Robert Agans

9.1

Very good. Paired this with Bison beef meatloaf mixed with onions, topped with Smokey Burbs BBQ sauce and sautéed kale. My power went out during nor'easter right when I put this in the oven... so after getting everyone situated and candles lit I cooked this on in my gas grill on 350 for 25 minutes came out perfect. Nice dinner under candlelight and the wine was a great pairing for a hearty dish (without being to big of a wine I don't drink them often) — 8 years ago

Bill Bender

9.3

Musky, funky nose. Orange hues by candlelight in the glass. Warm, pleasing tannins. Fig, tar, flint. A nice intro to this maker. — 9 years ago

with Vickie

Alex Alan

Wine Director Hotel Delmano

8.9

2011. Mostly Sauv Blanc with a little Semillon. Some oak here...but doesn't taste overtly oaky on the palate. Soft texture and very gentle. Pairs well with shellfish, candlelight, and Barry White music. — 10 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.5

1958 Cantina Mascarello Barolo Riserva: from Jay. Washed out ruby/cranberry juice in color but with both sparkle and intensity. The light color of the wine is quite translucent allowing both candlelight and ambient lighting at the table to give it a lift as it glitters. Very delicate on the nose. There is a little cork taint but as this wine is so beautifully perfumed it is relatively easy to look past this imperfection. Violets, crushed roses, and red forest fruits scintillate the olfactory senses. This is really quite lovely. On the palette the wine is both ethereal and elegant. It has poise and balance and although it is in its latter years it remains a gorgeous expression of Nebbiolo. Fraises sauvages, raspberries, and hints of slightly unripened pomegranate blend together seamlessly. The finish is both long and determined. A very sophisticated and classy wine with a glint in its eye...think St. Moritz in the '60s. Drink now. 95/100.

— 10 years ago

Jennifer Reichardt

9.1

Candlelight pinot. Nothing better. Grippy, red fruit. — 11 years ago

Diane Munch

9.2

A lovely wine paired with an outstanding gluten free vegetarian meal from the untrained chef. Notes of tobacco, chocolate and black cherry. Served in an 18th century dining room by candlelight. A memorable evening. — 8 years ago

with Zach

Caleb Warren

9.4

On 12/10/16 at chestnut in Asheville here for the candlelight Biltmore tour. A wonderful soft full wine with a dark clear ruby color and dry crisp cherries! — 9 years ago

Eric Egan

9.4

From back in the days when Pieroth used to buy up and bottle some amazing lots of wine from all over Germany and Eastern Europe (now they sing to a very different tune). This is simply one of the greatest sweet wines I've ever had. A blend of Traminer, Bouvier, and Neuburger grown under the influence of (the botrytis-paradise of) the Neusiedler See, in Burgendland, near the Hungarian border.

Despite an almost entirely disintegrated capsule this was in great shape. The wine is an amazingly virile gold, with streaks of shimmering emerald running through it by candlelight. It has gloriously tactile legs (think Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct) and an amazing purity of fruit. Lychee, with layers of Cape gooseberries, dragonfruit, mandarins, and hits of kumquats and, weirdly, fresh caper-berries. All of this bound together by an almost ebullient sweetness and box-knife acidity. This was bottle 3/5 from my cellar, all drunk over the last 3 months. I just can't help myself - I'll have to bury last two in the garden so they're not within arms' length I my drinking hand. — 10 years ago

Sam Hege

9.6

Bing cherry, burnt caramel, and pepper. Looks like diluted blood with a browned edge and turbidity...crazy beautiful in candlelight. This is the way Grenache is supposed to be made.... — 10 years ago

with Colton

Micha Rains

9.1

Fantastic Zin with depth of character. Perfect with truffle salt popcorn and conversation by candlelight. — 12 years ago

Veronica Castro

9.0

The time has come to think of Blaufränkisch (a.k.a. Lemberger) as the poor man's Beaujolais.
This took a while to open up... but with a little patience, man, one reaps rewards. Dark brambly fruit, light-bodied, but still a brooding wine, with supple, fine tannins. Had this chilled. Rainer Schnaitmann runs his cozy winery in a suburb near Stuttgart, where he serenades his barrels to Mozart, in the glow of candlelight. Lovely wine. — 8 years ago

Marci Noble

Wine Manager Burger and Barrel

9.2

While a close relative of Syrah, it doesn't feature so prominently the savory characteristics I love so well about that grape. Instead it highlights a twinkle of blackberry-bramble, notes of taught plum, and something shimmery--as if it has captured all the purest intentions of a rainbow sheen on the surface of a slow-roasted Prime Rib, observed under candlelight. — 9 years ago

Eric Hwang

9.7

Dusty pencil shavings, black pepper, and vibrant blueberry. I could just enjoy it to sit and inhale the aromas. Layers of complexity, rich, supple and evocative with ample ripe black fruits. Smokey, dark and brooding but without all the Goth drama. Still one of the best WA Syrahs I've had made even better served by candlelight due to the usual November power outage. — 10 years ago

Wendy Haas

8.9

Blurred by candlelight. Fun night with no power!! — 10 years ago

with Scott

Jessica Gibby

9.1

Pairs well with lady dates and candlelight — 11 years ago

with Jojo

Edward DelSole

9.0

2009 vintage. Drunk over scrabble by candlelight during the post-Sandy NYC blackout 11/4/2012 — 13 years ago