Mike the Wine Guy

9.1

Barbera is becoming one if the most popular wines in California, and this one will show you why. Beautiful ruby color, cherry & light oak, smooth with a lingering soft finish. A Great example of the definition of "Balanced". — 9 years ago

Zachary Price

9.0

A total wine pick up. Vacqueyras is a French AOC in the southern Rhône region, established in 1990. Often receiving the unfortunate moniker of "a poor man's Châteauneuf-du-Pape", the wines are typically GSMs and can age nicely if produced correctly. This one is 70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre, (the AOC requires a minimum of 50% Grenache in the wine). While you can drink the wines young, they truly begin to shine after 3-4 years. This wine seems to be peaking now. ~$17 | #totalwine #vacqueyras #GSM

On the eyes: Dull deep brick brown, slightly cloudy, peaking to slightly orange at the rim. Med stain, med tears, no gas/floc.

On the nose: Black cherry, mulberry, vinous, nice oak character, hint of petrol and pepper.

On the tongue: med+ acid, med tannin, med alcohol, med body, a bit chewy in the mouth. Bright red cherry, stewed blackberry, a hint of mulling spices, touch of oak and tar. Nice finish. — 9 years ago

Jim Reed

Fine Wine Room Manager Harbor View Wines and Liquors

9.4

2011 Poor man's Priorat! — 10 years ago

Julia Eklund

8.9

Perfect poor man's Barolo for my budget — 10 years ago

Jason VanLue

9.1

Poor man's Amarone, lovely every day wine — 11 years ago

Kaila Medina

9.1

Easy and sharp! It was my first experience with Pinot Blanc, and I think it will be a grape that I will seek out in the future. — 11 years ago

Robert Serna

9.2

Wow! Zin dominated with cab.sauvignon and petite sirah (among others). This is fantastic wine for the price. This is a poor mans prisoner! — 12 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

9.0

Alc. ?? (I couldn't find it on the label).

This may not be a 100% representative bottle as it has been sitting on a wine rack in my living room for 12+ months.
Showing brownish edges and a bit muted fruit (again probably my bad for the poor storage) but with a certain energy and core that I would like to think derives from organic farming and respectful winemaking.

A very nice quaffable everyday drinker that is good-value for the money (about $18-20 if I remember correct).
— 9 years ago

Diabolus In Vino

9.0

💸💸💸 Infanticide... 14.5 abv is apparent. For the impatient, 2009 is in a better place. Poor man's Petrus 🤑 — 9 years ago

Carl Fischer

9.0

I love Bob's style of winemaking across the board, but especially his Merlots (Switchback, Pride, Hourglass, and his own label is no exception). This one is Big, bold, very fruit-forward with pronounced oak (but not overpowering) and fairly strong tannins. This is still a baby and made me understand what they mean by a "Cab lover's Merlot". — 9 years ago

Joyce Snyder

10

Love it!!!!!! — 10 years ago

Paul Kaan

Winemaker/Blogger FilthyGoodVino.com

9.8

BOOM! 66 Bin 389 looking sharp! #FilthyOldVino #Wine Great year in OZ! So much Yumminess! Shows the value of Cellaring wine in a controlled environment for it's life! Better control than my piss poor video focus! The old man paid $6.95 on release. Great core of fruit. Much more finesse than others I've had from the era. Refined texture, seamless. A real purity about this wine. Great acid. Bags of personality. — 10 years ago

Jeddy Hussey

9.0

Bob's standard — 11 years ago

Preston Smalley

9.9

Wow. Big, complex, delicious. 2004 — 12 years ago

Kristin the Wine Girl

9.0

Wonderful red blend. Poor man's Prisoner. — 9 years ago

Simon Haidamous

9.2

Busted out a magnum for Bob's 67th birthday. Lovely. — 9 years ago

Peter Hunken

9.2

Poor mans Rayas. — 9 years ago

Margaux Lemma

10

1984 is a 'poor' vintage but hot damn this is beautiful. Dried apricots, lavender. Fruit is still very much there with acidity lifting to a lingering finish. Wish I could have saved this to drink a few more years from now! — 10 years ago

c l b

9.0

First night stand (with my coravin).

This was my first love (in the wine world) shortly after popping my wine-cherry. But didn't appreciate it to its fullest till now. Maybe it just aged well, maybe my awareness of all the different characteristics got better...in any case, I fell in love all over again...

Nose: Perfectly ripe blackberries and deep ruby cherries. Nice baking spices. The 2012 Faust smells like a $5-bottle in comparison (even though it cost about the same price the times that I became proud owners of both, especially with this particular bottle back when I was a poor graduating college student). Maybe that's how 9 years of experience affects your maturity...maybe I just need to drink more wine and edumacate myself, which I don't mind.

Tongue/mouth: Even though it's 12 years old, the tannins hold on for dear life to your taste buds (hasn't really incorporated itself to the rest of the nicely developed parts of its body). Drink with something fatty (like my short rib I happened to have). Then you can really enjoy the berriness of the wine.

I'm just so purely happy that I can enjoy a taste of it without the guilt of having to commit to it fully and leave it [the bottle] feeling empty. Thank you, Cory. — 10 years ago

Conrad Kenley

9.5

Poor Man's Screaming Eagle — 11 years ago