Jason Keefer

9.2

Graphite, tobacco, plums, and baneberry! Another cost conscious pleaser! — 4 years ago

Ed Ballina

9.3

Delicious white, apple and fruit that are delicious — 5 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.2

Elisabetta Foradori is on a very short list of natural winemakers who have a history of what I’d call dedicated unrecklessness. It isn’t enough to make wine without anything added or taken away. The best natural winemakers make calculated decisions. And she does with her beloved Teraldego- what a grape!

It’s elegant like Pinot but meatier. Pillow plush. There are dark berries, nothing eccentric. Simply restrained, deliberate, conscious, winemaking. — 6 years ago

James Forsyth

9.1

A solid budget conscious choice if ever there were one. Mocha, pepper and plums. It's well made and goes well with a steak. Simple. — 7 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.3

The best Talisker, when you want to be budget conscious... — 8 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.5

When I come across Kevin Harvey's Rhys Vineyards I always think about this excerpt from a piece Jon Bonne wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle back in 2011: "The depleted soils of Harvey’s Skyline vineyard, planted at the winery, are so densely planted and demandingly farmed, at about 7,000 vines per acre, that its 14,000 vines yielded just 660 bottles of wine in 2009. Which explains a revealing harvest moment that stuck in Harvey’s head: “One guy comes out of the vineyard and says, ‘Why do you hate money?'”"

This is strawberry at its perfect ripeness. Exotic, perfumed, pure, and wild. A Pinot Noir like this probably makes Cali Pinot producers wish they were in Burgundy and Burgundy producers awkwardly self-conscious. It's cerebral hedonism. — 8 years ago

David

9.0

Early conscious experience with Pinot noir. Easy to drink. Pleasant berry note. Liked it in general. — 5 years ago

M.

9.3

Environmentally and sustainability conscious — 5 years ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.0

2015 vintage. An unusually high percentage of Merlot for Saint-Estèphe. This estate is owned by the quality-conscious Lorenzetti family (who did such a great job at Pédesclaux in Pauillac), and it is great value. — 6 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.1

The “Cotes du Rhône”- style blend from @kevinwhitewinery . 57% Syrah, 24% Grenache, 19% Mourvèdre. The wine is lush and aromatic and this producer seems to make a conscious effort to keep the retail cost low. That sentiment follows this band and album perfectly. Total brilliance all around here. — 6 years ago

Weston Kim

8.9

Tart cherries, little grapes, purposefully overwatered Gatorade because your parents were sugar conscious and now you are too, and the Edge of Seventeen by Stevie Nicks. — 7 years ago

Lawrence Cooper

9.8

Unusually supple , refined and beautifully balanced for one of the Heavyweight Cal Cabs especially as it is so young. As I was told by the Sommelier " this wine although not having enough Merlot to consider it a Meritage , Uncle Rodney and his crew do blend with more than a modicum of Merlot and have made a conscious effort to make the wine more eminently drinkable and approachable at a younger age .
Gorgeous full forward fruit w cherry notes , I feel a roundness of toasty oak as well.
Worth higher marks than the rating I saw at 8.9. I would give this wine about 9.3! Incorrect not north by northwest sb Rodney strong Alexander valley 2014 — 8 years ago

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9.0

This is my kinda bubbly. Strawberry and blueberry, high pressured, faint flinty minerality, very little dough, almost no salinity, gluggable, $20 half bottle. Why I let my friends take more of the good stuff idk. Maybe I'm just trying to be humble and generous, maybe I'm self-conscious and try not to act like an alcoholic😂. — 8 years ago

Cameron

9.3

Mildly floral, very delicious. — 5 years ago

Grace Riley

9.0

YUMMY! Got self conscious when I saw this described as cougar juice, but after tasting I can’t be mad. This is easy drinking. Can’t believe I’ve been wasting my money on G and TS and rose when this is superior. Flowers and pandan, citrus and faint peach on the nose. Green apple and lemon on the palate with a pleasant and neat finish. Picnic perfection. Imported by De Maison Selections. — 5 years ago

Emily Akers

9.4

One of my favourite wines. Very heavy, covers the mouth. But still full of flavour and drinkable in a really conscious way. A real memorable one for me — 6 years ago

Eric Godin

9.0

As a result of all the different varieties blended in here(chard with white rhones and aromatics) this wine has a really cool complexity on the nose.
Grilled pineapple with white pepper and lychee. Vanilla, soap, salt. We are right on the edge of how much oak in a chard that I can tolerate, and I believe that to be a conscious decision. They purposely didn't bury the subtleties of this wine with oak. It plays as much of an influence as the supporting varietals. The pallatte brings a great balance of acid, salt, cream, and fruit. It has a little of the disjointed feeling, but altogether it's a nice experience. A little surprised here, my expectations were low but the wine caught up to it's pricetag. — 7 years ago

Jordan Wardlaw

9.0

Very fine Pinot Noir value. I recommend this to my budget-conscious Pinot Noir loving customers for its alluring fruit and charm. Fruit-forward. Clean, well-balanced and showing lovely fruit. Wonderful producer with a unique story and a certified Biodynamic farm. — 7 years ago

Fredrik Finn

9.2

This Friulian inspired blend is more than just a fancy label. A very conscious and clever winemaking that includes both an extended skin contact, partial new barrels, and to judge by the taste probably som battonage as well. Generous indeed; floral and ripe fruit, pronounced oak influences, a scrumptious viscosity but with enough freshness to carry the wine all the way to the finish line. A very interesting encounter I must say. — 8 years ago

maureen Blum

9.2

Amazing gr8 sip & budget conscious beach & #BBQ #wine #palomino #white #Spanish blend crisp #pear #apple #herbaceousness — 9 years ago

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