Mike R

9.1

Champagne starter / wine and friends / long week and time to hammer down / starting early but I really need this night and a chance to get my groove back / smiling is so important — 9 years ago

Erik Longabardi

9.3

Pinot Noir that throws the hammer down hard — 10 years ago

Jason Chiu

9.4

Lovely concentrated chocolate nose and palate. flavor lingers forever. surprised such a young port would have needed tongs, as the cork didnt come out in one piece — 10 years ago

Anthony Biagi

Winemaker Hourglass, Owner Patria

9.2

Not developed just a fruit hammer — 11 years ago

Cesar Basurto

Educator & European Wine Specialist Southern Wine & Spritis

10

Definitely a Velvet Hammer... Majestic!!! — 11 years ago

with Brian and Eric

Jared Cocke

9.0

Proof that vintages on the floor of Napa do not represent vintages on the mountain appellations. Luscious tannins and firm acidity drive home a hammer of a wine. Chris Carpenter knows his stuff. Drink now but wait 3-5 years for a softer profile. — 11 years ago

John Kelly

9.0

Yummy lovely long taste — 12 years ago

Bobas Matt

9.8

Hammer. Sansibar — 12 years ago

Leo Hernández Téllez

9.4

Not quite the hammer! — 12 years ago

dk bowman

9.0

One of my favorites. Way too young at this point, but massive in structure. Will be a hammer of a wine in 5-7 years. — 13 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.5

2014 vintage. Golden honeysuckle nose and medium bodied. Entry palate indicates oak bringing the hammer down but then the weight gives way to impossibly deft acidity and delightful lemon curd & crème brûlée flavors. Exquisite. — 9 years ago

Christopher Snead

9.1

Soft fruit, bitter cherry notes, very well-integrated tannins, a tad high on alcohol — 9 years ago

Jake Hajer

8.9

2009 in 2016. All red fruit, fresh, strawberry, cranberry, cherry and lots of floral, violets, roses, and lavender- muddy/cloudy interesting soapy aftertaste (and it wasn't the glass)- very little oak influence — 10 years ago

Marcus L

9.2

Shows Paso doesn't always have to be a hammer. The Pharaoh's would be proud. — 11 years ago

James Ellis

9.1

Very nice for a stronger IPA!! — 11 years ago

Tom Young

9.4

Definitely well named at least the velvet part. Might better be called velvet hammer. Very smooth and velvety, but really big on flavor — 11 years ago

Ruth Chin

9.6

Beautiful nose! Redolent of tobacco, leather, black fruit and a bit of livorice. Full bodied and full throttle! It's a big mouthful; a vvet hammer! — 12 years ago

Andrea Oliva

9.2

Very good apero! — 12 years ago

Bobas Matt

9.8

Hammer Loggio Opening — 12 years ago

Jonathan Klonecke

Sales Revel Wines

9.6

velvet hammer. green in a good way. — 13 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.1

2002 vintage. Fairly and surprisingly on the darker side of medium ruby. On the nose, rich and coffeed. Ripe black fruited. Sweet smelling. On the nose, bit of a hammer to crack a nut. Seems over extracted. Good concentration and very long. But tannins are big and round and the wine is unbalanced for me. Drink now until 2030+. — 9 years ago

David Newland

9.8

Beautifully balanced - embodies the velvet hammer SLV is famous for. Floral notes in the nose with leather and dark fruit. Palate is amazing- balanced throughout, dark fruit, touch of pepper on a lingering finish. Made the Christmas dinner one to remember. Thank you SLV! — 9 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.0

2005 vintage. At Texture. On the verge of deep ruby. Big powerful whiff of smoke, reductiveness, black fruits, sweet spice and Oakwood. On the palate rich and spicy, deep concentration, noticeable tannic structure. Medium plus finish. This is another big wine from this producer. Not really my style: hammer to crack a nut stuff. — 11 years ago

Philip Faure

9.4

Fantastic. One of the best Heathcote wineries. Delicious — 11 years ago

Christian Laur

9.4

Grandioser Riesling! Kräuter Würze, Süße, Säure. Perfekt. Preis Leistung Hammer. — 11 years ago

Joseph LaPanna

9.5

Inky black and highly extracted. Blackberry, licorice and mocha ooze from the glass. Layer upon layer of black fruit, garigue spices, penetrating minerality stitched together with piercing acidity. The ripe, juicy, thick fruit laden with a glycerin like weight hammer home an inexplicably long finish. #pasorobles #grenache #wine #wineporn — 11 years ago

Thomas Lim

9.0

Hammer time — 12 years ago

with Jorge Luis and Randolph

Beau Carufel

Winemaker/Owner Random Wine Company

9.4

2012. BOOM! Drops the hammer with orange-infused chalk, perfumed white flowers, and white pepper. — 12 years ago

Matt Nigg

9.9

Mild Beerig, dicht, riifi frucht... Würze, heu, hammer 13.7 — 12 years ago

Petra Thieriot

Owner/Importer Dee Vine Wines

10

2001 was one of the best years in #Germany in recent memory...Peter Jost's BACHARACHER HAHN #Riesling was the HAMMER!! — 13 years ago

with Dade