Mark Eastom

9.0

Stemmy, rustic, bright strawberry and cherry fruit, little sassafras and cola, with great acid. Deter does it again :) Pork chop and salmon night. Yum! — 5 years ago

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.3

Medium weight. Mineral. Cherries. Nicely reserved, understated. Sassafras. — 8 years ago

with William

Donald Patz

Owner/Winemaker Patz & Hall

9.1

I think very fairly priced. Bright cherry and sassafras notes. Yum. — 8 years ago

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.4

Sassafras, smoky oak. Takes a lot of time to open up in the glass. Brightness emerges. Integrated. Advocates patience. — 8 years ago

with William

Bill Bender

9.6

My first shot at the Realm white and it delivered huge. Astounding aromatics of sassafras (yes! @Roman Sukley) and rain soaked vegetation. Melon rind, stream bed and a lively verve. I may be crazy but I get a Haut Brion blanc vibe here. Outstanding with fresh oysters and good company. — 9 years ago

Nicholas Livingston

9.6

Nebbiolo in a vernacular of orange peels, wood spice, sassafras, and permeating fragrance, this is as nice a night cap as it is a delicious and effective digestif. A 500ml genie in a bottle and my third wish of a sound sleep is certain. — 9 years ago

Anabel del Giorgio

8.9

Black cherry, raspberry, dried rose petal, "sassafras" - well done. Great fruit. — 10 years ago

with Douglas and Mark

Courtney Cochran

Sommelier/Host hiptastes.com

10

Tale of a Perfect 10: electric soy and black olive mashup, suggestive garrigue and sexpot violet, brown sugar swizzle stick and incomprehensible herbal-vanilla wafer-anise love child. Then it gets interesting: espresso and tobacco leaf, cocoa nib, cola and cool. Or is that sassafras?? Pink peppercorn, portobello and candied pomegranate. Handstands. Hell yes. Thank you. 🙏 — 10 years ago

with Will and Mary-Colleen

Christanna Honer

9.3

Pretty earthy heady spice, sassafras was the best I heard. Rich palate, lots of black cherry — 11 years ago

AJ Gubser

9.1

Interesting spicy nose: sassafras, cinnamon, dried thyme, garrigue, anise, wild berries

Palate of root beer, licorice, dried green herbs, and dark berries. Tannins are a bit drying and astringent.

A bit lighter than the other CdPs we had in our tasting, but nice complexity and very food friendly. — 6 years ago

with Brooks and Scott

Isaac Pirolo

9.0

Pillow Rd. Vineyard is situated to the southwest of Sebastopol, not far from the southern tip of the Russian River Valley, and planted to two acres of Chardonnay and seven acres of Pinot Noir. Clones 777, 115, and Pommard made up the first plantings in 2000, with Calera and Swan being added later (replacing Gravenstein apple trees). The vineyard has courted her fair share of suitors, originally being one of Duckhorn’s sources for its Goldeneye Pinot Noir. The first commercial vintage under the Pillow Rd. label was 2006. I’m not sure whether Ladera had entered the scene at that point, but it was definitely in time for their release of the 2009 vintage. In 2016 PlumpJack Group acquired Ladera’s Howell Mountain vineyard and winemaking facility, and while it appears the Pillow Rd. Vineyard wasn’t included in that sale, I haven’t seen anything that spells that out explicitly. Regardless, what is certain is that Napa Cab makers can’t quit this Russian River Pinot vineyard. It had some kinks to work out, but ultimately it’s built for pleasure and not complexity, and it eventually got there. Cherry cola, sassafras, baking spice, butterscotch, and just enough of a citrus edge to keep from losing its balance. — 7 years ago

Christian Broder

GM/Sommelier The Social Wine Company

9.5

Lemon zest, bing cherry, toasted croissant, hazelnut, sassafras, chalk. Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee. — 8 years ago

Benjamin Hickey

9.0

Delicate with a nice richness of preserved lemon and almond. — 8 years ago

Shawn R

9.2

Focused and balanced across the nose and palate expressing a sense of place. Clean taste of raspberries, floral elements and sassafras-all play well. Displaying lively acid and rounded tannins for a peppery long finish. Very elegant wine. Drink now. — 9 years ago

with Vinod

Martin Redmond

9.2

Ruby color. Initially tight on the nose, but after a bit of air it opened up very nicely showing mixed red berry liqueur (cherry, raspberry), cardamom, sassafras and damp earth aromas. On the palate it's lush, focused and lively with a gorgeous mouth feel sporting velvety well integrated tannins with cherry and raspberry liqueur, spice flavors with an attractive lingering floral and spicy finish. 2009 Vintage. — 9 years ago

Colin Heinrich

Sales & Marketing B Wise Vineyards

9.2

Sassafras love — 9 years ago

Kathleen Inman

9.0

O.F.S is Out F***ing Standing value. This bottle was well crafted, classic RRV Pinot. Cherry, violet and bacon on the nose, black cherry, cedar, sassafras nicely balanced with a good finish. — 10 years ago

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.5

Gorgeous. From half bottle. Bright red and blue fruit. Savory. Aromatic. Sassafras. Pretty, serious and profound. Value. — 10 years ago

Courtney Cochran

Sommelier/Host hiptastes.com

9.8

Maybe it's just the holiday talking, but this is seriously channeling spearmint. Still ruby dark and fairly singing with vigor, it's an everything wine, folks, with super balanced structure and cherry-pomegranate kissed by sassafras. The toast is sweetly integrated, so you don't even hardly notice you're quaffing a mega-wine. 👯💖🍷 — 10 years ago

with Suzanne

Loren Gesinsky

9.6

Wow! This was drinking splendidly at nearly 10. Layers of dark red fruit like cassis and ripe blackberry on laters of sweet herbs like sassafras on enough acidity to keep things lively. — 6 years ago

Anna Sangiacomo

9.4

The nose is roasted meats, Dark Cherry and sassafras. Plush & round. The tannins are very refined. — 7 years ago

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.4

Discrete, masterful oak. Dried herbs, sassafras, light on its feet, bright cherries. Very good value. — 8 years ago

with William

Berg

9.4

This is a great bottle of Burgundy, and shows the winemaking strength I think. Black cherry, unripe tart strawberry, cloves, sassafras, plenty of sous bois funk already, but in balance. I think this will be a glorious, funky example of hallmark Burgundy in 20 years! — 8 years ago

Nicholas Livingston

9.5

When There might have been more elegant or forceful wines on the table, this won out among the top three wines to enjoy with cassoulet. Sassafras and root spices, bright juicy black fruit and tannins just right for duck confit, garlic sausage, fattened haricot tarbais and the rest. Just right. — 8 years ago

Adam Froehlich

9.2

Sassafras! Citrus, orange peel, lemon curd, pear, apple, pineapple, lychee, fig. Long malolactic and citrusy finish. Tight, elegant and highly acidic Chardonnay — 9 years ago

with Claire

Robert McCall

9.2

Dark cherry with a lively spice/sassafras kick which pushes this baby to a formidable lengthy finish. Lovely all around. — 9 years ago

Douglas Braun

9.0

This is the red -mature red rim nice all spice sassafras spice with cherry compote fruit — 9 years ago

Paul Watson

9.0

2009 vintage. Soft subtle sassafras,cherry with adequate lift and well integrated tannin. Delightful. — 10 years ago

Courtney Cochran

Sommelier/Host hiptastes.com

10

Caramel-marzipan-orange-cookie love. Lemon dust and graham goodness, sassafras cola cool, toffee crunch and date, honeycomb and brown sugar-apricot. Rich, full bodied but somehow light on its feet. YES — 10 years ago

Dylan Elliott

Digital Marketing Specialist, Boisset Family Estates

10

2008 Tessitura: Red cherry & raspberry, strawberry shortcake and sassafras with hints of vanilla and fun. — 12 years ago