Louis Schofield

Sommelier/Wine Merchant East End Cellars

9.4

Pinot Gris can be a fine wine — 8 years ago

Antonio Gianola

9.4

Floral bouquet, supple yet fine texture and a bit sappy in finish. Excellent acidity and fine grained tannin. All pre-phylloxera vines planted on sand — 9 years ago

Daron Watson

9.1

"1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)"

so my darling and I
make love in the sand
to salute the last moment
ever on dry land
our machine has done its work
played its part well
without a scratch on our bodies
and we bid it farewell

starfish and giant foams
greet us with a smile
before our heads go under
we take a last look
at the killing noise
of the out of style...
#jimihendrix — 10 years ago

Mark Borden

9.2

Very clean — 10 years ago

JP Pierce

9.0

A luggage export from my time in NZ. Body was middle weight, and showed off mostly darker cherry, toasty cranberry character and dried herbal. Tannins had integrated nicely and were a little larger grain (180 grit sand paper). More masculine and muscle in its fruit expression and typical of Otago. — 10 years ago

Nate Kresge

9.2

From our Niagara trip — 12 years ago

with Lauren

Geri Lowery

10

Drink it hot or chilled. Apple pie in a glass. — 9 years ago

Mark Lindzy

9.4

Tiny production Ramisco (7,000 bottles) from own-rooted centurion vines on sand dunes outside Lisboa. Aged 3 years in hundred year-old Brazilian oak foudre - wha???

Beautiful wine, tart cherry, dried herbs, a little of that ol' saddle leather too. Moroccan lamb fits the bill rather well. — 9 years ago

with Josefa

Anthony Trumbo

9.1

Give this one a good decant and the flavors will open up to match the deep fruit aromas on the nose. — 10 years ago

Roy Piper

9.2

The best of all 10 Wind Gap wines I tried today. And one of the cheapest. 13.75% alc and it shows. Love the Jolly Rancher strawberry flavor. Gum coating tannins. Wish more of their wines had this slight added layer of ripeness. From 85 year old vines grown on pure sand in Alexander Valley. Made in a concrete egg. A huge surprise. — 10 years ago

John Lee

8.9

Ripe and fruit forward. Very nice Cab Franc. — 11 years ago

George Heiligman

9.3

Light body but good minerality. Nice finish good with fish or can stand up to grilled salmon. — 12 years ago

Christina Turley

Sales & Marketing Turley Wine Cellars

9.4

Planted 1896 in sand. — 12 years ago

with Turley

Richard Parks III

9.1

Yeasty, urine-colored bubbles, sunk thru the foamy sand. — 9 years ago

Brittany Buonocore

9.8

Light fresh and floral — 9 years ago

Samantha Hale

9.6

Crisp and easy to drink — 10 years ago

Scott Taddeo

8.9

Frangipani, quince, lemonade, apple sauce and a squeeze of lime. Medium bodied in the palate with texture set to oily and finishes off with a medium, slightly bitter, finish. — 10 years ago

Anthony Trumbo

9.3

Very reticent to give up much on the nose, just a bit of red berry. Wonderful taste of a mix of red and black fruit and baking spice. While lighter than many field blends, it still has a nice velvety mouthfeel with some dusty tannins on the finish. Must be that Contra Costa sand! — 10 years ago

Dimitri Fedotov, C.S.

Sommelier Osteria 177

9.1

Really like it. Big tannins and medium finish. Classy. Cab Francs can be ashy, bit smokey and lopsided. This one stands on its own. Balanced! — 11 years ago

Jason Baker

9.9

Date night wine! At easy cuisine — 12 years ago