Filipe Fortes

9.0

One of my favorite Paso Robles wineries — 9 years ago

A. R.

9.3

Oh man. Cool wine. It's almost Savoie-like in its mountain berry purity on the nose and in the mouth, but has some great grippy tannins and acid to let you know it's here. Really one of the most interesting wines (and wineries) from Sonoma. Get some while you can. Yum. — 10 years ago

Scott Mandel

10

One of the best wines from one of our favorite Paso wineries. — 10 years ago

Marshall Todd Herron DPM

9.4

Welcome my friends to my Wine spot! Dr Todds Wine Bar!
I am visiting family in Los Angeles CA! I had the privalege to explore LA's own San Antonio Winery! One of the oldest Wineries in California and the only one allowed to stay open during the prohabition years. I love the Riboli family wines! As I have tried most of them, the Opaque wines are my favorite. Today I am trying the Malbec 2010 for the first time. It is one of the four options from their Opaque family. These Paso Robles wines are amazing. The cork has a thin ring of wine absorption and is slightly irregular. Its condition is perfect, well its a 2010... The color is very Opaque as the name implies. The legs are very long and slow lasting 7 seconds. The Cab is 9 seconds.
The boquet is not tanic at all ....oops I forgot, tannis are not aromatic. Hum.... true as I have previously been corrected! Let me rephrase. There is no strong sharp alcohol odor you get with some cheap wines. Hell, there is no tanic aroma. That's a Dr. Todd made up term!!!!!!! I like it and Im keeping it. The boquet is that of blackberry and plum. The initial palate is blackberry and chocolate. It has a velvety palate but not buttery. The final palate grabs the edges of the tongue from the tip to the base. There is absolutely no lingering taste. This is amazing. Try this wine. The cab, zen, and petit verdot are also amazing. — 10 years ago

Brian Lutz

9.0

Another spectacular Cabernet from my favorite wineries in Napa. Had the 2012 vintage with some young Gouda an it really sets it off. Stil, it's a bit young in my mind and would be fantastic in a few years. Definitely standouts in my mind as one of the best cabs I've had in a while. Wonderful fullness with soft and integrated tannins. And layers of black cherry, blueberries and coca dance around your tongue as it is sipped. Gonna have it with some awesome authentic german goulash. A perfect finish to a nice day in the South Bay. — 11 years ago

Dan L

9.1

Sampled it the other day. It was a good example of wine from one of the older Australian Wineries. Currently cellaring this bottle. Should be great in about 8 years. — 11 years ago

Sue Marsh

9.0

One if my new favorite Paso wineries. — 11 years ago

Brown Burgundy

10

Never disappointed with Coppola wineries. Great Pinot noir. — 12 years ago

Nick Wolfe

9.5

A spectacular wine from another one of my favorite boutique wineries. This one sits high up on Mt Palomar in San Diego county. The wine is dark and shows lots of fruit with nice cherries on the nose. Long finish and easy to drink. Nice. — 12 years ago

Susan Marsland

9.8

We love Silver Mts wines. Yet another Bay Area. Best kept secret. No need to go to Napa, the Santa Cruz Mts wineries are amazing! An added bonus about Silver Mt is their sustainability practices. — 13 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

8.9

California fruit but nice acidity. I met the winemaker it is in my view one of the best wineries in AVA he also makes a great Riesling and his Pinots are great. Not the butter bomb. — 9 years ago

Dan Hess

9.3

The Native 9 comes from one of my favorite SYV wineries -- Alta Maria -- and this Pinot is a true gem. Not too thin or watery or any other criticism usually lobbed at Pinot Noirs...

A fully developed red wine that was tested against a wide variety of foods and tastes at Redbirds in DTLA and it worked across the board.

(Holiday 2015 wine #12) — 10 years ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.3

Californian Pinot noir at 12.4 degrees alcohol. Perfect if only more wineries could show that level of discipline. Very nice and ripe fruit. Light perfect lunch wine. — 10 years ago

Andrew Fortgang

9.3

Peay NEVER disappoints. Very few wineries I can say that about. — 11 years ago

Paul Cheyne

9.2

I've been loving Ojai for so long. This producer has to be in my top 10 favorite Cali wineries, no question. — 11 years ago

Nick Wolfe

9.3

This is easily one of my favorite boutique wineries. High altitude vineyards producing deeply tasty and still balanced wines with an extremely long finish. The nose is strong with nutmeg, sandalwood, black fruit, talc, white pepper, and wet red earth. Palate is rich with medium + acidity, slightly rustic tannins and plenty of fruit notes. Finish brings out a vanilla and dill note over an egg albumin (raw egg white) texture. Excellent wine. — 11 years ago

Steve Gerths

9.7

Very good Pinot from 2012 Santa Rita Hills around Santa Barbara. Foley has many wineries and is a high quality producer. Owns Merus and Chalk Hill also. Nice spice and vanilla flavor on top of cherry fruit — 11 years ago

Mason Balistreri

Sommelier, International Wine Guild; Balistreri Vineyard; Sales, Joy Wine and Spirits

9.1

It's interesting to see how some wineries have to market themselves. These guys are maybe trying a little too hard (the wine comes with mustache wax if you order it online). Putting the gimmicks aside, we have a very solid, crowd pleasing wine here. Creamy and rich with vanilla and a slight toasty-ness. Lots of cooked down raspberries and fruit. A bit over extracted but balanced. Anyone paying for prisoner or a fan of the California style should give this a ride. — 11 years ago

Gilles de Chambure

Master Sommelier & Educator

9.6

white blend from chenin blanc marsanne roussane and viognier field blend from the Brosseau vnyd next to Chalone winery in ava at 1600 ft growers selling to 10 wineries this wine made by Bill Brosseau winemaker st testatossa — 12 years ago

Chris Hollod

9.1

One of my favorite wineries outside of Santa Barbara — 13 years ago

Todd Harwood

9.6

This 2004 Negrette has aged very well. From one of my favorite wineries. — 10 years ago

David L

9.3

08' Jonata El Desafio has 84% CB 10% PV the rest CF & Merlot. All the fruit is from their estate.
At this stage no need to really decant it... 30 minutes wouldn't hurt it. Very much a fruit forward driven wine. Notes of ripened plum, tobacco, chocolate, leather are pronounced in the wine. Very few wineries this far south are producing high quality left/right bank wines. Drink them up in the next 4/6 years. — 10 years ago

Rhonda G

9.1

Great Pinot that is light and fruity! One of my fav wineries! — 10 years ago

Mark Salinas

Owner World and Wine Getaways

9.1

This full bodied and spicy Syrah was a hit yesterday on our stop to a couple of Temecula Wineries. I normally am not drawn to many of the reds at Longshadow Ranch Winery, but yesterday was an exception. So much so that we ended up buying and drinking 3 bottles! — 11 years ago

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Matt Austin

Owner/Winemaker, Grosgrain Vineyards, Walla Walla, WA

9.0

This has held up well. Still has some light dusty tannin. Great color. Not amazing, but a nice with meatballs. One of my favorite under the radar Paso wineries. — 11 years ago

Johannes M. Stosch

10

Truly fabulous, fruit forward, big taste, a fine blend that's explosive from one of Paso's best wineries!! — 11 years ago

Mike Bernard

9.3

One of the nicest pinots from this valley
We stopped at lots of Anderson Valley wineries that day and this was by far our favorite — 11 years ago

Jerae Knutson

DuMOL Member Services

9.7

I really wish more wineries did 1/2 bottles. Beautiful Cabernet! — 12 years ago

Wendy Dixon

9.9

Delicious !!!!!! Shared by Bob Moore from Epiphany wineries Los Olivos — 12 years ago

Nick Wolfe

9.6

Drank this wine from one of my favorite little boutique wineries. I normally avoid sauv blanc since the whole cat per acidity thing turns me off. This wine has fantastic tropical fruit with guava and pineapple notes. Really nice wine. — 12 years ago