Jay Kline

9.2

The 2006 La Torre pours a slightly hazy garnet color; browning with some rim variation. Medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is vinous and showing the typical nature of the vintage; full, round, generous. The fruit is mostly desiccated in profile with leather, espresso, chocolate, earth and gentle warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium acid. The structure is very well integrated but keeping everything propped up. The finish is long, lovely. Drink now. I wouldn’t hold these past 2026. — 2 years ago

Jay Kline

9.3

This particular bottle was purchased at the winery during our visit back in 2019. We were fortunate considering they rarely host visitors due to the size of their operation. Popped and poured, the 2005 Estate appears a dark translucent garnet, slightly hazy and browning just a touch on the rim. Medium+ intensity with a huge nose of bruised strawberries, sun-ripened bramble fruit and mushrooms. Some VA is present but this is not unusual from this producer. With additional air, the nose becomes even more complex with tomato leaf and coniferous forest floor. On the palate, this is bursting with ripe fruit confirming the bruised strawberry and brambles though most on the dried end of the spectrum with baking spices in a combination reminiscent of fruit cake. Some leather and mushrooms present as well. The finish is dry, saline and so, so long with a sort of Blood orange thing going that’s wonderfully compelling. High acid. Medium (+) tannin. Pair very well with dry rubbed grilled chicken. While this should easy see it’s 20th birthday it’s simply fantastic right now and fully mature. — 4 years ago

Charlie C

9.4

Orange creamsicle nose. Hazy orange color. Citrus, sour apple, mineraly. Medium body. High VA. Great with cheese board. — 5 years ago

Evan McKenzie

9.0

Appearance: hazy orange wine
Nose: Aromas of apricot, muted citrus fruits, crushed rock, black tea.
Taste: tea/Arnold Palmer, bright citrus, grippy tannins, hay, medium + acid, clean mineral finish
12%EtOH — 6 years ago

Adam Beasley

9.5

My wife is the beer nerd in our house, and I don’t approach beer like I do wine. I know that some traditionalist hate on this super trendy, hazy, OJ-looking style, but I like it when done well, and this is the best one I’ve ever had. Juicy, creamy, and delicious. This producer’s stuff is on point. — 6 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.2

This is not the look of a wine I usually buy. It’s hazy and looks like fermented pineapple juice. It looks one note. It’s not. This is delicious and complex in a lean package of bright zippy lemon ginger and spice. Flavors of falls spiced lemon drop, coriander, and white flowers. Duped. — 6 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.4

This is a serious Chardonnay. Tastes like a little skin contact…a touch hazy with a little bitterness. Grapefruit pith. Blood orange. Pistachio, fennel. Lemon balm. This will age well but not for long. Drink in 4-6. — 3 years ago

Eric Urbani

9.1

See prior notes! Happy 4th everyone — 3 years ago

Eric Garcia

9.0

Hazy double IPA . Good balance. Not too sweet but no citrusy either. Good taste for the alcohol level and value — 5 years ago

David Kline

9.2

Tang-sequel coloration with perfect equilibrium and crown persistence. Wig white, even dissipation reminiscent of fine cigar burn. Striating lacing of cartoon chompers and snowy tangle of wildwood. Pleasant malty and citrus interplay punctuated by oranges and pink grapefruit wild strawberry tart with caramel and sweet tobacco and Turkish coffee from a distance. Paisley lacing ensues. Lemon oils and candied grapefruit peel frame a tangerine occurrence and sparkly mineral stardusting, and a textural approximation of peaches that adds pliancy. After the initial fruit, and subsequent sips your mouth builds up the bitter units to tangible topography that lingers. Overall, a well crafted and thoughtfully restrained offering from an iconic producer. You can sense that they wanted to get this one right. Lacing remnants: gothic text with horror overtones on one side, middle command graphics, and a t-Rex-alligator-puma logo for your new pumped up kicks. .
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Josh Morgenthau

9.2

Cherry all over; tart cherries, some pie spice, also lots of minerals, an herbal thing and bright lactic streak enlivening the bottle plus a quality I don’t know how to describe other than nymph-pond-water. Beautiful hazy ruby in the glass. Toeing the line with quite a lot of brett in this bottle though...a little distracting from the all the good here, so delicious overall. — 6 years ago

Allison Lyzenga

9.4

Hazy deep amber; pronounced intensity aromas of savory salted nuts, honeyed peaches and apricot, quince paste, wildflower honey; sweet, medium plus acid, high alcohol, full body, pronounced intensity flavors consistent with aromas; extremely rich and concentrated, complex flavors, very special, outstanding — 6 years ago

Marianne G.

10

So delicious. Funky and hazy with yeasty berry flavors. — 7 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.2

Has the same overt let your hair down bathe in the sun vibes I remember from JJM's Bourgogne Blanc. This is deeper, more vibrant, more concentration, more sun.

His wines are something - wild, clearly natural in the Zeitgeist sense, not what I think of when I hear Puligny Montrachet.

Pours hazy and looks sticky. Smells like sour starfruit, grilled pineapple, banana taffy, and jalapeno.

Goes down in thick textured blood orange and bitter grapefruit. Gobs of texture that wrap your tongue in a blanket of acid and says dammit I'm here and I'm alive and I'm staying for a bit. — 3 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.0

You have to search for a minutes, but all the Chenin spice is there. It’s just hiding in between golden stripes of sour tangerine and tropical pear.

This is a wild, freer Loire Chenin - hazy, unfiltered, with some tang. — 5 years ago

Danielle

9.3

I’m not sure if I’ve tried a hazy IPA before, but if they’re all like this one, I’m hooked! So smooth and hoppy but not too bitter, fruity notes and goes down easy! — 5 years ago

Eric Kememes

8.9

Details hazy had in dilettante wine bar in Beaune ...was stunning I’m told — 6 years ago

Ryan GJ

9.1

Hazy peach color. Dusty yeast, guava, grapefruit nose, same on the palate with heavier lactic, creamy flavors and some apricot, and the clay coming out in the “funk” of it mixed with a dash of overripe banana. Some tannin in the finish on day 1 that was great for balance. Low alcohol, medium body. Orange. Natural. Shazam. — 6 years ago

Amelia Wilson

9.0

Tart, with a hint of strawberries. Smells boozy, a nice hazy pink color with lots of sediment. Lovely color, like an LA bathroom from the 50s. Strong fizz. Does not pair well with donuts. — 7 years ago

Stephen Redenbaugh

9.3

Let’s get this straight...I don’t like “orange wine”...I prefer my wine without the microbial stew. But I loved this wine— in all its funky, cheesy, briny glory. Hazy, savory, more like tea than wine... it sang like an angel as it warmed to room temp. Which wowed me more... the wine or the kick-butt dinner at Chicago’s S K Y restaurant? Who cares? Every morsel, every drop lifted the other. Sometimes wine makes perfect sense. — 8 years ago