whole Foods Market Oakland

9.0

Lovely rose gold color, with a clean and fresh nose. Fruit, minerals, flowers.. Everything I would want in a rose. Plenty of strawberry, tart cherry, watermelon, white and red rose petals and dried herbs. Fruit shines on the palate with plenty of acidity to carry you to a pleasant finish. Sitting perfectly at 13.5, the ABV is not a detracting component. — 8 years ago

Rebecca Fletcher

9.5

Deep brick. M+ intensity. Cherry, kirsch, blackberry, rhubarb, bramble, savory and saline. Lots of fruit for the age of this wine. M+ acid, sweet,long finish and complex. — 9 years ago

Andrew Fortgang

9.0

08 tasting great. — 9 years ago

Austin Beeman

9.3

Going tawny color. Complex mature nose of meat and fruit. Brick leather meat strawberries. Great mature bottle. Complex savory with a line of almost sweet fruit. — 10 years ago

Erin Pooley

Owner/Winemaker Good Luck Wines

10

Stems deliciousness and hitting the balls out of the park! Oh yeah brickhouse! — 12 years ago

with Alexis

Chris England

9.5

Incredibly underrated @ £69 & drinking just lovely now @ peak 😍 Fab buy 👍

🍷 Opaque garnet ruby w/ brick edge

👃 Gorgeous soggy earth & leaves, soaked smokey oak, flinty crushed rock minerals, leather, herbs, liquorice, mocha, blackcurrant & dark plum

👄 Med body of creamy smooth earthy blackcurrant & dark plum in liquorice infused mocha w/ minerals, all beautifully balanced

🎯 Long earthy mocha liquorice mineral dark fruit seduction

😍 My kind of wine 😎 — 6 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.1

Second of the four year vertical we are trying out for #WAWineMonth. We had the 05, 07, 08 and 09.

Medium to deep garnet with brick edges. Quite a bit of oak on the nose with notes of cigar boxes, dark spices, dried fruits and woody. Medium tannins (6/10) and medium plus bodied. Well integrated with quite a bit of earthiness compared to the other three vintages. Very dark throughout with notes of cocoa, herbs and some black cherries. Medium plus to long finish. Showed better on day two. Drink till 2022.

Made up of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23.5% Merlot, 3.5% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc. — 7 years ago

with Sean and India

Evelyn Marin

9.5

The only Pinot Noir made with Napa fruit better than Brick and Mortar's Cougar Rock Pinot is this wine right here. complex, beguiling, nuanced and mysterious are some of the endless descriptors that can be used to describe this beautiful Spring Mountain Pinot. Can't wait to taste this in another 5 years or so, as it is destined for greatness. — 8 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.7

Smoking good and a big surprise as most Bordeaux in the late 70s was not good. The color was mature, but not nearly as brick as I would have expected. The nose I could smell all day and all night. Lots of perfumed red fruits, subtle spice and tertiary leathers and dried flowers. The palate was just as good and followed on from the nose, if anything a little less complex than the nose. — 8 years ago

Steve Martel

9.0

Brick color; dried cherry dry earthy flavors with nice tannins; eucalyptus — 9 years ago

with Gayla

Sanjuana Walters

Skurnik Wines Domestic Portfolio, Freelance Writer

8.9

Very bright and lively — 10 years ago

with Skurnik