Michael Piaker

9.3

4 July 2018. Upstream Wine, Livingston Manor, NY. — 7 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.2

2 September 2017. Upstream Wine, Livingston Manor, NY. — 8 years ago

JKT

9.1

Wine dinner 4/29/17. Still tasting good like last time. Balanced and rich with that Cali profile of soft tannins resolving into sweetness. — 8 years ago

John Browning

8.9

Smooth not to sweet nice soft tannins and some oak flavors I think. — 8 years ago

Matthew Hayes

9.3

Smooth and what I expect in a Chianti. — 9 years ago

Andy Fannin

9.0

Slight bit sweet but has a full body bite at the finish. Great wine for the price — 9 years ago

David A Wilson

9.4

Last bottle in the chiller. Glad to share it with great friends! — 9 years ago

with Lynn

Lucas Wittmann

9.1

A surprisingly decent Napa cab for deep skeptic of these wines in the modern era. — 7 years ago

Eric Blackshear

9.3

Great wine and a great meal in Livingston, Montana. — 8 years ago

with Lora

Sam Maniar

9.1

Solid cab. Surprisingly good. — 8 years ago

JKT

9.1

CVed 10/28/16. Darker inky color than Clos du Val. Nose had peppery and herbaceous notes with very mature black fruits. Body very firm and still tannic and powerful. Finish is long and gradually dried out but balanced and quite impressive. A power wine strutting its stuff. Z Auction. again CVed 12/27/16 and similar findings. However nose not herbaceous but more earthy. Comped with Livingston and Barnett. Opened Latham 12/30/16. Still the same. — 9 years ago

Nicholas Livingston

9.3

Clos du Mont-Oliver 2014 Côtes-du-Rhône | 13.5% | Mellow red fruits ranging from tender raspberries to sliced strawberries combine with a fragrant expression of the garrigue we yearn to find on quality Côtes-du-Rhône but in this case less the sapid rosemary and resinous herbs and more the scrub roses and lavender bound for Gras. 60% Syrah for its subtle but certain depth and structure, this blend also includes 40% Grenache for all its fragrance and fruit. The Famille Sabon who are the Stewards of Clos du Mont-Olivet tell us the “vineyard is located north of Bollene at the boundary between the Vaucluse and Drôme Provençale. The Syrah forming the basis for this wine are grown on the locality "Montueil" –slightly elevated and surrounded by trees, ideal conditions for they are not overripe. The tank is filled by gravity with 60% of the grapes whole cluster on the stems. The work of the wine is made without seeking maximum extraction to further emphasize the elegance and freshness. Breeding begins in enamel tanks to preserve freshness and after malolactic fermentation, the wine is placed in barrels.”
Wine review by Nicholas Livingston with notes from the Famille Joseph Sabon, March 29, 2016 (all this praise on a Leaf Day no less) — 9 years ago

Kristen Brown

9.0

Drank 12/23/15 — 9 years ago

Cody Short

10

Free "wine" on the dolphin cruise. Notes of seaweed, porta potty, dried crustacean and dolphin ass — 8 years ago

Brian McMahon

Sales Polaner Selections

9.1

Quite alive!!!! — 8 years ago

Jerusha McFarland Pitney

9.0

Cool blackberry notes, feels semi dry, nice dark dinner wine — 8 years ago

with Gigi

Bill Mariencheck

9.3

Wonderful Pinot bouquet. Color a bit red but another year or two aging will improve. Terrific initial taste and palate continues after swallow to accompany a very nice pork tenderloin (and lamb shank). — 9 years ago

Nicholas Livingston

9.5

Domaine de la Presqu’île 2011 Cahors, Southwest France | 12% | A blend whose lion’s share is Malbec with a splash of Merlot, this is a delicious glass of red. Brambly wild blueberries and black currants, black plums, sandalwood spice, juicy acids, and soft and chewy tannins make the 2011 Domaine de la Presq’île Cahors a scrumptious wine start to finish. Such a wine inspires countless food pairings from zatar and lemon lamb chops to charred köfte shish kabobs, choice beef hamburgers to rare venison or duck in a demi-glace or even something as hearty as a game pie –hot or cold.
Wine review by Nicholas Livingston, March 29, 2016 (all this praise on a Leaf Day no less) — 9 years ago

Kristen Brown

9.5

Tried 12/25/15 — 9 years ago

Matthew Waits

8.9

Nice and sweet — 10 years ago