JKT

9.3

Wow! Opened 2/21/20 and what a beauty! Still recall the distinctive metallic funky notes early on after buying at Gordon’s but for this bottle it is just astonishingly Burgundian. Light ruby color and a perfume floral dried cranberry and rose nose followed by an almost sweet touch of aged port palate and yes that sensual feel long read about but never fully experienced. Lively texture that dances and good long harmonious finish. No sulfur added and biodynamic. Hope others are like this! Well the magic kind of dissipated next day. Perfume and sensual texture went down and it’s more acidic though still very balanced and excellent wine. Score down by two to 9.3. Kind of expected it as a bit of wine left in glass went downhill over couple hours and sour by next morning. Hope the rest have that magic! — 5 years ago

John J

9.0

Aged but strong bottle - 2004 I tried at home was plush with plum fruit, gentle acid and background tannins. Slightly on downhill yet retains elegance. Over 2+ days it held up quite well refrigerated. Quite a bit of sediment. — 7 years ago

Mercedes Marie

10

Light body, slightly sweet — 8 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

8.9

Liquid golden in colour. Nose showes candlewax, slate, petrol and thick citrussy notes, and some stinky stuff that blows off after some aeration.
On the palate there's candied citrus, maybe even a distant hint of marmelade, white pepper, rockdust and seaspray.
If you still have any, I'd suggest to pull the cork sooner rather than later, as I think this won't get better and even might be going downhill soon.
APnr. 30-08 — 8 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.3

I don't know about all of you, but I'm getting tired of fighting Delectable on identification of bottles. Really has gone downhill recently. Anyway, this is NOT the grand cru...but it's still terrific! — 8 years ago

with Vanessa

Les Huisman

9.5

Magnum, bitches. Night is going downhill fast. And I decide to post to Delectable. Delicious zero and could drink this every day for the rest of my life. — 9 years ago

with Tim

Jessica Vaughn

9.5

Delicious barbera! Not too heavy on the palate but still full of flavor — 9 years ago

Dock Hooks

9.0

Deep red fruit and spice on the nose and coming through on front mouth first blush showing more dark cherry than black fruit (all still slightly tight post aerator-corked bottle pour).. It seems well-balanced with tannins showing slowing the final downhill run offering that finishing touch and back-end memory. This wine shares classic Cali cab notes with slightly brightened fruit, all of which will benefit from a few years in the cave followed by some playtime in a broad-bowled decanter, where its truth will thereafter come to the table.
PS, my guess is that the spice on the nose is largely the result of some newer oak bathing😎 PSS, back @ Matt & Mindy's fabulously folky yet scrumptiously sophisticated Friendly Market just off the bike trail (emphasis added) where you will find very special stuff soundly local with influences from Quebec to NC, at least! 100 years...🌀🌲 — 9 years ago

Eric Hwang

8.9

A decent CdP from a well-known producer. Just what I would have expected. Herbal and rustic but not as complex as I had hoped. Beginning its downhill slide. Drink 'em if you've got 'em. — 10 years ago

Martin Eckert

9.6

This Pinot Noir was surprisingly light with a sweet, slightly fruity taste. Wine from Santa Cruz. — 12 years ago

Brandon T

9.1

Waited 2 years to try this again. 5 hour decant and it really never came together - not sure if it’s on the downhill or just in a dumb phase. Still a solid Syrah, but not worth $100+ on release, IMO. — 5 years ago

Daniel P. Drake

8.9

On this the middle of the week I stopped into my store of choice to pick-up a couple bottles of wine, one for tonight and the other for more towards the weekend. I chose the 2015 Sineann Yates Conwill Vineyard Pinot Noir from the Yamhill-Carlton area of Willamette Valley, Oregon for this evening.

The nose at first was a bit muted and I thought it may be a bit to chilled so I let it set for awhile to let it warm a bit and open up. After about an hour it seemed to be much more revealing and the notes started to come, cherry, cranberry, strawberry, cola, vanilla, cinnamon, violet, smokey oak and earth.

At the first sip on the palate I can get cherry, cranberry, raspberry, spice, rosemary, violet, oak, which I think is a bit much but some may find to their liking, cola, wet leaves and earth.

This wine is medium to full bodied with medium acidity and medium + fine tannins that lead to a medium to long dark fruit finish. This pinot noir harkens more to a California Pinot from the RRV or Carneros than a Willamette Valley Pinot that I have come to appreciate. Well, we are making that downhill slide into the weekend so please be safe and enjoy the rest of your week. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 6 years ago

Peter 0'Neill

9.0

High shoulder fill and bottle in good condition, this turned out as well as I could have hoped. Plenty of tertiary complexity on the nose with notes of old mulch (what posher reviewers call "forest floor, I suspect), a little vegemite and some dried flowers and red fruits. The palate wasn't quite as expressive but had plenty of subtle pleasure to give and held itself together pretty well over two hours. Downhill from here- drink up. — 8 years ago

Maxwell Cromwell

9.0

PYCM is the sex. Surprisingly giving for such a young wine. Lemon curd, flint, ACID! Very low sulphuric quality. Acid was like a snowball rolling downhill after an hour open. I like them young but DAMN! — 8 years ago

Dock Hooks

9.2

Downhill rain on rocks caught in clay some slipping others sliding others clinging to the native terroir tugging to time as sand a water drench cleansing and polishing captured neatly in a cluster of grapes finding their place against wood mellowing brightness just enough for an unctuating memory as she French kisses her way home mixing, making the moment the memory sharing her earth in her essence - and at only 12.5% we'll do this more than once clean, crisp but circulatory - charging...🕶 — 9 years ago

Colin Rudy

9.4

Unexpected...this wine was gorgeous from start to finish and likely has another 5 years ahead of it before it starts heading downhill. — 9 years ago

Dock Hooks

9.7

Showing its rhythmic licks and groovy colors (Deep Purple and bold) presciently savvy to a rock-n-roll world well before its time and blasting some bright-lights bling showing bing cherry gradually toned down by dried fruit right out the archer bag (often strapped across my back) while on brisk hike along wet leaf-lined trail through a late-evening forest (think musky mossy spice) as a 3/4 moon shines its magic over a distant blue pacific as the Zin unctuously offers a bigger-yet blueberry coating, front to back, and soft tannins bring back the dried fruit and a leisurely downhill creep to that distant ocean thereafter rewarded by a sit down on the seaward primary dune gazing at the moon and, of course, another hit. It's a rock-n-roll love affair in a bottle, top to bottom. Get some...😎 — 9 years ago

Mike Wolf

8.9

OK, but a bit watery. — 10 years ago

with Tom

Lewis Chester

9.2

1990 vintage in magnum. Deep garnet hue. Quite medicinal and herby, with a touch of menthol. Fresh blackberry, leather and dark chocolate. On the palate, rich black fruits, sweet spices, prune and fig, dark chocolate. Medium acidity. Medium plus integrated tannins that still have grip. Good long finish - some bitterness at the sharp end. Very good. But suspect this wine is already on a shallow downhill slope. NB: after an hour, there's a herbal, savoury character to the wine. Confirms my view that this wine isn't going to get better from herein. — 10 years ago

JKT

8.9

Surprisingly alive new world grigio going on nine years of bottle age. Stored in Willie's wine fridge all these years. Perhaps just at the cusp of going downhill for my admittedly tolerant taste with secondary flavors on the creamy oxidative spectrum just coming up and fruits on the mature and ripe side. — 6 years ago

Michael Emmerson

9.4

Big, beefy red with great black currant and cherry notes. Really benefited from an hour in the decanter but drink quickly as it went downhill quickly after that. — 7 years ago

Shun Kikuchi

9.1

rich. bright ruby with orange rim. Well aged aroma is packed in the bottle. dry, mid acidity that is purely clean. Feel it is almost peak or on the downhill. abv13.5% — 7 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.1

This wine has faded a little from 5 to 10 years ago. Sweet plummy fruit with a touch of green pepper (capsicum). Medium weight with a little astringency. On the plateau but gradually going downhill at 21 years. 2 left from an original dozen. — 8 years ago

Jed

9.2

Very focused, combining brioche and lemony notes into a single beam of elegant, classic-style Champagne. A little lean though - probably just heading downhill. Drink now! — 8 years ago

David Annis

9.3

Where does 15 years go? Not as good as it was three years ago (or perhaps it's bottle variation). Possibly headed downhill, but still has a few years left in it. The oak is still the dominant flavor, but you know that going in. — 8 years ago

James Leahy

9.1

2004 vintage. On the downhill of fruit expression, but still opened up nicely. Lots of great memories with this wine and fun to revisit. — 9 years ago

Roman Sukley

9.1

Signature nose. Not much fruit. Restrained mid palate. A might hot on the finish. I would say that these are on the downhill path. Certainly I enjoyed them more when they were younger. My opinion: drink up. — 9 years ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.3

It seemed like the perfect moment to have this wine. It already started to show some signs that it was going downhill (teriyaki and soy sensations) one year later and I think it wouldn't be nearly as good. Good thing this was one of only 8 bottles left on the planet of this vintage. #carraovejas #riberadelduero — 10 years ago

Tom Killian

9.4

A more masculine style of brunello. Good for the downhill. Great nose and fantastic finish. Velvety and nice finish. 👍👏 — 10 years ago

Will Chesebro

Assistant winegrower Chesebro Wines

8.9

OLD! On it's way downhill but still very drinkable — 11 years ago