Shannon

9.0

I love it!! Not too acidic. — 4 years ago

Aaron Rankin

9.3

In a great spot. Drink up! — 5 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Had the ‘16 about a year ago, tried again. For more than 4 decades, the Chappellet family has been crafting wines from fruit cultivated on steep, rocky slopes of Napa’s Pritchard Hill. Aged 8 months on French oak, (33% new) in its lees. Aromas of ripe stone fruits, citrus, honey & oaky scents. On the palate layers of fruit, apple, lemon & peach with balanced acidity & gentle toasty oak. Long smooth finish ending with fruit and oak tones, a bit creamy. Very well done. A joy to drink. Still tasting great! — 5 years ago

Ray Quirolgico

9.0

Great for upscaling the outdoor amphitheater pre-theater picnic party - great with a variety of cheeses, almonds, dried fruits, crackers, and food truck entrees. — 6 years ago

Alex Weiss Hills

8.9

Medium bodied, salty, pineapple, rocky. — 7 years ago

with Samantha

Lynn Spurling

9.0

Lovely rich mouthfeel with minerality and acid. Lemon curd and rocky, salty mineral. Perfect with oysters! — 8 years ago

Adam Knoerzer

8.9

White flowers, lemon (Meyer lemon?), and a whiff of pepper on the nose give way to more of the same, plus a rocky minerality, as you drink. Additional stone fruit aromas might lead you away from Grüner if you're tasting blind. — 9 years ago

David E

9.1

Why wait? This shows a sweet, buttery personality with surprising power for the vintage. Chocolate and rocky notes round out the cherry liqueur center. Very nice. — 9 years ago

Jeremy.Buss

9.2

So long since I’ve had a Rockpile wine and loved this!! Black and green pepper along with dark berries (raspberry and blackberry). An excellent jam flavor that just fits so well with bbq ribs. — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

Nose is sweet minerals.

Palate is rocky minerals. Fairly ripe almost tropical fruit. Grippy.

Always a winner.

Bought from fass selections. — 5 years ago

Guthrie Raimondo

8.9

Smokey/rocky finish — 5 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.2

Watchin’ the Celts and drinking a decidedly old school Zin. Only 13.2%, the grapes originate from rocky mountain terroir. Classic Zin nose of brambly, inky blackberry, and cracked rock minerality. In the mouth is where it diverges from most current-day fruit bomb Zins. It’s relatively lean, with noticeable dynamic structure and great acids. The fruit is there, but it doesn’t smother other aspects of the wine. Retro in the best way. This would absolutely strut with tagliatelle in bolognese or papardelle with duck sauce. — 6 years ago

Chris England

9.5

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🗞 Microsoft, Thrilla in Manila
🎵 Mandy, Lady Marmalade, Jive Talkin'
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🌍 3.998B

£100 & alive & kicking w/ fruit! RP got this one wrong 👍

🍷Vibrant ruby w/ brick edge

👃 Char smoked oak, black berries, gravel, pencil lead, herbs, fig, liquorice & mocha

👄 Med body of lively red & black smooth fruits w/ a mocha & liquorice kick

🎯 Med dark & light red fruit mocha liquorice & mineral delight — 8 years ago

Frank Kuo

9.2

Nice color of shades of purple, a bit hazy, and a bit bloody red. Nose of nice leather, sweet oak, dried strawberry, sugar plum, and cherry. Taste is warm, leathery, cranberries, zesty, dried strawberries, and a tiny bit of hickory note. Aftertaste is smooth, basically no tannins, a bit zesty, a bit oaky, and medium long. She is lighter compared to usual Shiraz from Aussie. Overall, she is a tasty wine and enjoy her now. — 8 years ago

Martin Bergo

9.2

Take a typical good-quality PN and amplify everything from color, nose, mouthfeel, structure, and length - and you get to this wine from Rocky Point, a steep hill above a lake in central Otago. Color is deep violet; nose is high-octane black fruits (mulberry) and ripe cran- and strawberries, and minerality and a sweet herbaciousness; taste is full bodied with round tannins, dense fruit, medium-high aclohol, rubber and spice. And all well balanced. Would love to try in 3-5y. — 5 years ago

Marshall Todd Herron DPM

10

Okay. First of all, this is Gap’s Crown Vineyard 2017 pinot noir in SONOMA baby! Kerith is absolutely amazing. She has developed and crafted a wine so beautiful, its worthy to be the house wine for the Royal Palace and the Queen of England! Nevertheless, it is definitely my house Pinot Noir as well as the best Pinot Noir you will ever have. Before I discovered Bruliam wines, I thought the best pinots came from Oregon. Boy was I wrong! Kerith.... wow. Excellent job. And that’s really all I have to say if you like Pinot Noir, you’re going to love Bruliam- wine is elemental! Just do it! — 5 years ago

Marla Frederick

10

Strong taste of peach which makes me salivate for impeachment. Perfect topper to a great news day. I can’t rank anything less than a perfect ten at this moment. — 7 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

More on the delicious end of the scale on open. Very fruity tangerine. Citrus. Awesomely mineral of course. Nice acidity. Lovely nose. As it opens becoming more serious. Rocky finish. ... fast forward 15 minutes. Ok ... now it’s liable. I’m chewing on rocks in a lemon vineyard. Best lemons ever. Sweet lemons with the acidity of regular lemons. Ok that makes no sense unless you are a lemon geek. Nose is insane. Gods lemon oil. Mad love. Bought from Fass Selections. — 7 years ago

with Lyle

Olivius Maximus

9.4

Unbelievably underrated vino! — 8 years ago

Jason Soloway

9.0

Love this wine. A steal at $25. Red, rocky minerals, floral, rose, savory. — 9 years ago