Christine Wallin

9.1

I’ll have the whole bottle, please. — 8 years ago

Brandyn Pryce

9.2

1000Dhs bottle of New Zealand Sav blanc. Grassy, crisp, fresh, light fruits. Smooth, then sour. Thank you Aaron — 9 years ago

Brendan Baker

9.1

Blackberry, raspberry, rhubarb, dried flowers, fine tannin. This needed some air - will give my last bottle a few more years! — 9 years ago

Marshall Todd Herron DPM

9.0

This is a wonderful wine from Mount Eden in the Santa Cruz Mountains. This is the little brother of Mount Eden and is called Domaine Eden. It is a blend of 75% Cab, 14% Merlot, 6% Cab Franc, 4% petit Verdot, and 1% Malbec aged two years in French Oak. I had no idea Saratoga had wine this good!!!!! It is labeled as a 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon. The cork was a bit uneven with absorption. The color is opaque! The bouquet is purple violets and ripe figs on the tree. The initial palate is weak. An almost sweet blueberry, fig, and possible elderberry beginning finishing with a buttery dry middle of the tongue tart blast of black cherry. Maybe some tree bark and moss. No spice. No acid. Very simple. Almost bland, but a good 30 dollar bottle of wine. — 9 years ago

Orhan Uzelli

9.0

Are you an adventurist? Then, pick this bottle. Defniately a juicy wine and a lot of aromas.. Vanilla beans, plum, stewed blackberries and a hint of coffee. On palate still shows vanilla beans and stewed dark berries. It has a medium minus tannin and shows more fruity character. Cheers — 10 years ago

Casey Stringer

9.5

Superb. As it warmed in the glass layer upon layer of lemon, salt, beeswax revealed themselves. Excellent. The bottle is way too small. — 11 years ago

Gary Zim

9.0

2008, splash decant for an hour then back in bottle to take for dinner. Very nice nose with some quince and tropical fruits, darker than most. If it were a WB, I'd be worried by the color. — 11 years ago

Emily Watson

9.1

Stanbury for Leann's birthday. Want another bottle. Very food friendly. — 11 years ago

Christopher Goodson

9.8

Yum! We polished off a bottle without a second thought. Go stock-up on this one as your "house white". — 12 years ago

Matthew DeIulio

9.6

Excellent bottle — 12 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.3

“Don’t worry, my friends don’t like wine”, extra bottle number two for Thanksgiving. Floral. — 8 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

Ridge Wine Dinner. I brought this cloaked in a brown bag to share with the Ridge winemaker. He guessed late 80s which shows how long these wines can age. From a well stored bottle with an in to the neck fill. Old tawny color, translucent and clean. Linear nose with currant, saddle leather, old wood and dirty gravel stone. Perfectly balanced in the mouth with fruit that is slightly faded, but matched well with fully resolved tannins. With several hours of air a richness in the fruit developed that was extraordinary. Yet still some acidity and structure remains so this should stay in a nice drinking window for the foreseeable future. Winemaker Eric explained that based on inspection of the glass, the bottle I brought was one of the '78 MBs that was not rebottled due to a malo issue after initial bottling, which might explain how fresh it is versus other '78 MBs he said. — 9 years ago

Scott

9.0

Beaujolais-like in style with less round fruit. Dryer and velvet smooth but oh so easy on the palette. Vanilla and soft caramel hints. Enjoy with friends or you may finish the bottle yourself. — 9 years ago

Conrad Green

9.0

Not a perfect bottle. Lowish fill... A touch of madeirization and a drying finish. But a nice heft of clear, intense fruit. Would be excellent if a bit fresher — 10 years ago

with Larry and Dan

Rick Stiles

9.3

This is a big wine. Take a reference sip right after you open the bottle, and then let it sit for a while. Gentle oak on the nose. Nice, deep fruit in the middle. Smooth tannins on the finish. Put the kids to bed, grab a frozen pizza, and put in a movie. It's going to be a while. Finish with some dark chocolate, or course! — 10 years ago

Margie Schultz

9.5

Immense scents of raspberry and other fruits. Kinda spicy. Enjoying it while eating smoked duck breast. I guess it's worth $50 a bottle. — 11 years ago

Ron Drew

9.2

I really enjoyed this wine. V.2011 I just bought a bottle of V.2010 to compare. — 11 years ago

Samantha Marpe

9.4

The best inexpensive sauv blanc, hands down. Had this bottle in Brooklyn post-Smorgasburg food festival. — 12 years ago

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

9.7

Another lovely bottle of Jimsomare! Cinnamon prepares top sirloin, asparagus and baked potatoes and decanted this an hour ahead. Aromaticaly this bottle was perfect- expressive and curranty but the finish had a touch of redwood. Still a small bottle! — 12 years ago

with Cleora

Jason Engel

9.6

Mead!! Not truly a wine but its in a sexy bottle and is amazing. Sweat and full of love. — 13 years ago

M

9.1

Earthy mushroom and cherry-berry bouquet. Tasting: Mostly cherry--a splash of blackberry, black tea, with limestone and oak on the finish, the latter sweetened a bit by the fruit. Well balanced tannins. In general, I am not a fan of straight merlot--and this bottle has not changed my opinion, but Ridge knows how to make it elegant. — 8 years ago

Daniel Steilen

9.1

Delicious. Vibrant, sweet cherry to dark cherry flavors and nice structure but a bit too much of a hint of oak (?). Could use a could of years in bottle to integrate further. — 9 years ago

with Aneessa

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.3

Tasted side by side with the 2013 Lineage. Tough battle but bottle age has definitely helped this bottling. Mix of deep garnet and ruby red. Straight from opening there were lots of savory elements mixed in with red and black berries. Some floral notes too like roses. As it opened up over the two hour period there was petroleum, dark cocoa and cinnamon. Over the evening, additional notes of dark ripe fruits and even more spices, even slightly savory ones. So balanced for how young this is. Started out with heavy tannins (8/10) but mellowed and rounded out to a solid moderate tannins (6.5/10) over the two and a half hour decant. Rounded medium plus body that will develop further with time. Started off with some darker cherries and light greenery with a bit of leather. Even a bit of spices. Great acidity giving this strong backbone and a semi-dry long finish. This will be singing given another five years and drink will over the next twelve. Tons of potential and very surprised by this caliber of wine coming out of Livermore Valley. Great job Steven! — 9 years ago

with Sean and India

Steve Anderson

9.2

Bottle No. 120. #minerality — 10 years ago

Howard White

9.0

Clear pale lemon colour. Clean medium intensity. Citrus fruits lemon grapefruit melon bit mint.
Dry high acidity medium body medium finish.
Good.
Nectarine grapefruit passion fruit green olives. Flavour.
Fresh citrus smell nectarine / Apple taste. Lovely wine. Retail £21 good price 15-16. Value at £12-14.
Bought for £15.75 — 10 years ago

Jon Bonné

Wine Editor San Francisco Chronicle

9.3

And a recap of my final bottle in SF. — 11 years ago

Ilya Genkin

9.0

I was really surprised to see beer bottle cap on a wine bottle. So it was unique for me as well as it was my first wine from Hawke's bay. Lifted with passionfruit and other tropical fruits and lime, floral and grassy notes as well. Rich texture. Long finish. Lively and very refreshing. — 11 years ago

Chris Allen

9.6

Probably expensive. Maybe $120. Gary danko. Full bottle. Santa Cruz vines ( I think that's what he said ) clean crisp full bodied flavor. Wonderful! — 12 years ago

Rich Bluth

9.6

Balanced, a pleasure to enjoy with grilled salmon. Glad I have another bottle! — 12 years ago

doug williams

9.1

Third bottle, third varietal from Mt Eden. Huge fan of them all. — 12 years ago

with Ian and Carolyn