Nice to taste a bottle before it was famous. — 7 years ago
Absolutely. When I have the room. 95pts. ANW206 — 8 years ago
Smooth and smokey — 9 years ago
Nice. Good body. A little acidic
Good buy. — 10 years ago
17.07.2015 — 10 years ago
Drank this wine at a famous wine collector's home in Tokyo. — 10 years ago
Crisp start kind of like cranberry then a nice licorice oaken finish... Unique! — 11 years ago
Older vines this goes into barrique for aging — 11 years ago
tropical + reminds me of flowers — 6 years ago
Singed wood, dried tobacco, bitter almond, this has a lot to give. — 7 years ago
In 1979 John Shafer founded Shafer Vineyards in the Stags Leap District of Napa. A blend of 97% Syrah & 3% Petite Sirah, notably small PS% which varies each year. The work of Elias Fernandez, fruit from La Mesa Vineyard, a ridgetop of shallow soils & volcanic ash. Stunning red with full black fruit aromas and pepper spice with floral edge. On the palate blackberry flavors, spice, oak and earthy notes. Big fine tannins, vivid acidity, good balance on lingering finish ending with cacao tones. Will cellar well. — 8 years ago
Cherries and champagne notes on the nose. Delicate and sweet pear and berry palate with clean finish. Lingering dry apple. — 9 years ago
Nice and crisp. — 10 years ago
Exceptional nose, red fruit forward, high quality and dense rich flavors. Mineralality lingering mid pallet. Castello di Amorosa is referred to as the Disneyland of Napa Valley. They have a wine for every price point but not enough attention is paid to their upper end wines. Exceptional 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 10 years ago
Delicious full body wine. — 10 years ago
Don Anselmo 93 — 11 years ago
Sicilian wine from the base of Mount Etna. 95% Nerello Mascalese, 5% Nerello Cappuccio. Soft but chalky, earthy, more low tones, herbaceous but not too much. Medium body, slight rhubarb, but again- not in the way wines can be when they are too young to drink. Really lovely wine. Apparently, the winery is no longer making wine due to lack of interest from the family heirs. — 12 years ago
A garnet plum color that yielded a tasty treat for the senses. — 6 years ago
Great Pinot — 7 years ago
Tasty sav blanc type wine — 7 years ago
Tart, dry. Actually decent — 8 years ago
Great with our Mexican meal at Toucan Resort. Definite do over. I hope they have it at the LCBO in Ontario. — 9 years ago
Needs to open, but a complex example of Tempranillo. Fruit comes through, but filtered through oak and vanilla. — 9 years ago
09 don chisciotte fiano skin contact, dark beauty — 10 years ago
Strong Malbec with peppery touch. Drink again — 10 years ago
Great bold wine. Smoother than most reds I have had from Argentina. Similar to a spicey Cab with a peppery finish. — 11 years ago
Barnyard, cherries, pie crust, red currant with layers upon layers on the lifted nose. You could just sit and smell this wine and be satisfied. Smokey cedar with juicy red fruits on the palate. Rich and smooth with balance and finesse. Excellent Pinot! — 11 years ago
Mike Holzer
Typical very good toro wine. Great black fruit. Good length — 6 years ago