Al Shikoh

8.9

medium ruby, amber rim; red cherry, leather; sour cherry; light bodied, light tannins, high acidity, 13.1% ABV; sourced from a ridge only 4 miles away from the Pacific Ocean; opened up and drank better on the second day; $49 — 7 years ago

John B

9.4

Couple hours in a decanter. Could probably use a few more. But still luscious red fruits and graphite for miles. Really love this wine. — 7 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.4

Belle Pente means "beautiful slope", 70 acre hillside vineyard on a historic 1840s farmstead 2 miles east of Carlton in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA. Beautiful nose with ripe berry & floral scents mingling in the glass. Fresh fruit flavors of raspberry & sweet cherry, hints of vanilla oak spice, great balance with vivid acidity. Smooth tannins, lingering finish ending with cedar tones & a nudge of spice. An enjoyable Pinot at great price. Has aging benefits, but why wait. 667 cases, grab all bottles you can find. — 8 years ago

jesus g

Hospitality Schramsberg Vineyards

10

I recommend always calling before your arrival to ask if something cool is open.
(And if there is, then the 120 miles of travel at 6am on your day off is totally worth it) — 8 years ago

David Brooks

9.0

Excellent dinner drink — 8 years ago

Kenny Baldridge

9.2

Still has miles to go. This cork was perfect. Last year’s cork was a disaster. Smells amazing and tastes even better. — 8 years ago

with Sarah

Andy Hall

9.5

This limited production (49 cases) wine is a power house. A lot of structure and depth! — 9 years ago

Matthias Althoff

9.5

Unbelievably tasteful — 10 years ago

KDouglas

9.0

Just wonderful. Full of flavor of fruits and minerals, w/out out oak or butter. Very drinkable, and makes you think after each mouthful "what new flavor is that"... — 11 years ago

Jakub Słociński

9.1

Bery good one found in Biedronka — 13 years ago

Daniel M

8.9

This label cracks me up every single time😃
Violet, cherry, iron, earth. A firework of a nose and no trace of any barnyard funk lately which is good improvement on the same bottles opened one year ago. The palate is well balanced with a crazy fruit, violet exploding here and there, a strong acid frame and some matter, côte du Rhône style. Gentle tannins kick off a very playful finish with violet and cherry and a lot of fun. This wine is made out of grapes grown 10 miles from the house I grew up in near toulouse and it's always a win! (pun intended) — 7 years ago

Chris Morphy

9.8

As you swish the wine around and send your nose to the rim of your glass, a hint of smoke alongside a whiff of spice will tingle your olfactory. Now take that glass and touch the wine to your lips and take the smallest sip while breathing through your nose to be hit hard by 2 of your senses. Now your taste buds will get a rush of oak and black cherry that expands the tongue and moistens the cheeks. The wine will slide down your throat coating every inch with a smooth, buttery texture. The alcohol content hitting you in the deep throat resembling a higher than average alcohol content. This wine is extravagant, but if you have too much at once, the tannins will turn you red. This wine is marvellous and the price tag definitely will reflect that. — 8 years ago

Kristel Bush

8.9

Peach notes — 8 years ago

Carl Fischer

9.6

Fridays are for Franc! And I. LOVE. THIS. WINE. I could not believe the aromatics that exploded from the bottle when I pulled the cork. Seriously it was like there was a blueberry pie baking in the kitchen. Decanted for an hour or so. Deep magenta in the glass. Loads of Cherry and blueberry on the palate mingle with vanilla, chocolate, herbs, and earth - very rich, but so incredibly balanced at the same time. I’ve been a longtime fan of Detert wines and this very well may be my favorite vintage of their Franc to date. I’m just wowed. Can’t wait to revisit this again and see how it evolves. Really well done @Tom Garrett (as always). — 8 years ago

Velma Cooper

9.3

Velma had this 8 years ago

with Justin

DUSTIN SUGASA

9.4

Lots of air miles on this one... — 9 years ago

with Katie

Greg Gregory

9.4

This is just beautiful. 1000' above sea level and five miles from the Sonoma Coast. Kurt has really dialed in the Burgundy pedigree here. If you haven't tried his wines yet you should. Impressive. — 9 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.3

Original bottling, and worth the time on the cellar. More understated and seamless than it was in its youth, now quietly complex and richly complicated. — 11 years ago

Chris Harwick

9.5

Great nose. Medium to full bodied. Many miles left in the tank. — 11 years ago

with Dave

Rickey Allen

10

Favorite white I have found yet. — 13 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Last bottle, had a bottle about a year ago, aged nicely. Their vineyard is a few miles away from the Pacific Ocean and aged, in French Oak, about 1/3 new, deep ruby with black fruit aromas and earthy floral spice notes. On the palate, soft raspberry, black cherry and blueberry flavors, rich and complex with integrated spice and oak. Smooth tannins with good balance of juicy acidity still has room to age. Lingering mineral finish, an outstanding wine. A real pleasure, wish I had more! — 7 years ago

Jim Restrepo

9.2

Excellent smooth Finger Lake wine. Smooth aftertaste. Will drink this again. Great by itself — 7 years ago

Josh Thorpe

9.4

Definitely get again!
Great blend — 8 years ago

with Mark and Keith

Matt Trader

8.9

More Margaret River tonight - just couldn't get enough. I will say this: particularly, this wine is not for the Barossa fan. It is more of a Crozes Hermitage kinda wine with more acidity, softer and fresher fruit, and floral qualities.

👃damp red fruit, fresh rosemary and basil herbs, anise, red flowers

👅raspberry, black and green peppercorn, herbes de Provence, red apple skin, red plum

Fresher fruit forwardness than Crozes Heritage, but super similar. Margaret River is very French in style. — 8 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

My last 2011 bottle. The estate of Sette Ponti lies in the heart of the Chianti zone, 15 miles northwest of the city of Arezzo, past the village of San Giustino Valdarno. Crognolo, aged in French Allier barriques, deep red with red fruit aromas and sweet perfumed spice. On the palate raspberry and cherry flavors, gentle spice and soft tannins with great mouthfeel. Good balance, lingering finish ending with some oak and mineral tones. Aged well. — 8 years ago

Mike Mayer

9.4

Another example of how great the wines being made by Dakota Shy are. Todd Newman and Tom Garrett have a knack for making great wines. This Cabernet, even very young, sends a message to every other iconic Napa cabernet they have something to contend with. Lots of black fruit and blue fruit on the nose with incredible flavors of blackberries, plums, and currants. I love this wine. — 8 years ago

with Lisa

Mark Oldman

9.4

Domaine #Leflaive Puligny-#Montrachet Les Pucelles '12 – lemon and pear aromas, and a faint peachiness, joined by flint smoke and minerals, with bright, mouthwatering acidity and a miles-long creamy sensation on the finish. — 9 years ago

Jacob Riley

9.1

I don't know if this really feels like Miles to me, but don't let that dissuade you. A fun sparkling wine with interesting complexity from a unique area and grapes. Fiano and Aglianico (what?) bring a fruity notes likes peach and maybe even some sour cherry or strawberry? Or is that just my mind thinking about the Aglianico? Some unique herbal notes, perhaps oregano or rosemary, not 'green'. Finishes dry with a polite bit of chalky minerality. This is my kind of bubbles, though I know I'm a heretic when it comes to sparkling. — 11 years ago

Erich Broksas

Early Mountain Vineyards

9.6

Love this one. Forest floor. 2 miles from the ocean. — 12 years ago

Jamie Boynton

9.2

Dry, slight fruit. 100 miles northeast of Naples — 13 years ago