Matthew Cohen

9.2

Vermentino Cressida

Nose: white flowers. Pretty.

Palate: delicious. Elegant light Apricot. Very Balanced.

Carneros — 4 months ago

Paul J

9.3

Lovely Napa Cab as always. PnP. Dark fruit, decent amount of oak, and gritty tannins. Pretty juicy wine. Medium plus length and finish. — 5 months ago

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Paul J

9.3

PnP. Dark red color with purple rims. Bright cherries and raspberries with earth on the nose. Similar on the palate with smoke. A very high quality wine. Lovely depth and texture, with a long finish. — 6 months ago

Paul J

9.1

Solid Chard. Lots of metallic components with apples and bright pears. Medium depth and finish. More acidity than I was expecting. — a year ago

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Vasudev Vadlamudi

9.5

Sweet but not cloying. Delightful on its own, or in a fancy negroni. Probably the best vermouth I’ve had (though I am not an aficionado!) — 3 years ago

Paul J

9.3

This is why we love the Matthiasson’s, always experimenting, innovating, and refining!

1hr+ decant. Bright red color. Massive floral nose with apricot. Well balanced with medium depth. Apples, olives, oranges, and peaches on the palate. If having blind, I’m pretty sure I would have gone white or at a minimum a massive Rose. Best comparison would be a floral Beaujolais. I don’t get any Syrah. Paired very nicely with lamb, peppers, and saffron rice. Would be lovely on a summer night. 93 and heading higher because I can’t seem to put the glass down, especially because of the lovely, unique smell! Reminds me of a beer I once had but can’t recall its name. I find myself just continuing to write about this!! — 5 years ago

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Steve Anderson

9.3

Beautiful Merlot and ready to go on pop and pour. — 6 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Nose: elegant white flowers.

Palate: balanced mineral. Green apple. Good density. Burgundian. — 4 months ago

Paul J

9.3

Very light gold color. Peaches, pineapple, flint, and lemongrass on the nose. This is more Sauv Blanc and Riesling than previous vintages, Less acidity too. Still good, just different from previous vintages I’ve had. Great depth and long finish. Love the complexity and uniqueness! — 4 months ago

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Daniel M

9.0

The nose is quite fascinating. There is a tiny green bell pepper note that is familiar, but I smell cherry coke, strawberry, a bit of hay, some black pepper too. The palate was austere and super dry at first but it opened up after a while. I had a first glass before our evening meal and I can see a real difference with meat balls and brocoli in soy sauce. There is a good acid drive, some cherry cola and strawberry notes, a very soft and caressing mouthfeel, some gentle tannins in the rear, before a long, rather dry finish with the same fruit notes and a discreet final bitter touch. A rather lean, not extracted, fruity yet structured example of cabernet franc. I would not have guessed it blind as it's quite different from loire valley expressions I know. Good stuff, have it with food though. — 9 months ago

Maggie Thomer

9.6

Very dry and crisp without puckering. Exceptionally clean finish. Minerally, mild salinity. “Like you licked a rock out of the ocean,” says the waitress at the Catbird seat. — 3 years ago

Paul J

9.0

Same as previous note. More beer, Allagash White, than wine. Happy Halloween!! — 4 years ago

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Jody Scharf

9.4

Pineapple 🍍 lemon 🍋 delish — 5 years ago

Kathryn Dirks

9.3

Oxidative sherry nose, round, honey flavors. 20 mo on lees, open air aging. 100% ribolla gialla. (Drunk with Ryme from same year/vines.) — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Sonoma

Nose:

Palate: very clean. Mountain stream. Mineral. — 4 months ago

Pooneet K

8.9

Not overly distinctive but enjoyable. Might have guessed a lighter bodied Chablis blind. Love their red blend, cab, ribolla, zins, and single vineyard chards- have had less success with other bottlings. — 4 months ago

Paul J

9.2

Such a great food wine!

Classic orange/gold color. Less acidic and bold as prior vintages. Orange, melons, and spaghetti sauce (??) dominate. Lovely texture, — 5 months ago

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Pooneet K

9.2

On day 1, I wasn’t that impressed. On day 3, this is really singing. The red fruit aromas go on and on - one of those wines you could just keep smelling. A bit less acid than I was hoping for, but I agree with Matthiasson’s winemaker note: “the Nebbiolo is unmistakable on the finish, with the silky but firm tannins and noble bitterness” — a year ago

Joe Davant

9.2

Lone pine is a great name for this vineyard because the Lagrein really delivers pine notes on the nose. Delicious and well made. — 4 years ago

Pooneet K

8.9

First time trying this “villages” Chardonnay from Matthiasson. For the price quite nice. I think it satisfies the concept of a more accessible less expensive introduction to their Chardonnay - ie, a villages wine - quite well. Very good pairing with a goat cheese and broccolini tart. — 5 years ago