Jay Kline

9.3

The Northern Rhône example in our little, impromptu North/South face-off during Christmas Eve dinner. This is a European bottled version of “Les Journaries” which is labeled there as “La Maestria”. Most of the grapes are sourced from Levet’s holdings in La Landonne. The bottle was opened about two hours prior and probably would have benefitted from being opened two days prior in retrospect. That being said, this was stunning...and positively feral. Underbrush, herbs, brambles, flowers, meat, anise, and cinnamon bark on the nose and on the palate. As striking as this is right now, the best is yet to come and these will deliver even more joy in 10-15 years. These wines are a beautiful little secret. If you must, drink after a rather protracted decant otherwise stash these deep in the cellar. For those wondering, we paired a 2009 Domaine de Beaurenard “Boisrenard” as the Southern Rhône example which, while massively different in style, was stunning in its own right. — 6 years ago

Will Hodges

9.2

Small batch no. 16, “The Raven”. One of their first I’ve had of theirs that has a [mild] acetic profile. As my dad said, “kinda smells like those chips we used to eat.. salt & vinegar!” Super tasty and the quality of the feral fruit shows. Cool, deep fruit comes through on nose. Finish sticks to your gums rather than tongue... tannins. — 7 years ago

Seth Morgen Long

Broker • Arterberry Maresh / Winemaker • Morgen Long

9.5

Furry, feral and full of hairy complexity. — 8 years ago

Doctor No

9.4

Opened with a bit of leather, brett, animal sweat, dark cherry. Cleaned up and rounded up into a more Powerful-but-middleweight cherry-fig-saddle leather-tobacco thing that was elegant and feral at the same time. For a wine so young this felt well-developed, and the lack of oak is refreshing and makes the wine even more transparent. — 8 years ago

Jonathan Haysom

9.1

Boom! US citra and hopped up! Yum — 9 years ago

Daron Watson

9.1

dark berries, feral/leather/licorice, cured meat

light on the palate from tiny tannins ~ tart dark berries & black cherry — 9 years ago

Robert Love

9.0

Fig, coffee grounds, and cocoa on the nose. Feral but clean, with a long, sweet finish. Good now through 2020. — 10 years ago

Drake Whitcraft

Winemaker Whitcraft Winery

9.6

Wow. Money. Nice work Adam. Black pepper, feral strawberry. — 11 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.0

On the bigger, feral side of CA Mourvèdre. No light bodied, citrus backed wine here. A lovely foil for rack of lamb. — 11 years ago

Julia van der Vink

Production Forlorn Hope Winery

10

Feral, but tight. — 12 years ago

Emily

9.0

A lovely year for this tasty rosé — 7 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.3

This bears little resemblance to a Gamay from Beaujolais, starting with the startlingly saturated violet color. The nose is feral, with inky dark berries, laced with venison jerky, poured on to a slab of just-cracked granite. In the mouth, massive dry extract and intensity, but simultaneously vibrant. It’s got soft tannin and acids to spare, so it will age, but really special now. This is actually a fall-weight Bojo. The only thing about this wine that runs according to type is the blocky ‘15 tactile feel, which is not my fave. — 7 years ago

with Lyle

Flavio Menezes

9.2

Monster of a wine, still very young, lots of acidity and tannins to shed. Feral beast, but a great one! — 8 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.1

This is in screaming Mimi mode right now. Super cherry on the nose with some nice background earthy. Refined and just beautiful. Palaste is silky, sweet and a little bit wild and feral with lovely tannins and serious structure. Lovely cherry on the finish. Needs 30 minute I think. — 8 years ago

Randall South

9.2

Getting better and better with time — 9 years ago

Tim Herrmann

9.2

Feral and full but fresh...with tomato, blood, meat, and black olive, but still full of red and black fruits, too. — 9 years ago

E & K G

8.9

A little feral, backed up good candy fruit. — 10 years ago

Swii Yii Lim

8.9

Deep ruby. Note of paint?? Definitely smells like forest floor and rivers. Feral, spicy, even a touch foxy. Salty, violet-touched fruit with dark cherries, plums and backbone of spicy stoniness. Fine tannins, with light grip. Quite nice; a salty, deeper male style. — 11 years ago

Ryan Brazell

Rise Over Run

9.0

Like a hard-edged, rustic Santenay. But not without charm. Woodsy, feral and bright. Would pair well with food, if you're into that sort of thing. — 11 years ago

Aaron Meeker

Sales & Marketing Vine Street Imports

8.9

Long life ahead for sure. That said a bit feral at first with polish coming later. — 12 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.1

Mineral and wild Loire gamay (with a little persan). You're not going to confuse this with cru Beaujolais as it's learner and more driven and feral. With a light chill and some cured pork products - perfect. — 7 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Day 2 notes as day 1 it was an end of the night open and it needed 24 hours to really show. Nose is all black fruits, tiny bit of horse, granite, meat, earth, herbs, licorice. Feral. Dense gamey olives as well. Complex aromas. Palate has insane freshness and purity. So clean and straight as an arrow with great acids blackberry fruit and complex stoniness on the finish. Compact, long and balanced. Way more upside here. — 7 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

9.2

Tactile and structure - coconut, salt, lemon oil, grapefruit peel even with some more feral, earthy tones. Super tight, condensed at the moment, but beaming with promise — 7 years ago

Nate Miles

9.3

And for the night portion of the evening, Professor Jamet with horror show in a bottle. A dark, bloody, brooding presence that can scare the shit out of a guy if he's not ready for it. Feral elegance. Fantastic. QPR beast. — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.3

Not your typical Barossa big red. A rather feral manure nose with some black pastille hints. Medium minus weight of fruit with light tannins and medium acid. No noticeable oak influence. A refreshing change from the Barossa norm. — 9 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.1

Tinge of purple to the colour. Notes of feral barnyard, lavender and violets. Medium bodied with noticeable tannins to finish off. Excellent and savoury. Love these warm climate European wines from the Mediterranean Coast. — 9 years ago

Alder Yarrow

Wine Blogger Vinography

9.1

A wonderfully savory rosé with notes of crushed herbs and wet chalkboard and rosehips and a bit of sweat. Feral, indeed. — 10 years ago

Dave Kluz

9.0

Black fruit and feral, iron character with barnyard. — 10 years ago

with Eric

Scott Reiner

10

Almost perfect. So smooth bit feral and wild at the same time. — 11 years ago

Jonathan Whitehead

9.0

Exactly what I wanted this to be- funky, feral, cab franc- bret-y, barnyard, and grassy, with a deep berry core. Was perfect from a 2001 magnum at an outdoor brunch on a warm CA day. Uber-natural winemaking, on the edge of what I can classify as "enjoyable" — 12 years ago