Insight Wines

Insight Brewing

Crazy Aunt Gin Tonic Style Ale

Super good for summer drink mixing check out the Insight website for ideas. Great straight up as well. — 7 years ago

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Bindi

Kostas Rind Chardonnay 2016

Tasted alongside Michael at the 16' vintage reveal earlier this week. I think a warmer vintage can do wonders for marginal climates, such as the Macedon. Of course, with the right viticulture and picking decisions. 16' has produced a remarkable rendition of the Kostas. Layered, rich, seamless. Bright citrus fruit, lots of grapefruit in fact, floral, mineral, leesy, restraint oak.

Note: Tasted alongside the 09', which was another warm year. A nice insight to how the 16' might develop - the 09' has an almost pervasive lanolin character, fruit's giving way to some mealy and bitter almond notes, very mineral, and perhaps a little more weight and richness. My notes had the word purity attached to both wines
— 7 years ago

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Insight Wines

Single Vineyard Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2016

In the ☀️ what else can you do? Crack open a new vintage of your fav value NZSB @ £12 - wow this vintage is lovely 👍 Absolutely try this 😎 great QPR

🍷 Light straw yellow w/ lime hue

👃 Intense aromatic pineapple, peach & mango rain mist w/ citrus & gooseberry splashes

👄 Refreshing crisp zingy sweet mango lead creamy punchy tropical fruits in a med body w/ med acidity through citric tones

🎯 Long totally tropical & citrus taste w/ a dry lime touch 👍 I'm going to go play my bongo bongo now 🎶
— 7 years ago

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Navone Vineyards

St. Helena Cabernet Sauvignon

Delicious St. Helena Cab! Small family owned and you won't find it anywhere unless you have a insight — 8 years ago

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Spot Light

Insight Vineyard Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015

Very crisp. Fresh grapefruit. Very refreshing chilled on a hot day in Texas! — 8 years ago

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Chateau Grand-Bel-Air

Bergerac Red Blend 2013

Pony boy woulda been wishin he had a sip of this before going out. I guess I'm the first rating it so the pressures on, but I'm highly into it if you prefer qualitative over quantitative insight — 8 years ago

Azienda Agricola COS

Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico Frappato Nero d'Avola 2012

Heavy berry. Some chew. This is magnum No7 so all insight has gone out the window — 9 years ago

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Grace Family Vineyards

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Barrel tasting of the '13, divine, inspired stuff overshadowed by the truly inspirational Dick Grace, who transcends the wine world. Thank you Dick, Ann and Dawn for your gracious insight and kindness! — 9 years ago

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Richard Steinberg

Richard Steinberg

Thanks for the early look.

Maze

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

Loved it. But I have a bias. Everything Mark Herold is pretty awesome in my opinion. Would be a ten if it hung on the tongue a bit longer. Pair it with red meat (brilliant insight) — 9 years ago

Domaine Jacques Carillon

Puligny-Montrachet Chardonnay 2011

Aran Healy
9.9

Drinking this now for some insight. Laying the premier crus down. — 11 years ago

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Brooks Winery

Willamette Valley Riesling 2014

Fruit, Acid with a side of fun. Ok, so that doesn't provide any insight into the wine... This wine is unpretentious, complex and full of character. Rich, minerality with enough body to hold up to solid food. Apple, Brown Pear and stone fruit. Very, very good. — 7 years ago

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I think "acid with a side of fun" provides decent insight! Glad to see it was a Riesling weekend for you too! I love the label on that bottle.
Dan White

Dan White

@Ellen Clifford haha. Thanks! This one was particularly tasty. And that Chard was unreal! Fun day tasting a bunch of new wines.

Insight Wines

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Excellent green fruit. Very smooth. Sample from Svensky. — 7 years ago

Domaine Jean-Marc Bouley

Les Caillerets Volnay 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2003

Age has really given this bottle some elegant insight. But it doesn't have much life left. Crunchy red fruit is slowly there with a long lingering finish. — 7 years ago

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Château Cos d'Estournel

Les Pagodes de Cos Saint-Estéphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2000

This is peaking. Bought them to give me insight on the first label. Time to try some 2000 Cos — 7 years ago

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Château Lynch-Bages

Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2010

Of course it's too young to drink, but it already shows an amazing insight into its potential! Parker's notes and score are on point here!

Ever so classic a Pauillac; smoke escapes the glass followed by scents of oak, plums, asian spices, cedar and pencil shavings. The palate is full-bodied and explodes with flavours of plums, blackcurrants and cassis leading into smoked cherries, cocoa and cedar. Amazing complexity and strcture. This is one for the ages!
— 8 years ago

Domaine Vacheron

Sancerre Rouge Pinot Noir 2008

Beau Carufel
9.0

Took several hours in a decanter before it opened up. Once it did though, it was absolutely wonderful and a great insight into yet another facet of the grape. — 8 years ago

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County Line

Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2013

Netapp insight 2015 lemon grass at aria — 9 years ago

Taltarni

Pyrenees Shiraz 2010

This wine really opened up even after a short time in the cellar. The spice popped up from within a mix of rich, red fruit and clove. There are subtleties in this wine that require much more insight. — 9 years ago

Sanguis

Some Poets Syrah-Viognier 2009

Damn son! I have no insight as to whether this wine is going uphill or down but it has hit its stride for sure! Smoke, meat, blackberry... all the depth of a St Joseph with the wonderfully extracted viscosity you expect from a Central Coast wine. One left... not sure it's going to last much longer! — 9 years ago

Raventos i Blanc

de Nit Rosé Cava Blend 2014

Underripe strawberry and toast. "You need a mineral" is diana's additional insight — 7 years ago

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Matt Perlman

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Always a solid pull

St. Thomas

Dry By Tokaj Furmint 2015

I had the pleasure of visiting the Szepsy family last fall—the time spent with them gave me insight into why the Tokaji region, famed for it's sweet wines is now transitioning to more dry-style offerings. The Dry by Tokaj, an entry level in their portfolio is the color of straw, with vivid aromas of bosc pear, lemon drop, white grapefruit, and jasmine. The region's signature minerality is more pronounced on the palate than on the nose in this bottling, one that is tangential to the focused vein of acidity coursing through the center of this outstanding Hungarian white. 13.0% ABV | Sample — 7 years ago

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Insight Vineyards

Spotlight Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

AMAZING. Fruit forward with guava essence — 7 years ago

Fleury Estate Winery

BDX Howell Mountain Red Blend 2010

Shay A
9.3

What a unique tasting experience! Fleury Estate makes the wine for a private label at the local wine shop in FtWorth. We tasted through some of their wines in their barrel room under a very cool canopy and lighted setting. A lot of the wines we tasted were very similar (lots of blends, heavy on zin) and this Howell Mountain BDX was delicious. Represents Bordeaux nicely but has the Napa fruit forward style. Oscar who did our tasting was very knowledgeable and gave insight to the importance of single varietal wines. Love the tannic, dark, dusty Howell Mountain wines! — 7 years ago

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Bill Bender

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Women love the pottery barn W hotel setting at Fleury. It is pretty cool.
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@Bill Bender : It was no surprise to me when my wife said it was her favorite tasting, based solely on the setting 😂
Bill Bender

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The few predictable aspects of women help us from going crazy because so much of the rest of them is absolutely indecipherable

Opus One

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1992

On the down slope. But the peak is still insight. Amazing balance. Love old Napa. — 8 years ago

Kari Mcelveenmike kachet
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Nice prose @James K
mike kachet

mike kachet

Lesson confirmed, great wine but you don't have to wait more than 20 years to open
9.2

J. Lassalle

Préférence Chigny-les-Roses 1er Cru Brut Champagne

Always elegant. Holds something back every time I drink it, but gives you a bit of hint and insight at the very last drop. Giving wine. But holds much, much more in its heart. — 9 years ago

Vietti

Vigna Scarrone Barbera d'Alba 2012

Love #Vietti and this didn't disappoint. 2012 quality may be up in the air, but if this provides any insight I think it may be better than expected. I thought the wine was balanced and provided ample depth and finesse. Really dug this wine. — 9 years ago

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Mount Mary

Quintet Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2005

Wow. There's so much depth here. Absolutely gorgeous. At 10 years this is just giving insight into the beauty this will become. Seductive, true to form. — 9 years ago