Scott Taddeo

9.1

Gorgeous, yet five years old and showing such age. Curious — 10 years ago

Courtney Cochran

Sommelier/Host hiptastes.com

9.4

Improbable combo of bright red fruit - straw bomb! - and pert minerality. They find a middle ground. Color is cranberry - thus emerging as my holiday aperitif of choice. In all seriousness, it's dry but not too dry for before d, redolent of herbs and delish red fruit, peach fuzz, and general fabulosity. *crush this for holiday* — 11 years ago

Tsuyoshi Enoki

Sake Specialist Hasegawa Sake Shop Tokyo

9.0

Name:" Shirataki"/ brewery: Yamamoto general partnership company/ region: Hachimine, Akita prefecture/ category: junmai daiginjo unpressed squeezed undiluted/ clear note, vivid acid, smooth taste — 11 years ago

Bill Belanger

9.5

We tasted this at the winery, bought 2 bottles, and watched Barbara Jackson's wine become the overwhelming hit at Christmas dinner. Powered by fruit in general, with dried cherry in particular and sure signs of how it was handled in the barrel. Amazing! — 11 years ago

Nathaniel DiMaggio

9.1

Brutus beefcake. Hot, hard to judge at this waaaaay too early point. Almost California like with it's alcohol and general large nature. — 11 years ago

Greg MacDonald

8.9

Napa General Store find — 12 years ago

Kathy Pickens

9.7

Woweee! Our favorite. Makes my lips and gums tingle ! LOVE it! — 12 years ago

Erica Orr

9.1

Hot, yeah, but it's chateauneuf right? Pretty Grenache character, clean and not funky =my experience in general w recent vintage Clos st Jean. — 11 years ago

Allison (A Glass After Work)

9.4

The wine needs to breathe a little, but the wait will be rewarded. It's a complex, although still young red that gives a good name not only to kosher wines, but affordable red wines in general. — 11 years ago

John Sears

9.7

Really great classic in an underrated vintage; small crop but superior quality definitely as good general health but I think better concentration obviously depending the properties and the winemaking but generally a good vintage .... — 11 years ago