Scott Plambeck

9.6

Opened a Magnum, soft cork — split in half but recovered nicely with no residue falling into the bottle. Decanted for 30min prior to pouring into glass. Beautiful color, light nose and mouth feel initially. Later noticed fine grain tannins on the palate, with no sediment whatsoever , No Brown at the edge of glass or carafe. Light fruit developed over the course of the hour we enjoyed it. Three of us enjoyed this excellent wine with a NY Strip and Filet as main course and a chocolate decadent cake for dessert. This wine still has room to grow. — 8 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.1

Deep garnet red. South African funk, like damp leaves, wet clay, sundried tomatoes and red cherries in the finish. Moderate tannins (5.5/10) probably will grow once it airs out. Balanced acidity and semi dry. Broken twigs with red currants and cherries. Needs some time to open up and develop. Medium bodied with a medium plus finish but potential is there. Drink till 2021. — 9 years ago

with India

Ted Corvey

9.3

Balance from nose to finish for a young Barolo, wow. An elegant Barolo, and by elegant I'm talking graceful fruit nicely balanced by brooding characters of the fine. Black Cherry, fresh cut spring flowers, aged leather, black tea, and tobacco. More medium than heavy but notable in depth that I expect to grow exponentially with 5-15 more years. Massive QPR for the great 2010 vintage. — 9 years ago

DE

9.2

Went very well with some smoked cheese and prosciutto. The cherry flavor was prevalent with the silky tannins went perfect with this snack. When I cleansed my palate with some chocolate I tasted a little plum sweetness on the back end. Great win with room to grow.. — 10 years ago

Daniel Hortelius

9.1

Chocolate, dark berries, spice and oak with soft tannins that grow in the mouth. Very good and fantastic aroma. — 10 years ago

Scott Wren

9.5

An all time fav. Vines grow up to the cliff overlooking the ocean. Can taste the shist and salt. Delicate ethereal wine. Maybe a muscadet? — 10 years ago

Joe Hirsch

9.6

A baby, for sure, but this one will grow into something profound one day. Packs a lot of meat for an AR bottling, but isn't inky or overripe. Beautiful restraint with the perfect layer of bright fruit. — 10 years ago

Lucas Havens

9.0

Crisp with a finish that cuts out suddenly. A wine that forces you to grow up. — 11 years ago

Christopher Johnson

9.9

When I grow up, I want to live on the island of Pantelleria so I can drink Zibbibo like this all day and just think about..stuff. — 12 years ago

with Skurnik

Rick Zywotko

9.3

Now we're getting serious.....
Wow......fantastic bottle,, but still has room to grow! Had a bunch of tannins yet, and showed lots of earth, exhibiting some wonderful fruits but not fully developed at its open, but a half hour later was just luscious. Have more, and glad I do! — 8 years ago

with Michael

Kirk F

8.9

Just another Thirsty Thursday. — 9 years ago

with Michael, Mike and 2 others

Skip Smyser

9.3

Marvelous Marvelous young wine.Years to grow in quality🍷 — 9 years ago

David Kline

9.2

This is a knife hit of an underripe apricot, smelling almost of good? mildew and plum fingernails in starfruit, white plum, and lemon-pig laundry sheets. Pretty sure I sold this in the late nineties, bulk. Lemony-apricot dries up your palate into pure Cotts canyon, borderline sweet onion in lemongrass oil with light basil. Grow some neck muscles, train with PEDs and dive into this empty pool. Yer da man! — 9 years ago

with Courtney

Casey Stringer

9.0

Solomon hills vineyard is worth watching for both Chard and Pinot. I believe they grow some Syrah too. — 10 years ago

Ben de Vin

9.0

From Lazio, carbonic #aleatico (a grape I've never heard of but Wikipedia tells me we grow some in Mudgee! Perhaps at di Lusso?), the wine is extremely inviting, one of those wines you can enjoy 100% by the aroma alone, flowers and herbs, wonderful! It is bursting with life, plums, olives, very pretty and utterly smashable. — 10 years ago

Stuart Scheff

9.0

Can't wait for it to grow up. — 10 years ago

Erin Rasmussen

9.4

Green and stemmy with exotic oak spices. Cardamom and garam masala. Damp wet barrel. Good balance! Complex and well integrated. A complete surprise that this wine is 8 years old. Lots of room to grow and open. #syrah #tinyhousetastinggroup — 11 years ago

Larry Irving

9.5

Beautiful nose. Exceptional Pinot perhaps the best in Tasmania. But it would vie for "best of " honors most placed that grow wine — 11 years ago

Edward Zimmerman

9.6

Young and terrific. Very excited for what this wine will grow into — 12 years ago

with Matt and Matt

GEORGE SKIPPER

9.0

Lovely fruit taste. Quite refreshing after a tough day of watching the grass grow (from the hammock). — 8 years ago

Clara Vydyanath

9.0

Gorgeous, strong acid core. Provide structure for everything else to grow on. Bright fruit, but nicely tannic. — 9 years ago

Mike R

9.1

Starter wine - tonight will be a tune up for tomorrow and my little friends and family holiday event for neighborhood - good old faithful Napa cab tonight - easy going but young - I mean crying young - but it will the grow up one day - maybe not to the black labels but rest baby and sorry I am drinking one of your young bottle buddies - I will tell you this 14s and 13s Napa cabs are going to better than 10s and 12s after a little sleep - so starter wine tonight is having a smiling effect on me - it is that Friday night in December in the Carolinas effect I bet but who cares - drink up people — 9 years ago

Marlon Page

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with Rajiv

Jean-Philippe Hebert

9.4

Feels like these vines grow next to the see! Wow! — 9 years ago

Ryan Rozycki

9.4

First time having a big name Bordeaux from the 80's. A powerhouse of black fruits with so much earth that you could plant seeds in the glass and they'd probably grow. Cedar, pipe tobacco, a touch of eucalyptus and a bit of pepper. Aging well, very well balanced, and it could be its own course at dinner. — 10 years ago

Matt Duncan

9.0

Decanted 5 hours. Initially quite alcoholic. Subdued aromatics. Fig, plum, coffee grind attack. Good length. Adolescent with room to grow. — 10 years ago

Mason Balistreri

Sommelier, International Wine Guild; Balistreri Vineyard; Sales, Joy Wine and Spirits

9.3

Beautiful and intriguing wine from off the coast of France, below Muscadet, where the vines grow mere inches off the ground from the brutal winds, and the soil is all schist rock.  Dark cherries, tons of mineral notes, and also some wild game. Extremely taut acidity.  — 10 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.2

Texas is a great place to grow Tempranillo. — 11 years ago

Tim O'Rourke

9.2

Outstanding! Beautiful, explosive nose. Great texture and tons of minerals on the long-ass finish (that's a technical term). Already showing well w/ many years to grow! — 11 years ago

with Tim, Cyrus and 3 others

Bryant Bickel

8.9

Young and unlegally sexy cause of it , not sure of it real grow. Body — 12 years ago