Pete Turley

9.0

Blackberries and cherries... lots of fruit up front... Nuge and light, great with food. — 9 years ago

Patrick Derdeyn

9.2

From CA vineyard royalty. Improves as it warms and with air time. This is a lesson in balance. Not a steely chard full of tropical flavors yet retains its minerality. Not an oak laced butter bomb but merely hints that it saw a minimal amount of oak in it's lifetime. Only 12.2% which is incredibly refreshing in a chard, especially one from a warmer climate. Tragic that 2013 was the last vintage before the chard vines were ripped out of the vineyard. — 9 years ago

Maria Pepe

9.3

So fresh and had many years of life ahead. — 10 years ago

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Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.0

Standing up for a day was not quite long enough, but managed to get most of the gunk to settle out. Best at cellar temp, and a really lovely match with spring vegetable fettuccine. Herbs and marmalade and tea and great texture. That color tho... — 10 years ago

Kirk Sutherland

9.1

Speaking of good wine from Long Island. This is full on delightful. Earthy, crunchy, spicy. — 11 years ago

Jonathan Gray

9.3

Sandalwood, spice, herbal/tea nose, more of the same on the palate with dark berry fruit. Mid palate holds all the California sunshine. — 11 years ago

Nicholas Leone

9.0

So nice. Had it with a nice board of cheeses. Lighter color but with the traditional Pinot Noir smoke... — 11 years ago

Michael Tobin

9.5

Purchased with David B. Smooth and touch of spice. — 12 years ago

Geoff Labitzke

9.8

The 2008 cuvée Cathleen is quite surprising. The aromatics are very restrained and youthful. It is not showing the spiciness of any of the 08 and 09wines from the vine Hill Vineyards. This is almost like a new release. The wind has restrained fruit slightly underripe nectarine. Golden Apple. But but very much still tightly wound for a wine with this much age. This has great concentration and length with a very very tiny hint of Caramel and vanilla in the finish. Wow! — 12 years ago

Fernando Marques

10

Grapes: Zibibbo (Moscato d'Alessandria). Trained in the extremely low bush typical on Pantelleria, planted in basins and pruned short. Planting density: 2,500 vines per hectare (1,011 an acre); production of about 4 tons per hectare (1.62 tons an acre). Extremely loose volcanic soil rich in minerals.

Description: The wine displays its extraordinary personality and depth in its bright amber colour. After the first, intense notes of apricot and peach, come sweet sensations of dried fig, honey, herbs and mineral notes. Impressive on the palate with an outstanding complexity due to a fusion of sweetness, tastiness and softness. A prolonged finish.

Curiosity: The name comes from the Arabic term "Son of the Wind" because the wind sweeps constantly around the clusters on Pantelleria. And the island's winds bring with them a profusion of fragrances so intense that you can touch them. First vintage: 1989. Ben Ryé inspired maître chocolatiers Cecilla and Paul De Bondt, who created the "De Bondt Ryé" chocolates: the first is a mixture of figs and almonds steeped in Ben Ryé and encased in a shell of dark chocolate; the second instead has a core of Ben Ryé-flavored gelatin embedded in white chocolate covered in dark chocolate.

2008
The "Son of the Wind" remains true to itself in the 2008 vintage, revealing the extraordinary complexity it has reached in recent years. Regular weather conditions and fine vineyard tending led to an optimal grape harvest.

— 13 years ago

Marco Blascetta

9.1

The aroma of this wine is full of berries and sandalwood. Definitely unique — 9 years ago

Andrew Lam

9.2

Feminine and floral, modest fruit and woodsiness. My kind of Pinot. — 9 years ago

Robert Lim

9.2

At a good place, shyly elegant. Sort of get the hype now. — 10 years ago

Mark Cecchi

9.0

Very soft wine and enjoyable. Great to drink in the summer as it is so refreshing. — 10 years ago

John Fiehrer

9.3

Amazing balance of zip and fullness, some of the best Cali chard I've tasted — 11 years ago

Dock Hooks

9.0

Dark fruit balanced through old oak showing light spice on the nose encouraging thought to nail a specific note but is remaining a bit of an enigma in my rock rattled head after a good day enhanced by 75 MPH Harley induced wind and the brilliance of Bose and an iPhone. Ok, back to the wine, it touches, lightly grabs spreading its dark berry mini-burst in a layered earth touched tannin slow ride making magic with some of Chapel Hill's Bin 54's straight up amazing goodness (in this case very rare filet mignon, garlic tinged green beans and almond slivers; my go to steak spot in NC). Damn, this is all so right-on! Cheers! — 11 years ago

Justin Timsit, MS

Wine Director, The Rittenhouse

9.7

Mind blowing chard. Unfiltered, concrete ferment, 12.2abv, reminds me of aged Ganevat. Nutty, lemony and cheesy — 11 years ago

Zac Melendrez

9.8

The wine is full of seductive spices. Cinnamon, cardamom, star anise. I would be tempted to call old-world in blind. Ripe red fruit dominant flirting with the dark stuff. Chocolate covered strawberry, dried raspberry, cranberry sauce, with black pepper sprinkled sparingly about. Structurally sound. A finish of flagrant finesse. — 11 years ago

Geoff Labitzke

9.9

The 2912 Vine Hill is pale yellow in color with strong green tinge to it. The aromatics are very restrained with aromas of minerals and green pears and pear skin and lemon rind. It is very tightly wound and needs time to develop. On the palate the wine has character of slightly underripe pear citrus and and Granny Smith apple. The wind has tremendous structure from it's Fantastic length. This is a keeper. — 12 years ago

Nik Weinberg-Lynn

10

Another standout from Sanguis - decanted for 6+ hours and just kept getting better... — 13 years ago

Danny Woodhead

9.5

A little more bold than I expected. Darker maroon color. You get more graph And leather out of this than cola and cherry — 9 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.3

Savory. Iron, spice and dark fruit. Favorite of the day at the Wind Gap Fall Equinox Release event. — 10 years ago

Spottiswoode Klaus

9.1

A touch of malo, and thanks for that-enough of the great austere west Sonoma coast Chardonnay for one night. — 10 years ago

Matthew Beyers

9.3

Good nose. Slightly drier than the usual Australian Shiraz but very palatable. Fruity but not especially spicy. — 10 years ago

Mark Seeber

9.0

I continue to be impressed with Colorado wine. Wonderful weeknight wine paired with a steak, sweet potato, pear and spinach salad. Poured in my glass 30 minutes before drinking to let breathe. Bordeaux blend w/ plurality of Cabernet Sauvignon (43%), Petit Verdot (30%), Cab Franc (14%), Merlot (8%), Chardonnay (3%) and Malbec (2%). Perfumed nose (violets, red berries), good spice and fruit on the entry, medium body, and tannins to last for a few more years if desired (maybe 2017-2018). Becomes more nuanced over an hour, it may pair well with elk or venison if decanted. — 11 years ago

Martin Redmond

8.9

Pink orange color with appealing red fruit, and rose petal aromas. On the palate, it's medium bodied with a wonderful mouthwatering acidity and a nice grip courtesy of the Nebbiolo with tart strawberry and cherry flavors and a lingering finish. — 11 years ago

Matt Beyard

9.0

Great Syrah. Washed down our Sunday Valentine Weekend Dinner of Beef Stew — 11 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.5

What a cool, odd duck. Trousseau Gris with skin contact from CA. Leans more toward red wine on the palate, with tons of red fruits and grippy structure. Wish Pax had made more than 33 cases. — 12 years ago

Mason Balistreri

Sommelier, International Wine Guild; Balistreri Vineyard; Sales, Joy Wine and Spirits

9.2

Bright acidity from the concrete egg fermentation. The flavors are approachable even though it is a grape most people haven’t heard of. Fresh pineapple and vanilla. People would love it if they could give it a chance. — 12 years ago

Winston C

9.1

Out of magnum, beautiful nose of earth and leather but with beautiful red fruits. On the palate showing a mineral attack and mid-palate, which gives a great texture to the wine, which finishes well with fruit and seamless body. This bottle and wind showed much better than last taste in Jan. 2014 — 12 years ago