Ira Schwartz

9.4

If you want to introduce some one to the wonders of GG RIESLING you could not go wrong with this bottle. Intoxicating nose of green apples and lime. The palate duplicates the nose along with loads of citrus and minerals.
Long lingering finish. — 8 years ago

Rolando Freitag

9.7

This is not your coastal French Muscat. The limestone soil gives this wine higher acidity, which does wonders with the residual sugar. It's a sweet wine that my palate begs for another sip. Delicious. — 9 years ago

Sheridan Cooper

9.5

Sheridan had this 10 years ago

Curtis Osborn

9.2

Curtis had this 10 years ago

William Hughes

9.2

Leo Steen is doing wonders with California Chenin Blanc. I imagine this will do better with a little more time in the cellar. Succulent white flowers, minerals, lemon zest and green apple glide down with enough acidity to pair this well with a number of dishes. — 10 years ago

Jeremiah Allen

9.3

Forgotten vines, reimagined. — 10 years ago

Andrew Nash

9.8

One of Donn's forgotten wines. Valued at $70. Drank really well with a nice long finials. Nose was a little dank but the tannins lifted after a few moments to leave a great jammy finials. Really enjoyed it. — 11 years ago

Chris Plance

9.5

Fantastic Cabernet. Balanced like most Italian cabs but with a bit of a nod to the body you would find in American style cabernets. Mo wonders why I didn't bring 2. — 8 years ago

Michael Latzko

9.3

Overpayed for this bottle at $140 as it was brought to our table by mistake and I had forgotten what I ordered in the first place. But the flavors from the nose through in this bottle are so balanced and work so well together that I didn't mind at all. 😊 — 9 years ago

Todd Gable

9.1

Pulled this off the cellar shelf, where it'd almost been forgotten. Had great complexity and the type of grit that comes from a well made aged Napa cab. It grabbed the char on our grilled ribeye. Very nice and worth the wait. — 9 years ago

with Erika

Connor Cassidy Irizarry

9.6

Simply incredible. Perfect balance in flavor and bubbles, it envelops your mouth in its wonders. Must try, must buy again. — 10 years ago

Justin Hansohn

9.4

Apologetically I have forgotten all the lovely details about this wine, but I remember it being fantastic and worth the higher price and allocation tactics. Happily am hanging on to many Latos from this vintage and am so excited about it 👍🏼 obviously inspired by good burgundy...and manages to be very natural, not much dress up is being played here that's for sure. Happily puzzled and surprised. 👊🏼 — 10 years ago

Ed Matthews

9.1

This wine has the potential to be very good, but at only 10 years under Stelvin, it is still a baby. Makes one wish for a real cork. The nose is a very appealing funky and earthy mess of plums and black cherries. The wine is dark, about as dark as Pinot gets. On the palate, it is exuberantly lively. A piercing acidity leads into a sweet-tart cherry and red raspberry fruit profile. The finish is extremely long. This is a wine of great precision, yet one which has not yet shed its baby fat and one wonders if it ever will under the screw cap. The fruit and acid are still a bit disjoint and raw. Should age for years. — 11 years ago

Neil Walsh

9.2

Good find as a forgotten few bottles of these in the cellar. Drinking very fine. Will be perfect with some AU beef with pepper sauce. — 9 years ago

Paul J

9.3

Dark and inky out of the bottle. A little funk on the nose, so it might need more air, but it reminds me of the smell of all the great Napa caves we have visited! I don't drink, own, or ever see that many petit verdots but this one isn't bad. Nice cherry fruit, with a nice subtleness on the palate, and just a hint of spice on the finish. Quite lovely and a nice change from white wine Sunday's....moving it up 2pts as the additional air did wonders and it paired beautifully with lemon, pepper pork tenderloin, white rice, and collard greens with garlic! — 9 years ago

with Brooke

Matthew Andrews

9.0

Tongue copulation in fresh cut grass under a new moon on top of ancient Roman ruins that themselves were built upon a forgotten Neolithic paradise. Pollenate and impart your wildness. — 10 years ago

Fabien Lainé

Blogger VinDeling.com

9.2

The typical example that "forgotten" vintages have so much potential and are not arrogant as the exceptional vintages - a beautiful aged wine for a good price- complex, dense and rich - yes 2002 were inexpensive compared to some other late vintages - very smooth wine 😃 — 10 years ago

Renegade Wines

9.0

A sometimes forgotten about winery that rocks. — 10 years ago

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9.2

Initially tight on the nose and coming across as overly tart/acidic on the palate. Two hours in the decanter do wonders for it, though. The cranberry notes evolve into fresh cherry and the acidity comes into terrific balance with the other elements. A restrained, graceful CA grenache. — 11 years ago

Andrew Marshall

8.9

Wonders for 2011 — 11 years ago