Soft notes of mocha and light coffee roast with gentle dusty tannins an earthy core and light red fruit mingling with smoked meat. The finish is peppery but elegant — 7 years ago
Delicious after an hour decant — 8 years ago
Inky dry and well structured — 8 years ago
Brick red, leathery, rounded — 9 years ago
Puppy dog. Needs a couple yrs. Took a while to open but once it did it could do no wrong. — 11 years ago
there's a wild and wooly oaken monster trying to emerge but the lacy and flowery viognier coaxes it back in the bottle — 11 years ago
Cherry cola, milk chocolate, alfalfa-filled petting zoo. A little awkward. — 11 years ago
Smooth, right degree of ML. Look out of any window, any evening, any day.
You'll always be grateful for what La Fenetre does with Bien Nacido Chardonnay, Block 11 and "i" Block.
Apologies to Jerry. I wish that I was drinking with him as wel as the rest of you. This one helps me to pretend. — 12 years ago

This is Latin for dirt — 12 years ago
We had the 2013 Vintage on 2/21-22/20. Bright red fruit on the bouquet. Tart cherry, strawberry and pomegranate on the palate. Bright and acidic. Good but not great. — 6 years ago
Nicely aged coastal Pinot. Dried currants and licorice notes. Deep ruby body. Nicely aged but nearing the end of its drinkability. — 7 years ago
Amazingly smooth... at Emerils — 8 years ago

Marvelous floral nose, very well balanced. Top notch Pinot — 9 years ago
Complexity over 2 days. Initially more a fruit bomb (think Aussie Shiraz). Day 2 brought smokey meat and a Côte-Rotie clone! Super interesting — 12 years ago
Beautifully crafted Pinot — 12 years ago
Richer than Sanford and Benedict, beautiful balance — 12 years ago
A wonderful expression of spice, earth, smoke and brush in this medium-bodied, but intensely flavorful wine. Fruit plays a secondary role, with subtle flavors of raspberry and blueberry. — 6 years ago
Held up incredibly well for 17 years :-) — 7 years ago
Board dinner stuff ... yummy — 10 years ago
Red Cat Chard — 11 years ago
#gamey like a lamb kabob, #saltartyness like green olives, #dry like Cali in a drought year. Love it! — 11 years ago
Beautiful wine — 11 years ago
Zing! That's the stuff. — 12 years ago
Select. Really like. — 13 years ago
Niall Huffman
Brioche, peach, lemon, vanilla — 6 years ago