K L

9.3

One of the best. Favorite vineyard. Always perfectly balanced and exactly what we’re looking for in a Pinot. — 2 years ago

with Matt

John Malcolm

9.5

An excellent wine. Buttery with lots of yellow peach, honey, apricot. Silky smooth. — 3 years ago

Leo Gentile

9.4

Delicate pale straw color. Tart Gala apple and pear. Crisp with balanced acidity true to the vineyard and deftness of the winemaker. This wine can keep going for years to come. Drank over three nights and final glass was no less, perhaps more enjoyable than the first. — 5 years ago

Fauxakim

8.9

The acidity is like a punch in the face - in a good way! Very dry with a bit of sunny currant. — 7 years ago

Ryan Mayes

9.2

Amazing how unique these three wines are. There are obviously, in the grand scheme of things, more similarities than differences between them, but the differences are tangible. For 2015, the VH has dark explosive nose, somewhat gritty tannins, and ripe dark berry core. — 8 years ago

with Marcus

Ron R

9.0

Nose of tobacco, spice box and barrel toast. On the palette, the tannins are a touch gnarly, but provide texture and structure. Plenty of dark berry fruits blend with a hint of cloves and cinnamon. Not as sweet as I expected. This needs air-time, but is showing well. — 9 years ago

CMalcolm

9.2

One of my favorite Chardonnays. Smooth with a little bit of an oaky flavor. — 9 years ago

Mike Mayer

9.1

Beautiful floral hints on the nose don't quite prepare you for the explosion of intricate tastes that hit your palate. Lots of plum, currant, mocha and spice make this a fun wine to drink. Tannins are elegant and the acidity is just right making this a very well balanced wine. I love everything I've tasted from this winery! — 10 years ago

with Lisa

Sage Shimoda

9.2

Aging nicely. When I tried this one a few years ago, I did not care for it, but today this one rocks. 2007 still has lots of fruits left. Delicious. — 10 years ago

Gabe Westheimer

9.9

One of the most solid Pinot out there — 11 years ago

with Kate

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2008 vintage. Had never come across the "Little Hill" until today. Light-medium body. Decanted and was fairly musty for 2-3 minutes before it started to blossom. Some blue fruit/menthol/eucalyptus throughout the experience. Demonstrative spice component on the back end. Could really only ding this on being slightly "watery" on the front palate. Otherwise, this is kicking now and has plenty of life and love to give. 5.27.23 — 2 years ago

Lenny Castiglione

8.9

Group of six half thought it was a fine Bordeaux. Still had lots of fruit and some tannin. Sweet palate — 5 years ago

with Hande

Frank Kuo

9.2

Color of purple with grapefruit. Nose of cherry jam, medicinal note, dried strawberry, a bit plum, a bit blackberry, a bit minty, quite fruits oriented. Taste is similar with addition of good smoky note, ripe grapes and cherry jam, rose, medicinal note again, and quite sweet. Aftertaste is bit hickory with zesty bitter note. Will be popular for sweet teeth. — 6 years ago

Max Hollander-Eberly

9.1

Always good to have a taste of home, and very little does that better than Gimblett Gravels Syrah. Great dark fruit, showing excellent leathery tones. — 8 years ago

Paul T HB

9.5

Another great 2005, these are ready to go.
2002 Still my favorite though .
Best 05 is Shafer & Vineyard 29 estate in my opinion. You must try them both out of a mag preferably — 8 years ago

Chris Wheaton

9.3

A great '94 Old Hill still cruising along. Beautiful aged Zinfandel nose of red cherries and mint. Still firmly tannic. — 9 years ago

Lawrence Bernstein

9.1

Wonderful blend of primarily Malbec,Cab Sav, Petit Verdot, Syrah and Carmenere. So this 2011 has great young jammy fruit but it is not a fruit bomb in that it has complexity. — 9 years ago

Mike Davila

9.5

I drank this at their open house, and at the time I thought it was one of the best 2011's we tasted. This is another example of a wine that will have the "experts" pondering the 2011 vintage. This may be similar to a 2003 for selected wineries. I'll go on the record that I like it - a lot. — 10 years ago

Kyle Miller

8.9

Nice old world style Cab from Chalk Hill. Dusty blackboard intermingling of herbs, eucalyptus. Blackberry and crushed black currant rising. Very nice — 11 years ago

Charlie Beatty

Buyer wineworksonline.com

10

Frank Family's top of the hill! Winston does it again. Only in their Best Years!! Chophouse Dinner . Brought by Bruce Wallace! Bravo! — 11 years ago

Paul J

9.0

Dark red color. Seemed restrained and young. Dark fruit with medium depth. Reminded me a little of the single vineyard Sequoia Grove cabs but at a much better price point. — 3 years ago

with Brooke and Steve

Brad Swick

8.9

Dry, with a nice bite, but kind of flat and short flavor. Tasted 11 December 2021 Much better flavor on day two! (8.4 day 1, 8.9 day 2) — 4 years ago

Collier

9.0

Great wine. Sweet but not too sweet. Strong, fruity smell, “lychee” like taste — 5 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.5

Riverain is Steve Nordhoff and Dean & Laurie Gray’s label that produces just a few hundred cases from some select vineyards in Northern California, including a Tench Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, and a Gamble Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc.

According to Dean Gray, Riverain is a historically French term meaning “local & friendly people who reside near the river.” @Greg Ballington deserves credit for the reco, and while I’ve had a handful of Syrahs from the Cardiac Hill Vineyard in Sonoma County’s Bennett Valley, this is my first that’s made by Thomas Rivers Brown.

Screams old world, particularly Northern Rhône. Loved it from the get-go, but the acceleration at 90 minutes open is significant. Campfire grilled meat, finely ground pepper, black olive, and creosote, with a core of savory black fruit, and a beautiful secondary combination of cedar and lavender. There’s a distinctive combination of balance, purity of fruit, and savory structure that’s hard not to recognize. — 7 years ago

Eric Waxman

9.0

Excellent Syrah. Fruit, tobacco nose. Excellent example of the varietal — 8 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.3

Quite amazing. Dried prunes and cloves on the nose mature and evolved. Then raspberry jam in the glass with tons of acidity and perhaps a hint of coffee this is not a fruitbomb! — 9 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.4

My favorite Napa field blend. Huge dark fruit nose., not for the faint of heart!! It is drinking incredibly well. Decanted 6 hours prior to drinking... was silky smooth yet with incredible intensity and depths of flavored. 😍 love it! This was the 3rd wine opened — 10 years ago

with Roderic, Cindy and 3 others

Bastien Leduc

9.0

Reminds me of Mauzac with the apple nose — 10 years ago

Orly Jaffe

9.2

bright, beautiful acid, cool green fruit with citrus, floral notes with a bit of salinity. fun for the palate. totally gulpable. — 11 years ago

Michelle Hagen

9.0

Elegant nose of pear, banana and a bit of citrus. Flavors of grapefruit, minerals and a vanilla/buttery finish. Awesome with halibut fish tacos — 12 years ago

with Russ and Lynne