ESF

9.0

Prototypical Sonoma Chard: greenish straw color, musk melon, orchard fruit and some spicy oaky buttery goodness on nose & palate - paired with/Cantonese, not my first choice but also good before & after — 10 months ago

Shengli Hu

8.9

Newest release: 2021 sealift vineyard. Closer to Napa. On a seismic fault - sandy and blue volcanic soils. 35% French new oak. Cola, tart red cherry, cherry tomato, tart red plum. Tart pomegranate, sweet spices. Finishes sweet. Elevated acidity, medium tight tannins, medium+ body a bit of heat. 13.6%. PH 3.51, TA 6.1 g/L. 0.1 g/L RS. Brix at 23.7. 3.26 tons hand harvested and sorted in Sept 9. Drought concentrated berries of clone 115 fermented on wild yeasts in small open top tanks with 33% whole cluster. 4-day cold soak then regular pump overs during the slow long 14-day fermentation. Aged undisturbed for 10 months in 33% new French oak. No fining or filtration. — 4 years ago

Lauren Vance

Buyer Whole Foods Market Oakland

9.1

Consistently impressed by Lioco. Watermelon rind, fresh lemon, chopped herbs. Grapefruit and smooth river rocks. The rosé and their unoaked chard are great spring/summer staples ~$20 — 5 years ago

Ashley Butler

9.3

Cherry with a ruby color. Earthy and old world tasting. Smells like a wet morning in the woods, mushroomy. Delicious finish. Loved it. Drank in the virtual Petit Phillipe Lioco tasting on May 29, 2020 — 6 years ago

with Dean

Steve Anderson

9.3

Santa Cruz Chard paired brilliantly with a perfect heirloom tomato Panzanella. Lioco Lunch at Barndiva in Healdsburg. — 8 years ago

S.R.Alexander

9.1

Peyrassol, beckmen, lioco — 8 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.0

Clean and crisp. — 2 years ago

Renato Hoyle

9.2

High acid. Food friendly. Grapefruit — 3 years ago

Shengli Hu

9.0

Sourced from Howard Family Vineyard in Aptos in Santa Cruz Mountains 4 miles to the coast. Very sandy beach like soils with sea shells in the vineyard. Salinity+++, minerality, tart lemon and green apple. Broader and rounder oak textures and spices on the palate. Medium finish. Elevated acidity. Medium body. Medium+ finish. — 4 years ago

Akshay Venkitasubramanian

8.9

Starting out 6 month celebration with some rose — 6 years ago

Emma Regan

8.9

Solid, yummy, easy drinking. Good with fennel tuna strozzapreti on a Saturday in quarantine. — 6 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.1

First course at the summer “Lioco Lunch” at Barndiva, celebrating heirloom tomato season. Crisp SB. — 8 years ago

Eric Manago

9.1

Dense, inky, and lush. Brambly dark fruit and just a bit of herbaceousness. This is a bigger Pinot that should keep improving for a while. — 9 years ago

Brad Jensen

8.9

Really only comes alive with fatty foods or cheeses. Drank at a Lioco tasting at a friend’s place and we agreed that, on its own it’s too closed up and austere, but blossoms with food! — 2 years ago

Brad Jensen

8.9

Pale pink/orange color, medium, slightly oily body with a prominent floral nose, with notes of orange blossom, slight baking notes and mandarin citrus, with a somewhat deep, underlying funk hidden in the background. Palate has prominent citrus, slightly underripe lemon and acidity from the start, with a slightly creamy finish with hints of watermelon rind and a subtle minerality that stays with you on a lingering finish. It’s very good, but I don’t know if it’s for all that often. — 4 years ago

Mark Mannebach

9.0

Burgundian style Pinot — 4 years ago

Galen Hasler

9.2

Wow. Softened the next day. Hints of Creamy oak. SB dominates. Reminiscent of great white Bordeaux — 6 years ago

Michael Mugmon

9.6

More home boozing during the lockdown. This is a very nice Anderson Valley pinot noir. Hope to visit there again one day. — 6 years ago

with Amy

Matt Beyard

9.6

Extraordinary Chardonnay. No oak/butter, beautiful fruit and just a little spice. I need more. — 8 years ago

Dan skoda

9.3

Just what I want in a great Sonoma coastal Pinot. Not too heavy, or ripe. Well balanced with a seductive texture and Asian spice infused balanced fruit component. — 9 years ago