Minus Tide Wines

Grey Stack Cellars

Four Brothers Vineyard Pinot Noir 2015

Tart red fruit nose of raspberry, cranberry, and cherry. Bright cherry, on the palate with cranberry, rhubarb, fresh blackberry, and white pepper. Medium minus tannins, medium alcohol, and high acid. A smooth, medium bodied pinot that matched grilled salmon perfectly. — 5 years ago

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Argyle

Minus Five Riesling 2013

Had the 2103 vintage, on the sweet side, but not sickeningly sweet. — 6 years ago

Silvestri Vineyards

Rising Tide Pinot Noir

Fruity, not too harsh — 6 years ago

Scholium Project

1MN Bechtold Ranch Cinsault 2015

Medium minus garnet. Very fresh and fruity hibiscus, raspberry, stemmy, licorice. Medium body (13.3%), pretty high acid, medium minus powdery astringency. Lovely balance. Better without food. — 8 years ago

Domaine du Banneret

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend 2013

Dark ruby color, medium minus body, medium acidity. Ripe cherry, floral and tobacco with a nice long finish. — 8 years ago

Isla Negra

High Tide Valle Central Carménère

85% Carménère and four other varieties. Some of it ages in first-use French oak. This results in great body and flavors. Lots of red fruit (mainly cherries), spices, licorice, toffee, vanilla and toast. A great wine! Um blend com 85% Carménère e 4 outras uvas nos 15% restantes. Parte do vinho amadurece em carvalho francês de primeiro uso. Resultado disso tudo? Muita fruta vermelha (predomínio de cerejas maduras), especiarias, alcaçuz, tosta, caramelo e baunilha. Uma delícia! — 9 years ago

Failla

Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2013

Ruby color of med. minus intensity with amber towards rim. Damp earth, dried cherry and dried dark fruit nose. Same flavors plus a little mineral / iron? Med. body. Pleasant mouthfeel with. Medium minus acid. Subtle dark dried fruit and damp earth blending into a long finish. Great! — 9 years ago

Jaffurs Wine Cellars

High Tide Santa Barbara County Red Rhone Blend 2012

Delicious wine. Benefits greatly from decanting. Firm pleasurable tannins. This wine is a keeper and in 3-4 years will be amazing. Rating the wine where it is now. Will buy more bottles to lay down.👍🏼 — 10 years ago

McHenry Vineyard

Estate Bottled Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir 2012

Medium minus garnet. Forest floor, cherry, raspberry, misty, basil, feather. Medium acidity, medium sugar. — 10 years ago

E. Guigal

La Doriane Condrieu Viognier 2009

2009 vintage. Medium gold - radiant. Ripe stone fruits, creamy, spicey, biscuit notes - medium plus intensity. Full bodied, medium minus acidity, oily texture, medium plus alcohol and long finish with a bitter almond finish. Very balanced and appealing - classy. Very good. — 11 years ago

Anchorage Brewing Company

The Tide and Its Takers Triple

Freakin' delicious! — 11 years ago

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Clonakilla

Canberra District Riesling 2010

Mid Lemon in colour. More Lime juice than the recently tasted Crawford River. A slight paraffin note also. On the palate lime and grapefruit of medium plus intensity with medium minus acidity. The merest hint of stone fruit. Cruising at 10 years of age and could go on for a couple more years. My last one from 2010. — 5 years ago

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Château Canon-la-Gaffelière

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2012

It's time for some Merlot on this #MerlotThursday . Here's a nice one from Saint Emilion.

Dark ruby in color with a short brick/ reddish rim.

On the nose, blueberries, cherries, licorice, oak, vanilla, wildflowers, spices, peppercorn, pencil lead, dark earth and coffee. Not very powerful though.

Full bodied with medium acidity and nice legs.

Dry on the palate with cooked cherries, oak, licorice, spices, chocolates, tobacco, diet cola, coffee, earth, vegetables and wet leaves.

Medium minus on the finish with firm tannins and tangy cranberries.

This 8 year old is drinking nicely now, although not from a great vintage. Easy drinking with a nice mouthfeel and nice complexity. Showing some over ripen fruits, which might be a storage issue. A good food wine, though.

Needs a couple of hours to open up properly.

I had it blind, and called Right Bank Bordeaux 2011.

A blend of 50% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Franc. Aged in French oak barrels for 15 months.

13.5% alcohol by volume.

89 points.

$100.
— 6 years ago

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Matthiasson

Michael Mara Vineyard Chardonnay 2013

Paul J
9.2

Merry Christmas!! Medium gold color. Great nose filled with oak, cream, and nuts. Wine has great texture and decent depth. Medium minus finish. Very nice white! — 7 years ago

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Paul J

Paul J

Merry Christmas!! Medium gold color. Great nose filled with oak, cream, and nuts. Wine has great texture and decent depth. Medium minus finish. Very nice white!
Paul J

Paul J

Merry Christmas!! Medium gold color. Great nose filled with oak, cream, and nuts. Wine has great texture and decent depth. Medium minus finish. Very nice white!

Château La Grange

Saint Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2006

Even after two hours of decanting the wine was still tight. Medium minus acidity followed cassis and plum. Tannins were still firm. Even though an off vintage this wine needs more time in the bottle to be fully enjoyed. — 8 years ago

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Clos Rougeard

Le Bourg Saumur-Champigny Cabernet Franc 2007

2007 vintage. Clos de Rougeard, Le Bourg. At Hotel Les Crayeres in Reims. Medium ruby hue. The nose is outstanding - huge complexity of mixed berries with a fresh raspberry dominance, spices, licorice, herbs, white pepper, saddle leather, herbal tea. With air, some smokey gun flint. Amazing. On the palate, a little tight - medium minus body, medium plus acidity, medium alcohol and very long finish. Good concentration - savoury and spicy. Wonderful. Drink now until 2036+. — 9 years ago

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Mendocino Wine Company

Zig Zag Zin Mendocino County Zinfandel 2012

Very solid! Almost soft grapey cab minus the tannins. No complex spicy second note, but great finish. Had this at a restaurant, not sure on the bottle price, but big fan. — 10 years ago

Vincent Dauvissat

La Forest Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2007

Bryan Garcia
9.3

Channeling low tide in a BIG way. 👌 — 10 years ago

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Bjørn Rostad

Bjørn Rostad

Ahh I miss nomad

Ridge Vineyards

Lytton Springs Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel Blend 2000

Aromas of marzipan, figs and tawny port. Very port-like flavors minus one the sweetness. — 11 years ago

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Koehler-Ruprecht

Kabinett trocken Pinot Noir 2017

Nose is cranberry, dark cherry, menthol, and cinnamon. The palate features more cranberry, tart cherry, raspberry, and fresh strawberry. High acid, light tannin, and medium minus alcohol. Nice light sipper. — 5 years ago

Minus Tide Wines

Pinot Noir

For the price at a restaurant it is a steal! — 5 years ago

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Matthiasson

Napa Valley Red Blend 2010

Paul J
9.0

PnP’d. Very young. Needs a good 5yrs. Nose is starting to open up. Wine has massive bell and green peppers, and is very green. Medium minus finish. Definitely drank too early. — 6 years ago

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Boulevard Brewing Company

Smokestack Series Dark Truth Stout

Baby, it’s cold outside. Falling near 70! The stouts are out! This sleek black beauty has it all! Thick, even lacing in two tone cafe shades, a cumulus attitude. Clean almond and cacao pod with a lemon pith aura. Bee pollen, waterfall rocks and northern oyster shell, including a light brine. Medium mouthfeel and soft minerality prevailas sips reduce the lace to alphabet soup fonts and ultimately horror forests. Unexpectedly clean, with coffee-cola notes and caramelized onion minus the burn. Crispy vanilla that turns creamy with agitation. Steely, smoky, pepper crackers, and bitter violets. #boulevardbrewing #darktruth #kcbeer #stout #dankdark — 8 years ago

Domaine du Chateau de Meursault

Corton Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2012

2012 vintage. On the paler side of ruby. Savoury and red fruit character - raspberry and strawberry. Mineral overtones. Complex. On the palate, high acidity, medium body and medium plus alcohol, medium minus tannins - rounded. Good concentration of flavour, particularly in the mid palate. Long-ish finish. Very good. Drink now until 2027. — 9 years ago

Julien Courtois

Autochtone Touraine Romorantin

Amazing funky wine; described to us very accurately as "low-tide wine." — 9 years ago

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Nicolis Angelo e figli

Ambrosan Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2003

Imagine aged plums and white cherries blowing a hole through the back of your skull like a 12 gauge. That only partially captures the experience of this amarone on the nose. Medium minus acidity and gentle tannins make this quaffable, yet still deserving of a considered reflection. High quality producer, corked. — 9 years ago

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Broglia

La Meirana Gavi di Gavi Cortese 2013

Tangerine and mandarin oranges with some light minerality and some nice soft, creamy edges. Medium-minus complexity, but what's there has great texture and acidity. — 10 years ago

The Eyrie Vineyards

Melon de Bourgogne 2011

Wow, real knockout stuff. This is not domestic Muscadet - there's not much in common besides the grape. It has the bright, pure fruit but it is put together in a much fuller style, more like a white Burgundy (minus the oak) than Muscadet. I don't say Chablis because while it's an intensely mineral wine and cranked up to 11 in that department, it's not a marine minerality. The mineral element here is volcanic (and so is the soil), bringing to mind all those cliches about aromas bursting from the glass and so forth, and it's every bit as driving on the palate. — 10 years ago

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Newport Vineyards

Rising TIde White Blend

Rare that I like this - not too sweet — 12 years ago