Eric Urbani

9.1

Six Pinots, all made by Ed Kurtzman, of August West and Roar fame who also consults to Freeman and Mansfield Dunn. Ed joined our tasting. Very good. — 4 years ago

Eric Urbani

9.0

A lineup of 10 August West and Roar Pinots, 2007-2011, all made by wine maker Ed Kurtzman, who attended our tasting. I found this to be elegant and delicious. — 4 years ago

Anna Sangiacomo

9.2

Gary DANKO~ 7th annual Women & Wine Luncheon ~ Meals on Wheels.
— 5 years ago

Eric W Brown

9.2

Lots of cherry. Drinking well — 6 years ago

Chris England

9.6

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🍷 Opaque deep ruby

👃 Violet candy-floss, cedar, blackcurrant, blueberry & thick mocha w/ soft oak vanilla smoke

👄 Full bodied chewy ripe blackcurrant/berry w/ cocoa cream velvet dollops, caramel & palmaviolet

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Daragh Hoey

9.4

Doesn't roar out of the glass the way the 2013 does. But classic dark chocolate and black olive flavor, with perfect structure. — 8 years ago

Tony Bartos

9.0

Drank with a Roar Gary's of the same vintage- Roar was better. Generally love these older Lucias but this seemed flat. Not well structured but decent. — 8 years ago

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Eric Urbani

9.5

Six Pinots, all made by Ed Kurtzman, of August West and Roar fame who also consults to Freeman and Mansfield Dunn. Ed joined our tasting. I loved the meatiness of this and it was my #1. — 4 years ago

Marshall Todd Herron DPM

10

1886 -Ehlers cabernet sauvignon 2014. The big boy! I promise you, this wine is over the top! My favorite cab to date! Blackberry, oak, and chocolate roar through this vino! I absolutely guarantee you will never be disappointed!  — 5 years ago

Colin Cahoon

9.0

Cigar box, tart fruit, pepper, and leather with a mineral backbone. Not quite the heft of premier Black Jack vintages and with a little drop off at the end of the palate, but chewy tannins and tingly acid roar back in the finish. — 6 years ago

Eric Urbani

9.4

Rich, aged very well — 7 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.5

This Zinfandel, from vines planted in 1904, is forest-dark with brambly, black fruit and tons of supporting characters. The nose emits all that you may dream would accompany a wine made from 114-year-old vines. There is spice, there is tobacco, there is tar. Leather, dirt and oil also appear. The palate is similarly dark, but surprisingly youthful and perfumed. The acidity rips, the tannins roar and the wine does its duty on marbled beef. — 7 years ago

Eri

9.0

Scent of lemongrass, jasmine and perhaps a slice of kiwi fruit. Had a marvelous piece of well-smoked salmon.. it might go better w roar fish lol — 8 years ago

Devin Bostick

9.3

Not much of a nose, but a great tannin roar at first sip, totally drinkable (2015), but definitely could use more time to smooth tannins and let body come together, wonderful herbaceous notes (oregano/thyme), whiskey like pop just before finish, kind of wraps together at the end as if the trajectory is toward the feel of acidic fruit on a cankersore, it's nice though! rich purple color, royal, opened up more, complex wet sticky layering, really neat — 8 years ago

Eric Urbani

8.9

A lineup of 10 August West and Roar Pinots, 2007-2011, all made by wine maker Ed Kurtzman, who attended our tasting. This one was a bit faded so ranked lower than its peers. — 4 years ago

Eric Urbani

9.3

We had fun coming up with the descriptors of the nose on this one. Twizzler, cherry cough drops, you get the idea. typical of very ripe picking that Roar is known for. — 4 years ago

JeremyC

9.2

First thought was if the color "purple " had a flavor this would be it. Got a bit more complex as we went further. Some delicate mineral type notes. Label says 13.6 alc and at first I LOVED the balance but the alc crept up later so now I wonder if a little BS on the alc . I like this wine and I'll also say its the first syr I've dug in a looooong time and makes me want to hv another. This is one of my last btls from the first bottling run at Roar in 2014. — 6 years ago

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9.2

This smells intensely of sage and sage flowers, along with passion fruit, grapefruit and elder flower. (“I am Scheurebe, hear me roar!”) Given such a resounding opening gambit, the wine proves (relatively!) discreet on the polished palate, turning in a coolingly minty and melony direction while preserving such luscious fruit as well as herbal pungency as the aromas promised. The terrifically-sustained finish is infectiously juicy, exhibiting overt but perfectly-integrated and supportive sweetness. Sage, grapefruit zest and smoky black tea accents serve for invigorating counterpoint. On occasion, the Rumpfs have demonstrated that these vines in the Dautenpflänzer can yield Scheurebe capable of playing in the Pfeffingen or Müller-Catoir league – and this is one of those delicious occasions. (On the heels of this beauty – on November 2, 2018 – I tasted a dry 2018 Scheurebe trocken, from fruit harvested in mid-September, that was already improbably delicious; but the Dautenpflänzer Scheurebe grapes from 2018 had been picked only a few days before I visited!) (David Schildknecht, Vinous, April 2019) — 6 years ago

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9.0

SLH without too much explanation is a premier site for Pinot Noir and Chard. But like Napa/Sonoma and Santa Barbara the similar theme is we're finding more grape varietals to diversify ourselves because of how great our weather is and generally our love of many options. Roar is a local leader of quality wines, if you're looking for an SLH example of the good stuff.. here you go.

Went on a cool personal tour of some vineyards at the winery and tried some wine after. This is a newer vineyard for them, high elevation grown Viognier (10 years). Keep in mind this is a foggy climate versus most other Viognier climates. Rich peaches outweigh the honeydew melon fruit for an ideal balance of fruit I'd prefer. I think an edge to this wine is some minerality I usually find clouded from old world veen. Also out here we're in our 2nd or 3rd year in a row of very cold summers and cold spring/fall. It's really what I imagine Seattle to be because most days I just get overcast with my beach view😂 I look forward to a very warm SLH year; this will wake up the locals. — 8 years ago

Geoff Troup

Sales Eder Brothers, Cellar Fine Wines

8.9

Pretty good. Definitely budget friendly. I've had a few too many stellar old world riojas lately that this doesn't compare to. Anyhow....

Baked raisin on the nose. Smells cooked but it's not cooked. Some soft dried fruits. On the palate...at first huge acid and petrol. Automotive stuff going on all around. After an hour in the decanter, the acid is dialed down to a gentle roar, demanding to be noticed but not taking over. Notes of eucalyptus, lilacs, dried bitter black cherry in the mid palate. Still very lively and certainly kicking...tannin has dissipated and the structure and flavors are quite harmonious. Definitely in a good spot now. Could go considerably longer, but I doubt it will improve beyond this. Nice value for Gran reserve rioja. — 8 years ago

with Matt