Sharon B

9.3

A new favorite! Nice dark purple in color, a little oaky at first but very full of dark fruit. Absolutely delicious! Well deserved after a busy weekend! — 6 years ago

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.3

Head-turner. — 7 years ago

with William

Johnno Harris

9.5

Ripper Chardonnay. Polished and complex. Seamless and generous stone fruit with soft citrus frame and tail. Integrated oak. Immensely satisfying after a busy busy night. Thumbs up from all the MH crew. 👍🏼👍🏼 — 8 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

On the nose, creamy lemons, lime, green apple, pear no skin, notes of honey, green melon and yellow lilies. It's a stunner at first entry. Fresh, delicate and beautiful. Ripe round fruits of; lemon, lime, green apple, pineapple flesh, green melon, pear, white peach, notes of honey, amazing richness, round, lush, thick, elegant and beautiful. All day. Photos of; the tasting room and blown glass chandelier, the staff busy doing packaging and us barrel tasting with their Director of Winemaking & Viticulture, Gilles Nicault. Really nice Riesling for $20. — 8 years ago

Eric Egan

9.3

Busy as hell, at @decanter Bordeaux monstertasting. c300 wines. 6 hours. (all verticals of 90s-10s vintages from 48 producers).

This was one of the top wines of the day. Phenomenal acidity and balance! — 9 years ago

Sharon B

9.2

This is delicious. Medium body, smooth finish. 85% Sangiovese, 5% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 5% Alicante. Very nice blend especially after a busy day at work. — 9 years ago

Clive McNish

9.4

Really great Shiraz, punches well above its weight, ticks all the boxes and more. Short review; too busy enjoying it. — 6 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

Mid to pale crimson. The intensity on the palate belies its paleish colour - textbook Bass Phillip. Earthy compost heap, cherry, mushroom and beetroot aromas and flavours. Superb wine. A briefer note than usual - too busy enjoying the wine - the first of 6 in the cellar - the others to be enjoyed over the next 5 plus years. — 7 years ago

Frank Chen

9.3

Two pauillacs in one night ...too busy to taste...darn next time — 7 years ago

Mark Seeber

9.2

Happy Thanksgiving from St Louis! — 8 years ago

Mervyn

9.1

Like this wine (2016), slightly sharp edge-27/07/17 — 8 years ago

Eric Grasser

9.0

Yeasty with slight oxidation, yet clean and citrusy with a nice creamy body presence. — 9 years ago

Nick Danger

9.2

Big without being overpowering. Complex without being busy. Would drink all the time. Now trying to remember where I picked it up... — 9 years ago

Kim Stanbro

8.9

We've been so busy in the theater, we are going through a lot less volunteer wine than previous shows. Zin appears to be the grape of choice. — 9 years ago

Lindsey King

9.3

In a newsletter I wrote: ‘Margalagua’ roughly translates to ‘Mother of Water’ and I think it is obvious that the Mother of Water is wine. This is a wine for all weather, the weather forever thirsty, you always in need. The grapes are a busy blend of Listan Negro, Listan Prieto, Baboso, Negramoll and Malvasia Negra. The vines are at least 100 years old and untrained like an old dog that can’t learn new tricks but aren’t his old tricks still so good? He can’t differentiate a formal paw shake and a casual high five but he knows raising a paw to yours results in a mouthful of flavour and you too can expect a mouthful of flavour from the Margalagua. Fermented in old 500 liter barrels with the whole grape clusters included, and then raised in neutral 500 liter French oak barrels for 11 months. A tantalizing mixture of pepper and stones, pungent aromatics, with wonderful deep umami notes, high-toned citrus, spice and flowers. Float in this current, dream in the stream. — 7 years ago

David Walser

9.5

Drank way too soon. This is a huge wine that will last for years. Drank at Morton’s Anaheim on Valentine’s Day. The place was busy but they always do a great job. Had with the tomahawk ribeye. — 7 years ago

Ross McGill

9.0

A lovely #Malbec after a busy week! — 8 years ago

Erik Nordman

9.0

Dig these Koehler-Ruprecht trocken prädikatswein bottlings; they smell like they’re going to be sweet but then surprise the palate with their relative dryness. This Kallstadter kabinett trocken pours a medium (-) intensity straw-gold hue. Moderate concentration of aromatics of underripe stone fruit, shiso, wet stone minerality, a bit of petrol-y TDN character, a leesy aged cheese rind character, and a very slight honeyed spice that might signal a very small percentage of botrytized grapes might have gone into this wine (but I’m not 100% sure it is botrytis; it’s very faint if it is). On the palate, the wine is simultaneously soft and focused, with more slightly underripe stone fruit, wet stone minerality, slightly underripe mango, a savory, aged cheese rind leesiness, and some very subtle floral tones. Medium (+)/high acid, oily, softly textured light/medium (-) body, medium in-balance alcohol, and it’s dry-ish? Wouldn’t quite say off dry but definitely has a slight bit of balancing RS. Overall, pretty good stuff; haven’t yet been disappointed by Koehler-Ruprecht. — 8 years ago

George Chen

9.2

One of the more memorable PF's I've ever had....just too busy to write too much these days. — 9 years ago

Emily Kresie-Harrington

9.3

NV. Blanc de noirs from the Aube. Very clean and crisp, dominated by red fruits. Fresh tart cherry, blood orange sherbet, golden raspberry, white flowers. Seems really young and summery, all about the freshness. Love that they put the encépagement on the back label! Very welcome after a busy couple of weeks at work. Happy New Year! — 9 years ago