Vanessa

9.1

Stopping by Ceja Vineyards for a tasting of five of their wines. @cejavineyards

Ceja is a Mexican-American family owned winery producing wines from both Napa and Sonoma valleys. “In one generation the Ceja family has gone from immigrant vineyard workers to grape growers and winery owners.” 💪

I loved learning about the inspiring background of this winery and family devotion to excellence. 💕💕

The wines are designed to be paired with food (especially, though not exclusively, traditional Mexican cuisine), but are delicious on their own, too.

Like this first wine - the 2018 Chardonnay “Reserve” from Carneros, Napa Valley - is smooth, creamy and delicious. It was 💯 barrel fermented and aged sur lie. It has ripe papaya, tart pineapple, passion fruit, ripe pear, melon, vanilla and crème brûlée notes. It’s positively gulpable. 🙌🙌

Also, the 2019 Bella Flor, Rosé of Syrah (highlight), from Sonoma Coast offers a bouquet of florals, raspberry, orange peel, and strawberry notes. Perfect poolside sipper ☀️ It was whole cluster pressed and barrel fermented aged sur lie for 7 months adding richness and complexity.

The 2018 Pinot Noir from Sonoma Coast was fermented in an open top, small vat, cold soaked with gentle punch downs. It has cherry preserves, strawberry, raspberry, rhubarb, also some cherry blossom, pepper, sage, cola, vanilla and clove. 👃 👄 — 4 years ago

with Deked1

AnneMarie Girard

9.0

Love this wine. Fruity. Rosso Wine shop — 6 years ago

Margaret Read

9.0

It’s ok. I’d drink again but not my go to. — 7 years ago

with Katie

Elvis Ha

9.0

Value pick — 7 years ago

Richard Hall

9.5

Saca de Primavera from 04/17 with the new golden bottle design. Fabulous notes of sea salt, apples and olives on the nose. Lots of body and depth in mouth, extremely dry and tangy and some surprising nuttiness. One of the best finos I've had. Only 4-5 years under flor but wow, it's got it all, extremely smooth drinking and still great after 2 days with even more tang. Club Gourmet at El Corte Ingles in Spain has it for 15 euros, snap it up! Fantastic value for money. — 8 years ago

Linda Nguyen

9.0

Slight oak taste. Good with chicken. With Anthony 8/28/16 — 9 years ago

Fredrik Finn

8.9

Non fortified Palomino from Jerez aged for 8 months in barrel under flor and bottled at 12% abv.
Clean, medium + intense aromas. Opens up with acetaldehyde, fermenting bread dough, and crushed almonds. The fruit entries with lemon juice and yellow fresh apples with a present chalky and sea shell, salty minerality. Fresh acidity, drying chalky texture, flavours of lemon juice, nuts, chalk and bread dough, linear mid palate and a good but not impresscive finish — 4 years ago

Eric Kememes

9.1

Tasting at SR — 5 years ago

John Bjorklund

9.0

Lovely and smooth garnacha with some fruit, slight acid and pepper. Perfect with a steak and Frank Sinatra. Enjoy! — 6 years ago

Tony Bubbles

9.1

This is a winner thx @Josh Orr — 7 years ago

Richard Fairclough

9.0

Frutado bem leve — 8 years ago

Rashed Chowdhury

9.1

Never heard of this grape. Very nice heavy body. Apricot? Mandarin? Enjoyed the wine. — 8 years ago

Larry Ostrowsky

8.9

Sitting on the lanai in Grand Cayman sipping the wine 2012 one of the more reasonable wines for sale here. Going down very easy lightly peppered with plum and blueberry fruit taste possibly coffee. The color is dark and the aroma is as it tastes with pepper and dark fruit. — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

Consistent notes from February 2019. Molasses Caramel etc and ultra smooth. A top quality rum from Nicaragua. Great minerality from all the old lava flows in that country where the sugar cane grows. 18 years old. — 5 years ago

Nancy Schnur

9.1

Not sure where it was purchased or the price — 5 years ago

James Haskins

9.3

Lovely smooth taste! One of the best Pinot Noirs I have enjoyed ! — 6 years ago

Christine Speidel

9.0

Good chilled, a bit of funk, juicy — 7 years ago

Mike Gibbons

10

Full bodied. Great value. — 7 years ago

Patricia Schnitzer

8.9

December 22, 2017
Montsant blend. 60% Grenache, 35% Carignan, 2% merlot, 2% Syrah, and1% Ull de Llebre (whatever that is!). Medium to full bodied. Cherry and earth. Nice balanced Grenache blend. At this price a great everyday wine. — 8 years ago

Kathryn Flett

8.9

A nice light red for summer. — 8 years ago