Al Shikoh

9.4

Fully opaque ruby violet offering aromas of black cherry, cassis, cocoa powder, coffee, and cedar. Full bodied, soft, and fruit forward with incredible mid-palate density. The tannins are fine grained and alcohol is 14.6%. Made from a blend of 62% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Petit Verdot sourced from vineyards like Beckstoffer’s Orchard Lane and Dr. Crane and aged in 65% new French oak. Along with Duckhorn, this is one of my favorite California Merlots and is crafted by winemaker Benoit Touquette and consultant Michel Rolland to drink young. I favor a pop and pour approach. $95. — 8 years ago

Aaron Means

9.1

Impressive for a sub $20. The first ever vintage of this wine, made even more special by meeting with Michel Rolland and staying at the Pere Verge estate (proprietors of Clos de los Siete). — 9 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.1

2 December 2017. Moore Brothers, Brooklyn, NY. — 9 years ago

Dirk Brinckman

9.0

Refined, buttery with balanced touch of citrus, win the lengthy finish — 10 years ago

Said Medina

9.3

Méthode Traditionnelle — 10 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.1

This is really light bodied and elegant, confounding my expectations of CdP yet again. Pretty, great acid and crystalline red fruit. — 10 years ago

Victor Charcan

9.0

Good fruit and extremely sweet tannins. Length, yet tasted blind it woukd be hard saying Ribera here. New world style — 11 years ago

Drew DiMatteo

9.1

Beautiful #Chardonnay from #SaintVéran from the #Mâconnais subregion #Burgundy #Bougogne — 11 years ago

Mike Kane

10

From the high ground at Clos de Los Siete. — 13 years ago

Don Jacobson

9.9

Brings out best in St E. Cab Franc darkens just enough. — 14 years ago

Shay A

9.1

A wonderful tasting put on by Classic Wine Storage featuring Long Shadows Winery. If you aren’t familiar with these wines, they are phenomenal WA state wines that are made by the likes of Randy Dunn, Phillipe Melka, Michel Rolland, John DuVall, and more.

Supposedly this is the number one Riesling in WA state. Dry style. Petrol on the nose. Honey, apricot, bright acidity with a slate finish. — 8 years ago

with Mark

George Harris

9.2

Fresh strawberry, mineral effervescence... very, very drinkable. — 9 years ago

with Scott

Jerrold Cameron

8.9

Great cheap Bordeaux — 10 years ago

Rob Owen

8.9

Very decent. Great with oysters and mac&cheese! — 10 years ago

with Doug

Eric French

9.3

So I've had a few vintages of this wine. Not been happy with them. But this 05, the first one made, is good. Bought on futures. At 11 years it's showing almost the right amount of age. I'd say drink in next 5 years. Well worth under 50 bucks. I think I paid 40. — 11 years ago

Chip Hughes

9.1

Alive, electric, engaging. Lush texture, raspberries, superb ripeness. All young Chinon should be like this! — 11 years ago

Yota Ohtahara

9.1

値段の割には…
もっと重い方が好き。 — 12 years ago

Chuy Galvan

Sommelier & Educator Titan Wines

9.5

2010 and outstanding! — 12 years ago

Andres Villegas

9.6

Simple. Superb — 13 years ago

Neil Cornish

9.4

Smokey sexy dark fruit. Rasselberry pie. Amazing balance. — 8 years ago

Sondra Bernstein

Owner of the girl & the fig, the fig cafe & winebar, Author of Plats du Jours, the girl & the fig's Journey through the Seasons in Wine Country and the girl & the fig Cookbook

9.1

Rich flavors of violets, — 9 years ago

James Forsyth

9.0

Spending Valentine's Day with a big boy. No, Cara hasn't undergone some major change. Rather, this Fontenil packs a punch... black and blue (fruit that is). An overt and tasty offering from Michel Rolland. — 9 years ago

with Cara

Morgan Diamant

9.5

Blackberry, black cherry, plum, vanilla, leather. Well integrated with long finish. Velvety tannins — 9 years ago

David Annis

9.0

This is interesting to me. I've had a few vintages of this merlot and enjoyed them all. Even though this is a Michel Rolland styled effort, it shows as an unmistakably new world merlot. Lots of plum and blueberry, very little of the restraint you'd see in a right bank Bordeaux. — 10 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.2

Mocha with soy, Twizzlers (red), pipe tobacco, orange peel potpourri and some faint wet clay. And for the record, I didn't want to like this... Damn you, Rolland. — 10 years ago

laszlo czegledi

9.0

nice alcohol. Good Barsac. — 11 years ago

Samuel Maldonado

9.7

M Rolland at his best. — 11 years ago

Firoj Panda

9.6

Wow... Exceptionally superb... Smooth... Delightful. — 12 years ago

Drew DiMatteo

9.0

Soft and elegant. — 13 years ago

Ronald Collazo

9.1

Michele Rolland — 14 years ago