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! — 5 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. — 6 years ago

Kristel Bush

8.9

Peach notes — 6 years ago

Al Shikoh

9.2

Light reddish purple with amber rim. Aromas of cherry pie and spearmint with hints of damp earth and cloves. Medium bodied with intense cherry flavor, bright acidity, and 14.3% alcohol. Sourced from a vineyard planted in 2000 to 100% Swan clone on a coastal ridge at about 900 feet elevation 5 miles from the Pacific Coast in sandy loam soils. 10% whole clusters included then aged 25 months in seasoned French oak barrels. This is a lovely Sonoma Coast appellation Pinot. $55. — 6 years ago

with Kelly

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. — 6 years ago

with Sarah

Antonio Palau

9.2

In so many words it is the most elegant merlot I've tasted! Sorry miles I'm drinking fucking Merlot! — 8 years ago

with Jose and Cordero

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. — 9 years ago

Emilie Dishongh

9.3

I wish all things that smelled like butter pecan ice cream tasted like summer lemonade, burnt caramel and miles of mushrooms. I'll have to do with this. — 9 years ago

Christoph Raffelt

Blogger www.originalverkorkt.de/, Copywriter Hanseatisches Wein & Sekt Kontor (Importer)

9.3

What an unusual kind of Riesling. Made like a red wine with a fermentation on the skins (30 days) but not orange like the Orange-Wines. Dry, powerful and rich of extracts. The 2005 is still young and fresh. — 11 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. — 5 years ago

Jim Restrepo

9.2

Excellent smooth Finger Lake wine. Smooth aftertaste. Will drink this again. Great by itself — 5 years ago

Susan Taylor

8.9

I am probably biased as I ran 26.2 miles to acquire my 2013 bottle however I thought it was sublime. — 6 years ago

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. — 6 years ago

Velma Cooper

9.3

Velma had this 6 years ago

with Justin

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. — 7 years ago

Matthias Althoff

9.5

Unbelievably tasteful — 8 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. — 9 years ago

Chris Harwick

9.5

Great nose. Medium to full bodied. Many miles left in the tank. — 9 years ago

with Dave

Erich Broksas

Early Mountain Vineyards

9.6

Love this one. Forest floor. 2 miles from the ocean. — 10 years ago

Jamie Boynton

9.2

Dry, slight fruit. 100 miles northeast of Naples — 11 years ago

LM Segal

9.3

An excellent Caymus SS, though not the best, as persistent bitter tannins take a small toll. Espresso roast and dark red fruit, miles and miles to go. — 5 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. — 6 years ago

Josh Thorpe

9.4

Definitely get again!
Great blend — 6 years ago

with Mark and Keith

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) — 6 years ago

DUSTIN SUGASA

9.4

Lots of air miles on this one... — 7 years ago

with Katie

Shawn R

10

65 miles of the Atlantic Coast in Florida and maxed out on Mahi. Epic day, this Corona made it even better. — 7 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"... — 9 years ago

Corin Hirsch

8.9

Exploding with personality, but still many miles to go until it sleeps. — 10 years ago

Jakub Słociński

9.1

Bery good one found in Biedronka — 11 years ago

Rickey Allen

10

Favorite white I have found yet. — 11 years ago