Good everyday — 5 years ago
This 2016 was gifted to me at a meal I was hosting. Beautifully presented bottle and a Very pleasant, well balanced wine with great aromas. This paired really well with roasted beef. — 7 years ago
Nice slight fizz. Bright fruit. Medium body. Easy drinking. — 8 years ago
Drinkable AF. — 9 years ago
A fantastic wine , amazing nose and good palate. Best paired with a oven baked dorado from Ligurian sea. — 10 years ago
peach, ripe pear, medium weight, I likey — 11 years ago
Great bang for the buck. Yeasty savory bread, macerated peach, overripe/candied pineapple, and a long creamy mouthfeel with fine perlage. An expressive ripe style that is very well executed for the price point  — a year ago
Great wine to pair with an LSU loss — 3 years ago
Schoolbook pinot with warm strawberry and sloeberry fruit. Cranberries on the finish. Some oak and spices on the finish. Simply very enjoyable! — 4 years ago
Lovely soft flavours with rich grape overtones — 6 years ago
Silkier, spicier than the Santa Barbara. — 7 years ago
Dangerously gulpable — 8 years ago
Purple red in color, dense. Blueberry blackberry minty smoke and wood notes in nose. Berry cherry smoke notes in mouth (later morphing almost into cola) with some tongue coating astringency in finish. Strawberry and blackberry aftertaste. A little aging might polish the few minor edges remaining in the wine — 9 years ago
2002 holding up very nicely -- elegance with structure! — 10 years ago
Un infanticidio terrible. El próximo dentro de 20 años. — 10 years ago
Dusty as my grandfather basement!Love it!! — 12 years ago
Apparently this translates to “up all night” or something heeeeeyyyyy — 2 years ago
Excellent! It took very little time to breathe which was unexpected for a 2011. We will be buying more of this if we can find it. — 2 years ago
Apple, lemon candy, dried apricot, oak and hints of peach. Great acidity and balance. — 3 years ago
Stephens day tipple... Beautiful — 5 years ago
Great champagne blend with sharp bubbles and toasted caramel notes. Some green apple. Excellent especially at $25. — 7 years ago
Earthy and tannic. Like my golf game. — 10 years ago
Ganevat for the win! — 10 years ago
Ming L
My first Clendenen Family Vineyards bottling.
It opens with apricot, baked apple, pear, and jasmine, unfolding into light vanilla, lemon curd, grapefruit zest, and just the slightest hint of Sherry. On the palate it’s warm and plush with lively acidity. Compared to ABC typically more mineral-edged style, this bottling feels more opulent, with greater emphasis on texture, offering a fuller expression while still carrying Jim Clendenen’s hallmark balance.
What a treat! — 8 months ago