Neil Valenzuela

8.9

Pale straw color. Aromas of tropical fruits, lemon and orange blossoms. Grapefruit, pineapple and a tangerine rind finish. — 4 years ago

Joseph LaPanna

9.5

Dark purple core reaching all the way to the rim. A dazzling array of ripe fruit fly out of the glass; blueberry, black plum and bring cherry with hints of mint and espresso. The mouth is full and rich, weighty with the texture of glycerine. The tannins are grippy with black tea like bite. There is an endless chorus of ripe, juicy fruit and a finish that never fades. Can't wait to try this in 10 years! — 7 years ago

Roy Goble

9.4

Love the flavors. — 8 years ago

Chels K

9.0

The Fly Trap — 8 years ago

Noah Kennedy

8.9

A mild cab sav, somewhat fruity. — 8 years ago

Jason Rosenblum

9.1

Drinks like a wine, especially the finish. — 9 years ago

with Dorit

Carter Nixon

9.4

Imported by some fly by night company called "Stacole fine wines"- sketchy. — 9 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.7

Raul Perez, Mencia wizard and human garden gnome, makes some of the most innovative and highly allocated wines from anywhere. I don’t often drink stuff this good. Sometimes you need to be reminded that average and good wines are made for relaxation and enjoyment and that extraordinary wines are art.

La penitencia could be the best thing I’ve ever opened at home. It’s elegant and bootlegged. The front label probably designed in an Internet cafe, the back label looks like it was cut and glued by a five year old. These things make it lovable because it’s so bad and it’s so good.

Pours a browned purple motor oil. The aromas fly. Perfumes of red and blue colored berries, clove, spice, leather. Like a brand new catchers mitt that needs some oil and some love. Feels of plush berry fruit and flavors of prunes and macerated strawberries and boxed raisins that seem to hang around for about as many years as I waited to open this thing. — 4 years ago

Tourswede

8.9

Bubbles...and funky enough a fly found it's way into glass before I did!

With Spinach curry. — 8 years ago

Patrick Vanhoucke

9.0

LONGING FOR THE SOUTH

Yesterday I drank this very nice Macedonian semi-dry T'ga za Jug red wine.

The wine is made of the native grape variety Vranec. It has an intense red color, and the distinctive taste of raisins and raspberries, which make it a nice sweet treat (hence: semi-dry).

The wine is named after the poem ‘Taga za Yug’ of the Bulgarian poet Konstantin Miladinov (1830–1862), one of the Miladinov brothers, who originate from Ottoman Macedonia. Both brothers are thought to have laid the foundation of the Macedonian literary tradition.

‘Taga za Yug’ means ‘longing for the South’ (el anhelo por el Sur): "If I had an eagle's wings, I would rise and fly on them to our shores, to our own parts [...] Here are frost and snow and ashes, blizzards and harsh winds abound [...] There the sunrise warms the soul".

When it is cold outside, and fiercely raining, I can assure you that it makes you long for the sun that warms the soul. Drinking the T'ga za Jug wine in good company and nice surroundings makes for a wonderful or sometimes even better alternative.
— 8 years ago

Gigi Pan

9.0

Rosa 2014 local paring with red skate confit with dehydrated chili pepper and fly fish caviar. — 8 years ago

with Alan

Javier Jimenez

9.1

Medium orange ring, soft feel on mouth, earthy/mushroom, please fly refreshing but lacks in middle palate. — 9 years ago

William Goldsmith

9.4

Tasty pre-fly fishing — 9 years ago

Coleman Scott

9.0

As someone who doesn’t care for red wine this Zinfandel is quite good. very sweet, well balanced but more on the alcoholic side. all in all quite good. — 5 years ago

Brett Johnson

8.9

2017 Reserve. Medium straw color. Aromas of banana esters, melon, and slate. Taste peaks early with a long finish. Elements of gravel or clay. Deliciously dry. — 7 years ago

with Tom

Michael McNabb

9.3

With Jerrod & Josh after fly fishing. Nice wine and nice piedmont steaks in Winter Park, CO, at Deno's. — 8 years ago

Christopher Losa

Owner/Wine Director Bar Bambino

9.0

9 points just for the name and the kickass blend. and, oh yeah, a great bottle to drink too. — 8 years ago

Erica Piffier

10

Amazing wine! Great for a night cap! — 8 years ago

Josh Grove

9.3

Fly, Pelican, fly! All of the savory notes and bright, focused fruit of the Jura without the (sometimes) excessive funk. — 8 years ago

Corina Grey

9.3

I've never had a Cork fly out with an explosion before - I thought it corked and vinegar for cooking! However 1975 proved me wrong. Smooth a rich on the tongue a pleasure for the palate — 9 years ago