Matthew Cohen

9.3

N spice licorice. Floral. Very pretty.

P hint candy. Hint licorice.

Gardner 20 — 2 months ago

Bridget Murray

10

Small operation where the tasting room employees collaborate to make this wine every year! Lovely story, lovely wine. — a year ago

Mark Eastom

9.0

Love that this is still called “Presidio Vineyard” in delectable. Cheers Doug!
Tart cherry, sassafras, rhubarb, earth, spice and nice acid. Love this vineyard. — 5 years ago

Frank B

9.2

Tropical palate, heavy-ish body, wonderful nose — 6 years ago

Brian S

8.9

Slight reduction when first opened faded away and also a slight oxidation, medium acid, Honey suckle, white flowers, lemon oil, yellow apples, green pear, under ripe pineapple, papaya, passion fruit, green Pluto, apricot, they must have used some new oak as I am getting baking spices, burnt caramel and butter scotch and a faint Vernor’s ginger ale. — 8 years ago

P Pelissero

9.4

We loved it. Drank it on NYE. — 9 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.0

Good but to big for me. Some apple. — 2 months ago

Mark Mannebach

9.3

More feminine style but with great notes of cranberry strawberry and mineral notes. — 6 months ago

Kamall

9.1

More minerality then the Happy Canyon. Lovely SB — 4 years ago

Frank B

9.2

Still getting a sense of it. Fair amount of oak. — 5 years ago

WC Fields

9.1

Delicious Pinot. Layered and easily drinkable. Love what Dragonette does. — 7 years ago

Victor Hsu

8.9

Tasty and bright, with a bit of spice to temper the fruit. Needed some decanting to really shine. Paired quite well with the lamb chops we had for dinner. Very good but not great. Enjoyed the 2009 vintage. — 8 years ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

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

9.2

Deep ruby color, pronounced primar aromas of ripe black fruits, secondary aromas of brown sugar, coffee and toffee. It has a fresh medium+ acidity, ripe soft tannins and high well integrated alcohol. Long finish. Can definitely age for 5-10 years. Truly #syrah the one way to recognize it's from #California is just a touch of sweetness and that alcohol, otherwise it would be very difficult to distinguish from any #worldclass #staritahills — 9 years ago

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Pinotman /// Andreas

9.5

No formal notes - not a burgh but extremely well made! — 5 months ago

Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7

9.5

Copy & paste will not format so excuse the incompetence 👌🏼First time having this one, smells better on day 1 by a smidge tastes better on day 2 . Winery notes 35% Fiddlestix, 35% Radian, 12% Bentrock, 12% Sanford & Benedict, & 6% Rancho La Vina. The blend comes from lots that were 89% destemmed and 11% whole cluster. The wine was aged on its lees for 19 months in French oak barrels (50% new) and bottled unfined & unfiltered. We think it is remarkably expressive for such a dramatically scaled, well structured wine, and its silky texture and impeccable balance will yield a tremendous aging curve. Drink 2026-2038+. — 7 months ago

Frank B

8.9

Not sure about it. Mouth feel is good earthy sanguine flavors that I am still processing. — 5 years ago

Joseph Barsky

9.3

2016 Vintage. 14.8% alcohol. Great fruit and mouthfeel. May have pulled the trigger too soon. — 5 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Nikki & Jeff Nelson joined together with Dragonette Cellars winemaker, Brandon Sparks-Gillis, & craft 2 very different small production Chards. Blend 2 stylistically different wines, from 7 vineyards, with little intervention, minimal oak, no additives just pure expressions of Chard! White Hill is more Chablis-like of the 2; aromas of stone and tropical fruits with citrus notes. On the palate peach, pineapple and ripe apple with citrus and mineral wrapped in generous acidity. Fresh, medium+ finish ending with citrus and mineral character. — 7 years ago

Kristen Schott

9.6

Velvety and ripe with fruit and a mix of earthy minerals. Mmm. — 8 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.3

The Fiddlestix Vineyard is located at mile marker 7.28 on Santa Rosa Road in Lompoc, California, which is situated in the Sta. Rita Hills AVA. In the mid-90's Kathy Joseph of Fiddlehead Cellars, along with the viticultural icon Taz Steinhauer, acquired the 133-acre, former flower farm, across Santa Rosa Road from the Sanford & Benedict Vineyard, and in 1998 they planted 100 acres of Pinot Noir. Aside from the small amount earmarked for Fiddlehead's own production, much of the vineyard is contracted to other producers, including Ampelos, Ancien, Anglim, Arcadian, Bonaccorsi, Dragonette, Jonata, Ken Brown, Hartley-Ostini Hitching Post, Gainey, Ortman, Pali, Paul Lato, Prodigal, RN Estate, Rusack, Summerland, Tyler, Vogelzang, Wedell , and TAZ, not to mention Etude.

Opens with an austere earth note in a tone reminiscent of Barbaresco, and in the words of Miles Raymond, it's "tighter than a nun's ass." 45 minutes later, though, and it's singing and juicy. Black cherry, but not overripe, leads this medium bodied, pungent thinker, while a virtual greenhouse of floral shades help twist and shape its direction. Secondary dusty earth and walnut skin reveal the source of its austerity. True to its terroir, there's a tertiary layer of spice and rocks that provides the depth needed to go from good to great. — 9 years ago