Andrew Scherer

9.0

Superb Cremant - not just a one trick bubble pony. Balanced structure. — 8 years ago

Jeff Loo

9.1

Didn't bring a red as we weren't planning on drink more than a btl, and that Leroy Monty did the trick, but our palates got hungry for some red, so looked at the half btl list(needed to drive back to SF) and chose this, great vintage and a solid producer. This is in a beautiful place right now, plenty of room for improvement, but complemented dinner just right. — 8 years ago

Tom

10

I won six bottles of Napa cab from my birth year at an auction. This was the first one I opened. Amazing how well this wine has held up over the years in unknown conditions. I was told that the previous owner was a collector. The cork was shot. I pushed it into the bottle. I then decanted through a strainer. I gotta say, right out of the bottle it was terrible. Obviously with a few hours of decanting, it improved. The nose was full of berries and smoke. The color was ruby. The taste was fantastic. Still lots of berry fruit, forest floor, leather. The finish was very long and overwhelming. My hat is off to the early farmers in Napa who pioneered this industry. — 9 years ago

with Stephanie

Bob McDonald

9.6

We Aussies are rightly proud of our Shiraz and Shiraz blends but we have to take our hat off for a wine like this. An exercise in perfectly executed restraint. Some spice and a hint of pepper. Medium bodied. Notes made a few days later. A brilliant wine from Blue Hill at Stone Barns. 2006 vintage. — 9 years ago

with Hugh and Georgina

Scott Wren

9.0

Voluptuous perfume but not sweet. Few wines can pull off that trick. Plumped up our scallops. — 9 years ago

dlow

9.4

The summer seasonal made for a great gin tonic. — 10 years ago

Jon Snow

10

As far as dessert wines go, I don't think I'll ever find a better wine! So delicious, like grandma's homemade jam. Very sweet tho, so only special occasions. — 10 years ago

Scott Wren

9.5

Well 6 years does the trick. Still a surprising level of fruit but complexity has started to emerge. I think this can go another couple of years and hopefully will get better. DefinAtely not the elegance of Scallop Shelf. You wouldn't imagine this as anything but a CA Pinot which for me is a drawback. — 11 years ago

The Savory

9.1

Very pleasant indeed, love. I haven't hit many grüners in my time, but you judge each wine as it comes, and this is a delightful glass. I get a scoop of grass under my crisp ripe green fruit. Its citric, acidic, and light on the oak. Fairly textbook clipped finish. It does the trick man. I won't remember the winery but I will remember that I had it and that I enjoyed it. - Ross Gardiner — 11 years ago

Stephan Lappas

9.3

Jahrgang 2008! Eine Cuvée aus Blaufränkisch, Zweigel und Merlot aus Gols vom Altmeister "John" Nittnaus. Lange, lange hat es gedauert, aber genau jetzt zeigt dieser Wein was in ihm steckt. Schon beim ersten Mal ins Glas riechen merkt man, dieser Wein ist etwas ganz besonderes. Das, was dann im Mund passiert solltet Ihr unbedingt selbst erleben. Eine perfekte Balance aus Frucht(Kirche/Zwetschgen/Brombeeren), beeindruckender Länge und perfekt eingebundenen Tanninen. Welch ein Meisterwerk! Ich bin überwältigt. Chapeau! Deshalb liebe ich Wein! — 8 years ago

Wes Duncan

9.1

For not being much of a Zin drinker, this is good! — 9 years ago

Lindsey Shepherd

9.0

Fruity. Light. — 9 years ago

Barny

9.2

Hat noch Potential — 9 years ago

Kristen Dutkiewicz

9.0

One of my favorite Friday, late night, watching a TV show marathon beers... 🍺 — 9 years ago

Matt Brown

9.2

Great beer to catch a buzz as you scare trick or treaters on Halloween.👻 — 10 years ago

Pascaline Lepeltier, MS

Master Sommelier, Wine Director Rouge Tomate New York

8.9

Always a pleasure to taste this wine, but you always wonder what can be the little trick that helps — 10 years ago

Théo Cauchois

9.8

Beautifull, tension and razor sharp, pico scores the perfect hat-trick — 10 years ago

Deborah Heath

9.0

Beautifully balanced old vine field blend, Petite Sirah + Cabernet Sauvignon => 12.2% ABV. 2 cases made. Thanks for sharing, Tobe! — 11 years ago

with Tobe

Tim Munsell

9.7

Usually Pinot Noir is not my favorite wine (not that I hat it, just not my preference, but this one is different. Lots of berry but not very sweet, more body than most but still easy to drink with or without food #adobesummit — 11 years ago

Erica Perlman

9.6

Great price at trader joes! — 13 years ago

Katie Canfield

9.2

Red fruits lead into some classic and complex Rioja tertiary notes. How can I love Rioja so and yet it always seems to trick me in a blind tasting? — 8 years ago

with mattswineworld

Stephan Lappas

9.2

Hat der sich entwickelt. Mega!
— 8 years ago

Cole Kleiman

9.3

Hugely aromatic. On the nose a lovely sweaty leather cowboy hat with tobacco smoke. On the palette wild mushrooms growing along wet stone gravel shaded path with green moss. Perfect color. Nice acidity balance. Medium body. Medium plus finish. Special. — 9 years ago

Pat Sperry

8.9

Great stuff, opened up in 1/2 hour or so, big & rich and intense, still wild, bright acidity and lots of dark fruit, sh/ settle down in a few years — 9 years ago

Wes Hagen

8.9

Delicious and refreshing beer that is more of a flavorful lager than yet another overhopped IPA monstrosity. Tried three beers from Magic Hat and impressed most by how restraint can be crafty unto itself. — 9 years ago

James Ellis

8.9

Fruitier than wisbit! — 10 years ago

Mark Oldman

9.8

Domaine Henri Jayer Echézeaux 1990: Get out your Pharrell-style ranger hat because this concentrated, full-bodied #wine transports you straight to the forest with its pronounced notes of underbrush and cedar. Joining this sous-bois character are big swathes of dark fruit and traces of leather. The mile-long finish evokes cedar and bone broth, a primal revitalizer if there ever was one. Despite its quarter-century of age, it is still lively and intriguing, still moving like Jagger. — 10 years ago

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

9.6

Homemade mac&Cheese has proven difficult to pair, but this very elegant and lifted Champagne from the Western valley of the Marne did the trick! — 10 years ago

with Cleora

Catriona Easdale

10

Love it, cheap and cheerful and does the trick — 11 years ago

Mitchell Mulder

9.0

This one of Magic Hat's Best efforts, Their IPA On Tour is so far the best brews they have done, this one rates on top, nice hops and rye with some spice on the finish, like this one — 11 years ago