Shay A

9.3

Always a reliable restaurant pick. My first ‘15 from any of Chappellet’s wines, and I was astounded at how approachable this was at pop and pour! Wow. The aromatics were just sensational...blueberry and blackberry medley, baked pie, very small hint of smoked meat, and plum. Extremely lush on the palate from start to finish...black cherry cordial, mixed berry, and cocoa dusted dates. Phenomenal value! — 7 years ago

Clayton R Strong

9.3

Wine is complete Unami!! Leather, dust, cherry, and tobacco just rock this Washington wine. It is by no means complex but it is just damn good. — 7 years ago

with Tiffany

Anthony Lombardi

9.0

Good concentration, 15% Mourvèdre addition adds a savory component. Nice hint of smoke to accent the dark fruit. Moderately structured, good wine to enjoy young. — 8 years ago

Renee Crawford

9.8

Delicious Chardonnay. Perfect flavor not too buttery although I like buttery — 8 years ago

with Denise

Nikole Souder-Schale

9.3

This is a solid wine, great grape! yum! — 8 years ago

Jonathan Glover

9.0

Good. Smooth. On sale. Ashley's great roll up lasagna recipe. — 9 years ago

Robert Vance

10

One of the best Merlots I've had in a long time — 9 years ago

Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.6

Sooooo much happening on the nose here walnut, blood orange marmalade, creme caramel, 400 year old oak sideboard that's recently had a beeswax polish 😉 baked banana, old oak barrel cellar, spiced pineapple, cinnamon dusted apricot pastry, peaches in cream. In the mouth the first shot is pretty full on alcoholic hotness but as the mid palate rolls over the crest of the hill a huge intensity of dried fruit sweeps through your palate with a huge freshness of spicy tropical fruits then on the finish the nutty notes come through, caramel drizzled over walnuts, white truffle oil. Gorgeous! — 10 years ago

Carol Kellett

9.3

Having chocolate dusted almonds with this 1998. Delicious. — 10 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.6

From the walluke slope 70 merlot 15 Cabernet Sauvignon and 13 Cabernet franc 2 petit Verdot. Stone tree vineyard, sweet tobacco spice dark cherry red currant berry fruit fine tannins with lovely freshness notes of olive and floral loamy earth notes. Most excellent — 12 years ago

Shay A

9.4

Wow! High octane, but at the same time, balanced. Red, blue and black fruit on the nose. Violet too. Nutmeg and some cocoa dusted bay leaf. Palate is young. Licorice and cassis. Blueberry driven finish that is both powerful and refined at the same time. Plenty of time ahead for this. — 7 years ago

with Dan

Maggie Harrison

9.1

all good. ripe pear, baked apple, lemon rind highlights. Light to medium medium, crisp. held up well on day 3 too — 7 years ago

Justin Hart

9.3

This is not a Syrah dominant blend anymore, it is Mourvedre dominant now, and so much better for it. Big, spicy, gamey and intense. Tastes like it just came home from tromping through the sagebrush. Grab it and loooove it! Yum! — 8 years ago

with Cherish and Jen

Justin Hart

9.5

2014 vintage is thick, mouth saturating and unctuous, intense raspberry and peppered meat, followed by subtle (or somewhat smothered) vanilla notes. Fantastic tannic grip as well. This is a bad ass Grenache, and sadly, we are not making more (we are blending it into our Squirrel Tooth Alice now). — 8 years ago

with Cherish and Jen

Craig Stanfield

9.6

Absolutely delicious but not completely open even after 2 hours. Tobacco, leather, cocoa dusted cherry, and menthol. — 8 years ago

Justin Hart

9.0

Wonderful tannic grip from three whole cluster fermentation. Big, cherry and spicy notes. Chewy, intense, fruit forward,v and bam! Right in the hang ball... — 9 years ago

with Alex and Cherish

Michael Gallegos

Sales & Hospitality Red Car Winery

8.9

Smells like a giant chard but not over the top on the palate. 30% malo, all barrel ferment, good acid — 9 years ago

Todd A Bolton

9.2

This is like candied velvet sex. Combines the best part of an after work cocktail with a glass of ruby port. Maybe not the best with a meal, but on its own after or instead of dinner it is dynamite. Here's hoping the boys at DV start making more cases. — 10 years ago

Shadd Scott

9.2

Chocolate dusted cherries, tight, fresh, complex. Over delivers for the money. — 10 years ago

Stephen Kane

9.2

Very great summer Pinot — 11 years ago

Stephen Pierron

9.4

This has got to be my favorite Syrah from Washington! I want more!! Juicy and dark fruit jam with herbs and fresh cracked pepper. Paired PERFECTLY with Chinois Grilled Lamb Chops with a Cilantro Mint Vinaigrette! — 7 years ago

Matt Tinnon

9.7

Amazing wine! — 7 years ago

with Dennise

Bryce Wiatrak

9.4

Herbal and still rather tannic and youthful. Leather, mushroom, tobacco, thyme, rosemary, dusted plum. Some redder tones emerge from the black fruit core - strawberry even. A pleasant rusty patina with some gentle, welcome bitterness on the finish. — 7 years ago

Justin Hart

9.2

2012 is still jammy, but profound, a great "notter botter". Unfortunately, there are no more DV Grenaches after the 2014 vintage. But if you like Grenache, new world especially, this is the bomb. For DV and Grenache now, go to the Squirrel Tooth Alice, which is even more yum! — 8 years ago

with Jen

Justin Hart

9.3

Sweet and peppery delight! Blueberry, blackberries, and game meat dominate the initial palette. White pepper notes finish it off. Yum!! — 8 years ago

with Cherish

Cory Fierro

8.9

Beautiful plum ruby color with a lighter almost orange rim on it.

The nose is pretty and fragrant. Inky and acetone to start on the nose leads to wild berries with mocha and coffee dusted almonds. The tannins are grippy as hell, fighting you as you swallow. I say the finish drops off too quickly for it to get a higher score, but it has tremendous potential. — 9 years ago

with Adolfo

Justin Hart

9.7

Aged to perfection! Wonderful and intense bright red fruit, not even a hint of rust (thank you screw cap). Just lingers and lingers, like a sleepy Sunday morning. — 10 years ago

with Cherish

Matt Maxey

9.3

Surprising depth of flavor. — 10 years ago

Holly Gullickson

9.5

Smooth full wine; 2012 — 11 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.1

A bit of petite sirah I'm the blend from the stone tree property has a good amount of fresh earth rocky iron mineral notes dark spices mocha and fine tannins mocha spice notes a savory style of Syrah some pretty floral notes. Finish 45+ excellent + — 12 years ago