Matt Beyard

9.0

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

Michael Tobin

9.5

Purchased with David B. Smooth and touch of spice. — 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

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

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

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

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

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