ADAM STROMFELD

9.5

Thank you Dr. Frank! What a treat at lunch. Soft old Barolo nose. Dirt barnyard. Wow! You Gotta be kidding me on this 50-year-old! Talk about a gem. The fruit is still there. Sweet sour cherry absolutely dynamic continually changing quickly.  — 6 years ago

with Chris, Bob and 1 other

J. Kim

9.3

Old-school, not as transparent and dynamic as Joblot, but equally persuasive. — 8 years ago

Conrad Green

9.3

Dynamic. Packed with fruit but with excellent underlying acidity. Very young but great dynamism and promise. — 8 years ago

with Tony and Matt

Peg Hanssen

9.8

Preparing for our adventure to Portugal Surdyks’ Recommendation:
(Douro) Portugal is a prolific wine country, best known for its sweet dessert wine - Port. World famous in its many styles, Port is sweet and fortified, prized for its rich flavors and lush texture. Portugal also has fabulous dry red wine. Dow’s “Vale do Bomfim” is made with the same grapes and sourced from the same historic Douro Valley that produces Dow’s great Ports. Portugal’s indigenous grapes – Tinta Barroca, Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, and Tinto Cão – are names that should pique your interest and draw you to this imported discovery. Picked by hand and manually sorted with great care, the grapes are fermented in small vats. The resulting wine has complexity and style. Portugal’s Douro Valley has consistently good climate and growing conditions almost every year. The flavors are dynamic and the tannic structure is soft and silky. This is a really good wine for all occasions, with an affordable price and value.
$8.49 Spring 2017 ($14.49) — 8 years ago

Conrad Green

9.6

Very deep yet light nose with really fresh Rick pools and that lifted raveneau chalky thing. Beautiful intense and complex fruit with surprisingly assertive acidity. Still young. Very dynamic and very long. Light but profound — 9 years ago

with Walker, Matt and 2 others

Jonathan Wall

9.2

Comfort food. 3 out of 4 of us agreed this tasted of chocolate chip oatmeal raisin cookies. Nose was subdued with a hint of maturity but the taste had dynamic depth and went on and on. Awesome! 2009 — 11 years ago

Mason Balistreri

Sommelier, International Wine Guild; Balistreri Vineyard; Sales, Joy Wine and Spirits

9.4

An alternative yet delicious take on Cabernet from a cooler region of California. The fruit is pure and dynamic, with high toned black berry and red plum notes. The wine lacks the tannins of it's Napa contemporaries but it makes up for that with much better acidity, price and elegance. This is a wine that will impress the wine nerds sick of tasting Cab after Cab after Cab that all taste like oak and juice.  — 11 years ago

Renato S

9.2

Extremely pleasant Loureiro from Vinho Verde. Bio-dynamic.
Citrus, stone fruit, stony minerality — 12 years ago

David Zhang

9.5

Very bright and dynamic, rich fruit and berry taste — 12 years ago

Sarah Marley

Sales Representative Potomac Selections

9.4

Quite the dynamic duo — 12 years ago

Charlie Spencer-Davis

8.9

2008 vintage. Strong with the booze at first, but had a great dynamic flavor on the tongue. Very drinkable — 7 years ago

Jason Gelman

9.5

Special new year’s eve selection. Contemplative wine that gets more interesting and dynamic with each sip. The dominant flavor is a smooth balanced coffee note that is just beautiful, with tobacco, leather, cedar, some light red fruit as well. Exceptionally long finish, like 10 minutes long. A treat to drink. Happy new year! 🎊 — 7 years ago

Paul J

9.3

I love Petit Verdot! Nice dark purple color. Very dynamic nose. It's musty, with lots of barnyard odors and hints of Macintosh apples and tomatoes. A little high in OH at 14.7%, but nice fruit, which is on the sweeter side. Surprisingly short finish. Definitely at the tail end of the drinking window. I'd buy more and will! — 8 years ago

with Brooke

Andrew Lohse

8.9

Ripe green apple. Baked pear. Herbaceousness? Wonderful salinity. High minerality and a dynamic, complex finish. — 9 years ago

Charles (Chad) Bucklin

Owner and founder of C. T. Bucklin Wine Advising

9.5

Just a special experience. The nose was powerful and dynamic evolving beautifully over 30 minutes. A smokey phase, a pine phase, and a strong floral phase. The palate was balanced and smooth. The fruit was dead but resembled fruit leather. Two bottles opened, one had grip left, the other didn't. #moutonrothschild #grandcruclassé #2ndgrowth #bordeaux #pauillac #1928 #ctbucklinwine — 10 years ago

Ben Walker / Caravin

9.0

Never thought I'd be truly enjoying any Rioja. But this: un-oaked and made by a Frenchman is an astonishing expression of an undervalued & overworked terroir. Deep, dynamic, vibrant fucker. — 10 years ago

Nicholas Livingston

9.2

Frankly: I am surprised at how dynamic and Mâcon this is at 6+ years! It was said and chirpy as only wines with dry extract can be. Delicious with roasted potato leek soup -especially in this odd season between an Indian Summer and that penetrating November rain. Great tension here. — 11 years ago

Nicholas Livingston

9.6

Pinot Noir à la Loire! Words fail -but this is exceptional and buoyant and dynamic... — 11 years ago

Sadie Averill

9.4

Very dynamic. Smelled of fresh raspberries upon opening, 45 min. Of decanting brought on an overly ripe fruit forward aroma with good acidity, but not a fruit bomb like most Napa cabs. Smooth mouthfeel and slight tannins to finish. The second glass took on a smokey character full of spice but still silky smooth! Delicious birthday wine! — 12 years ago

Conrad Green

9.3

A lovely fresh dynamic nose. Lemons, oyster shells, chalk. This is vital, poised and pure. Very good. — 7 years ago

with Walker, Tony and 2 others

Conrad Green

9.2

Very fresh and bright. Young and dynamic with honey and sweet white flowers. Zesty and fun — 8 years ago

with Jean-Francois, Chris and 1 other

Geoff Troup

Sales Eder Brothers, Cellar Fine Wines

9.5

From a mag. Magnificent structure. Smells like barolo on the nose... petroleum, acidic fruit, roses. Big tannin and acid, both tasting quite old, but this has so much life in it. After a five hour decant, this is bursting with earth, dynamic acidity, tar, and herbs. A consistently amazing wine. — 8 years ago

Adam Usdan

8.9

Medium body with citrus flavor and dynamic finish. Very good — 9 years ago

Edel Cashman

9.5

Smooth rounded dynamic — 9 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

8.9

I dunno. Pretty quiet overall and specifically flat in the mid palate. Root day? Odd spot? I mean, the tart red fruit I expect is there, there's just no dynamic range. — 10 years ago

David Witkowsky

Sales Potomac Selections

9.5

It's Bo-dynamic wine! — 11 years ago

Jesse Smith

9.2

Incredibly dynamic 2009 — 11 years ago

Alex Crangle

Assistant Winemaker Balo Vineyards

10

Dynamic, complex and perfectly balanced. Rich earth and coco strawberry. The premier example of the 2010 deep end of Anderson Valley. — 11 years ago

David Traynor

Assistant Winemaker Vin du Lac Winery

8.9

not as dynamic as past vintages, especially when compared with other stand out wa riesling. would drink again for 15.99 costco price. #wawine — 12 years ago

Helen Robertson

9.8

So tasty! Favorite red ever — 12 years ago