solo, fruchtig, mild β 5 years ago
Excellent. β 5 years ago
Eagle Ridge is one of my favorite boutique wineries in Livermore. They use all estate grapes and the Petite Sirah is their signature wine. This 6 year old PS has flavors of plum and brambleberries. β 6 years ago
Smooth and jammy. A consistently tasty product. Not a hint of metallic. Tried again after 15 years and was definitely impressed. β 7 years ago
Smooth drop, light delicate flavor β 8 years ago
One of my favorite Livermore wineries that uses all Livermore grapes. This Cab was delicious with plums and dark cherries with a hint of smoke. β 5 years ago
Another 4th Friday for the books! Insane pulls this month to follow up the most epic month (April) that weβve ever had!
Would love to open this against a Rivers-Marie Pinot. A lot of black cherry concentrate and pepper. Finish is very acidic and young...the RM shows a tad more fruit and complexity on the mid-palate. β 7 years ago
Never heard of this grape. Should buy a bottle for Kevin. β 8 years ago
Delicious & easy to drink, good with dinner & alone β 5 years ago
Very good! Dark fruit- plum and cherry w/ smoke and tar(?) β 5 years ago
A wonderful Pinot with great balance. The perfect amount of fruit up front and a very long and enduring finish. Exceptional wine. β 5 years ago
Color of concentrated black tea. Nose is high quality bourbon with sweet apple, mesmerizing aldehyde, paint, powerful alcohol and spice in nasal cavity. Taste is extremely smooth, with toffee like sweetness wrapping the tongue, zest, sweet apple, and a bit salty mineral. Aftertaste has even more toffee sweetness, a bit heat. You can hardly tell she is 90 proof. β 6 years ago
Aldler Fels 2014 The Eagle Rock Pinot Noir, made by winemaker Aaron Bader, is a beauty. Bader calls the making of good Pinot is βboth a physical and mental exercise.β Heβs not shy about tooting his own bottle. βIt's sexy, luscious, with that sweet perfume, a hint of maple syrup, and lush fruit.β Maple syrup? I can have that for breakfast!
For this wine, he blended three-quarters Sta. Rita Hills Pinot from Santa Barbara County and one-quarter grapes from the Russian River Valley.
The Pinot is hefty and dark, with a nose that exudes black raspberry, black olive, coffee, tea and anise. Maple syrup? Well, now that it's in my head, it's in my nose. On the palate, wow. Ripe fruit, those olives, black tea and black pepper. The savory angle continues into the finish and carries plenty of sweet oak spice with it. β 8 years ago
Randy Fillingim
What an elegant wine. The deft integration of all the wines component pieces in its overall sense of equilibrium was near perfect. And it tasted π€€ yummy. οΏΌ β 4 years ago