A drier take on PG, this Aussie wine has muted apple, bell pepper, and apricot flavors, but is light bodied and refreshing on the palate. The finish has notes of bitter melon and pomelo tartness. This is a great wine for oiler or creamier dishes; we enjoyed with Parmesan-crusted chicken with balsamic potato salad, garlic roasted tomatoes, sautéed Tuscan kale, and a seeded rye baguette with Camembert cheese. — 9 years ago
Such an excellent wine! We enjoyed it immensely with Ken's day-after-birthday dinner of Scottish Trout with browned garlic butter, seared scallops, basil avocado rice, and creamed kale with carmelized mushrooms. Mmmmmmm. — 9 years ago
Really good! Spring time in a bottle! Had with a kale salad & chicken/rice and it really really complemented the meal nicely. Definitely recommend — 9 years ago
Scoring big this evening, as this Calistoga 100% merlot is a spice fest for one's nose reminding me of an early morning forest run, breaking out into a fresh meadow, where I scoop up a handful of blue an black berries and engage. Very cool! Buy this wine!! Also, the fresh, raw kale Ceasar at Il Palio is right-on..:)!
— 9 years ago
Afternoon study time! Bubbles, meat, cheese and the kale salad! At the Purple Pig nothing better! — 10 years ago
Mia Mare in Haddonfield. Warm
Seafood salad with shrimp, measles and calamari and spring mix with goat cheese. Dinner of pork tenderloin basted in mustard with cherries and sautéed potato and Kale. Spinach gnocchi. — 10 years ago
Savory fruit, darker than I was expecting. Medium bodied with solid acidity. Went very well with our roasted chicken and sautéed kale dinner. — 11 years ago
We drank this wine in August with spicy cold sesame noodles and kale salad. It was so light and crisp with a smell/taste of pineapple. I would buy it again — 8 years ago
Drank w Lamb Meatballs/Kale/Cumin Yogurt — 8 years ago
8/30/15 Meadowwood with Dennis and Tyson — 9 years ago
perfect for spicy seafood/miso kale salad. perfume nose of pomelo and gooseberry but chalk mineral bitterness mid palate. almost a hint of green wood resin though this is pure stainless. really like it! — 9 years ago
Excellent nose with a dry finish.
Small bubbles. Great on the tongue .
Served with Berkshire ham,chestnuts and kale rotini. — 9 years ago
Wow. Amazing with lamb and kale and farro. Leather, dates, juniper. — 10 years ago
As always, Thomas has done another beauty. Are with chicken, and capsicum stuffed with kale and then wrapped prosciutto around that. Tasted awesome. Light, far too easy to drink and enjoy! — 10 years ago
Had with sea bass, risotto and kale. Delicious low tannins smooth lite finish — 11 years ago
Very good - smooth good flavors - got at Anglebecks, had with steak, potatoes and kale salad — 12 years ago
Finally! Barolo at last. Nothing is like Nebiolo from Barolo in the glass, especially one that has had time to mature. The color wants to say, "I'm mature Burgundy!", but the rest of the wine says otherwise.
The nose is unique, with the unmistakable aroma of fresh rose petals, followed by cigar ash, red apple skin, wet pine needles, and tar.
This wine was decanted for 4 hours before consumed, and the tannins were as gripping as if I just opened it and poured it. The juice exhibited notes of sour dark cherries, raspberry tart, black tea, rose water, bay leaf, and a faint smoke tinge, all stretched out evenly through the lingering finish. Twas a true treat, and yet this puppy could have laid down to rest for another 15 years, still singing of its youth.
I paired this with what I made for dinner: Pan seared Bison Loin, with a cognac shallot sauce, and sautéed mushrooms, with steamed kale and garlic cloves.
Perfection.
$49.99 — 8 years ago
This, most of all, is a homey wine. When one could talk about the vintage pedigree or how undervalued the producer is...this wine is so much more. It has an incredible combination of dark blueberried and clove-spiked fruit, green herbs and bell peppers, and toasty spicy oak. It all creates a feeling of rustic warmth that went great with a dish of roasted chicken with white beans and kale. — 8 years ago
Really good. Nice depth and lingers beautifully on a warm day. — 9 years ago
So glad I'm out of ice (so can't have a cocktail) as this wine is such a delight. I just wish I had the makings for a kale blackberry goat cheese salad to pair with. Cheers! — 9 years ago
Dry and smokey. Surprisingly pairs well with salmon and kale. — 9 years ago
Pairs well with manchego cheese and garlic kale salad. Smooth on its own as well. Great price! — 10 years ago
Smooth, clean, flavorful. Paired with pesto kelp noodles and mung bean kale tomatoes. — 10 years ago
Drinking a magnum of Syrah made by Lauri's brother. Kale Wines! — 10 years ago
Part of a 3 bottle Syrah tasting...definitely the best one. Big, robust, complex, tannic, smooth, tobacco, alcohol...this wine is fantastic — 11 years ago
Peter Hurley
Great with rolled pork loin stuffed with kale & gorgonzola. — 8 years ago