Matt Sterr

9.6

One is the greatest American Sauvignon Blanca ever produced. Amazing weight, aromatics and great balance. 150 cases produced from heritage vines transplanted from 1940s To Kalon plantings grafted on to St. George rootstock. — 6 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

8.9

Very enjoyable
Easy, clean, unusual variety for Yarra Valley
Not complex and slightly over the price I would have liked to pay for it
It goes down like water 🤪🤪🤪🤪 — 7 years ago

with Alessio, francesco and 1 other

Aaron Tan

9.6

So reductive at first, then BAM! Floral, rich, fruity, meaty, earthy. Intense, but not in your typical Vale sense. So good.

Note: From Winefront
Steve first walked into an old 30-acre vineyard in McLaren Vale in 1994 and immediately fell in love with it; a few years ago he managed to purchase it. The wines from the property – on Amery Road, surrounded by native bush – will be released under the Koomilya name. The wine reviewed here comes from three blocks, one planted in 1970 (to gewürztraminer, then grafted to shiraz in the early 1990s), the other two planted in the early 2000s. So they’re not particularly old vines but they are mature, and they grow on a particularly fine site. This wine went into all large-format French oak. 852 dozen were made. — 9 years ago

Loren Gesinsky

9.2

Ungrafted comparator to grafted Les Bournais at 2/28/17 Rouge Tomate Salon Series on A Natural History of Wine — 9 years ago

Jonas Mendoza

9.1

Pinot Noir grafted on Cabernet Sauvignon rootstock. Meaty, but very polished, with a solid core of pomegranate and black cherry fruit. Fewer than 2,000 bottles produced. — 10 years ago

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

9.3

Impressive stuff; lovely old school aromatics highlighted by pan fried herbs, dusty tannins, nice acidity, pure cassis fruit and a great "Tuscan" feel. Truly well made and grafted to age gracefully. — 11 years ago

Blaine Verde

9.0

If the clusters are grown from vines that survived phylloxera and are completely un grafted you can bet you will be experiencing a unique treasure. Better yet, this is carignano from Sant Antioco... A little extension from the mainland of sardegna floating on the south west side of things. Unfiltered for her pleasure. Righteous bush vines creating A rustic, Mediterranean herb sort of grape juice. — 11 years ago

Beau Carufel

Winemaker/Owner Random Wine Company

9.1

This is so cool. I'm sad it was grafted to Pinot Noir. — 12 years ago

Connor Smith

9.2

With the Wine Blight laying waste to her vineyards, France went from 8:1 exporter in 1870 to 6:1 importer in 1887. Legions of wine farmers faced total financial ruin. With no cure - or even a proper diagnosis - in sight, many saw no option but to flee to lands not yet affected.

The influx of institutional knowledge that flooded into former backwater wine regions like Rioja catapulted them into relevance, and soon matured into a world-class standard. The farmers had found respite, but couldn't run forever. By the time Phylloxera crossed the Pyrenees, however, there would be new ways to fight back.

French botanist Jules-Emile Planchon had a theory. If the blight was caused by a microscopic American insect as he suspected, perhaps grafted European varieties on American rootstock would be resistant. This would be confirmed by Missouri entomologist Charles Riley, and with millions of rootstocks supplied by Texas horticulturalist T.V. Munson, the Wine Blight was soon in remission.

(This is adapted from notes for Le Dû’s Wines ‘History of Wine 1453AD-Present’ seminar, where this wine was poured) — 6 years ago

Rhonely Boy

9.2

Clear medium garnet, Slow long tears, tiny sediment specs in bottom of glass. Wood and dark spiciness on the nose. Dry, Med+ acidity, med tannin. Fresh fruit has faded a bit since release, still has plum & red fruit notes, red grape skins, along with dried fruits (dried cranberry, figs), soil & wood notes (barrel and vine), spiciness in the Chinese five-spice direction. Mature with some years ahead of it. Elegant old vine zin.

California Heritage Vineyard, 2.5 acres planted in 1882, gnarly, head-pruned, dry-farmed non-grafted vines with root system 30-40 feet deep, and is one of the world’s oldest documented Zinfandel vineyards.
http://www.picchetti.com
https://historicvineyardsociety.org — 8 years ago

Michael Retter

9.5

Three varietals grafted on the same 135 yr. old vines. Great structure, high acidity. — 9 years ago

Michael Horkay

9.1

From a true master of Syrah. This is z block grafted to reisling and 25 years old. Animal gammey notes underpinned with Asian spices this is a wonderful Syrah. — 10 years ago

Jo Florradikal

9.5

old vines without being grafted. oaked #verdejo with notes of cream and butter, chard style. however, it has an astonishing concentration of aromas, floral, tropical fruits, bananas. impressive work in #rueda — 11 years ago

Brianna Carvalho (Rycyk)

Sales Verity Wine Partners

9.3

Volcanic soil, 60+ year old vines grafted onto pre-phylloxera root stock. Delicious minerality, fantastic with fish. — 11 years ago

M. Ventre

9.1

Last year for this production. Vines are being grafted over for pinot... Nice musky nose, grippy and bright.. Would love to try this again down the road... — 11 years ago

Jones Family

9.7

Old French vine grafted. Oaky ness of Chardonnay burned off from age. — 12 years ago

Lynne Bryant

9.7

Another marvelous Malbec from Crocker & Starr, Napa. French Malbec rootstock grafted to estate vines. Just the right amount of Petit Verdot added to give this a pleasing sour cherry tang on finish. Has time to go in bottle. =) — 13 years ago

with Michelle

Darren Dittrich

9.0

Bold crunchy vibrant gamay... ruby red grapefruit, rhubarb, candied watermelon with loads of acid and mineral. Blind, this could be confused with Moulin-à-Vent with pink granite notes... but this seems more flamboyant. My fave Pax wines are still the Grenache and Syrah offerings, but this is a blast for your nerdy wine geeks. 12.3% ABV May get better in future releases since this was grafted in 2015. Carbonic maceration in stainless, aged 7 months in neutral French Oak 500L Puncheons. Exactly what I’d like see, but the wine turned out even brighter and crunchy than I would have imagined. — 7 years ago

Chris Morrison

8.9

Mclaren Vale expression of a Sicilian varietal. Grafted to the Omensetter vineyard in 2009. — 8 years ago

with Jaclyn

Alan Weinberg

8.9

crazy story on this "white" Burgundy that geeks love. Many years ago while walking through his vineyards, Henri Gouges noted some vines with white grapes, took some cuttings and grafted them, ultimately making a white wine from grapes now called Pinot Gouges--Pinot Noir has only one gene for color and these vines lost it, making them white. So it is a white or albino Pinot Noir, tastes red but looks white. Couple other producers make it, too. Good, not great wine, though. Fun to blind taste Burg lovers on. — 9 years ago

Loren Gesinsky

9.3

Grafted comparator to ungrafted Les Bournais Franc de Pied at 2/28/17 Rouge Tomate Salon Series on A Natural History of Wine — 9 years ago

EatSommThings (Jimmy)

9.2

Four types of Chenin grafted on bush vines. So typically Chenin but softer with tropical fruit and less acid than counterpart from franc e — 10 years ago

with Howard and Diana

Laurence Feraud

9.4

Grafted on rupestris — 11 years ago

Parag Lalit

9.8

Just gorgeous. Brézé meets Corton Charlemagne. Serious serious wine. Less than 550 produced on own grafted vines. — 11 years ago

Olivia Hellewell

9.0

Full-bodied gamay, smooth! From un-grafted vines. — 11 years ago

with Joel

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

9.2

Organic, non-grafted natural wine that had to be posted on Delectable! Density without clumsiness, dark fruit and good acid! — 12 years ago