Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2021 vintage. First tasted this wine with the 1991 vintage when it was resto cost $240 a 12-pack case (which was pretty pricey for CA chard at the time). FF three decades where I'm pouring this btg and paying less than the 1991 pricing. Has always held a soft spot in my heart. Unique flavor profile that consistently upends a blind white Burgundy tasting as a ringer-regardless of the price range involved...and it do get pricey these daze. Still bringing the serious mineral hammer along with bracing acidity but a bit of lanolin and variety of citrus when things warm up a tad. Last tasted 5.5.23 (9.1). 10.27.24. — 8 months ago

Yen Boubel

8.9

Slightly herbal, ripe berries, plum & clove with a bright finish. — 5 years ago

Mark Aronica

9.0

Bright and citrusy. Would drink again. — 5 years ago

Chris Madrid

9.3

Reminds me of my travels through Patagonia — 5 years ago

Michelle Vanhoose

8.9

Soft tannins, floral nose, pretty wine. This would be a daily drinker for me. — 7 years ago

with Rico

Livio Pastorino

9.0

Interesante este vino, intenso color violáceo, ciruelas, cerezas negras, especies, lo acompañamos con lonjas de pavo al horno, arroz con aceitunas, arroz arabe y ensalada de tomate y lechuga, excelente! — 9 years ago

Patrick McNeil

9.1

Very good. — 10 years ago

Pga

9.7

Joe Davis makes one of the finest Cali pilots. — 10 years ago

Luke Wright

9.2

2006 - Still great — 10 years ago

Panja NAOE

9.0

20130518赤16000円ロウリーズcocoBDP — 12 years ago

Henry Fuseler

9.0

9/2024. Good overall flavor. Only a hint of cherry which is fine with me. The ALC 14.5 was a boost. It paired well with the Snow Eye Round Waygu at Hall’s Chophouse. — 9 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Nose: medium cherry. Smoke.

Palate: spice. Dark a bit sweet cherry fruit.

Long finish.

$25 / $15 on 2 — 10 months ago

Kristin the Wine Girl

9.1

The best sextant vintage of Pinot yet! Vibrant bright cherry, lively wine that evolves in the glass. Perfect thanksgiving wine, which is why I paired it with the delicate pork tenderloin tonight. Has enough racy acid to challenge the vinaigrette accompanying the couscous salad. Lovely! ‘Tis the season! www.freerunjuicewine.com — comment and tag me if you would like a discount code! Cheers friends! — 5 years ago

Colin Cahoon

9.4

A top notch vintage California sparkler. Fine bubbles, soft lees, nice minerality, with hints of citrus - the drinking experience builds to a sizzling acid finish. Take the two best grapes out of SLH and make a cremant style sparkler. Brilliant. — 5 years ago

with Claire and Susan

Lindsey R

9.4

Reallly good yum — 9 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.3

A well off friend did bring this one to our Friday tasting at the wine store ---- and yesterday I first liked it and then was unimpressed??? Just a bunch of acid and little fruit behind it so my bet was this will not make it. Michele I think she is a sommelier agreed. So this morning I am sitting here in the sun and give it a second shot after air for 15 hours (that should do it 😁). AND? I was wrong! Red currant nose very Burgundian 12.8%. In a blind tasting I would think this is a Gevrey Chambertin. Tealeaves, forest floor, dirt, cloves, all spice, dark berries and just a super tiny hint at California fruit very impressive! So the problem is how long do you need to give this air 30 min or 15 hours oh boy 👍🍷🍷🍷. — 9 years ago

with Randal

Branden Bidwell

9.6

Stupid good. — 10 years ago

Amanda Church

9.2

Served it with parmesan, kale, and black pepper pasta. Lovely! — 10 years ago

Neal Frankel

9.9

Great fruit, complexity, finish! — 11 years ago

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9.6

Hailing from one of the premier sites in the Santa Lucia Highlands, planted in 1996, the 2022 Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard is flat-out gorgeous. Beautifully rendered, it boasts generous fruit density, crystal-clear delineation of flavors and bracing structure. Fully destemmed, the 2022 finishes with a ton of persistence in its dark berry flavors, even darker cherry, black licorice and black sage. The 2022 leaves behind a fine web of powdery tannins, neatly wrapped up with a little bow on top, concentrated, effusive, and ready to rock. What a complete package. This may be the red wine of the vintage in the SLH. (Billy Norris, Vinous, August 2024)
— 10 months ago

Eric Urbani

9.3

We had fun coming up with the descriptors of the nose on this one. Twizzler, cherry cough drops, you get the idea. typical of very ripe picking that Roar is known for. — 4 years ago

Marc Melser

8.9

We had the 2014 Vintage on 10/1-2/20. This is a good, full bodied, fruit forward Pinot Noir. The lead flavor on the bouquet and palate is black cherry. There is some oak and sweet spice. The tannins need to be smoothed with the aerator. I would buy more. — 5 years ago

Eric W Brown

9.2

Lots of cherry. Drinking well — 6 years ago

terry

9.1

A staple wine for us. Consistent and always good. — 9 years ago

Martin Mills

8.9

Mango quince pineapple with a hint of spice — 9 years ago

Nestor Gonzalez

9.2

This wine proves the Pisoni's vision — 10 years ago

Stuart Scheff

9.2

Sooooooo good — 10 years ago

Oscar Ortiz

9.5

Young but what a delicious mouthful, with rich layers of fruit but elegant and smooth — 10 years ago

Zak Kilson

8.9

Drinks like old world Syrah. I am really enjoying this. — 11 years ago