Tom Inners

9.2

Not Bordeaux’s greatest vintage, however the wine was well cellared and served as a fun dive into Medoc with a friend who is passionate about the region.
Soft stewed fruit, but the wine was more so driven by an immediate rush of sweet milk chocolate on the nose upon opening / decanting. Structured, but palate was largely earth-driven with fallen leaves, wet earth, and iron. A wine that is clearly on the back 9, having its prime drinking window behind it. Fun wine to sip in the afternoon and enjoy a day off.

Enjoyed with a soft, brainy lobe of tempered Langres fromage. — 7 years ago

Patti Gamboni

9.0

2006 Still tastes young, lots more life to live. Pine, cherry, black berry, forest floor (fallen leaves), good acidity, well integrated tannin, silkier, some bigger alcohol on finish so needs food. Rainy, cold vintage, with heat spikes, so drastic changes in temp...which isn't great. — 7 years ago

Merritt Santino Raül Gilé

9.0

This was one of those "must have fallen off the back of a truck" mystery wine deals at Garagiste. Quite a nice Oregon Pinot. — 8 years ago

with Alison

Robert Fellowes

9.2

The comments on this wine are amusing. However, it is certainly true to a good French Bordeaux. This is a bottle I won't be sharing with anyone, as I am selfish when it comes to a Red that I have fallen in love with! — 9 years ago

Delectable Blue

9.2

I’m not familiar with Tempranillo, so I am unsure what its specific contribution to the wine is. I can only compare the wine to the Brothers and Sisters cabernet I’ve recently fallen in love with.

By George shares the same elegance as its sister wine, with a more savoury core, eschewing some sweetness and vibrancy, for darker more brooding flavours. Dark plum, cherry and dried blueberry fruits set the scene, but it’s the smoky cured meats, volcanic rock, cedar and tobacco on the mid and back palate that bring the party to life. It’s a flavour profile I haven’t encountered before, but I like it a lot. The soft tannins are well integrated, the balance slightly acidic, but not objectionable, lending a lingering spiciness to the finish.

Another Fox Gordon masterpiece. The love affair continues… — 9 years ago

David Kline

9.3

Grilled lemon, smoky roses, clove, blood orange, mushroom and fallen tree, dark raspberry olfactively speaking. Rose petals, cedar, red apple skins, orange bitters, smoky pineapple, raspberry, tart cherry, plum. Lovely tannins and an amazing mineral finish that keeps you revisiting this texturally perfect wine. — 9 years ago

with Courtney

Shae Kinsman

9.0

Looking just a tad developed the first night, sadly had fallen over by the second night. Still plenty of stuffing, gorgeous density and focus, but freshness compromised by what looked like random ox. — 9 years ago

Klaus Stross

8.9

A very natural wine with low alcohol (12,5 %), very fruity, mild. Straw colour, unfiltered, not clear, like a light pear juice. Overripe fallen apples, peach and honeybush tea with light scent of vanilla sticks on the nose. Fresh, full aroma of yellow peach, Japanese pears, muscat, quince. A powerful finish, the medium acidity slightly overpowers the extreme fruitiness. A demanding wine. I actually prefer the Intellego Chenin. — 10 years ago

Edgar Poureshagh

9.4

Black cherries, rosemary, anise, mint, black currant, smoke, fallen leaves, a bit of funk, crushed rocks, touches of sweeter spices. Amazing balance of power, structure, and acidity on the palette. Immense value for the price. — 11 years ago

Mike Comer

9.6

WSET at Gettysvue. Marcie's favorite. Christmas wine. Fallen & Lauren would like this this light wine. Available at "Bob's". — 11 years ago

Shay A

9.5

I’ve rated this many times before and will simply state that this is an absolutely wonderful Grand Cru Rosé that @Martin G Rivard introduced me to! Thank you, Martin!

Scenery is from my wife and I’s balcony on vacation in Park City. We’ve fallen in love with this place! — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.6

Bolly GA pink hits the spot & this £74 05 is no exception!

🍾 Disg’d May 15

🍇 72% PN & 28% C

🍷 Peachy salmon pink

👃 Toasted almond brioche & yeasty fresh bread, soft oak soaked peach, fallen red apples & red currant w/ pink blossom & smoke

👄 Med bodied fine bubbled creamy zesty fresh persistent mouse of red apple, sour peach, citrus zests, red currant, cherry, bread & creamy shortbread biscuit in med acidity

🎯 Med+ citrus zest, red apple & cherry dry biscuity linger w/ a touch of pink grapefruit — 7 years ago

Mika Jordan

9.0

Potpourri, spice cabinet and dried figs. The acidity had fallen off a bit more than I prefer, but still enjoyable. — 9 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.2

2007 in 2016. Fruit has fallen and has become a little port, a little tawny, but there's a vanillin, a dustiness over dried red fruit and prune that reminds me of a great old Rioja that made me really enjoy this. — 9 years ago

Terrance Pate

9.0

Jammy with dark berries, leather and a touch of anise. Australia has fallen off the map but Three Rings brings it back!! — 9 years ago

Justin Martin

9.0

A very alluring mix of wintery wood smoke, slight Bourbon vanilla and fallen oak leaves crushed underfoot frames restrained notes of red fruit. — 9 years ago

Chris Zitzman

9.3

NB: we popped what was left of this bottle after it had been "Coravined" (which is rapidly on its way to becoming a verb) for about four months. Only half of the bottle remained, so we popped it, poured glasses then decanted the rest.
Important to note that part of this experience because the wine had changed over he time of its first pour back in April of this year in the sense that while still potent & impressive, it seems to have fallen asleep a bit, and is not revealing its potential of rich, buttery lusciousness. Yet.
..:k, hold on ;).
It's beautiful, and as it breathes, opens and warms, it's blossoming into all the expectations one demands to fill at this $$$. +$. And it's growing as I type.

So with the obvious caveat in having the Coravin acting as our variable in the equation - she held up well enough for us to relish in it tonight. To swim around in the lusciousness of the Russian River Valley- even if we had to be quiet so as to not wake he folks who owned the pool. I snuck a kiss in there somewhere. Eventually & with care.

Throw some beautifully prepared artichokes and some crab legs into that Russian River Valley- and you got a STEW BABY!
~ f i n ~ — 10 years ago

with Beth

Ryan Brazell

Rise Over Run

8.9

First tried in 2011 and thought it tasted like the color purple. Much of the primary stuff has fallen away and it turns out there's an elegant wine beneath the '09 effusive fruit. — 10 years ago

Brian O'Neill

9.0

Good balance between acidity, tannins and fruit. Fields in morning dew, with hints of crush fallen acorns and pepper in the nose. Pepper, blackberries and willow reed flavors. — 11 years ago

Eric L.

8.9

Pleasant enough, but I think it was better a couple of years ago. Plenty of structure but the fruit has fallen off. — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.4

A sensory challenge that’s fab @ £36 👍 Put a dollop of cream on it 🥧 😁 Drink 12-14c 😉

🍇 Obaideh & Merwah

🍷 Dark orange w/ golden brown hue

👃 Baked orange peel, charred butterscotch, stewed fallen toffee apple, singed lemon zest, hot honey & almond frangipane w/ a sherry smoke

👄 Med+ touch dry creamy body of tart citrus, mulled baked orange, brown apple compote, burnt honey & caramelised apricots

🎯 Long beaten apple, apricot & charred citrus caramel marmalade honey goo pot w/ light dry oak — 7 years ago

Tim Hinck

8.9

2013 - $40
Oh that dusty, grandma's attic Italian nose! Also, tons of fallen leaves, stewed fruit and almost Nebbiolo-floral aromatics. Acidity still holding strong on day 2. Pleasant, if a bit muted from what I expected from this famous wine! — 8 years ago

Michael Mallon

9.2

Pure as freshly fallen snow. Apricot preserves, orange cream, and honeysuckle give way to almond extract and a touch of lemon zest. Long, mellow finish. — 8 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.3

A terrific example of an older vintage of Realm, I think this might be the first year they sourced grapes from the Dr Crane vineyard. Classic Napa cab with aromas of blackberry, cassis, hints of leather, and an undercurrant of vanilla still prevalent from the barrel ageing. Initially the wine exhibited firm tannins on the palate, but after an hour they soften up considerably...and after another 30 min they had really fallen away. The wine stayed in balance and is drinking well, but I suspect this is starting on the downslope. If you have any in your cellar, I'd suggest opening them up within the next couple of years. Terrific wine from Juan and his team at Realm! — 9 years ago

with Vanessa

Jake Hajer

9.0

2007 in 2016. Integrated, but some of the fruit has fallen. Blackberry, boysenberries, a touched aged leather. Medium body — 9 years ago

Andy Christiansen

9.0

More ripe then the 2013 tasted side by side. Pedigree is evident but fallen into a bit of a lazy slump. — 9 years ago

Helen Keplinger

Owner/Winemaker Keplinger Wines

9.0

Dried porcini, crushed stones, dried lichen on fallen trees, old case of flowers , dried leaves. Collected tannins and lovely texture — 10 years ago

Anna Virginia Johansson

9.4

Completly fallen for this producer! Elegante, mineral and pure fruit! — 10 years ago

Katherine Harris

9.0

Needed time to open up, but lovely Grenache. — 11 years ago

with Chris

J Manncini

8.9

This we got as a bin in a auction the cork had fallen wine was light but still good could not believe it — 12 years ago