Ron R

8.9

This ain’t half bad. Maybe I just like to lavish out reasonable marks, but it’s a crowd-pleaser. Lemon rind, roasted almonds and roasted nuts on the nose lead to a weighty, sweet mid palate. Lacking acidity along with a relatively short, exotic finish, I’m willing to overlook its fault lines, cos overall it’s good. — 4 years ago

with Anne-marie

Ron from VA

9.0

This was worth the 5+ years I waited and invested in this rappahannock co (?) family wine. Really sang herbal harmony with wifey’s perfect Wooloomooloo BeefStew Roast. Tannins have tempered at 7yrs+ to let the sweet red fruit sing a few solo lines. — 6 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.3

@Bryce Wiatrak here is another one. Is there someone else at Delectable that I should bother with these updates/fixes? Desire Lines Wine Co is the producer. Cole Ranch is the vineyard. The assistant winemaker at Bedrock and his wife started this project recently. Any help possible? — 8 years ago

with Tyson

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.0

Apples and flowers. Honey. Botrytis. Thick and rich with tart balance. Bedrock gave this to us. — 5 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.0

The wines from Craft Wine Co. include the Ovum and Minimus lines and are constantly a favorite. Here is a blend of Pinot Blanc, Muscadet, and Chard. It’s the Willamette take on white Burgundy - well oaked but harmonized - with sur-lie influence ala Muscadet. Notes of white flowers, vanilla, apple, and lemon. — 6 years ago

Justin Hansohn

9.3

Mataro in perfect balance. This bottle literally arrived with a broken neck from shipping and I had no choice but to finish it off immediately and salvage a sneak peak. Pure pleasure while holding the perfect amount of complexity you want from the delta terroir, which is not a large window, and proves to those who can make it the real mastery that lay in the glass. This is not at all what anyone expects from Mourvèdre. It is like blending the best of Beaujolais and both northern and southern Rhône all at once without weight or heaviness at all, just the pure glide of complex fruit and romance. The winemaker feels this deeply and it is very obvious he knows exactly what he is doing. This is the very best that could be done with this👌🏼 — 7 years ago

Robert May

9.8

Boom! Stone kills it again! Do you like long walks on the beach during a full moon? Sauvignon Blanc with floral overtones? Foreign movies with subtitles? Then you will HATE this beer, you little pansy! Man up, grab a bottle, and step into manhood/womanhood. The bottle says it all; "A stage dive into a mosh pit of hops". And they are not talking about a 311 stage dive. More along the lines of a Korn/Godsmack stage dive. — 11 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.1

One killer domestic syrah — 5 years ago

Eric

9.0

Nicely crafted and unpretentious. Good fruit and a bit tangy on the finish. My first Carignan from California. Small producer. — 6 years ago

Justin Hansohn

9.1

It’s pretty easy to over-do Syrah in this location. Desire Lines does a phenomenal job of keeping dessert-like pleasure and seriousness of terroir in check. Lifted and fruited like a modern northern Rhône or Cru beaujolais with a little less seriousness to boot but also this is young and booming. Held straight for 5 days. Get the feeling that this will resolve very slowly over time to show more what earthy and cool characteristics it has in its hand. This wine feels extremely stable and a kaleidoscope of possibilities lay herein. — 6 years ago

Ross Fulton

9.1

Crusty wall scratchings with a note of burning desire — 10 years ago