James Webb

9.3

Excellent sweet almond and cinnamon spice! Nice acid - some oxidation, lovely with Pumpkin Pie — 7 years ago

Jared Silvia

8.9

Deep Purple! Lovely full bodied red wine and a great value. The blackberry and blue berry notes pair with the vanilla and hints of cocoa. Think pie with cookie dough ice cream. The taste is smooth, spicy. — 8 years ago

with Brandi

Marlena Mier

9.2

Such a steal for $11! Big and juicy blue and black fruits. Vanilla oak on the nose and blueberry pie on the mouth with a hint of mint makes for an interesting find! — 9 years ago

Meghan Hamilton

Wine Educator Joseph Phelps Vineyards

9.2

Blackberry, marionberry, bramble, vanilla and pie crust. Drinking nicely for something so young, can't wait to see it in 10 years. — 9 years ago

Tom Wood

9.0

Not sure whether this is the wines reaction with glassware or not but there is a tinned peach / apricot note that shows through that isn't present out of the bottle. But it happens with most glasses, very unusual. Ripe blueberry and rhubarb pie notes. Raspberry jam and coffee grinds. — 10 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.2

2009 vintage. Pie Rupestris. Medium plus concentration of roses, violets, tar and grassy notes. On the palate, medium plus acidity and alcohol. Full concentration of cherry, tar and roses. Very moreish. Great length although lacks some finesse. Very good. Drink now until 2025. — 10 years ago

Mike P

9.4

Deep, cherry fruit, nice balance and depth. A long, soft finish, with a hint of tannin! — 10 years ago

Raymond Pruitt

9.0

Raymond had this 10 years ago

Lia Zavisho

9.3

Best Pinot I've had...yum! Nice light fruits ... Nice cherry notes so the name is perfect — 11 years ago

Cody Uzzel

9.5

BIG and RICH
And
Sexy AF

Spiced cherry pie in a bottle

Does well with a full day open — 12 years ago

Neal Ferry

9.2

tu es magnifique dans les robes — 8 years ago

with TwiLea

Derek Campbell

9.3

Juicy blueberry pie with spice. Fantastic body. — 8 years ago

Jeanette Hrnyak

9.0

I gotta say I wasn't expecting much, but it was rather nice. Would definitely try again! — 9 years ago

Paco Suro

8.9

#spanishwines are terrific values. This beauty I think ran $14 from our friends at. #winelibrary — 9 years ago

"Odedi"

9.1

For my 888th review, I chose this wonderful Napa Valley Petite Sirah.

Dark deep purple /almost black, with a purplish rim.

An explosion of ripe black fruits on the nose with blackberries, prunes, dried figs, raisins, plums, raspberries, oak, vanilla, licorice, spices, leather, dirt and black pepper.

Full bodied and bold, with medium plus acidity and long purple legs.

Bone dry and fruity on the palate, with blackberries, figs, raisins, chocolates, prunes, cherry pie, black currants, earth, leather, spices and peppercorn.

Long finish with huge, green tannins and bitter spices.

This Napa Petite Syrah is still young and needs 3 more years in the bottle, but it is very enjoyable now, if you can tolerate the big tannings, or if you have it with BBQ Meats.

I enjoyed it by itself, by the pool. Not fully balanced, yet it has enough acidity and tannings to last it for a long while. This 2012 vintage is very ripe and very enjoyable.

14.1% alcohol by volume. — 10 years ago

Michael Descamps

9.4

Candied lemon, vanilla cream pie, cocoa nib, truffle, sea salt. Complexity for days. — 10 years ago

Nöel Turner

9.0

Smooth and mellow. Fruity. — 10 years ago

Marshall Todd Herron DPM

9.8

The color is very opaque. The leg drip is 9 seconds at 3/4 glass start to 1/4 glass. The boquet is blackberry pie. There is no tanic / alcohol aroma at all. The initial palate is that of blackberry, currant, cigars, and pepper. The finish is butter. No aftertaste. It is dry, but not over done! Perfection in a wine. Finally!!!!!!!!!!! worth every penny!
— 11 years ago

Terri Garland

9.9

Divine. Rich, golden color. Long-lasting, tiny bubbles. Apple pie with a drizzle of caramel. — 11 years ago

Anna Coleshaw-Echols

9.6

A new fave and awesome with a t-bone! — 12 years ago

Mike Daniel

9.4

Great balance once it opened up. Inky with a ruby rim in the glass.

After loosening up, the fruity with high alcohol, structure and layered flavors mingled in and rolled over each other beautifully. . Leaning toward glycerol of dark fruit, spices and earthiness. Brighter in the nose w/ raspberry and strawberry syrup. On the pallet more boysenberry and blackberry pie and slickness but nice oaky structure, so never too sweet. Big , dense, w/bold flavors are surprisingly balanced.

Lots of alcohol up front, but opens up and settles in beautifully with just 30 minutes decanted. Would be great over the next decade.

An excellent value at $45-$50, could’ve been $80. — 8 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.0

The Caymus of the Central Coast. Inky with massively extracted red and black fruit, and in a mode not unlike pie filling. Not to be denied, it's loaded with vanilla, baking spice, fig, and a few drops of root beer extract. The aura of charcoal and new leather weave throughout, all with an edge of tilled earth. Translating this from taste and smell to sight and sound, this is walking into a brand new casino. — 9 years ago

Adam Nesto

9.2

Damn good Pritchard hill cab. Incredibly smooth and velvety, minimal tannins. Blackberry pie on the nose — 9 years ago

Kevin Ortzman

9.1

Very rhone like with huckleberry pie/black pepper palate — 9 years ago

with Rick

Matt Duncan

9.8

Light garnet color bordering on delicate with fine sediment. Musty almond paste on closed nose. Tart apricot, cherry pie. Clover, allspice finish. Lingering menthol appears with time. So many more notes rise and fall with food. Soft, luscious, curious and lovely. — 10 years ago

Michael Brown

9.3

Could be one of my favorites behind its big brother Cherry Pie! — 10 years ago

M. Ventre

9.2

Very polished, nice supporting acid, like a lemon cream pie. drinking very well right now- and was fantastic on a day like yesterday #hotaugustwhites #shafer — 10 years ago

Mike Beltran

9.1

Classic aged Sauternes color with mature flavored notes of dried pit fruit and warm pie crust. Excellent with berries and vanilla ice cream. Simple is best with this wine. Still has many years of life and joy to provide. — 11 years ago

T Y

9.6

酸味なし。正にハチミツ。 — 11 years ago

Allie Merrick

Blogger/Host mywinewords.com

9.0

For 23 years old, this wine is holding up just fine. Red fruit (cherry, currant, & candied Golden Delicious apple) still sharp on the nose, followed by Armani three-piece suit structure on the palate adorned with damp birch bark and stitched on the finish with apple pie crust. — 13 years ago