Daniel P. Drake

8.9

Last night I opened the 2017 Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir from Santa Barbara County, California. It has been a little bit since I have had an Au Bon Climat from Jim Clendenen. Jim's work is always spot on and well worth what you pay.

On the nose there is cranberry, strawberry, cherry, anise, clove, spice and a nice earthiness.

On the palate there is cranberry, strawberry, cherry, caramel, herbal notes, red currant, light oak and that nice earthiness.

This wine is light to medium bodied with medium to medium + acidity and medium fine tannins that lead into a medium to medium long fresh fruit finish. Continued health to everyone. Please be safe and continue social distancing. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 4 years ago

Roberto Carli

9.3

Damn! Velvety body, baking spices, long finish with caramel notes and bright acidity to balance it — 5 years ago

Phil Castellano

9.4

Love the intensity of this stuff! Too bad this is a gift for my departing colleague.... — 6 years ago

Paul Weil

8.9

Another above-the-fold headline scoop from "Superman's Pal"! This is a dense, jammy blend with slimy smooth body. The rich dark cherry, red raspberry, and black currant flavors balance nicely. It works well as an after-dinner digestive wine. — 7 years ago

Kelley Panaro

9.5

Very good. Delicious fruity finish — 7 years ago

Luke Longney

9.8

Brilliant drinking. Hard to find better can sav in the price range — 8 years ago

Matt Perlman

9.0

Elegant and (put chauvinistically) feminine central coast Pinot. — 9 years ago

with Marissa and V

Jonathan Shoup

9.0

Dark, cherry and delicious! See you next time — 4 years ago

with Jennifer

Eric Urbani

9.0

Took a long time to open up but then, v nice — 5 years ago

Rob B

9.1

Jim Clendenen & Emeril Lagasse dinner through the Triangle Wine Experience - great magnum — 6 years ago

Phillip Antley

9.2

Big and spicy. Tastes it’s age, but has a lot of depth. — 7 years ago

Paulo Faria

9.2

Love the 2008 vintage — 7 years ago

Patrick Fenton

9.8

Boonville ftw — 8 years ago

Pierpaolo Petrassi MW

Master of Wine; Head of Beer, Wine & Spirits Waitrose

9.3

One of my all time favourites which remains one of the world's best value for money Rieslings. The vineyard's altitude lends a balance of beautiful purity of lemon & line fruit with both freshness and minerality. Fabulous, and with good potential longevity. — 8 years ago

Doug Powers

9.5

Dark fruits, sweet oak, still quite youthful and moderately tannic, medium-long finish, solid mountain Merlot, lovely wine made by my friends Jim and Barbara, RIP. — 5 years ago

Scott Rowe

9.2

I’ve enjoyed the 09, 13 and now the 17.
This wine is an outstanding ambassador for Clare Valley Riesling. — 6 years ago

David L

9.3

13’ Au Bon Climat Nuits- Blanches Au Bouge (On That Road Again) Chardonnay.
Decant this for 30 minutes. Honestly I’ve really never had a Chardonnay quite like this one.

Baked apple, lemon, lime, white flowers,definite oak treatment. It all seems to work. Truly an enjoyable wine. Jim has been making outstanding wines for 35+ years. Reasonably priced and delicious. Could possibly get even better with another year in bottle.
— 6 years ago

Justin Chiotti

8.9

Pretty good. Not too big (staying consistent with Jim Clendenson's Burgundy approach). I'm gunna have to remember this one. — 7 years ago

Andrew Crane

9.0

Great on a hot day — 8 years ago

with Sarah

Robert P

8.9

Nice blend. — 8 years ago