Eric

9.4

50/50 (give or take) Cab and Merlot. Tart raspberries and baking spice. — 6 years ago

Kimberly

9.0

Tasty just sipping by itself — 7 years ago

Amanda Thomas

9.1

Mineral and floral notes. Not very much fruit. Super refreshing! — 7 years ago

with Tim

Luke Stanko

9.2

Merlot the way it’s supposed to be made. Fruit with balanced structure — 8 years ago

Shay A

9.4

During the month of January, the Wednesday Wine Committee has a unique format...the sparkler, whites and dessert wines can be from any vintage and any location, but the reds must be from the 2007 vintage. It was my first time providing a wine for a lunch, so I was excited to see how it showed. As always, all wines were served blind.

This was a treat for me to be able to serve. Tom Farella only produces this Alta bottle in special years. The ‘07 was his last one before he brought it back in ‘14. Cabernet dominated blend complimented by a bit of merlot from the famed Farella vineyard. Supremely balanced. Raspberries, plums and blackberries on the nose and palate, but the finish was plush. This is about at its peak and will stay here for another 3 or so years. Oak was almost fully integrated. Very happy to have two of these still sleeping. This was the group’s consensus “wine of the day”. — 8 years ago

Lesa Gough

9.4

So well made. Kissed with oak but lovely acidity. — 9 years ago

Kristen Simeone

9.0

Crisp. Clean. Bold. — 10 years ago

Russelton Handleberry

9.3

Happy Halloween! Really starting to come around. Nice lift, minerality, really good streak of acidity, and that signature Hyde fruit. Will buy more to throw in cellar. — 11 years ago

Ann Gerard

9.7

A wonderful Pinot to go with our Christmas roast! — 11 years ago

Scott Gladstone

9.5

Ma(i)sonry Napa Tasting 2012 — 13 years ago

Eric

9.5

Scorched earth and black fruit. One of my favorites. The official Merlot of Satan. — 7 years ago

James Webb

9.1

Lemon and apple crisp. Great full smooth body with enough acid holding everything in the right spot. — 7 years ago

Pat Carroll

9.7

A new favorite. Great tobacco and spice flavors play off the blackberry. Medium body, very low acid. — 8 years ago

ADAM STROMFELD

9.3

Big red fruit on the nose. Definitely Sonoma nose. Pairing this wine stone fish turns this into an elegant earthy terroir driven beauty! Mushrooms and earthy — 8 years ago

with Joe

Neal Krishna Devaraj

9.2

Very nice. Hdv wines have wonderful noses. — 8 years ago

Jeanette Hrnyak

9.1

Another one from my kitchen display. Small production and an excellent Sonoma Syrah! — 9 years ago

Shawn R

9.4

Wet stone and white pepper on the nose. Minerals, lemon curd, chalk and bracing lime 🍋 tones. Super acidic in the finish that shows the pepper, green pear and green apple. Wonderfully delish. — 9 years ago

Ricky Calonita

9.3

1994 vintage. Excellent complex earthy Cabernet. Needs some time in the decanter to appreciate the complexity. — 11 years ago

Trey Busch

Winemaker, Sleight of Hand Cellars

9.9

Awesome chard!! — 12 years ago

with Jeff

Graham

9.0

Decent but over shadowed by others — 7 years ago

Chris McClellan

9.2

So this was amazing....tasted blind..I thought without question...burgundy....damn good, acid and mineral all present with great fruit and oak balance. Just a killer Chardonnay — 7 years ago

with Ryan and Deb

Daniel Barbosa

8.9

Solid wine after 3 days it tasted amazing! — 7 years ago

Ira Schwartz

9.0

A grab bag of floral and citrus aromatics. Given how young this wine is the palate does not have the same openness that the nose has. Bright acidity and excellent balance. — 8 years ago

Steven Meisel

9.3

Greta Pinot. Fruit forward and smooth — 8 years ago

Christopher Ryan

9.4

Rich & bold body, noes is leathery and tobacco. Great acidity. — 9 years ago

Kathy Wilson

9.0

Tastes of black fruit with a warm, spicy, yet silky finish. — 9 years ago

Richard Sohn

9.5

Honey followed by wisp of smoldering campfire. The perfect balance of everything? — 10 years ago

Ezekiel James Hampton

9.3

Nasty good!! — 10 years ago

Colin McCartney

9.6

Beautiful citrus and minerality...aging spectacularly... — 11 years ago

Nate Rose

Wine Director Specs

10

That shot glows... — 13 years ago