Severn Goodwin

9.3

Wine 6/12 (Pinot Noir aka 'Peanut of the Night')

Nose has ripe cherry, tree bark, roses, blood orange slice, minor cedar notes, molasses cookie and fresh blackberry.

Palate has dried strawberry, ripe cherry, dried citrus, tart cherry, molasses, baking spices with notable tannins/acidity, a very long finish.

A perfect wine for any party, if you don't like this there might be something wrong with you. Are you a dyed-in-the-wool White Zinfandel fan, maybe this isn't your game then.

Once again it is notable that I have made one full trip around the Sun earlier this week. We had our small, social bubble team to the house for celebrating my getting older and somewhat less flexible in advancing age...Whatever will be done when I creast 50? Well, at least it's several years until needing manage that concern.

We enjoyed well-salted Ribeyes (Kinderhook Farm - Valatie, NY, prepared 48h in advance), turning to a beautiful medium-rare after a mere 12m of grill time and smashed, small red potatoes with capers (yeah try it, don't judge me yet). None of the bottles were particularly planned as 'steak wines'; we didn't care as it really was a wine nerd-fest of grapes/regions, from Burgenland, Austria to Brittany, France. Wine and food were on individual plateaux today. This was the vom Boden Spring Experience case, expertly curated by Stephen Bitterolf, and well received by our tasting crew. — 4 years ago

Hailey Roper

9.6

Super nice and easy flavor. Easy breezy. Light and lovely.
Greg, don’t judge the vintage. ❤️ you! — 6 years ago

Tobin Spratte

9.2

I judge Gavi by it's mineral content. This delivers with gratuitous marlstone, wild mushroom, washed Parmesan rind, and preserved lemon peel bouquet with background aromas of cantaloupe, lemons and peaches. Reminds me of a Chalonnaise White Burgundy--in the best possible way. — 6 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.6

Pale Ruby. The colour belies the rich nose and beautiful rich palate. My notes say “could not spit this out “ which you need to do for many of them because after 34 Grand Crus one will have drunk approx 1 1/2 litres of wine and not only be legless but not able to adequately judge the final bracket of 6 Vosne Romanee GCs which you definitely would not be spitting out! This Mazoyeres was my equally Top pointed Wine in the Gevrey bracket — 6 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.2

Killer Malbec!! @Mike Rowe @David L @Ron R @Carl Fischer. @Joe Lucca @Howard Greenfield — 7 years ago

Timmy Tran

9.2

Grapefruit and ginger. Fun and delicious. Don't judge this bottle by it's label. — 8 years ago

Jack Bender

8.9

Guilty as charged! — 4 years ago

Al Shikoh

9.1

fully opaque ruby violet core, magenta rim, prominent tears; blackberry jam, black cherry, mint, thyme, subtle oak; red and black fruits, medium long tannic finish; full bodied, medium+ acidity, prominent tannins, 14.7% ABV; blend contains 5% Petit Verdot from Ellis Alden Vineyard in Alexander Valley and 5% Malbec from Blau Vineyard in knights Valley, Cabernet sourced from their Dry Creek Valley estate vineyard which is benchland with a significant portion also from Ellis Alden Vineyard, indigenous fermentation, aged 2 years in French oak with about a third new; $40 — 4 years ago

Christophe Aebi

9.5

Hard to judge such a great bottle, it had a hard standing against the 2009 vintage. Still incredible depth, will hold forever. — 6 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

9.1

12.9% ABV
82% Chardonnay, 18% Pinot Noir.
35% fermented in barrel.

Serving this next to another $120 bubbly (2006 Taittinger Comte) I have to judge with both my wallet and preference. Unfortunately that doesn’t fall in the favor of this Schramsberg which showed a bit of reduction notes (noticeably some lead pencil shavings).
No doubt a great US sparkler but not a competitor with great Champagne at this price point. — 6 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.1

Opened for the Ladies. Always a crowd favorite. — 7 years ago

Howard Greenfield

9.2

Thank you Martin R. Quite tasty!! — 7 years ago

Dave Schneider

9.3

Don't judge a wine by its vintage. This is the second or third time I've had this wine. I haven't touched it in a few years. I opened it because I didn't think we would drink the whole thing and I didn't mind if I threw it away. All of us loved this wine. It's a classic Bordeaux style in its mid life. Would never even think its from an off vintage. If you love Bordeaux you will love this for the price. — 8 years ago

brando cox

9.1

Amazing aromas of candied berry crumble, undergrowth, vanilla, dried plum, and a hint of leather. On the tongue its full or flavours with balanced dark berries, tobacco and cassis dominating. The unique austere and grippy texture signifies a cold vintage year. 9.0 /4.1

Aging: typical of a gran rioja, this spends 26m in oak barrels. 3 years in bottle. Drinking 12 years post vintage in 2020. Drink now through 2024. Decant for 1 hr before drinking (taste in segments of 30 min to judge how its opening up) — 4 years ago

Linda Marshall

9.3

Excellent cab

Winehaus — 4 years ago

Jody Scharf

9.3

Citrus, lemon, grapefruit — 5 years ago

Rich Mueller

9.2

Go ahead judge me now... $8.99. Cotton candy, cherry, a little vanilla and spice. I loved every second of it... — 6 years ago

Natalie Griffin

9.4

Yum! Sweet plums and dried fig juice. So ya, sweet, but not overly. Would be amazing with spicy BBQ — 6 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.1

Although this one did tend to have a citrus rich body, it is definitely a malo mouthfeel and more of a buttery chard. This wine was still quite delicious, and it's not really even my style. I was getting some lemongrass on the front, with a peach and mango note in the middle. The finish is more on the buttery side for my taste, but still went lovely with cheese and meat. Probably would have gone very well with Italian spiced nuts or with an herbal chicken dish. I believe this wine probably would have been more comprehensive if served with food. I think this one definitely has the longevity to age, but I'd put more stock in the Judge chard to do that most effectively. — 7 years ago

with Benjamin

Michal Sulkowski

9.2

You don't see to many Malbec from California, but I must say this one stacks right up with some of the best I've had from Argentina. Kudos to the winemakers for producing something unique from the land of Cabernet and Pino. — 8 years ago