Charlie Tapp

8.9

Pineapple and lemon oil. — 6 years ago

Christina

9.8

Honey on the nose...a bit of bitter in the aftertaste. Oil, but weight. Lovely to drink!!! — 6 years ago

William Hughes

9.5

Nuanced and sexy! Slightly oxidated and notes of pineapple, citrus oil, and rocks. — 8 years ago

Conrad Green

9.7

Deep lemon oil, slate, and a flintiness. Wonderfully oily midpalate. Still fresh and focused. Amazing stuff- this still has years aheadClarity and length with a rounded delicious freshness. — 8 years ago

with Chris, Matt and 2 others

Bryce Wiatrak

9.2

Tactile and structure - coconut, salt, lemon oil, grapefruit peel even with some more feral, earthy tones. Super tight, condensed at the moment, but beaming with promise — 8 years ago

John Willison

9.0

Lemon zest, almond oil, minerals nose. Balanced lemon citrus and oily mineral terroir. — 9 years ago

with Ken, dmoore61 and 1 other

Austin Blackwell

9.2

This has aged well and might be about as good as it's going to get now. Lots of strawberry and bright cherry with hints of rose, dark flowers, some leather, but not much tar. The acids are still holding up and the tannins definitely provide some grip. The finish is really really nice and long. Had it with pasta and a chunky tomato sauce drizzled with a little truffle oil. Perfect. — 10 years ago

with Effie

Riccardo L.

8.9

Some other guy said he smells engine oil and rubber and bacon on this.... yeah... I smell rubber... and maybe even bacon. Nice pluck. But the engine oil??? Anyway, it's delicious. A hybrid grape that's comparable to some big time wines I've tried in the past. Impressive! — 11 years ago

Ryan Johnson

9.4

Tasty, floral, sharp acidity, slight oil finish — 11 years ago

Alder Yarrow

Wine Blogger Vinography

8.9

This bottle is not what it should be. Piney, resinous, but with motor oil kind of phenolics. Good but odd. — 11 years ago

Aravind A

9.6

Whoa. On the nose: ripe sweet peach, honeysuckle, bright sweet lemon oil, guava, lime, lovely and amazingly intense. On the palate, fantastic acidity, excellent dry extract, slate, lime oil, sweet peach, and white pepper on the intense finish. This is a stunning btl of wine. — 6 years ago

Chris England

9.4

II’ve loved all the Sandhi 2012 range of whites & this £65 S&B is superb 👍 Paired with enough curry to get a small village going regular for a week 🤣 💨 sorry I didn’t take pics of that feast 😁

📍 Sandhi Sandford & Benedict Santa Rita Hills Chardonnay 2012 @sandhiwines

🏵 94 points

🍷 Golden yellow

👃 Chopped pineapple, crushed rock mineral, lemon oil, key lime pie, honey gloop & white jasmine flowers w/ light oak, vanilla & apple

👄 Med+ body of creamy refreshing clean tropical & citrus yummyness without being overly syrupy & a hit of green apple, pineapple, honey & minerality in med acidity

🎯 Med+ fresh apple, citrus & tropical trickle w/ a dry mineral honeyed pineapple slapette — 7 years ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Very polished. Lemon oil and very refreshing. Great middle. Depth and lovely acidity. — 8 years ago

with Chris, Matt and 2 others

Eric

9.5

65% Semillon/35% SB. Wafty layers of apple, Carmel, light roasted nuts, lemon oil, and butterscotch. Looong oily finish. Probably in my top 3 lifetime white wines. — 8 years ago

Sian McDonald

8.9

It's filthy gorgeous! — 9 years ago

George Chen

9.8

Near perfection! Very top shoulder into neck fill and she wooed us for an entire evening. Opened at Keiko with dear friends whom the lady said if she was a wine...this would be her 😊 — 10 years ago

Gillian Robb

9.7

Lemon oil, oxidized golden apple, oak. So silky and beautiful. — 11 years ago

Timothy Anderson

9.1

A little sweetness in this smooth drinking red blend. Very good wines that I only rarely get when driving by Dahlgren as this winery only sells on their estate. — 11 years ago

David Landrum

9.2

'79 5th growth. 5th element. Tons of life left, fill up in the neck. Old apples, pipe tobacco, raspberries. #Maturewinerules — 11 years ago

Samuel Danthine

8.9

Langedoc Roussillon, rocky powerful — 12 years ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Quite open. White flowers, lemon oil, oyster shells. Great bracing acidity. Tighter than the legacy alongside. Delicious. — 6 years ago

with Bex and David

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

A great vintage and stupidly good with Hedy’s Melted Racklette Confit Potatoes with smoked olive oil. What a pair!!!

If you enjoy this young, over chill and decant one hour. It needs it and it vastly improves.

Hedy is our good friend and is a chef who would earn 1-2 Michelin Stars should she choose to open a restaurant but, wishes not to do. Check out Hedy’s Pop Up Dinner business @plate&bottle on Facebook.

January 22nd notes apply. — 7 years ago

with James and Christina

Douglas Braun

8.9

Underbrush herbs leather cherry fruit great balance nice had sparklers from Tasmania one of the few still wines -really pretty wine — 8 years ago

Conrad Green

9.4

A lovely rounded nose with oyster shells and honeyed secondary notes shining through. On the palate great balance with a delicate lemon oil persistence in the midpalate. Mature and complete, this is st it’s apex. — 8 years ago

with Naoko, Larry and 1 other

Anthony Biagi

Winemaker Hourglass, Owner Patria

9.1

S02 finally calmed down and wonderful roasted hazelnut, lemon oil and spearmint aromas are followed by hints of Lemon custard, brioche and lees. For a BB just really satisfying — 9 years ago

George Chen

9.4

This is a 61 and albeit not great in Sauternes that year this wine was in perfect balance of fruits, acids with lengthy backbone. Not as intense as 67 or 59 of course but beautifully elegant. Color as dark golden with touch of hazelnut brown. Neck fill. Perfect cork. — 10 years ago

Rachel Van Til

9.4

Peach yogurt, cranberry, tart raspberry, distinctive salinity and searing acidity. Almond oil, unripe tangerine. — 11 years ago

Alex Mcmahon

9.3

Cooked dates, walnuts, figs! Looks and cots a glass like motor oil — 11 years ago

Todd Alexander

9.3

Drinking well but getting close to being over the hill. Orange oil, petrol, toasted notes, wet stones, white flowers, straw...rich and full. — 11 years ago

with Carrie and Lauren

Steven Beal

10

The vino that started it all in vintage court. Definitely at or past peak but my favorite wine maker of all time — 12 years ago