Heather Rostker

9.6

Wonderful Cabernet with some great company! Smooth and elegant. — 3 years ago

with Mary and Dave

Peter Sultan

9.0

Covid -19 wines part one: out in our quad, with our socially distanced friends and neighbors, drinking by the Hudson. After some sx and being out of work but much better. What better way to start to celebrate recovery but with a Canary Islands red- qpr too, at under 16$. Has a deep maraschino cherry thing, not too dissimilar to Cru Bojo. I love Canary Islands, and in the age of a pandemic, we all need what/who we love. — 6 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.4

I reckon Monteraponi at the moment makes better wines than any of its glorious neighbors
This Chianti has flesh, character, vibrancy, complexity and magnificent freshness
It takes time to open up
A little funky at first
But it's so persistent
Have it with some black truffle involved in the cooking — 6 years ago

Autumn Anderson

9.5

The Franklin Street crew is complete. And our neighbors are the best. 🙌🏻 — 7 years ago

Geoff Parrish

9.2

Winter night with neighbors and wine - fun opening this with company. Behind on uploads so comments lacking. — 7 years ago

Jayme Spicciatie

9.5

Thanks to our neighbors (jenny & gus) for the this delicious bottle for Christmas! Love chardonnay now — 8 years ago

Mike Maple

9.6

Lovely wine courtesy of our neighbors the Christianson‘s 2017 — 8 years ago

Boris Mathiszik

9.0

Nice cab from Knight’s Valley/Sonoma. Lighter and less body than the Napa neighbors. Balanced and nice acidity. — 3 years ago

Jay Eagan

9.6

Love this pretty Prichard hhilll CabernetAll the neighbors cost 300 more a bottle than this Tor makes a great Melancon as well — 5 years ago

with Kristine

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.0

Pontet Canet tasting and dinner with Alfred Tesseron.

The 13 was a brutal tannin vintage when I tasted it at En Premier. The tannins are still bitty but, nothing like they were out of barrel.

The fruit in the 13 shows the difficulty in the vintage. They are duller and it’s really stands out from other vintages and not in a good way.

It’s lean and there is nothing that really draws you in. Fruits are; dark cherries, rhubarb, blackberries, some blueberries@and the strawberries show some ripeness the other do not. Lots of dry earth, dry stones, some herbs, dark withering florals, decent acidity and a uneventful dry finish.

Photos of; Clyde and Alfred at the bar, their Amphora style cement tanks they ferment part of each vintage now, road signs of the good neighbors they keep and Chateau Pontet Canet. — 6 years ago

Edmond Bordelon

8.9

Haut Brion’s neighbors are making some delicious white blends. This one has the acidity and minerality one would expect from this region. A tartness follows as well. — 7 years ago

with Katherine

Adam Reinhard

8.9

Musty basement like it’s Brunello neighbors — 8 years ago

Amber Petrik

9.0

Brian our neighbors favorite, it's close to Torial, but I like Torial better. — 8 years ago

Emma Forster

9.0

Delightfully untamed, savage, aroma of well-hung game (which you know you like). This baby stinks but give it a few swirls in your glass and it’ll start to sing sunshine like it’s chateauneuf neighbors. — 8 years ago

C. Cole

9.2

A great wine no matter the year. This bottle, 16 years in, still had a beautiful, clear color and nose; distinct fruits; and on-point minerality. — 4 years ago

Pam Kershaw

9.0

2020 Christmas gift from neighbors. Rick and I both like it a lot. Fuller than most pinot noirs (good thing) but lighter than most cabs...closer to a blend. — 5 years ago

Andrew Lohse

9.0

Very few accessible nebbiolos are as consistently magical to me as examples from Valle d’Aosta and Alto Piemonte. This local clone, Picotendro, shows super alpine and earthy here, with a clarity of red fruit that ties the palate together. Significantly more restrained than its southern neighbors. For <$25 just simply gorgeous. — 6 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.2

More berry/cassis than leafy herbal Margaret River style - touches of capsicum though. Very enjoyable but I don’t know whether I would pick this as Margaret River in a blind tasting. Medium bodied but M+ intensity. Nearby neighbors of some of the big name producers without the price tag. Tasted another bottle 43 weeks later on 7th February 2020 with similar notes but showing more Margaret River herbaceousness. Excellent QPR for a Wilyabrup Cabernet Sauvignon. 92 points. Tasted another bottle on 19th March 2022 with consistent notes. Pretty much a typical Wilyabrup Cabernet Sauvignon. 3 bottles left. Tasted another on 3rd February 2023 with consistent notes. Had this with pasta. I didn’t think that was a good food/wine match but it worked perfectly. Tasted my 2nd last bottle on 28th June 2023. Certainly not a typical herbaceous Margaret River Cabernet. More cassis and blackberry like a South Australian Cabernet. — 7 years ago

Roberto Lartigue

8.9

SF Born and raised — 8 years ago

Andrew Schirmer

9.1

Gorgeous single-vineyard Nebbiolo from “the other side of the river”. Velvety approach, softened tannins, elegant nose. These wines deserve more attention. A softer side of Nebbiolo with all the complexity of its more famous neighbors. — 8 years ago

with Alsu