Press Gang Cellars

Matt Parish

The Pilot Hill Gang El Dorado County Red Blend 2018

Excellent wine. Matt Parish is one to watch. Huge dark fruit flavors, full body, and a brooding mix of tobacco and leather. Long finish. Highly recommend. — 5 years ago

Russ FlettKarim van Fazal-Khan
with Russ and Karim

Tobin James

Reserve James Gang Paso Robles Primitivo

Delicious Jammy Berries, blackberry, spice, wood, vanilla, what a nice nose after sitting in the glass for a while. — 6 years ago

Press Run

Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

Very good. Great bouquet, flavor and finish. Worth the $16. Definitely a repeat purchase. — 7 years ago

Guy Breton

P'tit Max Morgon Gamay 2015

Ok, so now we're experiencing a second, top-tier bottle, from a "Gang of Four" producer...yet to have the Lapierre or Thévenet bottles.

Gamay how I love you so much. Beautiful dried flower and cherry nose, lightly sweet and the finish has wicked length. This was amazing, shared with good friends and a good meal of patiently roasted beef tenderloin. I can't wait to see how this develops in a few years, it needs some time to gain concentration. It will go into hiding in the cellar with the 3.14 bottles and hope they learn something from each other.

Thanks
@Lyle Fass
— 8 years ago

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Severn Goodwin

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Hell yeah, can't wait to pull corks on the Thivin & Lapalu bottles!
Lyle Fass

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Ahhhh yeah, isn’t that a great wine?
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F yes! Needs to chill out for a few years tho, it's a different style than 3.14.

Slow Press

California Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Legs for days. I let it breathe for two hours very nice drinking wine.
— 8 years ago

Chain Gang Vineyards

Pitch Black Monterey County Red Blend

Great with a meal not too dry — 9 years ago

The Lane Vineyard

Block 14 Basket Press Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2016

Full Strawberry nose with white pepper. Taste juicy red berry front settles down to a wash blueberry. Then at back of mouth intensity starts with flavour of roasted red peppers done over oak coals and finish cleanse of eucalyptus.🍷 — 6 years ago

Tobin James

James Gang Reserve Paso Robles Syrah 2013

Deep inky red. Berries and bold. Very nice — 7 years ago

Chain Gang Vineyards

First Timer Red Blend

Light, refreshing, pleasing. Would love to have again. — 7 years ago

Jared Woytasczyk
with Jared

Winter En Provence

First Press Rosé de Provence Rosé Blend 2016

Light and crisp! Bought at Wine Cellars of Annapolis — 8 years ago

Flower Press

Petit Rosé Blend

Wonderful and sweet without being sugary. Bought a few bottles of this and had friends over when the 2 bottles ran out I thought they were going to protest ! Ran back to Grocery Outlet and bought 4 more bottles :-) crowd pleaser — 9 years ago

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Tobin James

James Gang Paso Robles Reserve Petit Verdot 2014

Usually I would pass on Petit Verdot but this actually was very very good. — 6 years ago

Jean-Paul Thevenet

Vieilles Vignes Morgon Gamay 2017

I wasn’t acquainted with the whole gang until now. Ready to grow old together, is all I got to say. — 6 years ago

Diana Cho
with Diana
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Seavey Vineyard

Caravina Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Somm David T
9.4

Beautiful, dark red, perfume fruits. Black currants, blackberries, dark cherries, black plum, black raspberries, boysenberries, lots of blue fruits, expresso, anise, leather, some graphite, sweet dark moist soils, medium intensity volcanic minerals, limestone with blue and dark red floral bouquet.

The body is full. The tannins are round and nicely soften. The structure, length, tension and balance have hit harmony with plenty of life left ahead. Dark currants, blackberries, dark cherries, black plum, black raspberries, boysenberries, loads of blue fruits, expresso roast, anise, dark chocolate, a little caramel, leather, some graphite, leather, dry tobacco, touch of dry herbs, sweet dark moist soils, medium intensity volcanic minerals, limestone and blue and dark red floral bouquet. The acidity is round and beautiful. The finish is long, very well balanced, elegant, polished and lasts minutes.

Photos of; The barn used for winemaking and to host tastings. The first harvested Cabernet grapes of the season, an old school basket press that decorates their grounds, Estate vines and a giant fan to dry the vines if needed amongst the hilltop mountains that surround the Estate.
— 7 years ago

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Slow Press

Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

I snuck aboard the space station and made my way to the holding cell where I was told the princess was being held. Upon breaking down the door, I was confronted by a short person in a diaper and odd headdress who said "I'm sorry, but the princess is in another death star".

About that time all the alarms in the space station started going off.

After some brief firefights I found myself cornered, my only escape to done down a shoot into a garbage compactor. So I did. Once in the trash compactor I met a friendly monster called a Dianoga. We shared a lovely bottle of Slow Press while the walls of the compactor slowly closed in on us.

Fortunately for me, I'm the hero of this tale and, as such, made a timely escape, rescued the princess (eventually), and managed to do it all without realizing I had spilled wine on myself.
— 8 years ago

David Franz

H.P. Hydraulic Press Shiraz

Delicious red from the son of Peter Lehman. — 9 years ago

Guy Breton

Vieilles Vignes Morgon Gamay 2006

The remaining of the "gang of four" from Morgon - it's very airy and refreshing for a Morgon with plenty of dark berry on the nose. Very enjoyable and of course great for warm evenings :) — 9 years ago