Mother Tongue

Cambria Estate Winery

Julia's Vineyard Pinot Noir 2012

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

Sella & Mosca

Riserva Cannonau di Sardegna 2010

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. — 12 years ago

Bodega Norton

Reserva Mendoza Malbec 2010

Meaty, slight earth and caramel nose - some banana. Great fruit on the tongue, good amount of tannins. — 13 years ago

Sarah Kennedy Irwin
with Sarah

Allegrini

Palazzo della Torre Veronese Corvina Blend 2010

A wonderful old and aged flavor. Smooth and low acidity. Medium life on the nose and tongue. — 14 years ago

Tongue Dancer

Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

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. — 12 years ago

Shafer Vineyards

One Point Five Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

Deep and wonderful on the tongue. — 12 years ago

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Michael McConnell

Michael McConnell

I completely agree!
Wendy

Wendy

One of my favorites

Rombauer Vineyards

Carneros Chardonnay 2011

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

St. Francis Winery

Sonoma County "Old Vines" Zinfandel 1998

Raisin red/brown. Sugar plum nose. Raisin, leather with light tannins and only slightly more acidity. Changing fkavors as it opened up. Short finish, but still clings to the tongue. The sweetness went well with spicy Indian food. — 12 years ago

Jenny Harding
with Jenny

Hewitson

The Mother Vine Single Vineyard Shiraz 2012

Wow an excellent Barossa Shiraz. Clonale selection from vines from 1853. Elegant, great fruit, cherry, spice , earth and structure. Long finish. — 12 years ago

Joseph Phelps Vineyards

Insignia Estate Grown Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2009

Very full body. Great taste very can drinker will love it. Flavor on front of moth and tip of tongue. Ready to drink — 13 years ago