Sam

8.9

Not bad. Light bodies, maroon translucency against light. Dried cherries with black pepper. Tannins roll off the tongue. Not bad. Would be great with a balsamic reduction sauce and steak. — 7 years ago

Steven Carey

8.9

I’d have this with dinner any night of the week. Red fruit and that cabernet smell on the nose. Blueberry to taste with chocolate & coffee/espresso + black cherry & a little bit of black pepper. Some reserved but grippy tannin on the backend. Roll on Napa. — 7 years ago

Tobin Trevarthen

9.1

Love Cab Franc as stand alone varietal. Mellow tannins, tootsie roll, caramel, malt chocolate. Black cherry. — 8 years ago

Marcio Morelli

9.2

Reduced when uncorked. Decanting is necessary. — 8 years ago

Sean Smith

9.1

Black cherries and vanilla with a silky smooth finish. — 9 years ago

with Kelli

Dan Gasparo

9.5

Delicious port wine! Merlot-based with chocolate infused. Smells and tastes like a tootsie roll! — 9 years ago

John Kemper

9.4

An opaque red/purple, the '00 Ojai Syrah '50% Roll Ranch 50% Bien Nacido' is richly scented with black raspberry, ground pepper and dark cherry notes. Powerful mouth-coating flavors of ripe black fruits with spicy cracked peppercorn accents then flood the palate. The fully-rounded and well-integrated tannins make the lingering finish lip-smackingly delicious. — 10 years ago

Jeff Russell Roman

9.5

That's how we roll on Friday in the office. #madiera — 10 years ago

Jeremy Giesbrecht

9.6

Oh. My. Goodness. What a wine! Tight as a drum but opened up after a few hours... All the charm of 09 with more serious structure and back-bone. An iron fist in a velvet glove... — 11 years ago

with Eric and Will

Nick Holmes

9.0

Thanks Jimmy! Pepper jelly — 11 years ago

Laura Hammer

8.9

Not as yummy as the 2007 — 12 years ago

TheSkip

8.9

Weak. Overly tannic. Wound tighter than a drum. — 7 years ago

Luke Ragland

9.5

Very hot on the nose. cinnamon and caramel. Cut with a few drops of water and richness comes through. Amazingly long finish. Top notch. — 7 years ago

Jim Trobaugh

9.5

This rocks! Roll Tide!👍 — 8 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

8.9

CA fruit some tartness should be good, raspberry, thrives to be Burgundian needs more time not really up my alley. — 9 years ago

Micah Clark

9.7

Sour funk but a sweetness from the fruit. Almost smells like Alsace Pinot Gris but super light on the palate. Good bubbles still for 2 years in — 9 years ago

Shanda Fry

9.4

Shanda had this 9 years ago

Jimmy Smith

Director, West and North London Wine School

9.0

Good creamy, peachy, leesy style. Good softness, body and balance. Delicious. — 10 years ago

Winston Biltz

9.2

Aromatic wine with spice and red fruit. Lingering finish . — 10 years ago

with Bob

Charles Antin

Senior Wine Specialist/Auctioneer Zachys

9.3

Sometimes that shark, he looks right into you. Right into your eyes. You know the thing about a shark, he's got...lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eye. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'. Until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white. And then, ah then you hear that terrible high pitch screamin' and the ocean turns red and spite of all the poundin' and the hollerin' they all come in and rip you to pieces.
Y'know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men! I don't know how many sharks, maybe a thousand! I don't know how many men, they averaged six an hour. On Thursday mornin' chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player, boson's mate. I thought he was asleep, reached over to wake him up. Bobbed up and down in the water, just like a kinda top. Up ended. Well... he'd been bitten in half below the waist. Noon the fifth day, Mr. Hooper, a Lockheed Ventura saw us, he swung in low and he saw us. He's a young pilot, a lot younger than Mr. Hooper, anyway he saw us and come in low. And three hours later a big fat PBY comes down and start to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened? Waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went in the water, three hundred and sixteen men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb. — 11 years ago

JJ Lumia

9.3

Cherry, mushroom, and smoky peat flavors. Creamy and well integrated. Still a bit austere as it’s on the early side but nothing a good decent wouldn’t solve. If you have, crack open a bottle and let the good times roll. — 7 years ago

Rick K

9.5

One of the best California Syrahs I've had. Roughly 1/3 each Bien Nacido, Melville and Roll Ranch. Meaty, Beefy, Big and Bouncy. — 7 years ago

Jason McLaren

9.0

Interesting white blend. — 8 years ago

David L

9.6

12' Realm The Bard. This puppy is ready to roll. Sensational! — 8 years ago

with Kim, Greg and 1 other

Nick Ferrall

8.9

Nice brunch table wine — 9 years ago

Meg

9.6

Larkmead has always been very decent. This 2012 cab was ridiculous. Solari-esque. Aaaand the tigers roll on!! Yabba Dabo Do! — 10 years ago

with Ali

Kyle Altomare

Assistant Winemaker at Artesa Vineyards & Winery

9.4

Holy alcohol. First sip its maple syrup and bourbon. Second sip. Alcohol. — 10 years ago

Andrea

9.4

Mellow silky, sultry and classic. paired with poach pear cake roll, walnuts, blue cheese with rosemary simple syrup — 10 years ago

erto l

10

this one toooooook aaaaaaaa loooooooong tiiiiiiiiiiime. tight as a drum and not to pleasant for the first few hours. decanted. decanted again. swirled the decanter. sloshed it around. generally slapped its face...
after 3 hours it was good. after 6 hours I wished it was a magnum! this stuff rocked and I will hold off opening another for at least 5 yrs. or plan the timing better;-) — 11 years ago

Daniel P. Drake

9.6

I am loving this aroma. Strawberries, herbal notes, with wet earth and some subtle hints of cranberry. Very good first roll on the tongue. I heard the Santa Rita Hills was making some good Burgundian Pinot's and this Brewer-Cifton is proof of that. The mouth feel is full and lasts a good while. We have strawberries, cranberries, good acidity, with soil and some raspberries. Very enjoyable! — 12 years ago