Marshall Todd Herron DPM

10

Every now and then A wine that I love comes around with butter and spice and everything nice and this is it! Kathryn by Hall winery 2014 Napa Cab sauv. The bouquet is spicy and oaky! Lots of black licorice. The color of coarse is very dark. You can see the thickness before giving the legs a chance to run. The initial pallet is blackberry blueberry boysenberry deliciousness. The spice hits immediately on the tongue. Oak cigar and other earthtones bring up the rear. The finish leaves your mouth coated in butter As it slips down the throat. It is not overly dry at all. I don’t need water, I just need another sip. Pure perfection as far as my palate is concerned!!!!!! — 7 years ago

with "Odedi" and Audra

Big C

9.4

Excellent wine for the price point. Very jammy, easy drinking, pomegranate and dark cherry notes, the finish is ok , but who cares when is flowing over your tongue — 9 years ago

Thomas Brenner

9.2

I have only the cat emoji with the hearts for eyes coating my tongue. My soul can relate to cherries, cola, roses, oak and those three hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil monkey emojis.
😻😻😻🙊🙈🙉 — 9 years ago

Richard Lewis

9.6

Nose of damp wood and strawberry must, stewed strawberries on the tongue. Needed about an hour decant and it really sung. — 10 years ago

with Lynne

Mahek Shah

10

Strong berry rich cabernet sav. Aromatics of plum, vanilla, blackberry. Soft to tongue with long finish with just the amounts of spice and oaky. Pairs well with grilled steak. Tannins enhanced after letting it breathe for 30 min - 1 hour. Depth in flavor, great with hearty meal to compliment. — 10 years ago

Sarah C

9.2

So delicate and expressive. Red cherry, Santa Rosa plum, red rose, cassis, stewed cranberry compote, strawberry with tobacco & lively minerality. Love. — 10 years ago

Tracy Hall

9.2

2014. Good color and body. Not usually a fan of Pinot Rose, but this is excellent. LaHaye. — 11 years ago

Steven Schoenfeld

9.1

Needs to air after first opening bottle but then reveals plush dark fruits, nice body and acid, has Burgundian overtones to me but at same time taste like modern Sonoma Pinot. — 11 years ago

Kirk Irwin

9.2

Meaty, slight earth and caramel nose - some banana. Great fruit on the tongue, good amount of tannins. — 12 years ago

with Sarah

Steve Stegman

9.1

A wonderful old and aged flavor. Smooth and low acidity. Medium life on the nose and tongue. — 13 years ago

Andrea L

9.0

Both balanced and complex. Beware teeth and tongue turned purple. But a delicious wine. — 8 years ago

Frank Soldano

10

Drinking the 2008 in 2017. Deep deep purple color. Thick long legs that last beyond the norm. Soft bouquet with hints of cherry, plum and raisin. Smooth on the tongue, low tannins and you can taste the aged oak! Cherry hints and earthy. Full bodied and smooth to the end. — 9 years ago

Andrew Willingham

8.9

Enjoyed this Dr. L Riesling. Tart acidity with an interesting carbonated feel on your tongue. Lots of lime, some sweetness, lots of acid on the finish. Paired well with turkey dinner! — 9 years ago

Marshall Todd Herron DPM

9.8

2013 Shafer one point five cabernet sauvignon from the Stags Leap district of coarse! Well, perfection dad and son! John and Doug, you guys have mastered it. The cork was in perfect condition. After a 45 min eternity of time for decanting, the color is as dark as the night sky on a stormy night in the hills of Tennessee. The legs are slow and thick. The bouquet is peppered cranberry juice with a twist of rip figs growing on the tree. The initial palate is reminiscent of buttered toast and blackberry jam. There is a hint of spice and black pepper. On the finish which is very long, I detect black coffee and dark chocolate - not the Dove version, but the bitter version. There is an fired oaky wood flavor with a blast of a maduro cigar! The finish is very dry and if I don't get a sip of water soon My tongue my shrivel up. But I need another sip first!
Fantastic wine!
Here is a toast to the Shafer family and to my wonderful and beautiful Dayanara on our new home!
Cheers!
— 10 years ago

Steve Haro

9.7

Loads and loads of Indian spice, liquid smoke and earth on the nose. Cinnamon and dark liquor cherry and pipe tobacco coat the tongue. Tannins and supple but ever present and the finish is long with notes of menthol and truffle. — 10 years ago

JH

9.5

"Like a warm velvet robe for your tongue." — 10 years ago

Jason James

8.9

I get green papaya or green pineapple on the nose. Lychee too. Dryer on the tongue than on the nose, I was surprised - pleasantly! Very easy to drink. I will buy this again. It'll stand alone or be good w/ food. Most white drinkers in a crowd would like this. — 11 years ago

Wayne Surber

10

Snouts digging around the acorn trees. Prosciutto garlands lapping the tongue. Vanilla pipe smoke trailing the highways as we walk on through the valley at dusk. Lightning bugs and crickets cast an open sea under the full moon. — 11 years ago

Christina Watts

9.7

Super dark, fruity/berries, can stain tongue blue. — 12 years ago

Sara Denvir

9.1

This old vine malbec had a strong aroma of sweet red black plums, sweet cherries with hints of smokiness almost like a campfire. On the tongue you get a strong vanilla cherry sweetness with a long complex finish of dried cherries. I had this wine with a home made veggie chili and it was an amaaaazing pairing! It was the perfect balance of spicy and sweetness! — 13 years ago

Rod Mortazavi

9.0

Warm, not spicy, full bodied. Very smooth and silky on the tongue. Flavor degrades rapidly within 24hrs, becomes acidic. Would definitely buy again. — 9 years ago

Andrew Lam

9.7

This was ridiculously good. Had it with our Chinese New Year dinner of chicken, duck, seafood, etc and it went well with everything. Full bodied, well integrated, just really rich and wonderful. Might be the best NZ wine I've ever had. — 9 years ago

DE

9.1

Very Elegant nice breaks on the tongue.. — 9 years ago

Clement Lau

9.0

It has a nice nose. It was a bit sharp in the beginning. After decanting and sitting for 1/2 hr. It was great. The issue is that it not lengthy on the tongue. — 10 years ago

Sarah C

9.4

Yep. Still rocks. Fish tacos, people... Fish tacos. — 10 years ago

Lexi

9.1

Bright acidity. More raspberry than cherry on the nose. Tannins stick primarily to the tip of the tongue and dies quickly at the back. — 10 years ago

Mark Oldman

10

Oenomaniacs don't have pearly gates, we have Domaine de la Romanee Conti La Tache 1990. Outrageously sexy, with a celestial perfume of asian spices and underbrush and dried cherry. Eternal finish that tattoos itself on your tongue and palate. Medium to full-bodied, with startling freshness and grip for a quarter-centurion. La Tache 1990 will enthrall for another 30 to 50 years.

Also consumed this night:
Krug Grande Cuvee Champagne
Domaine Leflaive Batard-Montrachet 1996
Henri Jayer Echezeaux 1988
Henri Jayer Vosne-Romanee Cros Parantoux 1988
Henri Jayer Vosne-Romanee Cros Parantoux 1996
Domaine de la Romanee Conti La Tache 1996
Domaine de la Romanee Conti Romanee St. Vivant 1990
Dow Vintage Port 1955

— 10 years ago

Ernie Cochran

9.1

Rudy red, strawberry smell and very tasty to the tongue. Silky smooth. Will be buying again. — 11 years ago

Jess Smith

9.8

Birthday mania! — 11 years ago

Dan Pugh

9.6

Really nice Chardonnay! Fantastic complexity - great fruit, nice nose, excellent oak. Rich and buttery on the tongue but cool and citric too. Fabulous. — 13 years ago