Jody Scharf

9.3

Clark bottled this 7 years later in 2014. Wow what patience. I taste cheese, black cherries, some thyme. Open let sit and gets better. Great value. Another winner from the RRV. Kudos! — 8 years ago

John Zvetan

9.0

Pale lemon. Exotic fruit notes of pineapple. Pomegranate. Ripe grapefruit. Low acid, low body. Med finish. Exotic fruits of pineapple pomegranate. Ripe lemon and grapefruit. Med finish. Classic NZ Sauvignon Blanc. — 8 years ago

David Schwartz

9.3

Enjoyable wine from Spencer Clark — 9 years ago

with John

RICHARD ROGERS ( double R)

9.1

Solid Pinot very smooth finish 91pts — 9 years ago

David L

9.2

Stacy Clark! — 9 years ago

Jiga Hitorn

9.1

Dave pt 2. Seems relevant — 9 years ago

Andrew

9.2

Light bodied with a mushroom earthiness, cherry, vanilla and spice. Great length. It paired excellent with my Christmas turkey and all the fixings. About $40/bottle. — 9 years ago

Dena Prasher

9.2

Drank with Meg Clark at Flora Farms in Cabo — 10 years ago

Joseph D'Ambrosio

9.2

Good fruit, nice balance, fine tannins. Excellent overall. — 10 years ago

August Deimel

8.9

Lovely (though not $100 lovely) the tannins on this are still pretty burly for a 9 year old wine. It's got some guts, no doubt about that. I will say there is a remarkable consistency in the mouthfeel of the Winesmith wines. They have heft but are never harsh. The tannins range from "melty" (using Clark's terminology here - I would put the Planet Pluto posted earlier in this category) to "firm" (this wine). Yet there is a family resemblance. They're certainly well made. — 11 years ago

Michiel Povel

9.9

One of the best white wines I have tasted. To bad this was the lasted vintage they made. — 12 years ago

Rajiv Ayyangar

10

This is a knockout wine, a stunner, a pitch-perfect expression of love for wine in general, and Loire Cab Franc in particular. It's wild in all the right places, and impressively refined where it counts.
Medium ruby color. Arresting and straight-up delicious nose that has a certain choreography to it. Specifically it reminds me of Jiří Kylián - finding freedom within a melange of classicism and visceral impetus. Exuberance in wine is rare enough, but exuberance with such focus and intention?
The classicist bent was my first impression - a correct nose of stewed bell peppers and coffee grounds (pyrazines), earthy dog fur with slight clove (brett), and a savory blackberry-cherry fruit compote.
Tasted blind, you would guess Loire, but you might wonder at the shifting nature, at how occasionally the bretty flavors rear up in a flourish, only to be overshadowed a second later by a warm, pure fruit. There is something haunting about the fruit here - it seems to contain memories of many different wines. The wildness is complex - dried leaves, dog fur, toasted mushroom, spiced clove, moist earth. The pyrazinic aromas have uncommon depth and character - stewed bell pepper, coffee, and nascent tobacco.
On the palate, the wine dances with an elegant 12.6% alcohol frame, vibrant acidity, and satiny tannins - the medium on which the finish is printed. There is a moment, mid-palate, where the individual components come together seamlessly - a strong argument for structural-aromatic integration in the Clark Smithian sense. On the finish, the flavors subtly unravel, then persist like a vocal ensemble with synchronized vibrato.
Get this. — 8 years ago

Dan Cobb

9.3

A light bodied Pinot - reminds me of a Grenache

Shared w Clark Rand — 9 years ago

with Tom

Ted

9.5

Whoa Nelly cigar box cedar earthy maybe even a little nuttiness. She's a beaut Clark!! Thanks again @Todd Abrams this is killer — 9 years ago

Randall Brater

9.1

Decanted two hours. Bright, ripe fruit with earthy undertones. Way better than the Clark & Telegraph. — 9 years ago

with Jacques

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9.3

My first time with this wine, made by TRB with fruit from the Clark-Claudon Vineyard on Howell Mtn. Extremely dark in the glass, almost black with just a touch of red at the edge. The nose is great - very expressive on opening, with lots of sweet dark cherries at the fore. The palate shows more dark cherries and black currant fruit, complemented by notes of coffee and plenty of fine tannins on the back end. This reminds me of a slightly fruitier version of a Seavey cab. Really good stuff. — 9 years ago

Jesus Ortiz

9.0

Excellent and very bold/rich blend. — 10 years ago

Lily Davis

French Wine Specialist at Ottorink Weinbar

9.3

@Jay Clark missed u — 10 years ago

with Amy

Dan Cobb

9.8

Thank you Clark — 11 years ago

Casey Schneider-Mizell

9.1

Incredibly delicious. Cherry and raspberry, with undertones of roasted, almost burnt apple that provide a lot of the interest. — 11 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.4

This comes from the personal label of vineyard manager Josh Clark and his wife Heather. Winemaker is Thomas Rivers Brown.

This is Samuel L. Jackson cast as Henry David Thoreau. A richly polished voice, with an attitude and a cadence that would even make gibberish entertaining. Beyond the ostensible hedonism, though, there's a substance that is layered, nuanced, and contemplative. But the former can certainly make it hard to focus on the latter.

Opens with some obvious, but not overpowering, malo butteriness which sets up perfectly for the blueberry pimp coat that takes center stage, surrounded by pencil shavings, crème de cassis, licorice, baked fig, and cigar box.
— 8 years ago

Chad Peterson

9.3

Absolutely love Amizetta, great winery above Lake Hennesy and just a hair too low to be called a Howell Mountain. The Clark family produce phenomenal cabernets year after year. This particular vintage is young but delivers a delicious fruity flavor with an oaky, vanilla spice on the nose. The tannins mellow drastically with aeration and time. I personally have a hard time waiting for that first glass, so by the second or third, it is right on time. Deep red bordering on purple make it seductive in a glass. — 8 years ago

Leslee D. Miller

Owner and Certified Sommelier Amusée Wine Consulting

9.4

So glad I saved this to share with the perfect company. 2004 @pineridgewine 'Fortis', signed by former winemaker Stacy Clark, a woman I was very proud to work with for a number of years while with the ASW & PRW Family❤️ Dark lusty cherry, blackberry, licorice & molten chocolate. Balanced & Beautiful. #certifiablydelish — 9 years ago

Spencer Raymond

9.0

Nothing special but def good. Easy to drink. Grenache Syrah blend. Lewis and Clark story behind. Wine club? — 9 years ago

Jiga Hitorn

9.3

The elusive Dave Clarke. Excellent wine. Shame he's left Burgundy. — 9 years ago

Brian Schmaltz

9.3

Wow top notch. Fantastic smooth palate / Fruity and vibrant. Berry clusters and slight secondary of spice and stone. Finish over 30 seconds and dense... like Lois Lane not figuring out Clark Kent is Superman. Uber young, enjoy over the next 10 yearz. — 10 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.0

At the bar at the Holiday Inn in Clark, NJ! Never had this before. Served a bit too cold and a bit too much carbonation, but a really enjoyable Belgian-style American Triple. — 10 years ago

S Shaw

9.6

Fantastic Syrah.... Better than expected!
— 11 years ago

Eric Chang

9.3

Dec 10 2013, MCN committee end of year celebration, white — 11 years ago

Vincent Bottreau

9.6

Always top! — 12 years ago