Jim Chen

9.0

Aged cool climate Syrah from a consummate family. The tertiary flavors are stellar. — 5 years ago

Stacy Livingston

9.1

Warm and smooth with a spicy nose and some floral on the finish. Let it open up for a good long time and it was really cool! — 6 years ago

with Benjamin

Lev Lavrichtchev

8.9

Very nice — 7 years ago

Daniel K

9.2

A shining example of cool climate, domestic syrah — 7 years ago

Patrick Blondin Sommelier

8.9

Grenache Gris, Blanc, Maccabée et Vermentino! Richesse et fraîcheur bien intégrée. — 8 years ago

with Francis

Carol Montoya

9.0

Fruity, light. Nice little spice on the finish. — 9 years ago

John Strubert

9.6

This is great, almost gets there. Cool.
really opened up after 30 minutes. Great! — 10 years ago

Sarah O'Kelley

9.0

Citrus, juice & candied rind, grass & such! Great new world sb! 13 — 10 years ago

Robert McDonald

9.4

Great wine, just can't remember where I live...... — 11 years ago

with Hilary

Patricia Wallace

9.1

Fruity light — 12 years ago

Beau Carufel

Winemaker/Owner Random Wine Company

9.0

Crazy-cool nose of black dusty soil, smoked beef, dried herbs, and black fruit. A lot of acidity and tannin, more than expected. Really good. — 13 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Takes its name from the free-spirited gentleman named Bruscone who lived in the woods of the Barbi Estate. Deep Ruby with aromas of berry fruits and sweet herb notes. On the palate ripe cherry, plum and dried fruits with tobacco and cola notes, well balanced on firm tannins still with a good grip that loosens quickly. Long finish ending with mineral and earthy notes. Good now but will still benefit from a few more years. Went great with hearty pasta dish! — 5 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.4

Pax Mahle makes majestic Syrah that is light and gentle as single vineyard cool climate Pinot. His wines encapsulate the best of the idiosyncratic grape in a more delicate than typical frame that is complex and lean, but neither thin nor meager.

His Wind Gap Majik single vineyard has funky expressive aromas of iodine, menthol, violet, olive, and black peppercorn. Flavors of herbs, unripe blackberry, and salty minerals. Tons of flavor and body at an astounding 11.5% ABV (2014 was 10.4%!).

P.S. considering buying his Pax Hillside which got 100 points from @Antonio Galloni last year. If anyone has tried 2017 please let me know how it was. — 7 years ago

Jeremy Pollard

9.0

Cool climate shiraz deliciousness. Lovely tannin structure and smooth across the palate. Bramble notes and dark fruit. Yum. — 7 years ago

with David

Ryan Vento

9.3

Tonight’s wine club gathering was extra special due to the fact that each selection put forward for tasting had a unique and special story behind it; each wine had a “near and dear” element to it that made tasting it all the more enjoyable while the stories surrounding them were told.

This selection and vintage holds special meaning for me. The memories associated with it are truly sweet. So elegant and beautiful; once the funk blew off after about an hour in the decanter the true nature of the wine blossomed. Savory notes of molasses, plum, and fig married with the cool, intoxicating aromas of eucalyptus and mint laced in dark, sweet, dusty fruits. So delicious. I’m thankful I have a few more of these in the cellar. — 8 years ago

with Krystal

Mark Morgan

9.4

I was concerned that the normally bright Clary would be too much of a good thing in cool '11. Shouldn't have worried. After a decant an incredible mineral structure opened to support the edginess. — 9 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.0

Mature cool climate Chardonnay. Penfolds Whites are starting to gain the reputation of their illustrious Red offering. After 6 years funk is replacing the Flint of a few years ago. Nice stone fruit notes and long. Enjoyable. — 10 years ago

Euna West

9.7

Euna had this 10 years ago

Lucy Stirling

9.0

Taste improves after a few sips — 11 years ago

Ashley Jones

9.1

Easy drinking. Cool crime statement on cork. Tarty but caby. Interesting history. — 12 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.5

Yes! My wine of the night appeared in the first quarter. I bought this early on at Les Marchands. So glad I kept it cool until today. That vineyard, my goodness. What a gem. Value and quality. — 6 years ago

with Mark

October Cleveland

9.0

At Lost In A Forest. — 7 years ago

Katherine Keim

9.0

Amazing Chilean wine! But it truly reaches its full potential when you drink it with shellfish, like fresh oysters or scallops! — 7 years ago

Matt Trader

9.2

Valentine's Day 2018. Paired with Roasted Butterflied Lobster Tail, and a Chocolate Truffle Torte. Notes to come:)

- - Brane-Cantenac is a special wine to my wife and I. It is the first Bordeaux Chateaux we ever visited on our honeymoon. It is this little modest estate sitting in the shadow of the oversized Chateaux of Cantenac Brown, but it couldn't be more opposite when you bring the wine into the mix. Classic Margaux nose but less funk and more fruit. Terrior is hard to define, but if you have been somewhere memorable, and have a wine or food from that place.. it's when you have it again and it transports you back that to that place and time that defines that for me. It smells of the cool clean air and morning dew, sunshine, gravel dust from the road we had just driven in on, leather and wood from the barn, and the fresh overtones of fruity wine just beginning fermentation in the production facility that make up the core character of the wine. It is the terrior of Cantenac, and more specifically of Brane-Cantenac.

Paired this with Roasted Butterflied Lobster, and Broccolini, and a little left over for the Chocolate Truffle Torte I made as well for Valentine's Day. — 8 years ago

Scott Rowe

9.3

GOLD
No doubt, true expression of MR. — 8 years ago

Colby Landis

9.1

Fuck. Cool. — 10 years ago

with Katie

RustyR

9.2

Leather vanilla. Cardamon little heavy oak leads to spiciness, cool inkiness. Longish finish really good balance limited acidity. Moderate tannin tobacco. Seems peak. — 10 years ago

Matt Peterson

9.8

Young, cool vintage but incredible balance. Can't wait to try it again in 10 or 20 years! — 11 years ago

with Meghan

Lyle Coffield

Sommelier Kokkari, Evvia Estatorios

9.1

Serve cool NOT cold to make the acid POP.
My guys say.... Lighter bodied dry white. Drinks reminiscent of a fine) fino sherry with a light briney nutty flavor (salted nutz? :) and a squeeze of lemon. Roasted fish, octopus, saganaki. — 11 years ago

Chris Safranski

10

Smooth, excellent syrah — 13 years ago