Mario Vaillancourt

9.1

The aromatics show fresh red berries, strawberries, some spices and a floral aspect to it as well. Delicious and fresh palate, juicy, medium bodied, the strong acidity balanced by the silky and rounded tannins. Beautiful and very Burgundian style.

Un nez agréable et aromatique de fruits rouges frais, des fraises et un aspect floral et épicé. Une bouche fraîche, juteuse, gourmande, acidité appuyée mais équilibrée par des tannins assez souples et de belle texture, un vin de soif mais avec de la profondeur et de la substance. — 6 years ago

Mark Juckeland

9.2

Took awhile to open up. Alcohol and licorice on the nose. Very full and floral. Thin and acidic on the palate. Kind of dry too — 7 years ago

Boxer Briefs

10

Willamette Valley is producing the best Chardonnay in the world right now. Better than Burgundy...yep, I said it. there is a reason the great winemakers are here making wine and teaching the methods, — 8 years ago

Baltej Maini

9.8

A wine that is memorable — 8 years ago

Sarah Oettel

9.2

This is a VERY pleasant surprise (at first pass, I was not sure I would love this but it really opened up). Bought this from the Secret wine fridge at FLX Wienery. After being closed off for many years, this baby needed to breathe. It's from The Rocks before it was known as "The Rocks." The funk is mostly blown off. The power is still there on the finish--which is elegant and long. The fruit is still present with conflicting red and blue fruit--esp. prevalent is dried raspberry and blackberry. The pepper is still present. The tannins are still powering through 17 years later. — 9 years ago

Gary Wedbush

9.0

Yummy graduation dinner wine — 10 years ago

Andy Hall

9.2

My last '07 😢. The entire case drank nicely all the way until the end! — 10 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.1

I try to not compare new world to Burgundy, but this really reminds me of Puligny. Layered & rich, but plenty of acidic structure. — 11 years ago

Eric anderson

9.3

Slight floral quality to the edgy sweetness and gorgeous black fruit. I suspect some co-fermentation here (Viognier). Lovely, lively, and lithe on the palate. Plenty of acids here, so this will pair with nearly any meats. Just to reiterate, this is not your typical Paso syrah (no offense), but an elegant rendition of the grape. — 11 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

The one and only. One of the best values in all of German wine. Stunning nose. Smells as deep as a GG. Just insane. The aromas of the fruit are so clean and so precise. Just amazing. Peach skin, peach flesh, apricot, nougat, caramel aromas show this is baby Hergott. It’s so precise and so clean but also nuanced and deep. Just a stunning nose. Glorious spice and deep deep minerals. Airy. So so killer. Blind I’d say GG. Wow. I love this wine. So so salty in 2019! U la la! Juicy and so concentrated but elegant and energetic. Sappy peach and apricot fruits on the finish. But also laser like, rapier like minerality. Amazingly pure and deep. So balanced and serene. A zen like experience. Long finish that alternates between fruit, saline and gorgeous mineral. Amazing mouthfeel and purity. Just a stunning Molsheim. Clean finish that just echoes and slowly dissipates. So beautiful.

After some air wow. Herbs on the nose. Hit of honey and the minerals start to waft. Stunning balance and freshness and complex spice and ridiculous fruit on the finish. This is amazing. — 6 years ago

Adam Baker

9.0

Drank with BBQ at dad’s in Enid while packing wine cellar for move. Dark, slightly rich blueberry, blackberry. Spice although it could be the bbq. Very smooth. A little lighter on the medium-length finish than I remember. May be trending down with age. Very good wine. — 7 years ago

with Brud

Al Shikoh

9.3

* appearance: translucent pale ruby
* aromas: red cherry, damp earth, rose petals, oak spice
* palate: cherry cola, raspberry
* structure: light bodied, high acidity, ultra fine tannins, 13.1% alcohol
* finish: long
* winemaking: several clones of 100% Pinot Noir planted in 2000 in Jory soil at 800-900 feet and dry farmed
* cost: $90 — 8 years ago

with Kelly

Rob Moose

9.2

Things I love: Tribut and that lady behind the bottle. 09 Beauroy here. Fleshy, charming, great salinity, nice honeyed aspect, a touch of mushroom overtone. Holding strong and venturing into interesting secondary territory. Cool shot of anise on this too! — 9 years ago

with Gabriel

Karen Sahara

9.7

After reading the reviews, I decanted the wine for about 45 minutes. This is what I love in Oregon Pinot noir: raspberries, ease of drinking, pairs well with a light meal of pasta or fish. The bottle disappeared fast. I knew I should have brought the magnum to dinner! — 10 years ago

Frankie Fang

9.2

With francois — 10 years ago

Dustin Cano

Wine Buyer Meritage Wine Market

9.2

Holding on great yummy wine. Solid work Tony. — 10 years ago

Jim Wagonfeld

9.1

Excellent with the food at Stateside. The floral nose, white fruit and mineral aspect a perfect foil for the SE Asian spice. Not the equal of the best GG but very appealing. This was the "Kirchberg" Brand. — 11 years ago

with Jill, Shaun and 1 other

Joe Paradise

9.0

Always consistent love it — 11 years ago

Meghan Andrews

9.4

Great relaxing Sunday drink — 13 years ago

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9.5

Dark, youthful purple. Powerful, smoke- and mineral-accented aromas of ripe dark berries, licorice, olive and a hint of incense on the deeply perfumed nose. Juicy and sharply delineated in the mouth, offering concentrated, spice-laced blackberry, bitter cherry and fruitcake flavors that take on a smoky aspect as the wine opens up. In an ample but lively style, finishing juicy and extremely long, with building tannins adding framework and youthful grip. (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, April 2020)
— 6 years ago

Mark Juckeland

9.8

It’s amazing this is still going strong. Still has a lot of fruit forward. Licorice on the nose with a bit of alcohol. Still has some acid on the palate and could age it more. — 7 years ago

Lisa Breer

10

Domaine serene, Portland — 7 years ago

Michael Tuchband

10

Red fruits, violets on the nose, medium body, great young pino qualities with oak, pleasant smooth finish. — 8 years ago

with Moné

Guy Fiore

9.1

Oak. Butter. Toffee. Nice acid and finish — 9 years ago

Rebecca Fletcher

9.5

2014 vintage. Ripe Apple and pear, white flowers, minerality - ocean wave aromas. Beautifully aromatic nose. M acid, body. Balanced with a long finish. — 10 years ago

Jana Russo

9.0

Beautiful color, cool looking bottle, nice fruit, love it! — 10 years ago

with John

Choua Hobson

9.5

Had a tasting over Thanksgiving at the Domaine Serene vineyard and this was pretty darn amazing. — 10 years ago

Drew Summers

Sales Northampton Wines

9.2

Austerity Requires Patience...Rich and Elegant with Notes of Black Cherry, Licorice & Cocoa — 11 years ago

Martin Mills

9.0

Hugely impressed - lots of that forest floor or root vegetable aspect on the nose, but the flavour is all fruit, red into black. Great typicity and great otago character. Excellent value at $35 — 11 years ago

Mark

9.3

Drank 11/26/13, really good from the start. — 13 years ago