Jan-Philip Wassenaar

9.8

Awesome wine, great nose, never gets boring, great with food but also evening glass — 8 years ago

Richard Steinberg

9.3

Celebrating my father in law as he finished his battle with pancreatic cancer. Sometimes there is the right wine at the right place with the right people. Even let the almost adult children on the action. Great celebration. This wine was feminine and full of black/ blue fruit. Thank you Merrill for your passion You exceeded expectations and delivered. From magnum. — 9 years ago

Stuart Robinson

9.1

From a warm year, honeyed and full - a delight. — 9 years ago

Daniel P. Drake

9.2

Tonight's wine is a Pinot Noir from the Sonoma Coast. I picked this up a couple days ago and was excited to try it. I had heard a lot about Kutch wines over the last few months and wanted to know what all the hub bub was about. Jamie Kutch is the winemaker and his first vintage was a 2005 Pinot. Jamie used to be a stock trader from NYC on the NASDAQ working for Merrill Lynch. He traded in everything to move west bitten by the wine bug and to make Pinot Noir. He was mentored by Michael Browne of Kosta Browne fame and the rest is history.

The nose on this Pinot is very expressive of good fruit with notes of plum, cherry, raspberry, ,menthol, clove and a musty earthy forest floor.

The palate doesn't disappoint with a touch of sweetness, red cherry, black raspberry, plum, clove and a touch of oak.

Even though this is a California Pinot it is not the normal big Pinot with dark fruit. This has an earthy soil texture with medium + mouth watering acidity and medium smooth fine tannins. A nice Pinot Noir and I can understand why there is a lot of talk about this winery. — 9 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.2

Tried this at Chef Geoff in Tysons. First time trying Dunn so I wasn't sure what to expect. Called ahead for a two and a half hour decant. Color was a deep garnet with brown edges. The nose was very tight, savory, greens, dark dirt and something like a dirty garage. Started with savory notes in the palate then completely changed. Moderate tannins and body that was smooth and silky. Very well integrated with some dark fruit, maybe a little cassis. Finish was shorter than expected but still moderate. Overall not a bad wine at all but the finish knocked the points down a bit. — 10 years ago

with Sean

Cara Patricia

GM/Partner/Head Sommelier at Les Clos San Francisco

9.6

"If you had this in a blind tasting, a smart taster would call this Burgundy." -Geoff Kruth — 10 years ago

Hayley Healy

9.2

Wonderful drop
Thanks Geoff — 10 years ago

with Emma

Jen Barwick

9.1

Just got this in a very favorable (to me) barter agreement! Love what the Adelaide Hills are doing with this variety! — 11 years ago

Nigel Evans

9.6

Geoff liked it — 11 years ago

Jeff Topping

9.1

Christmas dinner wine from Geoff. Very good mild. — 8 years ago

Scott Rowe

9.0

Super oxidated, tropical fruit flavours, love the barrel time. — 9 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.1

Delicious SAB! Absolutely delicious. Must try the Ferus. — 9 years ago

Adam Greenberg

9.1

Very nice can from red mountain. Went well coffee encrusted roast by chef Merrill. — 9 years ago

with Jennifer and Eric

Sharon MacAlpine

9.7

You're supposed to share it??? — 9 years ago

Jesse Smith

9.3

Thanks Geoff 💥👌🏼🎉 — 9 years ago

Robert McCall

9.2

2009. Dark cherry, hints of earth and tobacco. The nose is making me happy. More dark cherry and earth, tannins and acid in a perfect place. Another great one by Merrill. — 10 years ago

Robert McCall

9.2

2007. Dark red fruit, leather, anise dominate the nose. Red fruit, spice, chewy, nice acidity. Could use a bit more depth but I love the house style that Merrill is known for. Great stuff. — 10 years ago

Stuart Robinson

8.9

Savoury, Italianate, chinotto, black fruit. Supple, juicy. Good fun. — 10 years ago

Illo Streimann

9.4

Had at Vue De Monde, Melbourne. Very nice wine. Would like to try again. Had this after the 2004 Geoff Merrill Henley, so stiff competition to follow up against. — 11 years ago

Gilles de Chambure

Master Sommelier & Educator

9.3

crisp italian tasted at Rosso in petsluma with geoff of guild — 12 years ago

Dan Cobb

9.4

Perhaps a little too light but precocious for the vintage. Hint of raspberry. clean finish. w Michelle Carr, Tony Hawn, Geoff Stanczyk, Alan Zonno, Janet Rucker — 9 years ago

Kate

9.5

Had at Zanzibar restaurant in Merimbula as one of their paired wines, absolutely loved it! — 9 years ago

Patrice Conxicoeur

9.2

Still young at 14 years! complex, strong, yet balanced. — 9 years ago

Geoff Troup

Sales Eder Brothers, Cellar Fine Wines

8.9

Meat and spice and everything nice. Perhaps lacking some dimension but definitely a Geoff wine. — 9 years ago

Eddie Townsend

Winery Ambassador Hyde de Villaine

9.7

Ever developing to the last. I enjoyed it very much, especially after the balsamic-ey VA aromatics/flavors dissipated a bit. It was a treat. I suspect I won't be fortunate enough to come across this vintage again. Thanks for sharing, Geoff:) — 9 years ago

Tomi Mikkonen

9.2

Harvinaisen hyvä shiraz. Ostan uudelleen. — 10 years ago

Geoff Chapman

9.0

Sarah: Fruity, smooth warm. I love it. Geoff: agreed. Super tasty. Love it. Soft, warm, but very tasty v — 10 years ago

Stuart Robinson

9.1

2013: Lovely mix of black, suggestive of blue, fruit; Italianate feel - savoury, woody herb but medium bodied. Easy drinking. — 10 years ago

Fletcher Dennison

9.1

Best vin santo I've had. Drank with Beth and Geoff when they came over for dinner. — 11 years ago

Julien Gras

8.9

Mofo cube first bottle - not bad for $9 — 11 years ago