Karyn Fricke

9.2

This vintage is classic Pinot Noir, pretty light red color, cherry and strawberry fruit and just a touch earthy. Had to have it on National Pinot Noir Day! — 7 years ago

Shay A

9.1

Brief tasting notes from the annual Fort Worth Food & Wine Festival. Whites knocked it out of the park this year.

Nice surprise running in to @Ron Yates at the festival tonight! @Shawn R , we spoke about you!

A very unique blend...Tempranillo, graciano, merlot, Cabernet. Nose is very fruit focused with bing cherry and blackberries, but the palate is quite Bordeaux like. Picked up some herbal nuances, leather, and lighter than I expected. I’ve heard Ron makes great wine so this was my first intro...looking forward to trying more! — 8 years ago

with Ron

Robin Collins

10

Sampled at the cherry blossom festival — 9 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

8.9

Nice evolution in this Hawkdun Rise. Good darker & lighter red fruits, black cherry cola, soft chalk and earth. Nice round ripe full finish with good acidity. @ The Clyde Food & Wine Festival...Central Otago — 9 years ago

Daniel P. Drake

8.9

I couldn't take listening to these two so called candidates for another minute in their first national debate. So I have turned on "Pitch Perfect " and cracked open one of my favorite varietals Cabernet Franc the 2013 Lange & Reed North Coast Cabernet Franc. I have got to get that bad taste in my mouth from this National Debate and nothing better then a Cabernet Franc.

The nose brings out notes of sweet strawberries, ripe plum, raspberry puree, and wet gravel.

The first sip shows medium body with strawberry, wild raspberries, ripe cherry, green bell pepper, dried herbs and dry crushed gravel.

There is a silky smooth mouth feel with medium acidity, medium smooth tannins and a medium pleasing finish. A very easy pleasurable drinker.

Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷 — 9 years ago

Shay A

9.2

Tasting notes from the Fort Worth Food & Wine Festival...
Dark cherry, maybe a slight cocoa finish. Pleasant and a treat to enjoy. — 10 years ago

Jessica Lamb

8.9

2012. Discovered at the charleston food and wine festival. California. Alexander Valley. Raspberry, cherry and plum with a black pepper finish. — 10 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.5

2011. The nose is full of red berries, with a dark flair. Raspberry, cherry, and red currant are met with Grahm’s signature savoriness of roasted meat, beef jerky and black olive tapenade. The sip reveals that the ‘11 Cigare is a festival of darkness. The savory aspects come forward in a rush. The forest floor, the olive, the spice - all are cloaked in a dark fruit setting. Black plums, currant and berries work hard to mesh with the wine's earthy character. The acidity is remarkable and the tannic structure is firm. — 10 years ago

Severn G

9.0

On the Lawn at Tanglewood this afternoon with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Our conductor Andris Nelsons is leading MENDELSSOHN (Symphony No. 4, Italian), BEETHOVEN (Piano Concerto No. 1) with Yuja Wang on piano and BERNSTEIN (Chichester Psalms) accompanied by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus.

Lime-Cherry-Strawberry, Cherry-Lime-Strawberry, Strawberry-Cherry-Lime... Take your pick all notes apply to nose and palate. Good, but still not as good as '16. Plenty more to go, so maybe in a year this will be better? See my prior notes. — 7 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.3

Great Portuguese Red Blend of three grapes: Touriga National, Aragones (Tempranillo) and Alicante Bouschet. Dark cherry and wood on the nose. Big round flavors of dark cherry, tobacco and cola. Beautiful balance and smooth tannins. Fabulous. — 8 years ago

with John

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Happy National Wine Day! This producer was of interest to me after seeing Carla's post a couple of weeks ago. I don't find many good Pinot's out of Germany. Especially, out of Mosel. I've never understood why they persist in growing Pinot in a very marginal climate in blue slate when it prefers limestone. After researching this Baden producer, I purchased a bottle through the app. I like to support them from time to time. In reading about Enderle & Moll, I found that the winery is really only the two of them that make a very small production of wines. Basically, two Grand Cru Pinots and this is one of them. They also produce some small amounts of; Müller-Thurgau, Auxerrois, Weissburgunder and Grauburgunder. They only have a few hectares of vines but are already getting a lot of attention in Germany and now the International stage. A number of German's consider them the best producers of Pinot Noir made in Germany. The Enderle & Moll Pinot vines are amongst the oldest in Baden. They also get their barrels from Dujac in Burgundy that are from 1-5 years in age. On the nose, sweet dark cherries with a little touch of sourness. Strawberries, dark raspberries, dry cranberries, black cherry licorice/cola, light presence of dark spices, dry brown earth with a touch of black earth and bright red florals. The body starts light, fresh and thickens as the M tannins and earth take hold. Ripe, bright fruits of; dark cherries, strawberries, dry cranberries, dark raspberries & pomegranate. Black cherry cola/licorice, light dark spices with some heat, powdery sticky chalkiness, soft yet grippy minerals, powder of dry crushed rocks, dark moist earth & bright red & pink florals. The wine is lean, fresh, clean and quite nice with high acidity. While I had slightly higher expectations from my research, this is still a very nice Pinot and certainly one of the better ones I've had out of Germany. Photos of, one of their Baden vineyards, Sven Enderle and Florian Moll, their very small cellar and a example of Bunter sandstone similar to what's in their Buntsandstein Vineyard. — 8 years ago

Scorewine

Wine writer http://www.israelwines.co.il

8.9

Another visit to this fantastic value wine, my old tasting note holds, with a prolonged drinking window. This wine is very well balanced and was already enjoyable with no decanting which is great :-) it has deep red color, on the nose a festival of black fruits, cherry, raisins, chocolate, with a touch of spices such as cinnamon and sweet paprika, the body is full rich round and balanced with sweet acidity, and a lingering finish. My score 89, drink to 2018 — 10 years ago

Beachin Wino

9.4

This wine has aged gracefully! Beautiful cherry, raspberry and vanilla. As it opened up there were more earthy notes of pine needles and euchalyptus. Another "elegant" Napa Cabernet. Perfectly integrated fruit, structure, and tannins. This was a gift from a dear friend and fellow wine lover. The perfect wine to enjoy on National Wine Drinking Day! Cheers! — 10 years ago

with Fred

Joel Pennington #❤️🐢🍷

Owner/Winemaker Slow Turtle Vineyard

9.1

Label reminds me of ceramics found in the seaside and mountain villages near Lisbon. This blend is absolutely stunning: Touriga National (37%), Tinta Amarelle (22%), Tinta Cao (22%), and Cinsault (19%). Sour cherry, plum, and funk/musk on the nose. More of the same on the pallet with raspberry and a hint of liquorice. Earthy minerality with silky tannins and a hint of oak. Thrilled to see obscure varieties from the Barossa Valley coming together to make something so luscious and interesting. — 10 years ago

Shay A

9.2

National Rosé day, so might as well enjoy the blistering TX heat with a TX rosé from @Ron Yates !

@Delectable Wine : This is the Ron Yates Grenache rosé, not the Sangiovese.

Similar in color to the RY Cinsault rosé. Smells of rhubarb tart, red and orange fruit skins, and an herbal spice which I find typical of Grenache rosés. Nice acidity, more so than the Cinsault. Floral on the palate with bing cherry & cantaloupe. — 7 years ago

Daniel M

9.0

An overwhelming cherry festival. The nose is cherry and earth. The palate is a model of balance with a nice acid backbone and cherry all over the place. The wine is quite ample too. No real tannins to speak of and a long finish with ... cherry. Superb beaujolais — 8 years ago

Elizabeth Rice

9.6

It's not everyday that one gets to party 8 hours at the most incredible music festival hearing nostalgic greats such as Tom Petty, House of Pain and Michael Franti and then arrive home to drink their birth year of Vintage Port. Alcohol is strong but dried sour cherry fruits and lilacs balance out this well aged but can last another 40 years wine. (Or am I hoping that I last another 40 years???) #bottlerock #warres #birthyearwine — 8 years ago

with Pierre

Robin Collins

9.5

Cherry Blossom Festival — 9 years ago

Dan Haley

8.9

Opened this 2014 vintage for National Cab Franc Day. Decanted in wide bottom glass decanter. Medium Red in color. First tastes of green pepper and unripened cherry. After 30 min decant the mouth opened and to zesty raspberries and herbs. Not bad for the price point but let if open up before you write it off. — 9 years ago

Steven Beishuizen

9.0

This was a star when we tried it at a wine festival a year-and-a-half ago. Now, trying our last bottle, it's still got the cherry and strawberry evident, and the nose is still interesting, but everything is more integrated now and less lively. Delicate. A lovely bottle that I will remember. — 9 years ago

with Anita

Winery Explorers

9.5

This was pure joy! We opened this last night when it was raining and continued it into National Drink Wine Day! There is something very special about having a glass of wine outside when it's raining. Dare we say it smells and tastes better?
This wine is old school Napa, all the characteristics that made us fall in love with Napa Cabs in the first place. Fresh black cherry, purple flowers, anise, red pepper, mint/herb jump out of the glass. Cassis, loamy Rutherford earth and nice tannin in the mouth. What a delight! #frogsleap #napavalley #rutherford — 10 years ago

Ainsley

9.7

One of my absolute favourite reds. A Vancouver wine festival find. Amazing, smooth, hint of black cherry, low tannins, not a lot of length but still amazing. — 10 years ago

Bec Kempster

9.6

Cherry good - darling st festival — 13 years ago