Alec Jeffery

9.0

This is why France trumps the rest when it comes to a Cabernet blend that has history, complexity and place of origin at a great price point. A great vintage does help 😊 — 6 years ago

Aaron Rankin

9.1

Nose of smoky red fruit, roasted herbs. Tightly wound acid and grippy tannins show the youth, while framing and lifting concentrated fruit. Interesting and well made, but not my jam, at least not yet. — 6 years ago

Guy Mantoura

9.2

A lovely well rounded wine with no nasty sides. Enjoy by itself or with food. Light tannins and long legs - just the way I like it! — 7 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

In 1858, it was the first winery in Rioja to produce wines using the Bordeaux method. In 1972, it was the first to promote the Rueda Designation of Origin. A blend of 90% Tempranillo & 10% Graciano (varies sometime Mazuelo is added). A powerhouse of aromas, berry, sweet spice and some citrus on the nose. On the palate, dark berry fruits, cacao, some smoky pepper with a savory character. Fine tannins, nice balance and good length ending with slight mineral, oak and earthy tones. Great value, short term aging potential. — 7 years ago

C. Cole

8.9

Lighter than I prefer, but still nice. — 8 years ago

Randy Boesch

9.2

One of our very favorite red wine blends. Lots of dark red fruit flavors with plum boysenberry raisin noticeable. Should pair well with Tri tip off the grill. — 9 years ago

Matt Sterr

8.9

Somewhere between saline and smoke. — 9 years ago

Ginger Vintner

9.1

Vino: VILLA WOLF GEWÜRZTRAMINER

Vintage: 2014

Origin: Pfalz, Germany

VinoVT Rating: 9.1 (10)

Grape: Gewurztraminer

Info:

Comment: Beautiful example of a Gewürztraminer with slight stone fruit and floral notes. Wonderfully balance with slight hints of spice and rose.
— 9 years ago

Jeffrey Paul

9.1

Similar to champagne in production, but Italian in origin, nicely tart. — 10 years ago

Aaron Dornstreich

9.0

A beautiful ripeness without sacrificing it's origin. — 10 years ago

Doug Burress

Sales K&L Wines

10

Good-bye Triple Wood, hello old Friend. — 12 years ago

Matt

9.0

This captures the style of Saint Préfert quiet well with its sleek profile, freshness and lifted aromatics. This has some serious class for its CDR origin, very pure and elegantly structured. Fresh to overripe black fruit, stones, candied olive, smoke and lavender. There’s a hint of meaty-ness as well. The florals are this wines most intriguing component, coupled with the snap of acid the blend has, tremendous value. 85 GR 15 CI, “la Lionne” in Sorgues, gallets soils, full concrete — 6 years ago

Barbara C Pitcher

9.5

Quite a hit at our Christmas Champagne tasting! — 6 years ago

Ty Clark

9.5

Incredible — 7 years ago

with Mande

Justin Hansohn

9.0

Classic CdP...juicy, robust, earthy, not overdone. I would call this in balance for its origin. — 7 years ago

Danielle Huizen

9.5

See pic. Didn't have it on the app. Great okanagan cab franc (cheese and metal) with fruity merlot blend. — 7 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Bodegas LAN founded in 1972, named after the initials of the 3 provinces in the Rioja Designation of Origin: Logrono (now La Rioja) Alava and Navarra and located in the heart of Rioja Alta. A blend of 85% Tempranillo and 15% Graciano, bright deep red with aromas of sweet red fruits. Complex palate with blackberry, cherry and plum flavors, gentle spices, balanced. Soft tannins, lingering finish, mineral notes on ending. Wow! — 8 years ago

Gae Saccoccio - NdC

9.6

Really complicated on these so suspect days, expose themselves with concepts such as: tradition, terroir, identity without falling into the most sinister rhetoric if not sounds just trite and hypocritical as the counterfeit currency with which even large-scale industries - supported by marketing - pays back its inattentive mass audience riding the wave of the country of origin or protected typicality. A diabolical mechanism this one for which even the most noble ideas probably the right practices and good experiences completed in the scale of centuries to human measure and not on massive industrial scale, are trivialized by sleazy slogan, emptied of meaning to be more or less surreptitious thanks to barbaric persuasion techniques and brain-washing propaganda.
Yet with the Valentini's Trebbiano you may not groped to summarize in words if not by drawing on terms so appropriate to express it. Now concerning this iconic label we've got behind it a local grape variety, a real family and a great wine that collect in a bottle the past and present story of a side of Abruzzo who claims to defeats victories and sacrifices to dominate the abuses (on and of) nature, miseries and splendours of agricultural seasons. Places, people, vision, wines such as Valentini are here to remind us how each bottle stay so proudly standing as non-reproducible beauty and fermented goodness expressing all its artisanal uniqueness and authenticity which are just that suspect to industrial wine production in manufacturing chains on standardized quantities; wines that are all equal to themselves even though wine itself is not much left at the end of the day/cycle. Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Valentini 1998 is what we have to rate right now: rusticity with class; style, purity and glory of a local grape recognized by many admirers from all over the world: act local think global this is another slogan-cliché which in this specific Valentini's wine exemple could sounds a little less false and more effective. — 9 years ago

with Alberto and Giovanni

Kevin Russell

9.2

This brings you straight to its origin. Elegant and balanced. — 10 years ago

with Jen

Meredith Stegall

9.5

Delicious traditional Pinot of less traditional origin. — 11 years ago

Tracy Hall

9.4

Super smooth and pretty! — 6 years ago

Ryan Mullins

9.4

Best original yet — 6 years ago

Jan Laursen

9.3

Læskende, let oxideret og (æble)frugtig vin, med en velgørende stram syre og et lækkert mineralsk touch. Fremragende til grøn mad. — 6 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Founded in 1972, Bodegas LAN was named after the initials of the 3 provinces in the Rioja Designation of Origin: Logrono (now La Rioja) Alava and Navarra. Deep Ruby with red berry aromas and some spice. On the palate tart cherry with cinnamon and vanilla oak flavors with subtle herb notes. Fine tannins, good balance, medium finish ending with earthy leather notes. Nice value. — 7 years ago

Al Val

9.6

Ole !! Mineral driven and briny.
Great match for chicken braised with leeks and caperberries over squash — 7 years ago

Eric Stec

9.1

2010 Vintage on 10/2/17. Aroma immediately when opened, smelled jammy, almost stale or vinegary. Let it breathe after pouring--good move. A depth of experiential flavors when drank but also long after. I love that. I don't know if it's an indicator of aging well or simply the characteristics of the wine from origin. Savory, leathery and pencil, earthy upfront then a strong fruit in the middle. Lingers w some sea air aroma/taste that is nice. — 8 years ago

Charine Tan

9.0

RIP to the late Zlatan who passed a month ago.

Zlatan Otok is one of my favourite wineries in Croatia. I appreciate every single one of the wines that I've tried but that said, this Zlatan Otok 2010 Crljenak is my absolute fave.

In 2001 a research, funded by Mike Grgich of Judgement of Paris fame, on the origin of Zinfandel came to fruition. It confirmed that Zinfandel and Primitivo came from Croatia. Unfortunately at the point of discovery, the vines of Crljenak in Croatia was near extinction. Today, only a handful of Croatian wineries still produce this wine. As far as I've tried, the Zlatan Otok 2010 Crljenak is the best representation of this variety.

Notes: Colour is dark garnet with some clarity. On the nose, I get cboth red and black fruit, white and black pepper, slightly perfumey like amber and musk. The palate reflects exactly what's on the nose, carried off by vibrant acidity and prominent minerality. Tannins are slightly coarse but sweet, which means it should be aged in the bottle for a while longer but ready to be enjoyed now. What I love most is how it opens up and expresses itself on the palate like a triangle--from narrow and shy to wide and lively. This Crljenak has lighter body than most Californian Zinfandel.

The final conclusion: Yes please! It's slightly cheaper than Lytton Springs, and I'm getting more pleasure from this. — 9 years ago

Rich Friedland

9.2

Melon and stone fruit nose. Lime and hints of grapefruit with a mild finish. Nice balance of oak to steel. — 10 years ago

Louis Steiner

9.0

Delectable identified this as originating in New York for some reason. This winery is in the Niagara region of Ontario, specifically Beamsville. — 10 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.0

Intriguing experimental white wine. Spain in origin with Portuguese and Spanish winemaking partnership. Mineral, almond, white blossoms and apple skin notes. Fresh on the palate ans sherry like in flavor without the bitterness from the flor of a Fino sherry. Tasted great the second evening matching the profile with a little more depth and freshness. #niepoort — 12 years ago