Steve Matthiasson

Owner/Winemaker Matthiasson Wines

9.4

About five bottles worth of flavor in one bottle of wine. This one is a mind-blower--needs a small party to finish, like a bottle of port--contains the entire flavor spectrum of cab franc, from vegetal to pruney, and everything in between. Thick like syrup, high alcohol. Somehow manages to be balanced though, maybe it's a Jedi mind trick. — 10 years ago

Elizabeth Mead

9.5

LOVED this wine. — 11 years ago

Anthony Lynch

9.3

Don't mind if i do! — 11 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.7

My oh my oh my. Let me first try to describe this as objectively as I can before I start babbling in tongues about why it's awesome. So, okay, we'll start with the color, which is somewhere between a rosé and a pale red. That's as good a portent as any for what you get when you taste it, which is this ethereal, gossamer, lacy thing that would probably flutter to the earth even slower than a feather if it were a solid object. It has a sense of freshness and light without being overtly fruity, i.e. it features the freshness and essential perfume of the fruit without the sweetness or fat. It has a minerally element too, subtle (though everything about this is subtle) but clearly reminiscent of gravelly rock pulverized to an ultrafine powder (everything about this is ultrafine). The word "finesse" is a cliché, ditto for "ethereal," but ultimately that's what's so awesome about this. I have had a lot of disappointing German pinot noir, even from highly regarded producers, and they never turn out to be what you think German pinot noir ought to be (i.e., as clear and pure and transparent as riesling, with all that cool-climate lightness). Somehow some of them turn out to be big fat Sonoma pinot lookalikes, which I will never understand. This is not like that. I am really at a loss to think of anything from anywhere to compare this to that so effortlessly pulls off such a vivid personality out of material so fine it only barely seems to have a corporeal existence, and not a flaw or seam to be seen in the way it is all put together. I can think of a Jura pinot that was in the ballpark (the '08 Chais des Vieux Bourg) and the weight and physical presence bring to mind something like Coteaux Champenois or the Dirty & Rowdy reds, but as far as I am concerned this is sui generis. There are aspects that bring to mind all sorts of things but it really needs its own frame of reference. It is profound but not in the same way that grand cru Burgundy is profound; it's a brilliant soloist, not a symphony, almost minimalist in its simplicity and tranquility, best paired with your favorite easy chair and some quiet moments. — 10 years ago

Ben Brenner

9.5

Mags of SB ! Don't mind if we do — 11 years ago

Melissa Smith

Sommelier/Sake Buyer K&L Wines

9.5

Nice, very rich and nutty. Epiphany pairing last night at Commis with a candy cap mushroom oatmeal dish. Mind blowing. — 12 years ago

Yohannah Burmeister

10

And then this happened. If I could give it a 15, I would. Such a beauty. Integrated with a freshness and complexity that is mind blowing. — 11 years ago

with Matthew

Lee White

9.0

Rewarding myself for not losing my mind after a day of xmas shopping.... 🍷🍷🍷😴 — 11 years ago

Mike Betts

9.4

It's very good. But to be totally honest there is a factor of: "yay I did it- check it off the list" but I've tasted wines for far less $$ and cool-factor that match up better against it. But nobody leaves a drop in the glass in your right mind! The co$t has to be considered when giving a rating. — 11 years ago

Erica Marie

9.9

I'm at a loss for words-but if I had to say 2 words: MIND BLOWING — 12 years ago

with Mark