Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Decanted for about an hour before we tasted Franco Batzella’s wines. A blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Cabernet Franc and aged for 18 to 24 months in French Oak and a further 12 months before release. The wine is Deep Ruby red with aromas of red/black fruits and sweet spices. The palate shows black cherries, blackberries and cranberries with some cacao, leather and vanilla spice. The wine had soft structured tannins, medium length and ended with earthy notes. Drinkable now but a few years would enhance the experience. Very nice! Tasting Sample. — 10 years ago

jerod peitsmeyer

9.1

lake brew. — 12 years ago

Mitchell Mulder

9.7

Another very fine brew from Innis, this one is aged with rum oak chips! — 13 years ago

Nic Tan

9.0

I like ginger. I like Hitachino Nest. Together they are awesomer. That's all I have to say about that. 😆 — 11 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.3

Original bottling, and worth the time on the cellar. More understated and seamless than it was in its youth, now quietly complex and richly complicated. — 11 years ago

Corin Hirsch

8.9

My first taste of a Cigar City brew, at a wedding. Zesty. — 12 years ago

Sean Nelson

9.2

21st Amendment IPA. In a can. — 13 years ago

Christine Havens

8.9

A tad rustic on opening, the The 2011 Coquerel Tempranillo arrives on the scene with a bouquet of freshly turned soil and a hint of barnyard. However, after more than an hour of being open, layers of roasted strawberry and cherry rise to the surface, along with a beguiling floral top note of lilac. Vibrant acidity on the palate, and as with the other reds from Coquerel, its a crafted with a lighter touch. Medium-bodied, with discreet toast and the earthier notes reemerge on the finish along with a hint of spice. 14.0% ABV | Sample — 11 years ago

Denis Roudenko

10

20/20 (100/100) — 12 years ago

Mitchell Mulder

9.9

One of the all time Greatest West Coast IPA's blows most out the water, amazing brew, do not pass this one up, nice reasonable $ too — 12 years ago