Joel Lara

9.4

Decanted this for an hour and a half and reserved a glass in the bottle for the second day. These notes are based on the second day, as the flavors seemed to shine through a bit more. On the nose, aromas of blackberry and leather, although had to do quite a bit of swirling to get the aromas to come through. On the palate, beautifully deep flavors of blackberry and black currant coming through, with hints of graphite and cocoa in the background. Tannins seems pretty well integrated with good acidity, although definitely some grip on the finish. Cocoa seems to come through a bit more on the finish as well. Overall really tasty, but seems to be closing down a bit for sure. I have one more bottle, so looking forward to seeing how this tastes in 5-10 years time. — 6 months ago

James Everhart

8.9

Textbook Cabernet Frank drinking well eight years after harvest. 2017 vintage purchased in January 2024 $24. — 7 months ago

David Dranit

9.3

2005 drunk in 2025. Delicious even though the cork crumbled. Gorgeous color, full body, a bit grassy and green apple. — 8 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.8

This is finally drinking.

Nose: fleeting endless white flowers. Deep. Dense. Endless. Liquid white flowers. Insane.

Palate: a perfectness. Silky. A touch of richness. A presence. Magnificent. Reverberates.

A perfectness about this. A gleaming golden harmony that transcends any tasting note and exceeds the limits of language. .

Fass selections — 10 months ago

Michael Phillips

9.2

Nice fruit and balance. Pleasant but undistinguished wine. — 5 years ago

Nate Miles

9.3

Northern. F’G. Rhône. Syrah. Feralironybloodyoliveydeliciousness — 6 years ago

Servus Andrea

9.6

Deliciously flinty and vibrant — 8 years ago

Michael Mendes

8.9

Green apple, lemon zest and lime. Zippy and concentrated with some viscosity in the mouth. Very enjoyable — 10 years ago

Panos Kakaviatos

9.0

The palate is full of lively verve. Lemon lime high acidity. What seemed at first to be notes of hazelnut actually blew off. In fact I mistook these notes. The wine seems to be rather reduced. Color is light gold/dark lemon. Went well with roast pork. — 11 years ago

Phil Stice

9.4

Smokey rosemary. Super fresh and no 04 greenness — 13 years ago

Vino Joe

9.3

Nice minerality and some oily complexity but a bit more limited. Light flowery touches. — 6 months ago

Jack Jensen

9.5

Tastes like charcuterie in a new car — 7 months ago

with K

Conrad Green

9.6

Golden and rich. Honey, corn, rounded lemon. Really settled and mature but still fresh with great balanced acidity. Really excellent. — 7 months ago

with Matt and David

Alvaro Bustillos

9.4

Jay rubenstein y amigos — 9 months ago

Mike Evans

9.1

Still showing a lot of tannic and acidic structure, but enough fruit to keep it in check once it had a few hours of air, youthful still, and brawny. — a year ago

Scot McIntosh

9.0

On another day, I’d love this. Too serious for today. — 6 years ago

Yuki Watanabe

9.0

Ripe citrus fruits on the nose, good amount of acid but slight of sweetness almost like a baked apple — 6 years ago

Lori

9.7

Full flavour — 8 years ago

Simon Tan

8.9

Deep full bodied silky taste — 11 years ago

Nick Meti

9.1

Clean, dry, simple. — 12 years ago

with Sarah

romo

9.2

Put these down and watch the angry tannin melt away. Lighter-bodied right banker. — 7 months ago

Tom Jenkins

9.2

Exceptional Sonoma cab. Big, dark, soft and lush. Jammy in texture, dark cherry finish — 7 months ago

Ki Punwar

Owner, California Wine Republic

9.3

This is drinking well right now. Tannic but lush and quite open. Long finish and love the acidity here — 8 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.1

Medium deep garnet, ruby core with medium light garnet rim . This is quite meaty and deep on the nose , with earthy dark cherry , porcini , sweet blackberry and spiced sous bois . On the palate this is quite severe and serious , darker fruits , ripe blackberry , cherry and hint of blackcurrant, herbal hints. Quite gritty , slightly drying tannins , fresh acidity . Earthy , dusty dark cherry edged finish , ok medium length. Quite ambitious for a village and arguably not ready yet , tannins need a little more time to integrate. From now and over the next 5 years, if not longer . — 9 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

5/16 lic tomero y benito — 6 years ago

Nicola Morvillo

9.7

On 29/11/19 sboccato 1990
Bernard Bremont Grand Cru Ambonnay — 6 years ago

Andrea W

9.1

Green apple, pear, vanilla, oaky goodness. A little all spice or butterscotch after. — 9 years ago

Phil

9.5

2012. Reco from master somm LaPratt at Atrium Brooklyn. — 11 years ago

Nathaniel DiMaggio

9.6

Loving me some Chebby! — 12 years ago