Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

Even though we brought spilts with us on our trip, I still missed it. There just aren’t many better starters to kickoff a weekend night. Cheers! 🥂

Many previous notes still apply.

The next time you have BSR as an aperitif and your are having red wine after, save some to close out your night. The BSR ascends from 1080p HD to OLED 4K on your palate. For that matter, any quality Champagne will do. — 6 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

We are all aware of the fires ravaging Napa & Sonoma. Regusci survived with basically a little something more than scorched property as shown in the top photo. One of the lucky ones. The picture on the left shows Laura Regusci and her young son Andrew with fire extinguishers having fought property flames to protect their buildings. In crisis, vintners really come together. That’s Rob Mondavi Jr. helping them with the 17 vintage. I emailed with Jeff Smith of Hourglass and they were helping follow vintners crush grapes etc. at their property who were still without power etc.. Napa/Sonoma is so community strong! The real heroes in all this are the Firefighters in bottom photo. They walk right into the frontline of flames without a second thought. They have been working in some cases three straight shifts a day and then pulling up only a piece of the ground to get some sleep. Some of these Firefighters lost their homes in the fires as well. If you’d like to support these brave Firefighters who have lost everything while at the same time fighting to save others, the Int’l Association of Firefighters has set up a fund for Firefighters who have lost their homes. Here is the link to donate, http://www.gofundahero.com/campaign/detail/4913 🚒. The Regusci 2010 Zinfandel on the nose is; blackberries, boysenberries, dark cherries, huckleberries, poached strawberries, black licorice, baking spices, dark rich earth, dry top soil, bramble, volcanic minerals, violets, lavender and lilacs. The body is round and rich with juicy fruits. The tannins are soft and well resolved. Fruits are ripe; boysenberries, huckleberries, blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, dark cherries & pomegranate. Nice baking spices; vanilla, clove and cinnamon. Rich dark earth, crushed rocks, dry top soil, soft volcanic minerals, black cherry cola/licorice, red florals, violets, light lavender, lilacs, waterfall acidity and a long, elegant, round, rich, juicy fruit finish that’s is consistent all the way through and lasts well over a minute. It’s somewhere around it’s peak with a few more years of good drinking left. Paired well with the slightly spicy Kentucky Bourbon chicken skewers. All our prays and hopes for the people in Napa and Sonoma. — 8 years ago

Jannine Rickards

9.3

This was delicious! — 9 years ago

Charlie Beatty

Buyer wineworksonline.com

10

Master Class hosted by Clement Calleja and our distributor Tim Olsen. This Blanc de Blanc Grand Cru has it all! Nothing like trying Grand Cru from the Best #ChampageBillecartSalmon in our world today! Also lucky to save a little for Villanova win vs Miami tonight! Great Combination. CB 100 — 10 years ago

with Steph and Ron

Steve Conrad

10

2011 vintage. At winery approx $55E save for 5 years - - maybe our 5th anniversary??? — 11 years ago

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9.2

A portion of the proceeds goes to help the Gulf recovery effort. Tasty AND charitable. — 12 years ago

Karen Lehrburger

9.0

A lovely bottle from 2005. Bought in 2009 to save for a special gathering. Last night was time to uncork in honor of our early family Christmas gathering. — 7 years ago

Carter Smyth

9.5

Drowning our sorrows in the loss of the OU Texas game today. WTF ! Save us Lord Churchill — 7 years ago

Tom Wood

9.0

12' Pinot from SOS on the shelves at $19. Either they need to fire their manager or they're insanely charitable. I drank this out of a coffee mug and didn't once have a complaint. — 9 years ago

Jana Jarvis

9.0

We were advised to decant and we were glad we did. The 2009 is a big cab! Flavors are coming into focus after 1 hour: at first I detected spicy, peppery, woody notes and now we taste currant and smell vanilla. It is definitely mellowing out, yummy. It's getting hard to save for our lamb dinner. I'd put this in my cellar again. — 9 years ago

with Jared

Stan Noble

10

This 2000 Opus One is an amazing find for me. We moved 4 years ago and I just found it in our wine closet. I thought I was moving an empty box to make room for more. The box was not empty. It remains unopened as will now save for a special occasion and hope it is still good. — 9 years ago

Ryan Johnson

9.7

My intent was to save this wine for years to come but I couldn't help myself. This was gorgeous. The acidity was tight but it went well with our big dinner. A pretty wine from a producer I highly respect. Wish I had more. — 10 years ago

Benjamin Kinzer

9.8

Our first save given to Lucien when he was 10 months old. They said he could open it on his 12th Birthday. — 12 years ago

with Chloe

Joe Gillies

9.0

Our 8yr anniversary dinner with a bunch of family. This was one of our go to week night wines while dating so had to save a 2010 to try wine some age on it.
Holding up very well for a $13 wine. Secondary flavor profiles emerging. Surprisingly very good at 8yrs old for an entry level rioja. — 7 years ago

David Walser

9.5

Day 18 of our 24 day Amazon cruise. Opened this way too soon. It was huge! Should have decanted. Lots of potential here but save for a later date. — 8 years ago

Ben de Vin

9.0

This is the Yarra Valley rosé. Could easily pass as a red wine, it's got power and is well balanced. Red fruits and spice. A delight to drink with a chill on a warm evening. Very good value. — 9 years ago

Tom Wood

9.4

Definitely some extra points here for enjoyment. Initially there was a slight spritz which thankfully blew off after about two hours but boy did this come back from the dead. Pinot-like sour cherry juice character with intent and density. Wholebunch feels, forest fruits and spiced blood plum. Cloudy and really, really juicy. It's not the type of wine I could see getting better with age but I don't think that's it's purpose. Get at it with an extra large glass — 9 years ago

Tom Wood

9.3

Found this to be a real stand out. Didn't remember it too have such flow to its structure. Remembered it to be primary and grippy. Maybe that extra few months in bottle treating it well — 9 years ago

Cindy Cammack

9.0

Tasty wine to start our Cattleman's Ball planning. — 10 years ago

Karla Alfred

9.2

Fantastic with our traditional Christmas Eve Chinese food, but when paired with anise cookies, everything tastes like wet dog. Lesson: finish the bottle with dinner. Save cookies for whiskey and gift wrapping hour. — 11 years ago