Norman Gennaro

9.2

These guys do a fantastic job at a reasonable price (at least when I bought it, no idea now). The nose fades quick which is a bummer but it’s great on the finish - long and delightful. — 7 months ago

Henry Fuseler

9.0

9/2024. Good overall flavor. Only a hint of cherry which is fine with me. The ALC 14.5 was a boost. It paired well with the Snow Eye Round Waygu at Hall’s Chophouse. — 9 months ago

Gordon Williams

9.8

Astringent and dark on the nose when fresh from bottle. Plum and cherry and pepper on the palate. As it mellows, oak flavors mellow and flavor gets more complicated. A little acid to Leah. — 3 years ago

Marc Melser

8.9

We had the 2014 Vintage on 10/1-2/20. This is a good, full bodied, fruit forward Pinot Noir. The lead flavor on the bouquet and palate is black cherry. There is some oak and sweet spice. The tannins need to be smoothed with the aerator. I would buy more. — 5 years ago

Eric W Brown

9.2

Lots of cherry. Drinking well — 6 years ago

Tim Maloney

9.3

Very peaty color. Sharp to the nose. Sharp, stingy and mineral flavor with a long finish. Not for the weak of heart and fantastic! — 7 years ago

Patrick McNeil

9.1

Very good. — 10 years ago

Oscar Ortiz

9.5

Young but what a delicious mouthful, with rich layers of fruit but elegant and smooth — 10 years ago

Andy Bartee

Sales Copain Winery

9.3

Love it when people break out their Copain library for me! So good — 10 years ago

Zak Kilson

8.9

Drinks like old world Syrah. I am really enjoying this. — 11 years ago

Neil Valenzuela

9.0

Medium ruby color. Aromas of cherry, baking spice, hint of hay and blackberry. A bit stronger than the Rosellas Vineyard. Dark cherry, cocoa and plum on the palate. — 7 months ago

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9.6

Hailing from one of the premier sites in the Santa Lucia Highlands, planted in 1996, the 2022 Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard is flat-out gorgeous. Beautifully rendered, it boasts generous fruit density, crystal-clear delineation of flavors and bracing structure. Fully destemmed, the 2022 finishes with a ton of persistence in its dark berry flavors, even darker cherry, black licorice and black sage. The 2022 leaves behind a fine web of powdery tannins, neatly wrapped up with a little bow on top, concentrated, effusive, and ready to rock. What a complete package. This may be the red wine of the vintage in the SLH. (Billy Norris, Vinous, August 2024)
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Yen Boubel

8.9

Slightly herbal, ripe berries, plum & clove with a bright finish. — 5 years ago

Mark Aronica

9.0

Bright and citrusy. Would drink again. — 5 years ago

Brendan Baker

9.1

Raspberry, mineral, med + acid, no tannin, drink with a slight chill — 6 years ago

Martin Mills

8.9

Mango quince pineapple with a hint of spice — 9 years ago

Stuart Scheff

9.2

Sooooooo good — 10 years ago

Luke Wright

9.2

2006 - Still great — 10 years ago

Neal Frankel

9.9

Great fruit, complexity, finish! — 11 years ago

Panja NAOE

9.0

20130518赤16000円ロウリーズcocoBDP — 12 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2021 vintage. First tasted this wine with the 1991 vintage when it was resto cost $240 a 12-pack case (which was pretty pricey for CA chard at the time). FF three decades where I'm pouring this btg and paying less than the 1991 pricing. Has always held a soft spot in my heart. Unique flavor profile that consistently upends a blind white Burgundy tasting as a ringer-regardless of the price range involved...and it do get pricey these daze. Still bringing the serious mineral hammer along with bracing acidity but a bit of lanolin and variety of citrus when things warm up a tad. Last tasted 5.5.23 (9.1). 10.27.24. — 8 months ago

Kate Parkerson

9.4

Smooth, a little spicy, very nice pinot — a year ago

Eric Urbani

9.3

We had fun coming up with the descriptors of the nose on this one. Twizzler, cherry cough drops, you get the idea. typical of very ripe picking that Roar is known for. — 4 years ago

Colin Cahoon

9.4

A top notch vintage California sparkler. Fine bubbles, soft lees, nice minerality, with hints of citrus - the drinking experience builds to a sizzling acid finish. Take the two best grapes out of SLH and make a cremant style sparkler. Brilliant. — 5 years ago

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Michelle Vanhoose

8.9

Soft tannins, floral nose, pretty wine. This would be a daily drinker for me. — 7 years ago

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Nestor Gonzalez

9.2

This wine proves the Pisoni's vision — 10 years ago

Pga

9.7

Joe Davis makes one of the finest Cali pilots. — 10 years ago

Alicia Cypress

8.9

It's a good Syrah and nicely balanced, but I wasn't wow'd. Maybe a bit too young. — 10 years ago

Ryan Mullins

9.9

Soul wine! — 11 years ago