John Padilla

8.9

Very nice! My love for Rioja knows no bounds. — 9 years ago

Michael Horkay

10

Perfect. Sweetness layer and integrated. The wine was out of bounds with great length and it's clear this can go another 30 years. Orange marmalade with penetrating silky mineralty this wine was perfect in any way we measure greatness. — 10 years ago

Mike Stone

9.3

This has improved leaps and bounds from a couple years ago. The Merlot is singing! — 10 years ago

Marty Winters

9.1

Showing leaps and bounds ahead of the 2008. — 10 years ago

Peter C

9.6

I am floored! Fass man was absolutely right. Amazing stuff/qpr. Huge difference from 2010 by leaps and bounds. — 11 years ago

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Meredith branstad

9.6

True grapefruit taste and smell. — 10 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.3

On a big #Sicily kick of late, this is a step or two up from yesterday in complexity and class. Another steal at $22-25 this is also a blend of Nero di Avola and Frappato. The nose started out reduced, but the palate was clean. The nose grew leaps and bounds after an hour to a fresh mix of red fruit perfume ala Burgundy, fresh cut flowers, and a little wet stone funk. The palate is light as a feather, fresh and consistent with bursts of blood orange, cherry, subtle spice. The finish streams on with excellent acidity and fine, though quite firm, youthful tannin.
#occhipinti #sicily #frappato #NeroDiAvola — 10 years ago

A N

9.4

Very nicely balanced. A well-rounded stout. — 10 years ago

Christian Bronstein

9.1

Slightly out of bounds bringing a plusher, rounder mouthfeel without going to far.
Strawberry, tangerine on a salmon facade. Expected more dryness from tannat — 10 years ago

Bryant Bickel

9.3

Amazing, still young and fresh, bright mineral notes with the honeysuckle still fresh the weight is spot on, light on its feet with bounds of big White peaches. Loving this wine today! — 10 years ago

Eron Garcia

9.1

Crown Royal's Northern Harvest Rye is NOT standard Crown Royal fare. Northern Harvest Rye is leaps and bounds above any other Crown Royal product I’ve tasted.

Aromas of toasted nuts, pepper, burnt sugar, cloves and cinnamon waft up from the glass. It’s nice, complex, and a touch sweet.

The flavor mirrors the scent, but the pepper notes are dialed back. It’s a soft and smooth rye, not harsh, peppery nor astringent like some can be. A touch of biscuit (think cream cracker) is present in the flavors and it brings to mind a fine bourbon.

The finish is long, warm, and sweet. I’m pleased and surprised.

But unlike Jim Murray, I cannot say this is the best whiskey I’ve had all year. I’m not even sure it’s the best new offering I’ve had all year. Still: it's fantastic. — 10 years ago

Denise Collins

9.5

My love for Krug knows no bounds. Bready, yeasty notes jump out of the glass towards you but quickly soften into those of honey butter. Ginger and spice notes. Lees driven but well integrated with medium high acid. This champagne is so complex that it's almost impossible to truly detect where one note of flavor ends and the other begins. — 10 years ago

Chris Missick

8.9

'14 Vintage. Been tasting Gaillac roses for years, and I must say they are leaps and bounds from where they were a decade ago. Fruity, with a watermelon nose, and tart cherry and in ripened apricot on the palate. Great US import future for these wines. — 10 years ago