Giampiero Nadali

Wine Blogger Aristide

9.1

Red and mature fruit, well balanced, rich, with a pleasant long finish. Brava Arianna! — 8 years ago

Matt Trader

9.1

I've gotta hand it to Chuck's daughter on this vintage and say that she is becoming a great wine maker! It's funny, I preferred the Merlot over the Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon. As a matter of fact, they both tasted quite similar to one another, but the Merlot had a one up on papa's wine; that one up was TANNIN STRUCTURE.
It had that similar raisin like nose, but showed some herb spice notes and nutmeg, with a core of sugar coated strawberry and ripe cherries. In the glass, the liquid was dark ruby with an intense purple hue, and long legs. The pallet exhibited notes of stewed black and red fruits, vanilla, clove, dark chocolate, and finished with finesse and lingered with an ever so charismatic bite.
In conclusion, I feel as if the Emmolo Merlot for the $50 is much more adequately priced than some of the Caymus family wines, and had a fantastic tannic structure, with acidity to accompany it. It wasn't AS sweet of a red as the Cab, so I will call it WOTN.

Brava Jenny Wagner!

CHEERS! — 9 years ago

Alex Weiss Hills

9.0

Super pleasant. Brings me back to the Costa Brava. — 10 years ago

Kyunghan Lee

10

Absolutely Perfect. — 10 years ago

Robert Munroe

9.0

Another beautiful Zin/Rhone blend from Paso. — 10 years ago

Rita Jammet

Owner La Caravelle Champagne

9.7

Excellent, well balanced, super food-friendly and versatile. Brava @emilie_perrier for the pick! At @gabrielkeeuther — 10 years ago

Evan Malik

9.5

Fantastic nose...luscious in the mouth ...brava Rav — 11 years ago

Steve Anderson

8.9

Enjoying the eclipse and Blood Moon at 6200 ft in Idyllwild. The wine is better than the cheesy iPhone IIIGS photos. — 12 years ago

Scott Cunningham

Owner/Importer Bottleneck Wines

9.0

Cherry/raspberry cola, pencil lead, vanilla bean bouillabaisse, tar give way to silky tannins that last for a minute. Brava Toro, brava! — 12 years ago

D Gissen

9.3

Razor sharp — 13 years ago

Matt Trader

9.2

I have to say, it is not what I expected from Turley, or even a Petite Sirah. Very elegant, not too much on a jammy side, and brighter red fruits to the mid pallet.. not as dark, spicy, and chocolatey rich as most.
Smoke, cherry, cedar, wildflower, vanilla all I'm the nose. The pallet was pretty balanced, exhibiting notes of black raspberry, Bing cherry, cloves, mocha (not too rich on the cocoa), and a smooth, slightly thin finish. Had a little more Syrah to the feel of it, but I will say maybe my faith in Turley wines has been renewed, ever so slightly. Brava, Mrs. Turley! — 8 years ago

Hermes Cuello

9.2

Great expression of a Malbec from Argentina — 10 years ago

Fritz Richter

10

Brava Mengo. Brava. — 10 years ago

with Ryan and Franklin

Evan Malik

9.5

Brava Bruno.......still a bambina...essence of old school Italian wine making — 10 years ago

Yohannah Burmeister

9.5

2007 Cigliuti Barbaresco Serraboella - amazingly delicious in its evolution right now. Still youthful but tannins are integrating nicely. Brava Claudia!! — 10 years ago

Evan Malik

9.7

86 atta mag .....brava soldera — 11 years ago

Brian Sypher

10

Amazing wine, and still a total baby, brava Cathy!!!
— 11 years ago

Melissa M. Sutherland

Importer Winebow Wines

9.8

Brava, @dmhparis! Frontenac Gris Pet-Nat! It's simply perfect. Balanced. High quality bubbles. Wow. — 12 years ago

Evan Malik

9.2

Suspiciously cloudy but great fruit hidden underneath. Monfortino brava — 12 years ago

Kim Granlund

9.3

Lovely sparkler — 13 years ago

Jason Somerville

9.0

Bright and lively. Acidic with flavors of green apple, lemon and lime. A spirited alternative to a softer rose. — 9 years ago

Michal Sulkowski

8.9

Trying the local flavors of Costa Brava. You can taste the age on this one and it taste good! — 9 years ago

David Kline

9.1

Wow! Amazing wine! You won't miss the barrel on this beauty. As the fruit tannins are omnipresent. Spicy with red currant and caperberry playing alongside gooseberry, blackberry and boisenberry seamlessly. Your first thought is grape-y, but that would be an abecedarian conclusion. This is wine with depth, unlike pretenders in unoaked territory, and entirely satisfying in every sense! Brava! Abrigado! — 10 years ago

with Courtney

Carmen Clarke

9.1

Grear value. Costa brava 2/15/16 — 10 years ago

Marty Mathis

9.4

Very classy, great expression of Valdeorras Godello. Tons of vibrancy and super wide range of fruit flavors from lime all the way to pears but never overtly fruity. Allows the taster to investigate each flavor at will. Better than 99% of the Chardonnays I've tried. Brava! — 10 years ago

Giuseppe LoCascio

9.1

Brava Arianna! — 11 years ago

with Giuseppe

Peter Greenberg

10

Awesome. Especially on the Costa Brava with local mariscos! — 11 years ago

Bob Halifax

9.2

Going old school tonight. Pleasantly surprised that this '01 held up as nicely as it did. Brava Senka. — 12 years ago

Gilles de Chambure

Master Sommelier & Educator

10

amazing fruit guava tropical fruit perfume delicate tasted with bunuelos de algas in La Pedrera reataurnt Costa Brava with architect Alfredo Gomez — 12 years ago

Samuel Tobin

9.7

Totally alive — 12 years ago