Jonathan Ruppert

9.0

2016 - Color - light garnet --- Nose - orange peel, strawberry, lemon blossom, cherry punch, bubble gum --- mid pallet- touch of noticeable RS, very cherry --- Finish - nice balance of tannins and acidity. Long cherry finish. — 8 years ago

Jody Scharf

9.2

Grenache is fairly new to me but it's a grape I need more of. Dried strawberries, grapefruit and licorice. Tobacco flavors as well. Nose that speaks figs and prunes. Full alcohol. Grenn-osh me if you will. — 9 years ago

Deb Moran

9.0

Paired well with his steak frites and my duck confit. — 9 years ago

Jonathan Wall

9.1

Dark cherry, leather, charred wood (and made me think of heavy humid rain in a lightning storm). Fell short of greatness on the finished. Matched well with Vietnamese "shaken beef". — 9 years ago

Roel van der Burg

Sommelier at Restaurant Entrepot

9.4

Wow! Truely different than other Loire Chenin's. Dry or off-dry? It differs every vintage but 2011 was more on the dry side. Deep, rich, energy & lightning bolts, marvellous ending. Great wine with a 'vin nature' complexity that I would like to find in every bottle that is made this way. From a plot where Mark Angeli used to make moulleux wines before (partly in the Bonnezeaux appelation). Classic example of biodynamics. When Angeli started in 1990 he converted to this way of working straight away. No monoculture here. 4ha out of the 12ha is used for other purposes than winemaking. All this is indicated by the name of the estate: not a winery but a farm. — 9 years ago

with Aisha and Niek

Bree Dusbiber

9.2

Whoa Nellie... Lemon lightning! Blinding white sunshine with a smooth malty breeze. Terrific. — 10 years ago

Richard Lewis

9.2

Somewhat beefy thanks to the rousanne, great balance and freshness to boot. — 11 years ago

with Lynne

David Kline

9.4

Needed some Barolo in my life!!! This little Rock and Roll Nurse felt like a much needed transfusion. Less Orange-hued than most. Highly affordable. Just a baby, like we Vampires like 'em! Happy to sink my fangs in this one. Chalky Cherries with chunks of plum. Rose snippets. Orange bitters diluted in Armagnac. This has all the mixological possibilities of a great cocktail, only it is propped on a cloud of acidity that screams like a juvenile Jove for a plate of fine food before blasting your mouth with a a lightning bolt of chewy round tannins, then descending like a shower of golden daffodils to sex you up! Ahh Spring!
— 11 years ago

with Courtney

Chris Scanlan

Sales Amy Atwood Imports

10

Tastes like a wild strawberry that got struck by lightning. — 12 years ago

Michael Gallegos

Sales & Hospitality Red Car Winery

9.3

Lightning in a bottle. Needs to rest for the loooong haul — 8 years ago

Bryce Bannatyne

New Jersey Sales Representative Martin Scott Wines, Ltd

9.1

Zoolander 2. Thanks Bob Barry — 8 years ago

Erik Longabardi

9.7

If cellared for fifteen more years, this would be lightning juice — 9 years ago

John Beasley

9.7

Lightning bolt in a bottle. Laser sharp focus. Mineral citrus. Elegant mouthfeel. — 9 years ago

with Ludi, Maureen and 1 other

Sarah Milsow-Guenther

9.3

Lovely, peppery Grenache. A little on the hot side, got a recommendation to serve it slightly chilled which was a good call. Wish I had more in the cellar. — 9 years ago

Riccardo L.

9.5

My mouth feels like is on fire. Like a lightning bolt just scorched everything and left s smoky, salty, ashy, pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Scotland, Ireland, leprechaun, scotch bonnets, Jamaica. what? — 10 years ago

Patrick Hu

9.5

Unctuous and decadent. Chocolate lightning. — 10 years ago

Russell Joy

9.0

Balanced with a hint of white pepper and dark berries. Went well with the Rib-eye. — 10 years ago

Jessica Pinzon

9.7

Lightning acidity! ⚡️Fresh lemon + biscuit - very lithe — 11 years ago

Alex Barty

Winemaker Blood Moon Wines, Senior Retail Assistant Blackhearts & Sparrows Wine Purveyors, Cellarhand Stonier Wines

9.9

Unique Australian PG. Could be mistaken for Pinot Noir Rose. Candied red fruits and spice, amazing texture. Partnered with BBQ terrifically — 11 years ago

Andrew Meekhof

9.8

Love this wine from Lightning Ridge Cellars — 12 years ago

Jody Scharf

9.2

Love this Grenache. Love the word Grenache. Makes me sound smart. Anywho. This wine nice, easy and smooth. I taste some grapefruit, plum and licorice. Nose of leather and a nice rich deep strawberry color. Acid light. — 8 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.5

Lightning Chenin strikes again!
⚡️⚡️⚡️ — 9 years ago

with Austin and Daniel Khasidy

Marshal White

9.0

Pure, intense, long. Tastes like rocks and a cool summer breeze, tense with the threat of lightning. — 9 years ago

Jerae Knutson

DuMOL Member Services

9.3

I'm thrilled that there's yummy Viognier being GROWN and produced in the Napa Valley. Tell me if you know of any others?? (I'm familiar with Darioush, and Lightning). Rich creamy lemon, with some acidity, and melon. Floral. Fragrant. — 9 years ago

Christanna Honer

10

Tantalizing nose, Layers of yellow apple, juicy pear, kumquat, honey-lemon, with pleasant lanolin notes. Powerful, intense fruit and then--whoooosh, the acid swoops in like a bolt of lightning. The perfect acid-sugar balance takes this to elevated levels of pure deliciousness. In professional terms, this wine is "the tits". — 9 years ago

Fred Dex

Master Sommelier

9.0

Kung-Fu wine! Razor sharp, fast as lightning! @rxwnelab — 10 years ago

Lily Davis

French Wine Specialist at Ottorink Weinbar

9.6

This stuff turns me into a screamer. From a 0.1 ha clos attached to an abbey. Lime flower, heather, white tea, cryatalline acidity, limestone crackle, electric tension, so nervy, so precise, so young. Lightning in a btl. — 10 years ago

Bob Colalella

9.5

"Serious as a lightning strike" — 11 years ago

Andrew Meekhof

10

My most favorite wine in the World — 12 years ago

Bruce Evans

10

06 futo , 01 hundred acre kayli , 09 coupe de foudre lightning bolt , 07 vieux telegraphe — 12 years ago