Bobby Vance

10

Ridiculously delicious. For a 23-year-old wine, the acidity is fresh and there is still the perfect amount of tannic structure. Beautiful garnet color, dried strawberries, dead leaves. Smells a bit like a honey baked ham. — 8 years ago

Marcio Morelli

9.0

70% Terret Bourret, 15% Vermentino and 15% Viognier
Whole-bunch maceration for 60 days aged in 400 liters barrels for 32 months.
12% alc. 👌
Very small production: 600 btls. — 9 years ago

with Marcia, Otavio and 2 others

Barb Anderson

8.9

The 2012 is Zin-like! Fruit & spice and everything nice. Fruit up front, with a lingering peppery finish. This red blend remains a great daily driver. Be careful, the 14.5% will 'steal your face' if you don't check yourself! — 10 years ago

Steve Matthiasson

Owner/Winemaker Matthiasson Wines

9.5

2014. Barrel sample, needed about three days in a decanter to soften the tannins, purple color, full of fruit, dead-on Gamay, a serious version though, will be picking this wine up on release and aging it a decade. — 10 years ago

Peter Lee

9.4

Christmas wine — 10 years ago

Charlie Beatty

Buyer wineworksonline.com

9.6

Wow another stunner. Can't get much better than this. Plums and black fruits with a touch of Eucalyptus, rich and flavorful. CB 93+. — 11 years ago

Robert Nelson

8.9

Decent dark blend — 12 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.2

Love Colgin. We are opening the 11 & 12 tonight to compare. The 11 is soft and seems light on the palate. Excellent but not drop dead gorgeous. — 9 years ago

with Christine

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

The wine that gets better every vintage. Confections abound when popped and poured and then it settles into its floral/nutty/honey aromas beautifully. All of this framed by a slab of limestone. Also a verbena/green tea aroma adds complexity. Unbelievable texture. So silky and soft yet buffered by a taut spine of acidity that is so well integrated it only reveals itself on the finish. Great concentration Long finish with honey, tangerines and minerals. What finesse and sophistication here. Drop dead. — 9 years ago

Katie Jelicich

9.2

"Pizza cab" — 10 years ago

with Melissa

John Zuzek

9.2

2012 vintage - very deep, dark Cab. Brambly dark fruit aromas. Palate is huge, yet not over the top. Dark berries, stewed plums, licorice and tobacco notes. Very good. — 10 years ago

Cannon Smith

9.3

Starts off weird and almost effervescent...ends in dark over ripe cherries and lushness that is awesome. — 10 years ago

David Kline

9.4

Needed some Barolo in my life!!! This little Rock and Roll Nurse felt like a much needed transfusion. Less Orange-hued than most. Highly affordable. Just a baby, like we Vampires like 'em! Happy to sink my fangs in this one. Chalky Cherries with chunks of plum. Rose snippets. Orange bitters diluted in Armagnac. This has all the mixological possibilities of a great cocktail, only it is propped on a cloud of acidity that screams like a juvenile Jove for a plate of fine food before blasting your mouth with a a lightning bolt of chewy round tannins, then descending like a shower of golden daffodils to sex you up! Ahh Spring!
— 11 years ago

with Courtney

Türküler Oltulu

9.1

Yeasty white — 9 years ago

Michael Schafer Esq. Sommelier CSW CCTP

9.0

2002. Yummy. Lives up to its name. — 9 years ago

Joshua Fisher

8.9

Drank the 09half bottle at the old Ebbitt bar with a house made walnut and cream ravioli . The dryness and mineral potency of the medoc alongside the pre pope visit crowd, under boars heads and dead turtle carcasses in lamppost light at 11 pm is like feeling the serpent coil up your leg whispering the unknown secret while your mouth chews the red fruit of old lands greedily without a care except that you should post your thoughts on delectable. — 10 years ago

Damon Zaylor

9.3

Big and rich Chardonnay still oak notes after 11 years. Hazelnut and caramel corn. Still has minerality present few years of life left (like my cat except more teeth). Granted I could come home any day now to find wine or cat dead but the future looks bright for both. — 10 years ago

Terra Fuller

9.0

Soft earth, super drinkable. — 10 years ago

Mack Roach III

8.9

Best of the lot so far 15 min in 92 pts might be better in 30 or dead — 10 years ago

Rich Huber

9.6

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