William Hughes

9.2

Seventy-five plus year vines make me happy. Plenty of acidity balanced by lean, yet round, tannins. Savory raspberries and cherries with rhubarb and a little bay leaf. Yum! — 5 years ago

Mia Lamanuzzi

9.5

From Thrive Market — 6 years ago

Rick Baraff

9.1

That’s some nice drinkin’ stuff (circa 2017). Thanks to the local somm, Steve, at our Whole Foods for the recom... it was their last bottle and he sacrificed. — 6 years ago

Ashly Mitchell

9.2

A very smooth red. Almost juicy. — 7 years ago

Pete Turley

9.0

Blackberries and cherries... lots of fruit up front... Nuge and light, great with food. — 8 years ago

Patrick Derdeyn

9.2

From CA vineyard royalty. Improves as it warms and with air time. This is a lesson in balance. Not a steely chard full of tropical flavors yet retains its minerality. Not an oak laced butter bomb but merely hints that it saw a minimal amount of oak in it's lifetime. Only 12.2% which is incredibly refreshing in a chard, especially one from a warmer climate. Tragic that 2013 was the last vintage before the chard vines were ripped out of the vineyard. — 8 years ago

John Zuzek

9.2

This is getting more complex with age. Dark fruits, smokiness, some cloves. Really nice. — 9 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.2

When a Cali Syrah clocks in at 12.9%, I get a little nervous that I’m about to drink a statement and not a wine. My nervousness was unfounded. Nose is bright, with sniff-able acids, but lots of other stuff too: green olive, tiny red berries, crushed rock powder, dry-cured salami. Soft and flavorful, the interplay of low-toned savory flavors and zingy acids does a treble/bass thing on the palate. Finish is pretty long. Nice wine! — 5 years ago

Mark Geylikman

9.4

Incredible aromatic profile, texture, and long finish. Have tried the 2015 as well, which I felt was only slightly better because it had a freshness and higher acidity that this one lacks, but only a little. Overall, still one of the greatest desert wines I have tried. I can imagine this being incredible with foie gras all the way to a strawberry pana cotta.

Also, this stuff keeps really well. Left a bottle that was 3/4 empty in the fridge and forgot about it. Found it 3 months later, still delicious. — 6 years ago

Joe Gillies

9.3

10yrs young! Wow, I would have guessed this was 1 to 2 yrs old. Bright youthful red fruits with earth and flowers. Really good! — 6 years ago

Alec

9.1

Sooo carbonic — 7 years ago

Raj Harb

9.3

The right way to lead out your CA wine trip 🐚🐚🐚 — 8 years ago

Marianne DiGiovanni

9.0

Drank a "12" in "16"
Excellent — 9 years ago

Charlie Tapp

8.9

Dark fruit, eucalyptus and black tea. — 5 years ago

Naoki Otani

9.0

12.26.2019 — 5 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.4

Good fruit but the herbs, earth, and flowers really sing. Very fresh and tasty fruit even 6 years on. What an awesome wine. If you find it for 16 bucks or less through the wind gap sell off, pick up a few bottles. — 6 years ago

Jeanne Kietzmann

9.6

What a spectacular desert wine. Pairs extremely well with chocolate mousse. — 7 years ago

Blair Campomizzi

9.0

Savory and tannic with currant and mineral flowing through. — 7 years ago

with Marilea and Arthur

Cecil Ramirez

9.0

2011 vintage. Ruby-garnet color, med body. Stewed blackberry, strawberry, baking spice, vanilla, hints of floral notes. Slightly dry mouthfeel, long finish. — 8 years ago

Brad Emms

8.9

Great wine curry fish — 9 years ago