Vanessa Bettge

10

1a zur Dorade mir pestospaghetti und Gamba dazu — 6 years ago

Deniz Özger

9.0

Plums, perfect acidity — 7 years ago

Dimes

9.0

Me and Darius are down — 8 years ago

Phil Kessling

9.0

2012, Gamba Gnirega, Le Quare, Recioto Della Valpolicella, Corvina Blend. A dessert Amarone basically. Lots of fig, dried fruit, molasses, caramel. Excellent as a digestif. — 8 years ago

John Jamieson

9.3

Date night with Susan. — 8 years ago

with Susan

Ilaria Ropolo

9.0

What an unusual wine: from an old grape cultivated by few, on only 6 hectares!
2008, 13%, bottle tasted in January 2015.
Color: rich and intense, slightly dark orange, but limpid.
Nose: ethereal, a bit alcoholic, intense, very spicy, green pepper, clove, and balsamic too (pine tree).
Taste: very fresh, good acidity, smooth tannins, long persistence, good body, powdery, beeswax.
More please!! — 9 years ago

Junkyard Rhino

9.4

Big bold and beautiful. The bouquet flies out of the glass. My little brother introduced to Gamba and loved it since. The 2011 Starr Road brings everything black in fruit. Black cherry, blackberry, black raspberry and even a little bit of black currant. Mellow tannins give a lasting finish that slides down like liquid silk. — 9 years ago

Eric

9.2

My favorite Zin. — 6 years ago

Becky Rose

9.3

Amazing wine. — 7 years ago

Emeline Vast

9.2

Same label I drank but different year and still awesome — 7 years ago

Christopher Bates

Master Sommelier, Owner/Winemaker Element Winery

9.2

A little too much Brett for me, but really good. The fruit blended in and out with the spice, and it became amazingly complex. — 8 years ago

Steve Gerths

9.5

Gamba 2007 Zin Magnum, 2009 Larkmead LMV Salon, Gamba 2009 Zin, 2012 Caymus Cab. All spectacular wines. Drank with friends at Chops in Naples, FL — 8 years ago

Ann chahroudi

9.1

Love it at miller union! — 9 years ago

Tony Lenzi

9.2

Smooth with a bit of smokiness — 9 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.1

Inaugural vintage of a brand new winery with Jesse Katz as their winemaker.
Super dark and deep purplish red. Extracted nose with gunpowder, coconut, cassis and dark cocoa. Just a baby and wound pretty tightly. Medium plus (7/10) and medium plus to full bodied. Silky mouthfeel with dark coca, graphite, blueberries and crushed purple flowers. Don’t forget the lingering minerality. Solid potential needs a year or so to develop. Drink from 2019 till 2029.

The Setting Wines is a new winery with wines made by Jesse Katz of Aperture Cellars and Devil Proof. This is the maiden vintage of their Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon which comes from the SJ Vineyard in the south eastern corner of Alexander Valley directly next to Verite. Made up of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and aged in 70% new French oak barrels for 20 months with the use of three cooperages (Bel Air, Gamba, Taransaud). Only 500 cases produced or 20 barrels.

$$$ - Sample provided by the winery. Release price is $85.00. (91+)

— 6 years ago

with Sean and India

Emeline Vast

9.0

Very good taste with green pepper. Awesome with cheese and meet ! — 8 years ago

Carl Fischer

9.2

Unique blend of Zinfandel, Primitivo and Petite Sirah. Very big wine - huge fruit, silky mouth feel, 15.2 abv. Really delicious and great QPR. Paired very well with a spicy pasta dish. — 8 years ago

Joanne Close

9.0

Pretty, floral and young. Feels much lighter than 16%. — 9 years ago

Dock Hooks

9.4

Crazy good paired with dipping into gamba al ajillo (emphasis added), at Napa's groovy/real Zuzu, catching a classic deeply dirty nose while still sporting sun-drenched fruit that initially reworks one's first blush front mouth with an iodine edge that morfs into red and black fruit edgy with acid/tannin slow dancing to the depths and begging for another pinch of broth soaked chewy freshly baked bread and the associated next swig of this sweet juice...rhythmically stellar by day or by night😎🌌👣🍷🌀🎼

PS hit Zuzu (friendly, delicious and real...

— 9 years ago

Nick Farrell

9.7

Very fruity, big, lush, wonderful. — 9 years ago