Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

P&H was founded in 1988 by industry professionals Donald Patz, James Hall, Anne Moses and Heather Patz. This is my second try of the 2015, just wonderful! Aromas of fresh ripe stone fruits and flinty and floral notes. On the palate fresh fruit flavors of apple, pear and sweet pineapple with savory toasty oak tones. Lingering finish ends with tangy citrus and smoky mineral notes. Outstanding. — 7 years ago

Gary Marcos

9.0

Great value and taste — 8 years ago

Geoff Troup

Sales Eder Brothers, Cellar Fine Wines

9.1

This is freakin' delicious. Bright, crisp. Very aromatic, dried underripe cantalope on the nose. Bitter on the palate. Smacking minerality and a prickly mid palate. Really in line with the other 2014 Austrian wines I've tasted...restrained, seamless structure, subtle. Must have been a colder year, as the 2015s are much richer. I love this. Perfect for summer if you need an alternative to Sancerre or base level Bourgogne. — 8 years ago

Devin Bray

9.1

I rather enjoyed this! Fresh, juicy wild berry fruit, with prickly raspberry and blackberry tempered by crushed stone, barnyard hay, and lots of nature Loire funkiness. Great acidity. — 9 years ago

Tadd Tanji

9.5

I finally found a wine for Indian and SE Asian food!! It's soft and pretty, with just enough prickly fizz to bring the flavors of watermelon, strawberry and papaya to life. More wineries need to produce frizzante rosé. — 9 years ago

Ben Lehman

9.3

The aromatics are on point--floral, herbal and just screaming fleurie. The palate needs a little time, but is chock full of bright raspberry and prickly acid — 9 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.2

From 60-80 year old vines in one large vineyard site. Chamomile, vegetal, crushed limestone rocks, and a light waft of salt and citrus rise from the glass. Completely linear, full of tension and energy. This has prickly and nervy acidity, great stuff. #chenin #collier — 10 years ago

Ralph Torres

9.0

Great taste, nice and tart. — 10 years ago

Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.3

2013 - BAM! Creamy, Pine(y) stone fruit, batenburg cake but with a deep mineral dent, great. Textured mouth feel, rich but with some prickly tropical and citrus fruit acidity, creamy but clean finish, Ab Fab. GORGEOUS! Rewards plenty of air & def get in ye cellar if you can. — 11 years ago

Beau Carufel

Winemaker/Owner Random Wine Company

9.2

2013. Fresh and prickly, this is why I want to make gamay noir. Only got better with air. — 11 years ago

Trevor Donoghue

9.0

Spicy full bodied prickly beaujolais — 8 years ago

David Kline

9.0

Big primitivo from Manduria grown on sandy soil! Smells almost maderized as it goes from jammy plum and raspberry to prickly pear and jalepeño jam with a twisted soy brininess emanating cedar and ripe heat! Full-bodied sasparilla reduction with a blanket of dried blackberry soaked in cola and then reduced. Over-browned coffee cake comes to mind, if the burnt sugars manifested drily with a cinnamon stick and plum reduction indelibility. The Mandurian candied-date! #primitivo #manduria #italianwines #Dunico #felline #Recemi #fruitbomb — 8 years ago

with Courtney

Sam Zavari

9.0

Zesty with a prickly mouthfeel. Lemon, apple with hint of hazelnut. Beautiful wine. 2009, $139 — 8 years ago

kasimir bujak

9.1

aromas show barnyard, pickle juice, leather, earth, red and black cherries, wood, redcurrant. a little smoke. smells dangerous....the mouth adds cherry, licorice, wood and earth on the palate. A prickly mineraly Burgundy from Sicily :) — 8 years ago

Eric Egan

9.0

Small champagne tasting at Edinburgh airport. Blanc de Blanc versus regular NV. The BdB was far better in every respect; finer, more rounded, though a little short. Full of crisp cold-pressed apple juice and fine prickly bubbles. A very food-friendly low-dosage wine that cut through the Cullen Skink perfectly! — 9 years ago

Sam Zavari

9.1

Dusty minerality with a prickly palate. Very good wine. — 9 years ago

Ryan Key

9.3

Strong vanilla and earth with a prickly finish. — 10 years ago

Molly Brooks

9.0

Prickly, brambly, stemmy red cherry and raspberry. Silky on the palate with a lingering rusticity. Impressed. — 10 years ago

Ray Isle

Executive Wine Editor Food & Wine Magazine

9.3

Holy Moses, this is a good Pinot. — 11 years ago

Daryll Sheridan

9.9

Fab sparkling chilled red — 12 years ago

with Stephanie

Geoff Troup

Sales Eder Brothers, Cellar Fine Wines

9.0

Oh yeah baby. Gimme that Brett. Gimme that funk. Nose was like horse manure and wet dog. Palate had juicy cherry fruit, sharp acidity, and almost a prickly frizzante. Barnyard is more a well integrated nuance than a dominant trait. Still quite good. — 8 years ago

Jack Petras

8.9

Pinot Grigio with difference pineapple prickly pear, ugly fruit spicy white pepper, — 8 years ago

Joshua Crisp

9.1

Seasonal favorite. Like prickly pears and Pink Lady apples having way too much fun in the bottle. Great acidity and sugar. — 8 years ago

Ryan Key

9.0

Red pepper ripe aroma. Black cherry and licorice. Solid, rounded Cab. Mature fruit, prickly, lush. Swishable. Drinkable. Would not buy again. Sullivan's — 8 years ago

Devin Bray

9.1

Fresh and immediate but with lovely notes of tobacco spice and humidor, abundant fresh cherry and blueberry fruit, a nice prickly and spicy quality on the tongue with a bit of grit on the finish. Nice. — 9 years ago

Jeffrey Cole

9.0

I love the prickly acidity and round mouthfeel of this wine. I don't get much of a fruit character other than maybe some lime peel but very restrained to me. White pepper notes, really almost like dried alfalfa and grass. Reminiscent of a working cattle farm from youth. — 9 years ago

Christanna Honer

9.0

Nicely balanced Champ @ a reasonable price. Apple, prickly pear, lemon curd and fresh mousse. — 9 years ago

Tim Herrmann

9.1

Floral and peach on the nose, same plus lemon and stones on the palate, with awesome prickly bubbles and super refreshing acidity. This is perfect for what it is! Everyone who drinks seltzer water should just drink this... — 10 years ago

Peter Heidt

9.4

Freezing my ass off in NYC and back at Cipriani... How many $20 bills have I palmed Fabio over the years, but he parts at least 50 people to give me the best table in the house... This Moses parting this human Red Sea greets me with two kisses and a welcome Mr. Peter... Love this guy... Anyway, Scott & Deb, two of my oldest clients join me... Deb looks exactly the way she looked 20 years ago and Scott looks great... This wine; AIA!!! Velvety, rich, dark, seductive... It's a beautiful woman in a glass... Ornellaia and Sassicaia... Two of my favorites... Still young, but oh so drinkable... — 10 years ago

Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.0

Beautifully weighted Sauvignon (and I'm usually not a fan). Light on the gooseberry more towards quince & guava on the nose. Mouthwatering rather than prickly acidity with well defined lime fruit and more body than you'd expect, Kevin is a great winemaker! — 11 years ago