Joel Goyette

9.2

I wish this style was more common. Combines everything there is to love about fino sherry (salty, nutty, oxidative) in a lower alcohol package at 11.5%. — 8 years ago

Yotam Sharon

Consulting Winemaker Gvaot, Miles, Alona; Blogger yotamsharon.com

9.1

A first taste of legendary geneticist Carole Meredith's wines from Mount Veeder. We had the 2011, 2012 and 2013, and while vintage variations were obvious, so was the sense of place common to all three. The 2012 is riper and broader than the leaner 2011, but classic Syrah pepper and floral notes are there. The 2013 was a touch sweet but these are wines clearly made with preservation of terroir character in mind. I'd love to retaste them with more age. Rating here is for the 2012. — 8 years ago

Benoit Miquel

9.5

Another great experience with Great Wall , but be aware and careful with fakes , quite common here... — 9 years ago

john&stacy brilliantmistakewines

9.2

Notes of dark cherry, cocoa, leather,, tobacco on the nose, tannin developing, a little tight, nice but some what thin mid palate common in 2011 vintage, nice finish. — 9 years ago

Vin Zering

9.5

Delicious wine from a tough vintage. After 4 hrs of decanting the fruit is coming out while the oak is settling. Look forward to another 3-5 years to enjoy another bottle. I think this vintage will surprise many common and critic. — 9 years ago

Christy Frank

9.6

Cure for the common cold. Upstate apples with "Chinatown" ginger and carrot. Way better than ginger tea.
— 10 years ago

Kieran Roberts

8.9

Nice clean Shiraz. Strong flavour profile of mainly medium fruits rather than the common dark cherry or blackberry common of Shiraz. Good wine and very good value. — 8 years ago

Zach Cherry

Account Manager Worldwide Wine & Spirits

9.1

Classic Bord Rouge, at a great price. I have this weird suspicion it has a lot in common with Ducru Beaucaillou...just a thought. — 8 years ago

Oscar Bolanos

9.4

My first Monastrell did not disappoint happy to keep tasting grapes outside the common ones — 8 years ago

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Kevin Craw

8.9

Blackberry and plum. Higher alcohol then I prefer but that's common with Zinfandel. Had with pizza and thought it was really good. (Total Wine) — 9 years ago

Blaine Verde

9.0

Pinot | Gamay | Chard - not common for mixed race blends in burgundy, but this one ranks superior to the others I have previously experienced. High toned, soft flower components and a lingering sapidity. — 9 years ago

Fang

9.4

Like cream soda. So good so unique. Not a common flavor you find. Highly recommended. — 10 years ago

Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen KC

9.6

Focused, perhaps even austere compared to the common Wachau style. Lime, mint & petrol. Bone dry. — 10 years ago

Shun

9.5

Exceeds common Bordeaux. — 8 years ago

Stacy Markow

9.2

So Chablis. So acid driven and expressive. Most common comment was "wow" — 8 years ago

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

9.5

Stunning! Great purity and a strong sense of minerality lift this un-evolved to considerable heights. Juicy citrus, cool herbs, chalk and perfectly judged oak treatment with piercing acidity, this is built for the long haul, it has more in common with Friuli's greatest wines than high end Bdx. New wave stuff! — 8 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.7

Wow, real knockout stuff. This is not domestic Muscadet - there's not much in common besides the grape. It has the bright, pure fruit but it is put together in a much fuller style, more like a white Burgundy (minus the oak) than Muscadet. I don't say Chablis because while it's an intensely mineral wine and cranked up to 11 in that department, it's not a marine minerality. The mineral element here is volcanic (and so is the soil), bringing to mind all those cliches about aromas bursting from the glass and so forth, and it's every bit as driving on the palate. — 9 years ago

Parker Justin Story

9.4

Domaine Filitreau I sing of thee. The wine is "tight", a Cabernet franc that needs none of the all to common help from Merlot to hold its own. Mid tannin/texture make fine drinkability. Love to smell the plum later, later. I have to urge you to decant, and drink SLOWLY. Allow some of that tightness to wain. — 9 years ago

Ty Agens

9.4

To me , one of the most northern Côte d'Or-like California pinots I have had. It is a big wine, with dark dark fruit. But it doesn't have that cherry cola so common to Santa Barbara. Great balance. — 10 years ago

James Scarcebrook

9.4

Has more in common with traditionally made Cru Chablis than you could possibly imagine... — 10 years ago