Keith Levenberg

9.7

My oh my oh my. Let me first try to describe this as objectively as I can before I start babbling in tongues about why it's awesome. So, okay, we'll start with the color, which is somewhere between a rosé and a pale red. That's as good a portent as any for what you get when you taste it, which is this ethereal, gossamer, lacy thing that would probably flutter to the earth even slower than a feather if it were a solid object. It has a sense of freshness and light without being overtly fruity, i.e. it features the freshness and essential perfume of the fruit without the sweetness or fat. It has a minerally element too, subtle (though everything about this is subtle) but clearly reminiscent of gravelly rock pulverized to an ultrafine powder (everything about this is ultrafine). The word "finesse" is a cliché, ditto for "ethereal," but ultimately that's what's so awesome about this. I have had a lot of disappointing German pinot noir, even from highly regarded producers, and they never turn out to be what you think German pinot noir ought to be (i.e., as clear and pure and transparent as riesling, with all that cool-climate lightness). Somehow some of them turn out to be big fat Sonoma pinot lookalikes, which I will never understand. This is not like that. I am really at a loss to think of anything from anywhere to compare this to that so effortlessly pulls off such a vivid personality out of material so fine it only barely seems to have a corporeal existence, and not a flaw or seam to be seen in the way it is all put together. I can think of a Jura pinot that was in the ballpark (the '08 Chais des Vieux Bourg) and the weight and physical presence bring to mind something like Coteaux Champenois or the Dirty & Rowdy reds, but as far as I am concerned this is sui generis. There are aspects that bring to mind all sorts of things but it really needs its own frame of reference. It is profound but not in the same way that grand cru Burgundy is profound; it's a brilliant soloist, not a symphony, almost minimalist in its simplicity and tranquility, best paired with your favorite easy chair and some quiet moments. — 10 years ago

Feeling Good

9.0

For $20 excellent fruit and herbaceous nose with a good seam of acidity on the finish — 12 years ago

Kaitlyn Trigger

9.5

Rich red at State Bird Provisions — 13 years ago

with Mike

Scot Wagner

Owner Stash Wines

8.9

Sooooooo good! great fruit, acid. everything about this wine makes me even more excited for what's happen in El Dorado County. — 10 years ago

Colin Clark

9.0

Light, fruity, good seam of acidity, and a hint of Gamay's peachiness. — 10 years ago

Gav Unit1

9.0

Lemon peel vapours with white flowers on the nose. Front of mouth is diaphanous white flower and delicate lemon. It transitions to an equally subtle white peach with a good seam/backbone of lemon rind to earth the finish with a decent length. — 11 years ago

Bromento Mori

9.9

Lardo. Greg Maddux 2-seam. — 12 years ago

David Kline

9.9

Big floral nose of marigold, corn flower, clover honey, orange blossom, dogwood, vanilla flower. Tremendous bouquet! There is a Sauternes-like quality to the honey and oak combo here, and also a cherry flesh and brown sugar sweetness. The flavors wait until the nectar has spilt over your tongue before erupting from the seam of heat to express carmel, vanilla, crystalline agave sugars, cedar and clove smoke notes. Exquisite. — 10 years ago

Alexis Rua

10

This beer made ever other beer I have had in life just seam like poor attempt at making a beer. — 11 years ago

Feeling Good

9.4

$30 - excellent stone fruit with fine seam of lemon on the finish. Over performs for the price. Easy multi purchase at this price. — 12 years ago

Makiko Cronin

9.7

Really refreshing — 12 years ago