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9.7

Spicy and floral, the 2021 Chardonnay X Novo Vineyard blossoms in the glass with a complex, mineral-tinged blend of ginger-spiked apples, lime zests and sage. Luxuriously silky and soothing with medium-weight textures and depths of ripe pit fruits, this excels with tenacity and brisk acids that lift the experience despite the sheer intensity within. A burst of tart citrus saturates the palate, puckering the cheeks and leaving a salty staining as a subtle tannic tug adds perfect punctuation. While powerful and broad, the balance here is spellbinding. (Eric Guido, Vinous, January 2024)
— 4 months ago

Dmitry Teytelman

9.2

Aging gracefully, great nose, well integrated tannins, a pleasure on Thanksgiving! — 6 months ago

Donald Williams

9.5

One of the best Zinfandels we’ve ever had. — 7 months ago

with Bonnie

Joe Roth

9.3

Beautiful wine. — 2 years ago

with Jeff and Michael

Jeff Orlowski

9.1

Medium body, dry, acidic finish. Honeysuckle and lemon zest on nose, apples and lemon on palate. — 4 years ago

with Michael and Joe

Derek Gale

9.6

2011 Switchback is to die for — 5 years ago

Misha Ko

9.2

Very good and balanced — 5 years ago

President Obama

9.4

Burgundy style. At Ron's for the UM 🏆 — 4 months ago

L Guerci

8.9

Juicy red - balance fruit, approved by both the ladies at our family dinner (@S&B) out for the holidays — 5 months ago

Marshall Todd Herron DPM

9.3

Switchback Ridge - Peterson Family Vineyard- Napa cab - 15.8% abv. Whew…. Better drink a lot of water with this one. Lots of lavendar on the nose. Opening palate is dark blackberry and black licorice. Then comes the chocolate oak and pepper. A beautiful finish, semi dry and tantalizing the tongue.  Goes down almost like a nice smooth bourbon - no kidding!!!!  a nice bottle of Callaway Blue water with this one! — 7 months ago

Stephen Redenbaugh

9.3

Summer yum …. Killer gamay noir from Pinot/chard experts. We all need more light bodied summer reds that dance across your palate at cellar temp. Low ABV… light purple, cherry, berry, juicy sweetness with lively acid driving the fruit towards the finish. The bottle was gone too quickly with smash burgers and hand cut fries. Reminder to self: buy more next year, — 2 years ago

Joe Roth

9.2

A small winery making excellent Pinot Noir! — 3 years ago

with Jeff and Michael

Jimmy Hong

9.2

Loved it! — 4 years ago

Maria Hanson

9.1

We loved this one. Light, fruit forward, not tannic. Easy drinking wine. Love Naked Wines — 5 years ago

David Shaw

9.1

Purple, medium extracted pigment. Spearmint and blackberry aromas. Blueberry and licorice root, cola flavors. Fairly tannic finish, ageworthy — 5 months ago

Jay Kline

9.2

Presented double-blind at Tasting Group. The wine is a deep ruby color with a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity with some significant staining of the tears. No signs of sediment. On the nose, the wine is developing with powerful notes of plums, dark brambles, cocoa, cedar box, and baking spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannins and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The alcohol is medium++. This is big and fancy and tastes, expensive. Initial conclusions: this could be Merlot, Malbec, or Syrah from the USA, Argentina or France. However, the wine wasn’t purple enough for Malbec and I didn’t get any rotundune for me to chose Syrah. The tannins were silky smooth and the fruit was generous, plush and slightly tart which gave me a clue about the vintage. Since I felt like this wine leaned toward its fruit, my final conclusion is that this is Merlot, from the USA, from California, from Napa Valley, 2018 vintage. Boom! I think this is drinking really well right now and it hides its alcohol (15.6%!) remarkably well. Drink now and through 2028. — 5 months ago

Dave Mayers

9.5

Lucille. Holy WOW! This is American excellence. Lemon stones and reduction xtreme. Wish I could try this in 10 yrs. Perf. — a year ago

Erik Sjolund

9.5

No, great pn. Pretty slim but very strawberry fruity n full. — 3 years ago

Paul Woolls

9.0

2012 exquisite balance. Bright. — 4 years ago

Ryan Mullins

9.2

Slightly reductive but probably will be pretty when it ages out of that — 5 years ago