Shawn R

9.6

Time is of the essence! I drank this sometime ago and got none of the funk and Burgundian element. Clove, oil and anise fill the nose. Raspberry, toasted oak with some tart cherry fill the mouth. A lot going on in this wine, nimble and light but offers so many element. — 5 years ago

Craig Stanfield

9.1

Cork was in excellent shape for being a 1998. The wine is not likely to improve but it’s a solid wine now and still has life left. Medium body, medium acidity and gripping tannin but not harsh. The fruit has given way to earthier tones with a bit of Brett. There’s a singed element or perhaps tar. Stewed fruit and cigar box as well. This was seemingly better on day 2, if that is even possible (though tightly corked overnight). This I’m bumping this to the 90s. — 6 years ago

Alan Doughty

9.1

Pretty and floral on the front with dark currant fruit and a decent amount of tannin that gives a meaty element. — 7 years ago

Jorge Sierra

9.1

Like a delicious salami in a wine — 7 years ago

Heidi Harrison

9.0

@elementwinery soft, pretty body, cherry, cola, thyme, sage, black pepper, lovely #fingerlakes #syrah — 7 years ago

with Philip

Kevin Cahoon

9.3

The nose is slightly muted at first but gains lovely black cherry, raspberry and cranberry fruit with air. The nose has pretty spice tones with high pitched floral element. The wine is still young on palate with refined, silky tannins that support the red Pinot fruit flavors. This is just starting to enter a nice phase for drinking but seems to need time to develop secondary flavors and aromas. — 7 years ago

Matt

9.0

Great bottle showing its age well. Preserved lemon, ripe melon, marshmallow, apple blossoms, hazelnut, damp earth, oyster shell, minerals, tea leaf. There's a caramelized honey element to the wine. Acidity is still fresh and vibrant. Great example of Muscadet with age. Similar aromas and flavors of aged chablis/BdB Champagne — 8 years ago

Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.1

An hour or so in the glass and there's loads of smoke, black fruit and a green pepper/geranium type floral element edging freshly cut mushroom. Masculine but with a rose petal softness coming through on the nose. The palate is less expressive and seems to lack in intensity when compared to the impressive nose, a lovely freshness to the lightweight red fruit dominated finish which is fresh but again lacks impact. — 8 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.7

Wow, real knockout stuff. This is not domestic Muscadet - there's not much in common besides the grape. It has the bright, pure fruit but it is put together in a much fuller style, more like a white Burgundy (minus the oak) than Muscadet. I don't say Chablis because while it's an intensely mineral wine and cranked up to 11 in that department, it's not a marine minerality. The mineral element here is volcanic (and so is the soil), bringing to mind all those cliches about aromas bursting from the glass and so forth, and it's every bit as driving on the palate. — 9 years ago

Jennifer Reichardt

9.0

Crisp, cool summer bubbly at the Little Nell. — 10 years ago

Shawn R

9.5

Grenache and Syrah blend-the Grenache make this wine so bright and fresh and prevents the Syrah from creating a syrupy blend. unfolds after 30min in the decanter...gamey element fades to crushed black and blue fruit both on the nose and palate. Long sweet finish that shows great acid and tannins that are sweet as the fruit. Wonderful. — 5 years ago

Eric Linderman

9.1

Nice wine, soft almost grenache like — 6 years ago

Wine Weirdos

9.8

This is the sort of epiphany about Madeira or Port I've been waiting to have. Served as part of a savory course at Clove Club in London.

Any sweet element of this wine has relaxed to the background and gorgeous acid accompanies complex burnt citrus and smoky, nutty stone fruit. 45 second finish. — 6 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.5

This is Cab with some guts. Oil-dark in the glass and rustic on the nose, the aroma package is full of back-country bramble and black fruit. There's a savory note of tar that virtually leaps out at me. The palate shows plum and blackberry roughed up by a cedar and spice element in the same way one might break in a cap or a baseball glove. Cabernet Sauvignon is normally not my first choice, but it might be if they all tasted this good for the price. — 7 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.5

Pétillant Naturel is a type of sparkling wine made in the méthode ancestrale. This means the wine is bottled before the primary fermentation is finished, no additional yeasts or sugars, as in méthode champenoise. The wine is typically cloudy, funky, low in alcohol and sealed under a crown cap, like a bottle of beer.
This pet-nat, as the style is called, is very cloudy, very yeasty and thoroughly enjoyable. The earthy, musty nose is as savory as can be, yet with a strong citrus element. On the palate, acidity is racy and the flavors lean toward the savory side of lemon-lime. Strong minerals provide a nice underpinning. The fizziness is somewhat less than found in other sparkling wines, but there’s enough there to qualify as “festive.” This is a great wine to have as an aperitif or just because, but the acidity and mineral aspect will allow pairings with a wide range of dishes involving vegetables or light-colored meat. — 7 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.1

Deep ruby red with high intensity. A little jammy on the nose to start with bramble berries, gun powder, and some damp forest notes. Day two added to the complexity with a toasty element as well as baking spices like cinnamon and light red berries. Moderate plus tannins (7.5/10) and full bodied. Very jammy with lots of super dark dried berries and sticks. Beautiful on day two and completely smoothed out. Long finish. Drink till 2024. — 7 years ago

with Sean and India

Dr Glen Spinelli

9.1

Rich enough to enjoy with my plate of homemade pasta and sauce. Fruit to me is a dark cherry and then some pepper. Then some tannins . — 8 years ago

Justinian Brock

9.8

Nice work Alex!!! Smells so spicy crushed fresh green herbs with preserved lemon fresh cut pineapple. Pineapple juice poured on hot cracked granite, very serious on the palate, very impressive for someone of a young age — 9 years ago

Adam Jesberger

9.2

Clear, day bright, golden color with a watery meniscus. Viscosity is med+. The nose is moderate intensity with lifted citrus notes. Grapefruit and lemon peel, a slightly honeyed character from its age and an herbaceous note of tarragon and sorrel. Some orange blossoms and wet slate minerality. It smells oaked. Not sure about that but i detect cedar notes. The palate is dry, medium - body, grapefruit pith with some phenolic bitterness, lemon seed and lime pulp. A dried leafy element. Some wet stone flavors as well. Alchohol is medium, acidity is medium plus, the finish is lengthy.....med+. I haven't had enough sancerre with age to compare this but ill say this is damn fine. — 9 years ago

with Jenelle

John Kemper

9.3

An inky purple/red with ample sediment, the '00 Ojai Syrah 'Roll Ranch Vineyard' emits opulent notes of cassis, musky incense and white pepper. The opulent mouthfeel is quite fresh and silky with the flavor profile echoing the nose, but with an added juicy licorice element. Finishes long and spicy. — 10 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.2

Dark ruby. Opaque. Notes of dark plums, cassis, rhubarb, tobacco. Has a green element to it. At first it’s very linear and one dimensional in the mouth but rounds out with air. Nice for the vintage. — 6 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.5

Tasting night @element 47 — 6 years ago

Sandra Larson

9.1

Loved the soft nose and tannins. Great sipping wine but enjoyed it more with pork roast & veggies. Drank 2014 last week. — 6 years ago

Brendan Baker

9.1

Lemon, pear, some rich tropical notes but also a flinty-saline-Chablis-esque element. Great hybrid of France and California 😍 — 7 years ago

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9.1

I think it's hard to find a Chardonnay like this in the world so I stashed a bottle. It has the butterscotch fermentation element on the nose that says "California" which I love in steady doses. And it has the live, cold and ripe citrus acid element and that I find in Chablis. On top of that it's not very buttery, it has subtle minerality, stroke of vanilla.. there's a chance you drink this wine at the right day and time and can think it's a perfect 10 Chardonnay isn't in my wheelhouse of loves but this is an exception. For me tonight it's just missing... Peaches🍑 — 7 years ago

Shawn R

9.3

Back in the good ol' days of Silver Oak...I bought several on release knowing very little what my wine future would hold. Cellared perfect, green/bell pepper and straight up dust on the nose. Plenty of fruit and tannins with bright acidity. Mouth fills with a ting of cherry, cola and a mineral element. Finish comes then goes. Hint of spice on the back side. — 7 years ago

Lauren Vance

Buyer Whole Foods Market Oakland

9.4

Tropical fruits in chilling mountain air. Perfect kick back and relax Chenin. Great minerality, cold spring/mountain air element combined with ripe peaches, tropical fruits, crisp green apple, chamomile, white flowers and incredible, enveloping acidity. This wine was made for cheese- Port Salut, Humbolt Fog or St Agur. Slays most Chenin in its price range. — 8 years ago

Charlie Abbott

Sommelier Casa Mono

9.2

First Corison experience! Rich, darker fruits laced with a brooding herbal element. Savory, bigger but balanced. Slightly corked, but still very enjoyable. Thanks, @Cathy Corison!! — 9 years ago

with Ian

Amanda Cheng

9.5

I took a sip and it changed in my mouth!The aging and very light light hint of oak definitely added an element of complexity to it. It was kinda awesome... — 9 years ago

Ron from VA

9.1

Yum...I believe this was blended with a small portion of Viognier to support the mineral and fruit element...slight RS, — 10 years ago