Alex Spoto

10

2015 is young still, velveteen and rich, but rewards the slow sipper... well enjoyed with a garlicky prime rib and tumeric/pepper roasted cauliflower fam. — 6 years ago

Zack Hall

8.9

Medium extraction. Slightly bitter sandy tannins. Nose of crushed boysenberry. Leading into herbal notes. Initially has some so2 vibrancy which is nice. Decent wine. — 7 years ago

Devin Bostick

8.9

Huge jam some yeast, boysenberry, rich purple, smells sandy and floral berryish — 7 years ago

Matti Jokelainen

9.1

Dark fruits, some spices, bit oak and some funk. Medium weight, lots of blueberry and some cherry and plum. Sandy tannins that build towards end. Great stuff! — 8 years ago

Amer S. Ahmed

9.1

Love Croatian wine so much, such a diverse region. The server described this as sandy and minerally, a risky wine, and the chance was well worth it. Gooseberry, lemon, yellow flower on the nose, a bracing palate full with yellow orchard fruit, sea salt, and white stone. Long finish. A win — 8 years ago

Andrew Holod

National Sales Grapes of Spain

9.2

Manuel Manzaneque Suarez Mil Cepas Cencibel vino de la teirra de Castilla 2014.

Fine, elegantly textured, energetic tempranillo from a small plot of 1000 vines on unique patch of sandy soil. #GrandCruMancha — 8 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

Bright, sweet dark & light cherries, cooked strawberry preserves, black raspberries, stewed plum, raspberry cola, strawberry twizzlers, violets with a just a hint of lavender, dry cut grass, crushed dry volcanic rocks & soil, fine sandy chalkiness, grey volcanic minerals, spice, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, red & pink fresh roses, beautiful acidity, nice tension, balance, length and a finish that goes on and on. — 8 years ago

Adrian Raddenbury

9.0

Sandy. Very pleasant. Great complement to Venison. — 9 years ago

Maria

9.4

Ok Delectable, this is the second day in a row you don't recognize my wine! Who the f-k is Agostini Petri, can anyone enlighten me? Please. Anyhow in my glass I have a beautiful wine, 1997 Castello Vicchiomaggio La Prima Chianti Classico Riserva, bottled by John Matta. Initially I found myself in Cht9, with dry, sandy tannins but the aftertaste was more like a full-bodied Bordeaux. This is a mature wine, full of dark fruit and cherries, smoked meats, good grip of tannins and acidity that provides a back-bone. Just wish I had lots and lots of bottles in my cellar. Should keep on aging beautifully many more years to come. — 10 years ago

Gilles de Chambure

Master Sommelier & Educator

9.4

tannat with 5 % nero d avola & san giovese co fermented original — 12 years ago

Matt

9.5

This is gorgeous tonight. Continue to find that Mas de Boislauzon is consistently one of the best value CNDP around, true to place and terroir driven on all fronts, from traditional cuvée to their prestige offerings. I think the hearty amount of Mourvedre and plenty of holdings in sandy dominated soils of the N/NE part of the appellation make for a remarkably dense, balanced and textural wine. I feel like some 07’s have hit their mark in the last couple years and this is in a sweet spot to me. Nose is meaty, lifted with smoke, hot stones, porcini, truffle, espresso bean, plum marmalade, lavender pastille. Palate is more kirsch, compote, cinnamon, licorice whip, candied bacon, woodsmoke, and stones again. Structurally theres a great interplay of moderate but present acid and granular tannin. Perfect foil for a bacon and mushroom cheeseburger 🤤 — 6 years ago

Victoria Staudinger

10

Easy drinking white, crisp without being steely. Purchased at Wine Kitchen (Leesburg) after HH with Sandy Brown. — 7 years ago

Daniel P. Drake

9.4

I have opened the 2010 Chateau Cantemerle Haute-Medoc. 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot.

The nose upon first opening is a little tight and at first not willing to show its true self. After awhile this wine starts to open and its true self becomes obvious. With vigorous swirling the red fruit comes through. There is cherry, strawberry, plum, red currant, herbaceous notes, mocha, sweet licorice, sweet oak and violet floral notes.

On the palate we have black cherry, strawberry, plum, raspberry, herbaceousness, mint, slight oak notes and crushed gravel.

The wine is medium to full bodied, medium + acidity, medium + sandy tannins that leads to a long lingering enjoyable finish. This wine is everything I look for in a good Left Bank Bordeaux. Drink now or cellar for another 10 years. Have a great start to your work week and please be safe. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 8 years ago

ADAM STROMFELD

9.4

Velvety and elegant soft and sandy. Mouthful black cherries. Cab Franc at its best. — 8 years ago

with Kevin

Yoon Ha

Master Sommelier/Wine Director Benu

9.6

Unbelievable freshness for this vintage. Not a hint of heat stress. Sandy soils. — 8 years ago

Daniel P. Drake

9.0

Friday nights wine comes from the right bank of Bordeaux - Canon Fronsac. The 2010 Chateau Moulin Haut Laroque 65% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Malbec. The Herve family first started making wine back in 1890 and continue to today. A great track record and delivering a well valued Bordeaux.

The nose is very expressive with dark fruits of black plum, blackberry, black currant, licorice, clove, coffee beans and tar.

Upon first sip black cherries jump out at you full force, with blueberries, a smooth coating of creme de cassis and dried oregano.

There is a nice full bodied mouth feel with medium + acidity and medium sandy tannins.

For the price this is a very nice and serviceable Bordeaux.

Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷 — 9 years ago

Mark Lindzy

9.3

Single vineyard on gravel and sandy pebbles, aged on skins 8 months in amphora and then a few more in old casks. Still super young, very tight tannins and bright acid. Will age for quite some time! — 10 years ago

Nathaniel Muñoz

9.3

Love how the savory components jump forward with brie, sourdough, cheddar, lees, and Sandy Clayey texture — 10 years ago

Cuvée Corner

9.5

#Turley #Wine Cellars rocking Lodi on the label, takes a bow w/ this shiner version of the Kirschenmann Vineyard, dry farmed, self rooted, planted in 1915 and still going strong in sandy loamy soils! Winemaker Tegan Passalacqua. This wine demonstrates what's possible in the Lodi AVA in the right hands! — 11 years ago

Lea Jane

9.1

2016 Leo Steen Chenin Blanc, sandy Loamy soil, high natural acidity. Aged in steel tanks followed by 4 mos of barrel aging in neutral oak. — 7 years ago

ADAM STROMFELD

9.2

Gripping and Sandy tannins bright fruit red fruit soft but gripping pure and not overwhelming — 7 years ago

with Natalie

Alan Doughty

9.2

High elevation, sandy soils. Elegant dark ted fruit, mushroom and earth, with mellow acidity and approachable gentle tannin. A littke ckosed down, but with all the right ingredients and flavors that are already developing. — 7 years ago

Geoff Troup

Sales Eder Brothers, Cellar Fine Wines

9.1

This is it. Tannin pummeling, pencil lead, big sandy tongue attacking dryness. — 8 years ago

Spinning_spins

9.4

I recently read about Bedrock's purchase of the Evangelho Vineyard, and was relieved to know that these old, own-rooted vines in sandy soil will be preserved. As for the wine, it is wonderful, with raspberry/boysenberry aromas and flavors, with notes of beeswax, earth, spice, and violets. Rich and velvety, but bright in its great balance of acid, tannin, and fruit. Excellent length, and just 14.1% abv. My new favorite Zinfandel-based red blend! — 8 years ago

Joe Fox

9.1

Pretty good for a Pinot… Sandy even likes! — 8 years ago

Lee Abraham

Sales Cliff Lede Vineyards, Breggo Cellars

9.7

This wine was still so amazing. I had it with the lovely Sandy Block 1985 vintage — 9 years ago

Scott Taddeo

9.0

Lovely wine. Florals, woodsmoke, dark cherrys, vegetable juice, faint spice and no new oak in sight. Raspy, sandy tannin profile and supple but present tannin. Slightly tight to begin with, worth giving some air. Would kill it with some tacos — 9 years ago

Fabien Lainé

Blogger VinDeling.com

9.0

Tiny estate run by Jerome Gradassi just on about 5Ha, working with simple and minimal work in the vineyard on colder side of the appellation with sandy soil - he delivers small production of great Chateauneuf with much freshness, aged in used oak the wine gain texture and complexity - vines date back to the 70s with mostly Grenache and some Mourvèdre - great value for money it will have very well in the cellar for a few years 😃 — 10 years ago

Julie Shows

9.8

With jane and sandy at atkins park — 11 years ago

Gail Warek

9.7

Sandy Hook. -very good — 12 years ago