Peter O’Connell

9.1

Big fan very smooth with a clean finish. Could drink it all day — 3 years ago

with emily

Donald Williams

9.2

Mike learned well from Clark. Glad to see he’s doing this well on his own. — 5 years ago

with Bonnie

Gregory Fulchiero

9.2

Delicious Cabernet with perfectly ripe dark fruits, menthol, clove and a touch of vanilla, medium acid and silky tannins in this beautifully crafted wine — 7 years ago

with Deb and Chris

Boxer Briefs

10

Toasty and complex but incredibly clean and acid driven. It’s a beaut Clark. This wine is a true gem. Need to learn more about the producer. Love to know how recently these were disgorged. — 8 years ago

Roy Goble

9.0

Proud of my friend Peter Clark - he has grown great grapes! — 8 years ago

John Zvetan

9.0

Pale lemon. Exotic fruit notes of pineapple. Pomegranate. Ripe grapefruit. Low acid, low body. Med finish. Exotic fruits of pineapple pomegranate. Ripe lemon and grapefruit. Med finish. Classic NZ Sauvignon Blanc. — 9 years ago

Chad Peterson

9.3

Absolutely love Amizetta, great winery above Lake Hennesy and just a hair too low to be called a Howell Mountain. The Clark family produce phenomenal cabernets year after year. This particular vintage is young but delivers a delicious fruity flavor with an oaky, vanilla spice on the nose. The tannins mellow drastically with aeration and time. I personally have a hard time waiting for that first glass, so by the second or third, it is right on time. Deep red bordering on purple make it seductive in a glass. — 9 years ago

Alan Hyde

9.2

Took a good 45 minutes to open up but then it was liquid silk. Deep, rich flavors like Clark and Telephone. — 4 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.0

Intensely spicy dark cherry nose with hints of purple flowers and dark chocolate. Dark jammy plum and black fruit flavors with notes of tobacco and dark chocolate. Deep red/purple color. Big tannins and a pleasantly tart and peppery finish. — 5 years ago

P A

9.2

Tumbleweed IPA produced by Lewis & Clark Brewing Company Helena, MT. Voted the best IPA in Montana. 7.7 alc/vol. — 6 years ago

Max Kelly

9.0

Would rate this 9.1 for the Black Cherry, damson plum and sandalwood spice nose, but lower for the palate, which shows nicely sweet fruit but lacks the spice and drive I’d really like to see from a good Vosne village wine in a vintage like 2010. Still, that nose tho... — 8 years ago

Rajiv Ayyangar

10

This is a knockout wine, a stunner, a pitch-perfect expression of love for wine in general, and Loire Cab Franc in particular. It's wild in all the right places, and impressively refined where it counts.
Medium ruby color. Arresting and straight-up delicious nose that has a certain choreography to it. Specifically it reminds me of Jiří Kylián - finding freedom within a melange of classicism and visceral impetus. Exuberance in wine is rare enough, but exuberance with such focus and intention?
The classicist bent was my first impression - a correct nose of stewed bell peppers and coffee grounds (pyrazines), earthy dog fur with slight clove (brett), and a savory blackberry-cherry fruit compote.
Tasted blind, you would guess Loire, but you might wonder at the shifting nature, at how occasionally the bretty flavors rear up in a flourish, only to be overshadowed a second later by a warm, pure fruit. There is something haunting about the fruit here - it seems to contain memories of many different wines. The wildness is complex - dried leaves, dog fur, toasted mushroom, spiced clove, moist earth. The pyrazinic aromas have uncommon depth and character - stewed bell pepper, coffee, and nascent tobacco.
On the palate, the wine dances with an elegant 12.6% alcohol frame, vibrant acidity, and satiny tannins - the medium on which the finish is printed. There is a moment, mid-palate, where the individual components come together seamlessly - a strong argument for structural-aromatic integration in the Clark Smithian sense. On the finish, the flavors subtly unravel, then persist like a vocal ensemble with synchronized vibrato.
Get this. — 9 years ago

Dan Cobb

9.3

A light bodied Pinot - reminds me of a Grenache

Shared w Clark Rand — 9 years ago

with Tom

Daniel Leonard

9.5

If you have it, drink it - it ain’t getting any better folks. Took 15-30min of air to fully open. Still has red fruits for days, nice licorice, gamey, and mushroom/foresty notes with some remaining tannins. Fun experience with well aged burg to kick off the weekend — 4 years ago

Donald Williams

9.0

Still really nice, but I think not for much longer. Much better with food than on its own. — 5 years ago

with Bonnie

Ming L

8.9

The Clark & Telephone Vineyard PN gave me a long lasting impression, and this Las Alturas is very similar in style in its richness and intensity.

Ripe plum, blackberry jam, eucalyptus, fig, black tea, and Chinese medicinal herbs bursting on the nose. Palate has more texture and a more elegant feel with dark chocolate and spice. Firm and a bit dusty tannins. This tastes more like a blend of Zinfandel and Cab. Nice! But again this is not the type of PN I like. — 7 years ago

Skip Smyser

9.1

With the owners and I can say they are making very approachable wine. This red blend is excellent. Another fine Idaho wine. Give it a try🍷 — 7 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.0

Once again a beauty. Aka, "She's a beauty Clark." This vintage is a guzzler. — 8 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.4

This comes from the personal label of vineyard manager Josh Clark and his wife Heather. Winemaker is Thomas Rivers Brown.

This is Samuel L. Jackson cast as Henry David Thoreau. A richly polished voice, with an attitude and a cadence that would even make gibberish entertaining. Beyond the ostensible hedonism, though, there's a substance that is layered, nuanced, and contemplative. But the former can certainly make it hard to focus on the latter.

Opens with some obvious, but not overpowering, malo butteriness which sets up perfectly for the blueberry pimp coat that takes center stage, surrounded by pencil shavings, crème de cassis, licorice, baked fig, and cigar box.
— 9 years ago

David Schwartz

9.3

Enjoyable wine from Spencer Clark — 9 years ago

with John