John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.3

Beautiful. Classic burg style SCMC. — 3 years ago

MDB

9.1

Good minerality — 5 years ago

Chris Grimm

9.4

Cherry, with a slightly dank, earthy, mushroom side. Acidity is right where I like it. Drinking so well! Recommended by my favorite somm ;) — 6 years ago

Steven Gage

9.1

WYLD restaurant at the Ritz Carlton Bachelor Gulch. Very smooth, great St. Julian red. Perfect pairing with steak. — 7 years ago

Justin Hansohn

9.3

VVVVVVVAAAAAALLLLLLLUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEE it's hard to drink this stuff because it's actually too good. It's like it's so cheap it's a goddamn shame because I will not hold on to any of these. I WILL BE DRINKING THEM AND BARELY BELIEVING I PAID LESS THAN $20 a bottle 😮 — 8 years ago

Mike Mayer

9.1

Lots of plum and boysenberry on the nose. The same tastes come thru on the palate with some subtle baking spices. A long elegant finish. — 9 years ago

with Lisa

Kai Wright

9.5

This is not your Frenchman's cab franc. Super ripe dark berries, tons of booze, intensely concentrated flavor, dusty tannins, a dash of sweet spice. Long finish of ripe, concentrated fruit, but boy that booze hits the nostrils and stays there. Needs decanting. Quite a payoff once it airs out though. — 9 years ago

Eric Urbani

9.0

Bin-end sale discovery. Past its peak, but I enjoyed it. 12% abv ... — 5 years ago

Brandon T

9.1

Prefer the Trout Gulch to the Elliott. Running through these before the next release. This one was plenty good, but not great, IMO. Definitely young, and likely much better a year or two from now. — 5 years ago

Raj Harb

9.4

i admittedly have an affinity for wines from this site. this bottle showed very nicely -- super impressive. shimmering medium yellow. great texture and tension. a little matchstick but not too much after a decant. bright acid. i slightly preferred the 2016 AR trout gulch but this is an excellent wine. — 7 years ago

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9.4

Kutch's 2015 Chardonnay (Sonoma Coast) is a very pretty wine that straddles the line between the more reductive style of the 2014 and lusher expression found in the 2016. Lemon peel, white flowers, chalk, mint and white pepper give the 2015 brightness, aromatic lift and tension. Insistent saline notes punctuate the driving finish. Most of the fruit is from Bohan, although about 10% of the grapes came from Trout Gulch, in the Santa Cruz Mountains. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, April 2018) — 7 years ago

October Cleveland

9.0

Veeerry friendly Shiraz at this price. Cherry up front, red apple tobacco, good structure and a frenchman's even hand taming those tannins. — 8 years ago

Christopher Pappe

9.4

Outstanding effort from John Grant, interpreting the hard scrabble Pinot meticulously farmed by Devil's Gulch Mark Pasternak. Notes of sandalwood and cranberries set the tone for this agile and rewarding Pinot Noir. — 9 years ago

Charlie Tapp

9.1

Chablisienne. Not at all like their Trout Gulch. Lemon oil, oyster shell and minerality. — 5 years ago

Uli Klumpp

9.2

Showing some age with baked apple notes. A little tar on the nose. Its pronounced acidity keeps it fresh. From Trout Gulch. — 6 years ago

Herb Jellinek

9.9

One of the best reds I've had — 6 years ago

with Suki

Michael Seely

9.3

Solid, nice small production offering — 7 years ago

with Joe

Guild & Lisa

9.1

2001... almost a sherry finish — 8 years ago

Paul Kelly

9.2

Vanilla, oak, licorice, and light tobacco and leather. Also, some light cedar and wood.
— 9 years ago

Gotdon Gillis

8.9

Good crisp wine — 9 years ago