Adam Beasley

8.9

Strange wine. Very little fruit here, but a crazy amount of botanical herbs that reminds me of Chartreuse, jasmine, chamomile, slate, leafy greens, and maybe some spearmint. Not delicious but fascinating none the less. This will get someone out of their comfort zone real quick! — 4 years ago

Chris Palmer

9.6

First wine from our first Naked Wines order. Very comparable to Phantom. — 5 years ago

Sara Orens

9.0

Light and perfect daily red. — 5 years ago

Anne Richardson

8.9

This must be a great wine! I opened it for a family dinner and it all but disappeared before I could get a few ounces! Dark fruits and licorice with balanced tannins. I will have to buy more! — 6 years ago

Ellen Clifford

9.1

I kiss this wine I kiss it up! This is stomp around my kitchen cheering myself drinking this as if i made it myself. My god it’s good. It is fascinating and balanced. It’s a gymnast that you watch and think...looks easy but...how’d that happen? Very cool wine. Cannot wait to try more Forlorn Hope. — 6 years ago

Ian Staub

8.9

Fun, funky, refreshing. Caramelized lemon, thyme, a touch of cream, and the outrageous saline limestone minerality that I come to expect from anything grown at RHV. Acid is electric like fresh lemonade. True character for around $20. — 7 years ago

Sarah Rudolph

8.9

Farm stand rhubarb and strawberry soda. — 7 years ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.0

One of the best roses I’ve had in a while (and in the perfect setting). Vibrant, textural and expressive with watermelon, cherry, hibiscus and a touch of garrigue. It’s a shame I didn’t get a photo with the actual juice because the deep almost magenta color was 💣 but the bottle didn’t last long enough... — 5 years ago

Michael Wilson

9.2

Super interesting glou glou — 5 years ago

Emily Ballard

9.2

Night before Keeneland! — 6 years ago

Matt Richards

9.0

A competent Chardonnay. Light oak. — 6 years ago

Bill Bender

9.0

It’s been called “the greatest wine you’ve never heard of” or a true “unicorn” wine but is inarguably an under the radar California legend. In the early 2000’s it ran away with the title at a CA recreation of the 1976 Judgment of Paris. Google the wine and learn a little about Mario Gemello and this vintage in particular. Fun stuff. This was over the hill IMO but gets a 90 for coolness factor alone. From the master of the Durand @Matthew Beckman — 7 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.4

(Catching up from 6/23 - JB’s Pig Roast) what a great treat from @Matthew Beckman. Didn’t immediately recognize this as a Pur Sang based on the old label A bit of funky cabbage on the nose to start, but this was amazingly in tact for a nearly 25 year old Sauv Blanc. Wow. — 7 years ago

Michael Sinowitz

9.2

Quite tasty — 5 years ago

with Robin

Ian Staub

9.0

I’m a believer in terroir, but this wine, which is an absolute ringer for Chablis, throws everything in question. If this were grown at Rorick with its limestone that would make sense, but semillon from the Napa valley floor? Out of the bottle it’s quite lithe, showing lemon and a bit of seashell minerality, but with an hour of air it begins to show some crisp apple and white stone fruit, and some white flower. Lovely, unusual wine. Enjoyed with grilled salmon and salad. — 5 years ago

Lily Thalheimer

9.5

salty flakes on jamminess, very drinkable body. super juicy! — 6 years ago

Jody Scharf

9.2

Dry, citrus, no butter, — 6 years ago

Laith A

9.5

Damn this is good!! Great work @Mike Smith @Matthew Denny — 7 years ago

Roy Goble

9.3

A wonderful wine, classic Napa with fruit — 7 years ago

Mike Levin

9.0

This vintage feels more balanced with fruit. — 7 years ago