Alan Lopez

9.4

Notes of apples and pepper with great finish. — 7 years ago

Ching Chan

9.0

Good value Chard. Fruity sweet nose with apples, light citrus and caramel. Big butterscotch palate but still retains overall balance with the hint of fruit. — 8 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

9.3

Classic (Martha McClellan) Napa "cult" style with supple, sweet and chewy tannins.
Quite impressive for being a 2nd label wine.
Alc. is probably on the high side, pH must be close to 4.0 and color looks a little developed so I doubt it is going to make old bones but then again - it is drinking great now so why wait.
— 9 years ago

Genie Ko

9.0

A super cool (climate) Syrah - old world in style but super sippable — 10 years ago

Arecibo Message

10

Well sheeeeat. Drinking at 11 years old. It's golden mountains majesty and amber waves of grain. It's the best butter I've ever had in my life made by those death row inmates in Central California. Inject this in me when I die. — 8 years ago

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Isaac Pirolo

9.6

oh... Oh... OH... this just took a wrench to my hedonism dial. And it makes me wonder if Russell From tripped and accidentally dropped a jug of creme soda extract into the tank, and then said "fuck it... we're good."

I can imagine this is what it would have been like to be front row for AC/DC at Oakland Coliseum in July of 1979 (They released Highway to Hell the next week, and I was 11 days old). Only, you were listening to Wagner on headphones.

The undercurrent is deceptively strong, and distinctly Northern Rhone. Like snorting a violet flavored vitamin in a horse barn just before you dig into the charcuterie plate in front of you. I'm stopping, but this wine just keeps going.


— 8 years ago

Shelley

10

Jackson and I in Cannery Row — 10 years ago

Sean Lyons

9.6

Maybe too fruit forward for some hardcore Old World wine drinkers, but I'm a sucker for a bold CDP. This one is drinking perfectly right now - just lush notes of blackberry and currants with nice woody herbs on the back end. I could down 5 bottles in a row. 94 pts. — 11 years ago

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9.0

SLH without too much explanation is a premier site for Pinot Noir and Chard. But like Napa/Sonoma and Santa Barbara the similar theme is we're finding more grape varietals to diversify ourselves because of how great our weather is and generally our love of many options. Roar is a local leader of quality wines, if you're looking for an SLH example of the good stuff.. here you go.

Went on a cool personal tour of some vineyards at the winery and tried some wine after. This is a newer vineyard for them, high elevation grown Viognier (10 years). Keep in mind this is a foggy climate versus most other Viognier climates. Rich peaches outweigh the honeydew melon fruit for an ideal balance of fruit I'd prefer. I think an edge to this wine is some minerality I usually find clouded from old world veen. Also out here we're in our 2nd or 3rd year in a row of very cold summers and cold spring/fall. It's really what I imagine Seattle to be because most days I just get overcast with my beach view😂 I look forward to a very warm SLH year; this will wake up the locals. — 8 years ago

Sean Herriott

9.0

Love this stuff! Unabashed big bright fruit along with big toasty oak! — 9 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.4

Plummy notes on nose and sweetish palate. From a 60 year old patch of Mataro (Mourvèdre) in Willunga, McLaren Vale. Medium to full bodied. A delicious fruit driven wine with little oak influence. Still years to go. 2009 vintage. — 10 years ago

Gilles de Chambure

Master Sommelier & Educator

9.5

2 wine of haut bailly named after a plot named from an old bdx variety la Pardotte which the chateau for curiosity planted one row — 12 years ago