Daniel Mahdavian

Consulting Somm-Daniel Mahdavian Ventures

9.5

Dried ripe prunes, res raisins, brandied cherries & hot stewed blackberries on a sandy gravelly road in the dead of summer. Loved it. — 9 years ago

Josh Hampshire

9.8

Delicious and funky. Co-fermentation gives it a lovely combined feeling with a delicious richness full mouth feel and lightly bitter critic acidity. I had it with a pork and it was 10/10 — 10 years ago

Cindy Cammack

9.3

A wonderful finish to the night. A nice change from port. A bit of alcohol with a sweet raisiny finish. Made my night! — 10 years ago

with David

Tiffany Chan

9.2

Jammy, port-like nose; mellow throughout — 10 years ago

Артем Почанин

9.7

The one of the best — 11 years ago

jarred gild

Head Wine Buyer Western Market

9.6

damn. 30 years in barrel. long and complex, with all the acidity one could want. — 11 years ago

Heather Dyarmett

9.0

2009 was better, but the 2010 is good as well. The port was excellent as well. — 13 years ago

Craig Thompson

9.4

Nice clean pale yellow, nose if stone fruits and French oak. Good acidity and fruit purity and line and length. Good persistence. Maybe just overdone on the oak so that it has an austere rather than flinty style. But that is being picky. Good wine. — 9 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.4

This is a great little secret Madeira under the RWC label. Not one of their cheaper varietal blends, as solid as they are - this is more special, unique stuff. According to RWC, this was a Favilla Vieira Madeira discovered by Ricardo Freitas with no vintage date but an estimated age of 40-50 years old when bottled in 2010. There is also a Verdelho. I preferred this Malvasia when I first opened them together a few months back, as it was just as complex but richer and denser. It's actually streamlined itself considerably over the last few months - do NOT open this if you are in the mood for one of those treacly sweet, port-like malvasias. This is highly acidic (RWC notes that it comes from the cool northwest side of the island), lime-juicy and angular, still having a vivid green tinge in the glass. In fact it feels only a tick sweeter than the Verdelho at this point and might even come across dryer than the Verdelho did when first opened. Buzzes with all sorts of cool energy, even seems to have a shisito-pepper-like snap, and at this point the top notes are dominant although of course there is also some deeper dried fruit nuances underneath. — 10 years ago

Chris Morrison

9.2

Amazing Aussie Pinot. Beautifully light yet plenty of fruit. Up there with the French in terms of finesse! — 10 years ago

with Jaclyn

Stuart Robinson

9.3

Made by two gents (with dayjobs elsewhere) who, in their own words, are "slowly chipping away at making Sav B a little bit cool again". They are too. — 10 years ago

Jacqueline Cochrane

9.2

Lovely Chardonnay. Sharp lasting finish. — 11 years ago

Jim Davison

9.7

Méndez & Co., PR — 12 years ago

Keith Pinault

9.1

This is crazy good. Strawberry preserves and apple butter on the nose, a refreshing burst of acidity up front and a butterscotch pudding finish that goes on forever. — 10 years ago

Benjamin Hickey

9.3

Sweet oak is seem less. Reasonably narrow on the palate. — 10 years ago

Stuart Robinson

9.4

Superb SB: a little savoury note with citrus; textural, yet with line and driving length — 10 years ago

Mitchell Mulder

9.2

A true classic, first ever IPA brewed in San Diego, my all time favorite place for IPA's holds up pretty well after 20 plus years, nice citrus and tropical notes, less of course than current IPA's, but overall solid IPA, and as I said it is a classic, if you in SD, and are a beer Geek, it is a must to try, esp on tap, have a growler filled up right now, excellent brew — 10 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.3

Finally starting to mellow a bit. Lovely, and playing the role of a 20yr port this evening. — 11 years ago

Steve Hahn

9.4

Rich chocolate dessert wine. Underlying port is rich and fruit laden with a great chocolate flavoring. — 11 years ago

Robert Forehand

9.1

A nice Okanagan port. Sweet, but not overpowering, very nice for dessert after a nice seafood dinner. — 13 years ago