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9.0

Bright yellow. Ripe orchard and tropical fruit aromas are complicated by suggestions of lemon pith and honey. Smooth and fleshy in style, showing good depth to the juicy pear nectar, pineapple and melon flavors. Tightens up slowly on a long, silky finish that echoes the honey note. (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, February 2020)
— 6 years ago

Shengli Hu

8.9

Lifted aromatics of tangerine, orange, peach, apricot, rose water, Meyer lemon and lemon curd. High acidity, medium+ body and finish. Phenolic bitterness. Off dry. — 6 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.2

The flagship wine from Burn Cottage, a Central Otago, New Zealand producer focused on Pinot Noir. Husband and wife owners Dianne & Marquis Sauvage sought out Ted Lemon of Littorai, and SF Chronicle's winemaker of the year for 2010 (Jon Bonné: "The simple version of Ted Lemon's story: Young American goes to Burgundy. Becomes first American to run a Burgundian wine estate. Comes back and stays true to Pinot's motherland."). Lemon oversaw the planting of the vineyards, along with all aspects of vineyard management and winemaking, chief of which being Biodynamic from inception. The label is a derivative of a 1795 fairy tale called “The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily” which represents the ideal intersection of people and the land reflected in Biodynamics. Black cherry, citrus, and lavender pastille, with some secondary loam and herbs. — 8 years ago

John W

9.2

Deep ruby coloration. On the nose, cherry, strawberry, and sweet florals. On the palate, cherry, oak and vanilla dominate and there is a very long finish with these flavors lingering. Medium body with ripping tannins. 2012 vintage. — 10 years ago

Stacy Markow

9.2

Floral, white lily and jasmine. Clean and dry finish. Round. Lovely. — 10 years ago

Scott Langley

9.2

Great Chenin Blanc, full and nutty. Great with a creamy ripe cheese, it cuts through like a steel knife a flame with butter with a dry sweet vapour trail. — 11 years ago

Kimberly Anne

10

Favorite anytime red — 11 years ago

Julia Weinberg

9.3

Thanks to David for making me rekindle an old flame. — 12 years ago

Nicole Ziegler

9.8

Yummy for Caesars!! — 12 years ago

Angelique Kenney

9.8

Tried for the 1st time at Craig's and Lily. 01.18.13 — 13 years ago

MaJ CappS

9.1

The treadmill will have to wait until tomorrow!

A wondrous nose of classic cab fruits, a big wine with big ambitions. Cedar wrapped bacon, flame cooked to perfection. My lass said open a good one! I think I have. Fairly pricey, yet hey, it’s NYD.
Hold for up to 5 more years I’m thinking...
Lovely loooong lingering tannins and Sour cherry acidity.
— 6 years ago

Kelli

9.0

Red blend from first leaf. Mild, smooth not too sweet. — 8 years ago

Taylor Ahl

9.6

Perfect wine for a perfect night. Sweet sultry flavors to spark the flame for the fire to come. — 8 years ago

with Taylor

Nick Del Grande

9.6

Wishing I had more. — 9 years ago

Sean Frame

9.5

Amazing GSM from one of the oldest labels in CA. Balanced and big--you're gonna want a 2nd bottle. — 10 years ago

Craig Oliver

9.1

Great blackberry, black cherry and spice flavors. Classic dry creek Zinfandel — 10 years ago

Rebecca Wilcox

9.5

Great after taste, smooth finish — 11 years ago

Michael Raz

9.2

First night home with Lily. This was a gift from Ralph. Great aromatics. Opened my mind to buy more Barolos. Just need to hold them. — 11 years ago

JAMEZ !

9.5

Nice chard — 12 years ago

Felicia Gammella

9.8

Crisp light — 13 years ago

Malcolm Trimble

9.0

Dark cherry color. Nose of vanilla and dark fruit ( cherry). Very smooth finish with cherry plum. — 6 years ago

Shengli Hu

8.9

Cotton candy, marshmallow, white lily, lemon curd, tangerine, tart strawberry, minerality, slightly white pepper. Elevated acidity, medium intensity, medium finish. — 6 years ago

David Kline

9.4

Light Sumatra coffee notes, with dark cocoa nib and baked red plum with a borderline persimmon coat on. A drop of night blooming jasmine surfacing briefly and African violet, and a fat lily thickness. There are baked cherries and a smoky paprika, too. Black cherry, that coils dustily into a toasty oak and resin dappled raspberry and roobios bitterness and fine grained tannins. #brunello #poggiocastellare #PianBossolino #italianwines #montalchino #Tuscany #riserva #wineallyouwant — 8 years ago

with Courtney

Leon Brown

9.5

Best chardy I have had in a long time. — 9 years ago

Frank Soldano

9.8

Love the Gelfand vineyard desert wines. This is one of their best, matching a good port. Jammy and full of flavor — 10 years ago

Gae Saccoccio - NdC

9.2

"Love. Of course, love. Flames for a year, ashes for thirty." This well-known quote by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa' s The Leopard, sum up in few words who's the true enemie in aging wine and waiting too much before you die: the time! Arianna's SP68 white - she's a sicilian native as the writer of The Leopard - is here to remind us first of all that life is too short to collect so many wines without knock them back sooner mainly when they're pleasant fresh and fragrant; therefore that her wine more than others, is a flame of supreme love, though, we must drink up before it turns into ashes! — 10 years ago

Brian Bonacci

9.0

Vail Four Seasons, Flame Restaurant, Rob Ix Birthday dinner hosted by Chris Bonacci. — 11 years ago

Michael Herrera

9.7

Great red blend — 12 years ago

Nick Coveney

9.9

Tart mead with rhubarb — 12 years ago

with Kate

Anastasiya K

9.5

Delicious wine. Fruity flavors, definitely fruity smells but also with light hint of floral accents. In my opinion great as a desert or to pair with light meals like salads, turkey... Etc. — 13 years ago