Ink Monster

Monster Vineyards (Poplar Grove)

Rosé Blend 2016

Very acidic, pineapple notes but good over all — 8 years ago

Vintage Ink

Indelible Wines Boundless Red Blend

Really smooth for the price we paid. Dry but not tanniny. Had a some sweetness — 9 years ago

Heitz Cellar

Ink Grade Port Blend

Soooo good — 9 years ago

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Realm Cellars

Beckstoffer To-Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

Not as much of a monster as other vintages but still an awesome wine. Great mix of dark fruit, spearmint, smoke, leather, and chocolate. Touch of tannin left. Gave it about an hour in the decanter. — 9 years ago

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Love the Realm
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This is awesome
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Realm is bad ass @Joe Lucca !

Compass Box

The Peat Monster (Reserve Edition) Blendded Malt Scotch Whisky

So peaty you love and hate it. But you really love it. — 10 years ago

Dom N
with Dom

90 Ninety + Cellars

Monster Lot 100 Columbia Valley Merlot Blend 2012

Great full body red. Goes great with Pork Tingas!! — 10 years ago

Laura Finn
with Laura

Morambro Creek

Mt Monster Shiraz 2011

Good Shiraz for price — 10 years ago

Lokoya

Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

Charlie Beatty
9.3

Brooding monster the 2010, a first for me from Lokoya. Needed 2 hours to really express itself in my glass. Bold and rich with big fleshy tannins. Must try more! Thanks Larry. Chophouse group Monday — 11 years ago

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Behrens & Hitchcock

Ink Grade Cabernet Sauvignon 2000

Also magnum- the better of the two, more balanced - not quite showing the heat as much- smoother softer finish. Nice layers to this one..riper cab, but not too ripe. 9.1+? — 11 years ago

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The Fog Monster

Amador County Chenin Blanc 2012

Pale amber. Fresh and fruity for a skin contact wine, maybe because of carbonic. Hint of smokey peat or pine resin on the nose with toffee, plenty of zesty orange and saline on the palate. — 8 years ago

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Stags' Leap Winery

Napa Valley Petite Sirah 2013

A really elegant and balanced ps, even though I do prefer "monster" interpretations. — 9 years ago

Bodegas Numanthia

Numanthia Toro Tempranillo 2011

A big, beautiful monster. Needs a full decant but as it relaxes it unfolds into a lush and powerful example of Tempranillo. — 9 years ago

Beth Zitzman
with Beth
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Vintage Ink

Indelible Wines Rebel Red Blend 2013

had it in Stoon with Gwen before Stoon marathon — 10 years ago

Kuleto Estate

India Ink Napa Valley Red Blend 2009

Solid but unspectacular. I doubt this will get any better than it is. Syrah/cabernet sauvignon blend. The nose is all cabernet, but it's all syrah in the mouth. Blueberry notes, still tannic. The parts are good, but the whole doesn't quite get there. — 10 years ago

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S.R.Alexander

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Funny how the sum of the parts can be so many things in life.

Château Pavie

Saint-Èmilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2000

Still a monster. Decadent. — 10 years ago

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Château Mouton Rothschild

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1996

classical. cedar wood, mint, eucalyptus, ink. after 1 hr, vintage leather & fur. — 10 years ago

Marchesi Antinori

Tignanello Toscana Super Tuscan Blend 2010

This is a monster. Full stop. — 11 years ago

Anthony, Jordana and 1 other liked this

The Fog Monster

Amador County Grenache 2012

Jon Bonné
9.1

Grenache in mountain man guise, from the Mullineuxes. Swartland meets Amador. — 11 years ago

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Torrin

Tsundere Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2010

4 hour decant and this big boy was still closed down. What little it revealed hinted at the monster wine this will become. Still very primary extracted black fruit, pencil shavings, camphor, mammoth tannins with fresh acid. Desperately needs time to open up. — 11 years ago

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Monster Vineyards (Poplar Grove)

Monster CABS

2014 nice, peppery/graphite, dark fruit, med body, med Tannins. — 8 years ago

Heitz Cellar

Ink Grade Napa Valley Port Blend

notes of black cherry pie and a touch of chocolate with a little more residual sugar than a typical port — 9 years ago

Heitz Cellar

Ink Grade Napa Valely Port Blend

Somm David T
8.9

Nice easy to drink Napa port. Dark ripe fruit blend, chocolate cake with rich fudge frosting. — 9 years ago

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Caymus Vineyards

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Ryan M
9.2

First @caymuscab and want to say hints of Rutherford but definitely more juicy than most. Juicy, purple ink, strong cherry and blackberry. Almost like biting into a plum. — 9 years ago

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I have never seen this juice before.

Norman Vineyards

The Monster Zinfandel

Bright red fruit flavors with lush tannin. This wine can enjoyed on its own, with friends, on a sunny day. Or with rich duck confit and bbq'd red meats. Can't beat the price. -wine batman — 10 years ago

Valdicava

Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 2001

James Parker Huston, CWE
9.5

A lot of new oak on this monster Sangiovese. Tastes like a Napa Cult Cab to me. — 10 years ago

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Black ink

California Red Blend

Super easy to drink! Will be finishing this bottle tonight. Or at least I wouldn't be surprised if I did. It's not over powering or spicy. Just very very light, a tad sweet, and a tiny sweet finish. — 10 years ago

Kuleto Estate

India Ink Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

Need to find some more of this! — 10 years ago

d'Arenberg

The Dead Arm McLaren Vale Shiraz 2006

Very dark opaque burgundy/purple with slight brick hue showing, India ink, blackberry, black cherry, some tobacco undertone, licorice, nutmeg and raspberry, full body and round mouthfeel, tastes of berry, pomegranate, pepper and cedar, chewy and sweet tannin with firm backbone, long finish with spicy notes and Assam tea lingering on the tongue. — 11 years ago