Our second wine from urban winery Broc Cellars in Berkeley. Counoise is an obscure blending grape from the Southern Rhone. A bit of a cypher showing ripe and underripe fruit like tart cranberry and sweet cherry. Sweet soil character with a hint of ancho chile and vanilla. — 10 years ago
What would Valentine's Day be with out a little anarchy?(2003 paso Robles, cypher winery) — 10 years ago
Nice balance of fruit with a touch of dry oak. — 10 years ago
Dusty rose, dirty Frenchman right here. There's just something about old world wine and the taste of French terroir. || Cypher wine training : Bordeaux varietals || — 11 years ago
This is very nice I really enjoyed very well made — 12 years ago
Yesssss! 2009 Vintage, could lay up for years, but I don't have the patience for wine this good. — 10 years ago
First majority Tannat wine I've had. 60% — 10 years ago
Ripe delicious fruits flavor a of black ripe plum, blueberries and cherry tobacco. — 10 years ago
Man this sucker is good — 11 years ago
Very clean, refreshing, and chill — 11 years ago
Very fruit forward and you can tell it's a young wine. With that said it is well balanced and an excellent wine to drink now or law it down for several years. — 12 years ago
I love anything Christian Tietje makes at Cypher. This is s big Rhone blend, starts with 36% Zinfandel, 36% Mourvèdre and 28% Syrah. Year-to-year it evolves and changes with each harvest, overall it's a very consistent and pleasing wine. It's big so think BBQ, Steak, seasoned pork chops! — 10 years ago
SEX! 2012 you know those nights when you eat an entire tub of Ben & Jerry's all by yourself. That's how I feel about this one! Cypher ZinBitch is my guilty pleasure. Don't expect me to share, and be sure the entire bottle will be gone in one night. — 10 years ago
If I could drink one wine for the rest of my life. Missing Cypher! #petitesyrah #oldvines #cypherwinery — 11 years ago
Big, bold, spicy: you go through the entirety of all the red wine spectrum as you drink this. Enough oak to hold the 12 (12!) grapes used in this blend. — 11 years ago
Allan Petker
Rich + full — 10 years ago