My first 2015 red and really showing some great tension and vibrancy in it's youth. Fresh red berried Anderson Valley fruit. Very reminiscent of the Failla Pinot. Artsy app inspiration from @Roman Sukley — 7 years ago
Riper style, good balance of oak, well balanced overall. 25% new oak, partial Malo. — 8 years ago
2013 vintage. Red cherry, dried herbs, spice, forest floor, violet m+ acid and velvet tannin. Pure elegance — 9 years ago
Super bright, fresh, and lively. Great companion to our meal. — 9 years ago
Well that was unexpected
Lovely acid and fruit forward for an old vine zin form 09
Perfect after the Failla dinner — 9 years ago
Very nice chard buttery smooth. This is a white I really enjoyed — 11 years ago
NYAS: Not Your Average Syrah. This is idealist cool climate California Syrah and it shows in its translucent, natural wine color and high tone aromatics. It's brethren are Failla and Copain. Opening notes of Violet's and blackberry, smoky campfire, green olive and sandalwood. Sharp and directed on the palette with flavors of deep cherry, plum, blackberry and cracked black pepper. Intense but light on its feet. Benchmark producer — 8 years ago
Lunch Wine at Failla. — 9 years ago
Out of mag. Failla Xmas wine. — 9 years ago
Beautiful as always such a special vineyard. — 10 years ago
Turkey day wine — 10 years ago
Medium body, oakie, smooth finish — 11 years ago
#Failla Placida 2015. Excellent balance for a RRV PN. Nice fruit and aromatics, good acidity. Need to get more. — 7 years ago
For me it's a cold weather select- with lots of ink and spice on thenose- dark fruit color with purple hues, it's bigger and on the jammy side of Zin, drank with a meal Boeuf Bourguignonne (thanks Steph) picked up at the Failla winter pickup party out in Saint Helena 10/29, great fun With Steph Andrew and Pytko — 8 years ago
I mean, just so good. — 8 years ago
Intense, creamy chocolate, licorice and cherries in the nose with a big alcoholic tang wafting off of it. Chocolate covered cherry and a bit of raisin on the palate, with a fair bit of alcohol burn and a big whack of Woody tannins. Mocha. Chocolate. More chocolate. Clearly not ready yet, but I wanted to get a concept of what the Mollydookers were like before I thought about cellaring more of it. One thing's for sure, it's dramatically different from French Syrah, and from the similarly styled Failla Syrah I had a few days ago. People say these wines are huge and overextracted, and so they are. It's lush and sweet, but with some sharp edges that reflect its youth and may round out with age. Not sure I'm sold on this beast. — 9 years ago
Out of mag. Failla holiday party. Wow. — 9 years ago
Minerals, structure, balance, elegant mouthfeel...the way California Chardonnay can be. — 10 years ago
Quite good. Started to really develop with time in the glass. — 10 years ago
Smooth buttery — 11 years ago
Richard Schoeller
Paired very nicely with lamb shoulder chops. Less satisfying alone. — 6 years ago