"Odedi"

9.2

Cheers to the weekend and to my Friday's Cabernet fix.

Deep ruby in color with a purplish rim.

Great nose of dark fruits, blackberries, sweet plums, figs, raisins, vanilla, sweet raspberries, smoke, chocolates, mocha, earth, wood, licorice, peppercorn and spices.

Full bodied, bold and jammy, with medium acidity and nice legs.

Dry and extremely fruity on the palate with blackberries, black currants, sweet cherries, raisins, vanilla, licorice, spices, oak, chocolates, smoke, coffee, beef jerky and peppercorn.

Long finish with firm tannins and black pepper.

This Californian Cabernet is always delicious. Can't go wrong here. Well balanced and enjoyable by itself as a sipping wine, or even with food. A Very enjoyable finish with a great mouth feel and chewy tannins.

Nice complexity joins in after 30 minutes of airtime.

15% alcohol by volume. — 8 years ago

"Odedi"

9.2

It's time for my Friday's Cabernet fix. This time, a wonderful Chilean Cabernet.

Deep purple in color with a purplish rim.

Beautiful nose of blueberries, blackberries, black currants, plums, cooked cherries, oak, vanilla, licorice, earth, spices, peppercorn, leather, bell pepper, sage, peppermint, eucalyptus and smoke.

Full bodied with medium acidity and beautiful long legs.

Dry on the palate with blackberries, black currants, cherries, figs, cloves, herbs, earth, cola, vanilla, oak, spices, light vegetables, coffee, chocolates, bell pepper, tobacco, beef jerky and peppercorn.

Long finish with firm tannins and black pepper.

An elegant, Single Vineyard, Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile, with lots of complexity and fitness, but not fully balanced yet.

Still young now, but very enjoyable by itself, and better with BBQ Meats. I paired it with a cheese platter, crackers and nice company.

Grapes are grown at the foot hills of the Andes Mountains, on stony soils. 99% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Cabernet Franc.

14.5% alcohol by volume. — 9 years ago

Riccardo L.

9.2

Lots of complexities and multiplying dimensions. The numerous attacks on the palate are so appetizing. I tried it and instantly began grinning like a child. — 9 years ago

Mike Kane

9.4

Held up really well. — 10 years ago

Bill Levy

9.7

Steak night at home with Marcia. Bought from a source. Love email lists. Delightful. Cork had been breached but wine was perfect. 25 years old. Real treat. Have one more. I buy these because my mother had three 1982 on Thanksgiving Day when child bride and I were very very young. This one reminded us of those days!! — 10 years ago

Doug Burress

Sales K&L Wines

9.3

The sister to Friday's "Steak and Claret Night" is now Monday's "Martini Night." The Terroir is just that... Like falling face first into the undergrowth of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Pine, flowers, earth. Yum! — 10 years ago

Cris Cherry

Owner/Winemaker Villa Creek Winery

9.5

Nothing says Faugeres like Didier Barral. Wild child! Herbs, spice and a spot of fruit. — 11 years ago

Barbara Drady

9.8

This 2008 Petersen Vineyard Pinot Noir is the poster child for why you should be drinking Pinots from the Extreme Sonoma Coast. — 11 years ago

Chris Scanlan

Sales Amy Atwood Imports

9.3

THIS... is... Seriously. Good. Phucking. shtuff. Surprisingly good...? Maybe. Luckily good..? Perhaps. Unless you've met Dirty: Which most of the wine drinking USA has -but, rather, intentionally fucking good. AND -possibly luckily too -as long as luck has something to do with exceptionally talented farming combined with tremendous desire(s) to make vibrant and ridiculously love-able fermented grape juice of pure integrity and a casually particular design. This wine is that friend you only get to see once a year, that one you cannot wait to see again. The wine is too young to rate with any opinion other than Rawesome, and while I've only had one bottle, I've certainly not had enough to offer an opinion against Rawsome -therefore tasting notes be damned -yet, this can be said: here is a clean wine, lacking brett or VA or other 'flaws'; a bright, refreshing jubilant anthem of untainted wine, an ode to a grape that will likely become California's bastard child once popularity hits and Dirty & Rowdy prices climb to astronomical, near Tempier-like pricing and ficcichlty to come by. (I liked ficcichlty over difficulty since spellcheck kept it purposely so did I.). Oh wait, they're already ficcichlt to come by. Damn it. — 12 years ago

Margaux Eckert

9.4

Beautiful child of Sancerre's crispness and light along with the smooth butteriness of Chardonnay. Notes of pineapple, green apple, vanilla, and pear 👍🏼 — 8 years ago

with Theodore

"Odedi"

9.2

Oh, yeah. My Friday's Cabernet fix.
Inky in color with a dark purple rim.

Sweet nose of blueberries, blackberries, sweet cherries, strawberries pie, vanilla, oak, blackberries, ripe plums, licorice, acetone, light cloves and peppercorn.

Full bodied, big and bold, with medium acidity and long legs.

Extremely fruity and Dry on the palate, with dried figs, blackberries, sweet plums, earth, leather, cherries, oak, vanilla, cola, licorice, cedar and peppercorn.

Long finish with firm tannins, spices and black pepper.

This Cabernet Sauvignon from Sonoma County is really enjoyable by itself to sip on. Complex and well balanced.

A Great wine to pair with a nice piece of filet mignon, which is exactly what I did.

It still needs a few years to chill in the bottle, but I loved it as it is.

14.3% alcohol by volume. — 9 years ago

Dawn E.

9.4

I was a bit worried when I first tasted this...."hot child in the city"...so I used a vacuum pump and let it sit in the fridge for 5 days....OMG...so good blueberries..vanilla ..leather...molasses incredibly balanced......yum.... — 9 years ago

Michael Mendes

9.2

The love child of Riesling and Schiava. Citrus, peach, tannin and mouth watering acidity. — 9 years ago

Craig Haarmeyer

9.5

Funky Hungarian volcano acid, indeed. It greatly increased my probability of being a male child. — 10 years ago

Bradley Brown

Owner/Winemaker Big Basin Vineyards

9.5

Vibrant and delicious. Tasting young. Poster child for no new oak on Syrah — 10 years ago

Erik McLaughlin

Vice President Seven Hills Winery

9.3

A beer so complicated and full of tension it satisfies the kind as well as the palette. Sour, funky and just a touch of fruitiness. — 10 years ago

John Trader

9.7

Still a child...but with all of the excitement and promise of a wonder child — 11 years ago

Mason Balistreri

Sommelier, International Wine Guild; Balistreri Vineyard; Sales, Joy Wine and Spirits

9.1

Very nice blend. Great price too. A good amount of spice and fruit. — 11 years ago

Mike Muña

9.2

Love! Great, especially for a 2011. — 12 years ago

John Kemper

9.9

The bright ruby '07 Betz Bordeaux Blend 'Père de Famille' should be the poster child for Washington State wine. It displays classic cab aromas, the full spectrum of sweet red, black and blue fruit interlaced with spice box, pencil lead, smoke and florals. The determined tannins give this beauty a well-defined structure. And I could go and on about the pure, silky finish that slowly fades to a most satisfying end. Simply WOW! — 13 years ago

"Odedi"

8.9

This week, my Friday's Cabernet fix, is from Napa Valley.

Beautiful burgundy in color with a dark purple rim.

Nice fruity nose with black currants, blackberries, cherry pie, green pepper, chocolates, tobacco, herbs, oak, vanilla, vinegrete, asparagus, licorice, earth, green notes and black pepper.

Full bodied with medium plus acidity and nice long legs.

Dry on the palate with blackberries, plums, cherries, currants, oak, vanilla, licorice, earth, spices, peppercorn, coffee, dark chocolates, tobacco, spices, black tea, bell pepper, green vegetables and herbs.

Medium plus in finish with green, firm tannins and raspberries.

This is a very nice Cabernet Sauvignon. Spicy, interesting and very complex. Still young and needs a few years in the bottle to become more harmonious. Now, it is a little unbalanced, with some bitterness, a lot of green notes, and high acidity. Too much acidity for the fruit it shows.

Nonetheless, it is very enjoyable by itself and much better with food, like BBQ Meats.

Needs a couple of hours to open up and get the tannins to show up.

14.1% alcohol by volume. — 9 years ago

Jim Levantino

9.2

This Pinot Noir (the t in Pinot is silent) is delectable. A true shining star. The aromatic treat starts with strong notes of red, and screams 'drink the entire bottle buddy'. Succumbing to the temptation you will discover a blissful elegance as this masterpiece flows through your body. Invigorating your inner youth, enchanting your inner sommelier, and appeasing your inner drunkard with the 16.0% alcohol by volume. This reasonably priced bottle of happiness would truly be a delight on any occasion. Additionally the surgeon general declares consumption of such a magnificent beverage could be detrimental to the growth of a child, pregnant women be warned. — 9 years ago

with Vin

Chad Thompson

9.4

A sauv b and muscadet love child. Or maybe if you fermented viognier totally dry. So cool. And delicious. — 9 years ago

Mircea Dincă

9.2

Pretty similar to No. 5. Congrats to Prof. Schimpf! — 9 years ago

Limor Finkel

9.6

The original Wild Child. Beautifully aged, briary flavors, reminiscent of a northern Rhone wine. Drinking with the man Mike himself. — 10 years ago

Greg Sorensen

9.4

2006. Hands down the best red I've had from Etna. Barolo-Taurasi love child. — 10 years ago

Jeremy Noye

CEO Morrell & Company

9.2

A child but delicious. — 11 years ago

Seven Fifty

9.0

We love Ruche and Chicago does too. Like a love child between Nebbiolo and Grignolino. — 11 years ago

Sarah Briganti

9.2

Going local. Num... — 12 years ago

Maria Wright

9.5

Cant go wrong with Pierini — 13 years ago