I Nell

9.4

Merry Christmas, perfect with ham and cornbread, plum, tea leaves, balanced soft tannins — 8 months ago

John Willison

9.1

Melon rind, white flower, a bit of funk. Always interesting. — a year ago

Steve Goore

9.1

This $10 bottle is a winner. Light maroon color with red berries and beautifully balanced tannins. Finish was nice too and even better with food. — 5 years ago

Erik Longabardi

9.5

Should’ve bought more. Featherweight while very complex — 5 years ago

Bobby Gilbane

10

If you don’t love this wine, I will fight you. — 6 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.2

Goes down easy but still plenty serious — 7 years ago

Leo Gentile

8.9

Splendid. Just opened after shipping. Bright red fruit. Understated as other tasters have noted. Look forward to next bottle in a few months — 8 years ago

Doug Powers

8.9

Clean, crisp sparkling wine from a vineyard near Chalone, nicely aged, longish finish, very good. — 8 months ago

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Lars Miller

9.4

Lovely nose of lemon, with more lemon on the palate. Creamy, with unmistakable sur lie style. (We tried this before it was just cellar temp and you could definitely taste the yeast). Beautifully balanced, slightly zingy, and wonderfully old world style. A winner! — 2 years ago

Frank B

9.0

Normally I don’t like tropical fruit notes, but this was very nice. The finish was long and everything was very balanced. — 5 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.4

Magnificent. Tastes like flowers blooming near the sea. Would like to have with oysters. Great acidity. Definitely needs some air and is better at cellar temp. — 6 years ago

Scott Petrus

9.3

This guy kills me. Fresh approachable Syrah with blue fruit and remarkable depth. — 7 years ago

Mark Frigo

9.6

An excellent Pinot not from Oregon. — 8 years ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.1

Really great. Aged perfectly. — 9 months ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.2

I love his wines and I guess lucky for me was added to his e-mail list a decade ago. This wine has now typicity aka terroir which comes from this vineyard (the vines are getting older he started out when they were quite young). Pear/honey on the nose - tons of acid, meyer lemon, sour mandarine on the back palate very restrained fruit. Not tropical or floral at all. Sharp clean and crisp. Almost steely. Very burgundian in style - folks would have a very hard time to identify this as CA in a blind tasting. 2 Puncheons produced and just 12.9%! (His Watson Ranch {napa}is my #1 but allocated followed by Heron Lake {wild horse valley}. Those 23‘s I will review in the future. — 10 months ago

Eric Urbani

9.1

Ed did a great job on this one — 5 years ago

Jennifer F

9.7

Really good, dry Chardonnay. Definitely would drink again. — 5 years ago

Rich Bluth

8.9

such a great nose right after opening. a California classic that seems to be forgotten. — 6 years ago

Emelyn Pagel

9.2

51st birthday dinner. Very well balanced, creamy. Wonderful compliment to chicken! — 8 years ago

Christopher Losa

Owner/Wine Director Bar Bambino

8.9

Central Coast ripeness well balanced with freshness, acidity, and a light hand in the winery. — 8 years ago