Adriana Fabbro

9.3

Cuvée Karatas, not botrytized. A legendary wine from legendary vines: 140 year old Semillon vines from the majestic Monte Rosso vineyard. Sauv blanc on the nose, Semillon body. Still just a little baby wine with lots of promise. Right now this wine is all about texture and tension. Virtual bedrock tasting with Chris C. — 5 years ago

Trent Fletcher

9.2

Violets and lavender nose with vibrant fresh strawberry and spice palate; a little racy; bright acid backbone and overall nice balance. — 7 years ago

Greg Helmer

9.2

This has all the flavors and aroma for a fine Pinot Noir. A little bolder than some, lite pepper notes followed by fruits and ferment. Very nice drink. — 7 years ago

Eric L.

9.3

I really like the way Mount Eden Chardonnay ages. This was a lovely golden color with beautiful notes of lemon and hazelnut. The nose is a little muted, but the palate is very fresh and lively. — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.6

Aromas of raspberry and hints of Thyme and Mint. Oak has fully blended into the fruit at 12 years and is totally balanced. The hallmark of this wine has always been its soft silky tannins; like its more famous elder sibling Hill of Grace for many more $. Medium bodied and in a great place right now in its development. Superb wine in a good vintage from a Vineyard planted in 1912 - dry grown ungrafted vines. Winery says can cellar to 2025. 9 weeks later picked the next one a little soon but I did. Notes as above. Cannot say more - just an excellent wine. Perfect with roast lamb. — 8 years ago

Nikki Cooke

9.4

Delicious!! Not too exy — 9 years ago

with Brittany

Carl Hollifield

9.0

Nice acidity not fruit forward and well balanced with a little asparagus — 9 years ago

Tom Garland

9.5

1 hour decant (moderate chunky sediment). A stunning burnt crimson color with just a little bricking...looking young for 19 years! On the nose: jumping from the glass - smoke, currants, creme brulee, dark cherries, eucalyptus, crushed stones. Taste: BAM! A silky, rich wine with dark cherries, vanilla mocha, minerals, earth. Some very subtle tannins lead to a spicy pencil lead long finish! Drinking well...will go another 10 years....got one more bottle...YES!! — 6 years ago

with Brenda

Sharon B

9.1

Deep purple in color, medium bodied. 52% petit Verdot, 26% Malbec, 22% Cab. Nice blend of blackberry and plum. A little earthy on the nose but has a smooth finish with slight tannins. A bit peppery. — 7 years ago

Shay A

9.2

This is Palmaz’s second wine. I’ve been fortunate to have visited Palmaz once...one of the most incredible winery tours with their high tech tools.

This is a nice second wine. Still required a 30min+ decant due to age, but it was easy to drink after. A lot of toasted graham cracker, blackberries and fig on the nose. Palate was similar with little tannic bite. Smooth. There was a unique aspect to the finish of this wine...cinnamon bread wrapped in dark fruit. Very interesting. — 8 years ago

with Mark

Erin Froehlich

9.3

Passion fruit and grapefruit forward. A little sweet. — 8 years ago

Aaron Means

9.0

In a weird place in my opinion. I see amazing potential. (Very well could be my mood). Violets, cotton candy, meatiness and dark red fruits on the nose. Suave, velvety texture of plush red fruits, flowers, and bacon fat on the palate. Maybe it's a little to suave for my liking tonight, i was wanting a little tension. I have several of these so I'm gonna revisit in 3-5 yrs. — 9 years ago

Scott Sandberg

8.9

Cherry, blueberry, blackberry, vanilla, white pepper. Little round, but some subtle tannins. Maybe a little more time in the bottle... — 9 years ago

Abh

8.9

A beautiful unfiltered sake with banana, white peaches and green apple on the nose with sour papaya, pineapple, fresh coconut and lemon zest. This sake starts out a little tart on the palate and smooths out in 4 to 5 seconds and leaves a luscious creaminess on the palate that goes well with medium fatty fish. This is a medium bodied sake to pair with hirame or sake. — 7 years ago

Andrew Peek

9.7

This took a little bit of coaxing to come out. It was very reluctant.
Originally in the decanter for 4 hours. Then Decanted twice more and put through the aerator twice.
Raisins, Pastry, biscuit, brioche, vanilla, cloves, nutmeg, coconut, chocolate, coffee, fig, prune, cooked blackberry, dried raspberry, cooked black plum, tar, forest floor, earthy, tobacco, game, vegetal, wet leaves, savoury, meaty.
Dry, medium plus acid, medium tannin, high alcohol, medium plus intensity, medium body, medium plus finish.
Outstanding quality
Drink now, potential for ageing, under 10 years. — 7 years ago

Aaron Rankin

9.1

I tasted this bottle 1 and 2 years ago and can say this has evolved nicely with life ahead. It is fuller and more palette-coating than I recall. This time I drank it over 1.5 hours open and it kept positively evolving and blossoming. At the end: Large aromas of succulent red fruit, graphite, and a trace of cracked black pepper. Palette is very tannin forward with med acidity and notes of red fruits, mineral, and a little something green. — 8 years ago

Mark Morgan

8.9

Has gone to sleep a little since last year. I’ll give my other bottle a couple years hibernation. — 8 years ago

Marion Brewer

9.0

Smells like good yeasty bread, tastes like green melon and herbs (dill?) with a little bit of honey on top. Really strange trip of a blend 👌🏼 — 9 years ago

Gregory Wallis

9.0

4th wine of the 1987 flight. Definitely on the way down. Just a little tired based on the Duckhorn. Still very drinkable. — 9 years ago

Scott Wiegand

8.9

Light salmon pink, light bodied, not much aroma until it was in glass for about 30 minutes then some soft melon and strawberry, flavors much more pronounced than the nose. Strawberry, watermelon rind, medium/low acid but still balanced, dry and a little spritzy. — 9 years ago