Lindsey King

9.2

Your friend comes back from Hawaii and they bring you a lava rock which they’re not supposed to because it’s bad, bad, very bad luck but you always had a thing for risking the superstitious odds and not sending along chain emails, so you’re into this bad luck rock. They also bring you a lei with less flowers than you’ve seen on leis at the dollar store but you put it on and crack your best pseudo smile for them because dammit they love you and they did what they could, short of bringing you on their romantic vacation. Honestly if they did bring you, you know you’d get into one of your “moods” and not only would you be a hard third wheel, you’d also be named the pity party hostess of the year. Cherries, ash, dried flowers, tannic structure like a good skipping stone. — 6 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.0

Patrina is essentially Alban's second label - mostly declassified barrels from Reva, Lorraine, and Seymour's if I remember what John told me. It's got a lot of the tell-tale characteristics of an Alban syrah in terms of the nose (e.g., the roasted meat, blackberries, and hints of iodine and camphor), just less of them. Medium-plus bodied on the palate. What it lacks - and why I rated it as low as I did - is any tannic backbone. I imagine this is in part by design: kinda like a Rosso di Montalcino to be consumed while the Brunellos are ageing in the cellar (in this case the "Brunellos" are Reva, Lorraine, and Seymours). Still a terrific wine for the price, though: lots of CA wines out there at double the price that deliver one-fouth what this does. Doesn't have the stuffing to age very long, though, so enjoy this one early!
(Increased my rating a bit - started evolving a bit more with time in the glass) — 7 years ago

Mike ferenz

9.3

I know all of you sommeliers are drinking a perfect glass of history. think of the great william wallace. so while your drinking your glass of history by the wood burning fireplace let me explain this fantastic out of this world the most buck for your money. so I just recently bought a cork screw and turned it into a lewer (no pun intended) and so we began training. bottle 1 was corked and it was like the Aspen alps the crisp earth flavor and then it hit me. I am now in training to be a sommelier. jerkin off is now my #2 thing on my mind. I take a sip and I wish all you sommeliers in training good luck. — 7 years ago

with Scott

Meg

9.3

As I put my sweet baby girl to bed after a looong day, snuggling with her in her new "big girl bed", I found a stray eyelash on her cheek. Maybe I'm alone in this, but for as long as I can remember I have been superstitiously transferring these from one finger to another...and if I blow the lash off while making a wish, "they" say it will come true. I tried wishing this was a 2007 Screaming Eagle - or that I could magically be beamed onto David Lentine's Napa trip for the night (ha!). Alas, no such luck. Seriously thou, with my kids' lashes, I have always wished the same thing: "may you have a wonderful life." But I made this addition: "may you always have the courage to be yourself." #inthistogether #overturnHB2 #onlylove — 8 years ago

Devin B

9.1

Nice! A summer refreshment! — 9 years ago

Karina Taveras

9.3

Juicy plum, serious but lyrical. Wish I had some steak frites right now. A heaping plate of porky lentils for good luck will do! Happy NYE 2014! — 9 years ago

Louis Schofield

Sommelier/Wine Merchant East End Cellars

9.3

Juicy and supple with a touch of graphite for good luck — 10 years ago

Peter Heidt

9.0

Good luck finding this... Surprised the people at Delectable could identify it... Small, small winery in Washington State... Turned on to it by some of my brothers friends in Seattle... May not be Quiceda Creek, but very good. Bought two cases myself, LOL — 10 years ago

Meg Drennan

9.0

Light, floral, cool packaging design — 11 years ago

Steven Van Haren

9.7

You can't ask much more from a Champagne. This new label was just released on the Avize Grand Cru, and this bottle was disgorged in only October of 2017. If you want one of the freshest Blanc des Blancs in the market, buy this now. High acid, mineral, tense, penetrating, saline, citrus, and only improves with time. Good luck holding onto it, we drank 3 bottles in less than 4 hours. Truly one of the great values to be found today. Available at Prospect Wine Shop in Park Slope. — 6 years ago

Bill Bender

8.9

Prepping my gullet for a 4 day wine bacchanal. Wish it luck. — 7 years ago

Mathew McNamara

9.6

Burgundy meets da Vinci. Pretty and floral with beautiful design morphed into something more muscular from meat stock city. — 7 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.2

Finally some good luck with Austrian reds in Vienna this weekend. Good balance overall, with black pepper and dark red fruit prominent. Pretty tannic still, yet also juicy and fairly persistent. Half bottle. — 8 years ago

with Sarah

Elaine Thap

9.0

Easy drinking on its own, but I imagine it being amazing with some fried food goodness. Malty with young pine notes. Cool design — 9 years ago

Kenny Kim

9.5

Well balanced delicious cab. Enjoyed it to the last drop. Good luck trying to find it. — 9 years ago

Michael VeeEss

10

One of the best Bordeaux blends. Great structure. Full bodied. Epic wine despite poor label design. Price point @ 100. — 9 years ago

Danielle Santos

10

Delicious white wine from Spain. This mellow, slightly fruity wine pairs surprisingly well with spicy Indian food. Love the funky design of the packaging too! #Libalis#datenight — 9 years ago

Jeremy Agnew

10

The owner has no internet connection, no phone, nada! Good luck buying from the source unless you make the journey! — 10 years ago

Mike Fuchs

10

An awesome winery my brother-in-law found by luck, this place had a very hippie vibe. The wines were delicious. Although I bought a dessert wine the day before at another vineyard, this one was too good to pass up. — 11 years ago

Kai Wright

9.2

First, best cork design ever. And agreed with the joy of the little dude on it. Some nice aging notes—caramel, woodsy honey, almost a sherry tinge—with ripe stone fruit, lemon. Fruit’s fading with age, but still lovely... Christmas brunch! — 6 years ago

with Jedd

Matt Perlman

9.5

Another dead-on perfect bottle of this...what great luck, and a great vintage. Always on the lookout for these library releases. They ain't making any more... — 7 years ago

Ron R

9.5

French night tonight.
Excellent second label from Angelus, from the 05 breakout vintage.
Lovely notes of jam compote, cinnamon and barrel toast. On the palette, notes of sweet tobacco, black raspberries and soy sauce. Outstanding texture with ripe tannins. For a second wine, we were blown away. Good luck trying to locate this on the open market.
Thanks @Mo Salem for bringing this gem! — 7 years ago

Yuri

9.0

Always I came here, when I came back from outside of Japan:) Very tasty for good fortune!! — 7 years ago

Erik Zedelmayer

9.2

@ 5 euro an incredible value - if you live in Montpellier and buy it at the local store! Here In the US, good luck finding something comparable. — 8 years ago

Charline

8.9

60% CS 30% Merlot 10% CF, 1991 was hot and dry summer in margs, perfect for design an outstanding red wine!
Beautiful nose : plum notes
Awesome palate : fresh red fruit, cassis, strawberry, # long finish! Nice acidity ;)
Good experience!!! — 9 years ago

Gina Moon

9.0

Light, crisp and delicious! The label design leaves something to be desired but the wine makes up for it. — 9 years ago

Joe Borreson

9.9

I'm partial to this winery, as Peter Heitz is a friend and I helped design the label, but this vintage is probably better now than it was after first bottled. Above & beyond any Sangio. that I've ever had. — 9 years ago

Kevin Cherrstrom

9.8

Very memorable wine, you can really taste the age of this one and the classic mint/eucalyptus. Good luck getting the cork out too! — 10 years ago

MIKI TANA

9.0

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Chris Scanlan

Sales Amy Atwood Imports

9.3

THIS... is... Seriously. Good. Phucking. shtuff. Surprisingly good...? Maybe. Luckily good..? Perhaps. Unless you've met Dirty: Which most of the wine drinking USA has -but, rather, intentionally fucking good. AND -possibly luckily too -as long as luck has something to do with exceptionally talented farming combined with tremendous desire(s) to make vibrant and ridiculously love-able fermented grape juice of pure integrity and a casually particular design. This wine is that friend you only get to see once a year, that one you cannot wait to see again. The wine is too young to rate with any opinion other than Rawesome, and while I've only had one bottle, I've certainly not had enough to offer an opinion against Rawsome -therefore tasting notes be damned -yet, this can be said: here is a clean wine, lacking brett or VA or other 'flaws'; a bright, refreshing jubilant anthem of untainted wine, an ode to a grape that will likely become California's bastard child once popularity hits and Dirty & Rowdy prices climb to astronomical, near Tempier-like pricing and ficcichlty to come by. (I liked ficcichlty over difficulty since spellcheck kept it purposely so did I.). Oh wait, they're already ficcichlt to come by. Damn it. — 11 years ago