David Kline

9.2

Solid black base with cappuccino frost. Fine bubbled spring snow-melt-on-medium-range-mountain lacing. Just shy of sweet, chocolate nose with coffee dusting. Cocoa shell, sprouted barley grain toast, dark rye, medium grilled beef loin. On the palate, cocoa nibs, dark chocolate shavings, mocha grind, with a zippy chocolate effervescence throughout. Top-notch porter, with a balanced body and great depth in a fine porter. — 6 years ago

Bill Bender

9.2

Father’s Day dinner wine from mag and paired with Ribeye, bourbon brats, Korean ribs and rosemary chicken. One of my go to Riojas at a palpable price. Resolved smooth tannins, fully mature, earth driven and enough bright red fruit to provide balance. My all time favorite pic of my mini, Riley, when she had that melt your heart chubby face. Now she’s 15 and 5’10” and no chub in sight ☺️ — 7 years ago

Patrick Vogel

9.0

A compelling blend of noble and native grapes...this is absolutely delicious. At $24 I call value. The gewürztraminer shows itself without taking over, white perfume and peony...flowers dance between melons and melt off the palate. — 8 years ago

Dave Schneider

9.3

I remember drinking this one more than 10 years ago and loving it. I kept it’s sibling sitting around since then. At first, I thought I waited too long to drink it. Kind of had that old sour cherry taste. With 30 minutes, those off flavors started to melt away revealing a lovely nuanced cdp with lots of wonderful classic Rhône flavors. — 8 years ago

Peter Moulds

9.1

Forget Chardonnay, this G has a near perfect structure. Minerals! Light acid, fruit but not sweet. Texture and viscosity enough to "melt" in your mouth almost buttery. Floral. — 9 years ago

Koichi Hirano

9.2

Beautifully melt in my mouth with a rack of lamb. — 9 years ago

Rich Chen

9.0

Very light and crisp. Has a very bright citrusy flavor with very fine melt in your mouth bubbles. The finish is very clean and dry. Great value for sharing. — 6 years ago

Deanna Urciuoli

9.4

Incredible white. The honey and orange aroma makes you melt. Crisp tart flavor that is highly drinkable. A sure favorite! — 7 years ago

Chris Zitzman

9.3

Deep currant & boysenberry jump right up. As it relaxes I’m getting hints of cedar, oodles of crushed cherry. On the palate it brings a youthful but surprisingly composed, expressive and robust character. Perhaps a symptom of the ‘14 vintage, the tannins are extremely smooth and melt delightfully into h mid-palate of the wine, leading to an elegant, if not a bit demure finish.
@DuMOL Winery @rrv — 8 years ago

with Beth

Sean Lowry

9.1

2011v. Deep violet with a little transparency. On the nose, there's some semiripe black fruit (plums, black cherry), a little black pepper, some baking spice, and mint. On the palette, the decently ripe fruit is balanced by a nice hot of black pepper and a hint of green bell pepper pyrazines. A silky body with tannins that coat your mouth and melt slowly. The finish is mostly wood, like popscicle sticks. A very easy drinking and elegant wine that has really melded together with age. 57% merlot, 40% cab sav, 3% cab franc. — 8 years ago

Anna Sangiacomo

9.6

The very last of the vertical and possibly the best !!! Melt in your mouth berries with no heat, amazing . Bonus, Warriors in the House with Coach Steve Kerr 🍷🏀🍷 — 8 years ago

ADAM STROMFELD

9.9

Yes not a bad wine for lunch - actually two bottles. Soft decadent Carmel and melt away milk chocolate. Perfectly balanced and beautiful. Utopia maybe? Pretty darn close to perfection. All we can say is "mmmmm". More please! So I am officially done for the day- hard to go anywhere after this gem! Parker 100 — 8 years ago

with Bob and Mike

Gilles Corre

9.3

2008. Deep raspberry colour, no bricking. Very rougeard nose a bit stemmy. Powerful and intense on the palate, very young still, can wait a while. Fine chalky tannins which melt with a couple hours of air. Long finish. This wine needs more time before blossoming but it is beautiful already. Wait. — 9 years ago

Paul B.

8.9

Deep dark garnet color. Nice dark cherry round fruit and depth here. Enough complexity with wood and earth. What a nice finish with firm long tannins that melt into a clean finish. Best merlot dominant wine I’ve had in a while. Had it with a NY strip at Capital Grille. — 7 years ago

Vasanth Balakrishnan

9.3

Oh, what a treat to enjoy a 1999 #Margaux with some close friends. This was full of earthy forest floor, mushrooms, violets, soft spice and tannins that just melt away with such nicely balanced acidity. Here you see the amazing age potential of a #bordeaux. This is an outstanding wine. — 7 years ago

Stephen

9.8

Still holds the crown as my favorite Napa Cabernet. There were few questionable reviews on the 2006's out there, so I was a little nervous. Uncorked for 4-6 hours and then decanted for another ~1.5-2. She sipped nicely at first pop and once we poured at dinner she was ready to go. Velvety tannins. Long finish. Fruit definitely still there but more mellowed out. Melt in your mouth good. Looking forward to my last bottle in a few years. — 8 years ago

Manuel Buergi

9.6

Roberto Voerzio's "Rocche dell'Annunziata Torriglione" 2007 (info: from 2010 on the "Rocche" & "Torriglione" are bottled separately, "Torriglione" only in mags) is a jewel of a wine. The nose here is simply unique, kinda like an "eau de Barolo" perfume it hits you hard with red berry fruit, fresh roses and wild liquorice. Wonderfully silky tannins melt together in the palate with fig, road tar & red cherry. The finish is amazing and makes you not wanna stop for the next sip. Overall a very pure and typical, in 2007 rather feminine expression of Nebbiolo from "Rocche". A splendid wine that you just gotta love, especially in a year like 2007. — 8 years ago

Ziggy Eschliman

Wine Journalist/Host Wine Wednesday

9.5

Yummy! BlackRaspberry, mushrooms & tea melt into dried cherries, forest floor, baking spice & everything nice #BurgundyBliss #YesPlease #PalateDiversifier — 8 years ago

Katy James

9.2

Bright, tart notes of lemon curd with that beautiful Burgundy-like toasted quality mid palate. This, paired with Midnight in Paris, is lessening my brain-melt after spending three hours studying advanced French grammar. — 9 years ago

Paul H

9.0

Super enjoyable wine to me. Everything seems to melt together to make this a delight to drink. — 9 years ago