Conrad Green

9.1

On the nose bell paper and tangy red fruit. Lovely fresh fruit on the palate. Good acidity and a punch of green. Long. Young but fun. — 9 years ago

with Gregg

Adam Foutz

9.0

Probably the best Cab Franc I've had. — 9 years ago

Jonathan Hird

9.3

Lovely acidity that's well balanced with a subtle fruity tang that lasts nicely on the palate — 10 years ago

Gabriel

9.3

Paper anniversary. This wine is so good — 10 years ago

peishan and jeff

9.4

Elegant, soft tannins, beautiful blackberry jam nose — 10 years ago

Elliot Rosen

9.0

An easy drinker with flavors of ripe cherry and raisins and those sugar dots on paper (that I ate like crack as a kid). — 10 years ago

Martin Hole

9.3

Love it! Red fruits...delicious. Good acidity, smooth but lots more in the glass. — 11 years ago

Alexa Rose

9.3

Cutting paper. — 11 years ago

with Glen and Jim

Hasan Mannan

9.0

A lot of earth, tobacco and mushroom! Great smell old news paper. Taste was deep but not long. Great price for a good bottle. — 9 years ago

Stephen Howell

Cellarbrations at Cottesloe Western Australia, Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW)

9.5

The colour is still youthful, power aplenty and the typical spicy/musky tones aren't hiding away. The fruit flavour is just spectacularly rich and still fresh, it travels seamlessly into a super long finish that....... I don't know.... But this is a wine to muse over. Outstanding short term rewards for little $$
This paper work wasn't so dull after all. :) — 9 years ago

Sean Frame

9.5

Amazing GSM from one of the oldest labels in CA. Balanced and big--you're gonna want a 2nd bottle. — 10 years ago

Gary Fenstra

9.0

The 2012 is not the Trader Joe's version mentioned in 2009 reviews. We are loving the balance between the fruit and butterscotch finish, which comes through in a Hampton Inn paper cup. — 10 years ago

Chris Grimm

8.9

Delicious nose, finish is very slight. Passion fruit. — 10 years ago

Anne Zmuda

8.9

Has an almost carbonated taste. Very fruity — 10 years ago

Cleora Campbell

Manager K&L Wine Merchants

9.3

Cleora had this 11 years ago

Meg

9.1

Each week, my 2.5yr old twins have "homework" which requires picking household items that start with a given letter. This week is "I" (there's no "I" in team, or kicking off many household items that would fit in a paper bag and don't melt!). Anywho, It Inspired me to pop this reasonably priced late harvest (Icewine), which Is sweet, refreshing, and even elegant for a very reasonable price. I also included a DVD of Ice Castles - who doesn't love that movie?!?! That and Splendor in the Grass - they get me every. single. time. — 9 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.1

Dark, opaque brick red. Clear. Moderate plus intensity in the color, compact rim, and no sediment. Wine breathed in bottle for 3 hrs. Very interesting nose, never would have guessed a Bordeaux Blend. Starts off with chocolate filled with alcohol. Lots of black cherries, vanilla, baking spices and dried fruit. A little savory on the palate and drying. A tad sweet too. Moderate body with moderate tannins (6/10). Texture is kind of like sand paper. Long finish. Nose was a little of putting for me. Would love to try this with more air time. — 9 years ago

with Sean

Keith Levenberg

9.5

I've been hesitant to open this because the Tre Stelle was so challenging and this is supposedly the more structured of the two, but I shouldn't have been, as this is a wonderful and phenomenally easy-to-drink wine, about as friendly as young nebbiolo ever gets. If it is indeed more tannic than the Tre Stelle, that is only the case on paper as the structure is smoothed over by rich, very polished fruit that still has the gloss of youthfulness but whose flavors are well past the primary into savory and earthy territory with a sticky grip. It opens with a dazzlingly complex aromatic punch of herbs and a succulent meatiness, which quiets down soon enough but the wine never shuts down. The fruit is in crimson tones, plummy at first and then more towards apple skin hours later as it backs down from that initial generosity, but throughout the bottle it is full and plump, finishing with stony earth. I'm slightly tempted to call it autumnal just on account of the complexion but that doesn't seem to work because there is a very clear sense of freshness here. No leatheriness or other badges of oxidative aging that surface fairly often even in nebbiolos that I *like*: this bottle captured everything in pristine condition, making an exceptionally delicious wine with a robust inner core but a flawless veneer with no rough edges, brimming with generous, richly constituted nebbiolo goodness. — 10 years ago

Adam Stokes

8.9

Dark ruby colour. Aromas of red berry, maybe blackberry, cigar box and paper. Low (though more than some) residual sugar. Medium fruits and acid, relatively high tannin. Full bodied red that is well balanced with a bit of a punch and reasonable length. — 10 years ago

Jason Adams

9.0

Goes good with fiery Thai food — 11 years ago