Dennis Hogenkamp

9.4

14.3% ABV Bordeaux blend: 49% Merlot, 26% Cab,
20% Cab Franc, 8% P Verdot, 7% Malbec

Beautiful blend! — 5 years ago

Jaclyn Wegener

10

One of my fav simple reds. This is my go to for a sipping red — 6 years ago

Jay Ciccarelli

9.3

Dusty floral nose, dried tea, Port. Amazing. Still clear and bright eyed, long finish with slightly dry tanins but wow. Still impressive 49 years later. — 7 years ago

Lamar Hannah

9.2

Wow I enjoyed this. A great find. Went perfectly with steaks. — 7 years ago

Trixie

8.9

I am imagining my dear Mother's disapproval of the name as she was always a proper lady.

This is a very smooth, yet crisp citrus flavored beer.

•5% ABV• October 19, 2018 — 8 years ago

Ryan Akens

9.1

Smooth and silky, light tannins, heavy plumb and blackberry....delicious — 8 years ago

Chris England

9.3

Superb Rotie @ £49 drinking well young with great potential in 5yrs 👍

🍇 100% Syrah

🍷 Dark ruby

👃 Farmyard infused soggy earth, blackberry jam, soft oak & peppered smoked meaty bacon cola w/ olives tapenade

👄 Med well balanced body of smooth spiced blackberry w/ light cherry & red berry, bathed in olive tapenade

🎯 Med+ velvet blackberry earthy mocha olive coating

🍔 Paired w/ Fillet Steak Burger - yum! — 9 years ago

Jason

9.5

Very enjoyable. Crisp. Clean taste. — 5 years ago

Joe Gillies

9.2

Excellent Bordeaux style blend from New Zealand. 49% can franc, 39% cab sav, 9% merlot, and 3% malbec. Red currant, raspberry, eucalyptus, and tobacco on the palate. Highly recommend! — 6 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.2

10 in 19. Still wonderfully integrated. Restrained and elegant, was shocked that it was 14.9 abv. Tobacco. Red savory fruit. Medium-full. — 7 years ago

Kerri-Jo Stewart

9.0

Not an Alsatian gewurz but really nice. Doesn't have the oily mouth feel or the long finish. It's a new world wine. Great flavour, peachy, fruity with lemon finish. — 7 years ago

Mike Saviage

10

Tasted blind. From a bottle that I’m told had a top shoulder fill. Reddish tawny color, translucent but with intensity. Port-like nose with notes of black cherries, plum, tan spices, molasses/brown sugar and some cranberry. Earthy and ethereal in the mouth. Intensively rich. Finish lasts forever. Guessed 47 Cheval Blanc. I’ve been fortunate to have this wine a few times now. It’s a freak of nature, which is very evident when sitting next to its 49 sibling. A top all time bottle for sure. — 8 years ago

David Jacobs

9.3

I’m in St Emilion and everything tastes good but this is pretty spectacular. Spicy and tight but not brutalizing my tongue. The nose is that perfect combo of leather with dried fruit. Could use a few years. Like another 4-5. Tastes like a 49 euro wine so if you can get the 14/15s for less that $40 I’d jump on it. Pre game for our dinner at the local hot spot down the street. — 9 years ago

Carl Hollifield

9.0

Nice acidity not fruit forward and well balanced with a little asparagus — 9 years ago

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9.0

The 2017 Estate Red is an unusual blend of 49% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Malbec and 11% Petit Verdot. Racy and opulent to the core, the 2017 packs a serious punch. Jammy red fruit, chocolate, iron, smoke, tobacco and incense add layers of savory, earthy complexity. The 2017 is maybe just a bit rustic, but it has plenty of depth, too. Give it an hour or two in the decanter. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, July 2021)
— 5 years ago

Becky Noelle

9.3

This wine was made the year we got married. We bought it on our second wedding anniversary and opened it on our fifth. It aged very well. It has a beautiful balance of sweetness and acidity with a hint of toasted oak and a nice buttery mouth feel. — 7 years ago

Shawn Thompson

8.9

A very good Okanagan rosé with aromas of strawberry and rose petals that transition into a medium bodied, delicious tasting wine with pronounced minerality and flavours of crushed gravel, strawberries, rhubarb and white cranberry. — 7 years ago

Michael Wilhelm

9.4

From Naggiar Vineyards in Grass Valley, California, a Sierra foothills town, comes this wonderful Cab.

Keeping in line with all of the terrific reds that are born of the vines from the Naggiar family, this Cab is full-bodied, very smooth finishing and pairs well with probably everything you've got to throw at it.

My new favorite "local" winery, try the Barbera, the 2016 Private Reserve La Bohéme and, especially, find the Black Beast, or, if lucky enough, the 2015 La Bête Noire Private Reserve. — 7 years ago

Lyn Farmer

9.1

Deep, opulent pink reminiscent of a Tafel rosé. At 14.1%abv it's assertive and wonderfully balanced. Citrus peel, watermelon, red berry and meaty aromas and flavors, this is on the upper side of medium bodied. It's a serious wine that would be as welcome with a steak as with grilled shrimp or later. In 2017 the wine is 49% mourvedre, 39% grenache and 12% counoise. Delicious — 8 years ago

Geoalfie77

9.3

Didn’t realize I could like a California Chardonnay this much. Great minerality — 9 years ago