Bryce Wiatrak

9.3

The family-run Avinyó estate remains a beacon of artisan tradition for Cava wines, and their Brut Nature remains one of my favorites from their seamless portfolio. Resinous and leesy, the Xarello driven cuvée is rather giving for the Brut Nature category. Never thin or austere, the wine instead broadens on the palate to flavors of yellow apple, sawdust, pie crust, and mushroom. This is a Cava that can convert a Champagne diehard. — 7 years ago

Rachel Bovard

9.5

All tertiary aromas. Hay, leather, shoe polish, sawdust and cedar, rounded out with a subtle note of still-present fresh raspberry and chalky tannin. Drinking beautifully. — 8 years ago

kasimir bujak

9.0

nose gives olive oil, garrigue, jammy plums and cherries, sawdust, a little dried mint, charcuterie...this is opulent. beautiful tightrope between rich fruit and earthy garrigue. — 8 years ago

kasimir bujak

8.9

nose gives: tar, violets, wet old wood, cedar, animal funk, a little ripe cranberry, vinyl, moldy black cherry... palate gives lots of sawdust, moldy old wet wood, dried black cherries, balsamic, charcuterie. a blend of wood, meat, dried cherries, and balsamic. unusually treated pinot. california + piedmontish? — 8 years ago

Emily Kresie-Harrington

9.1

2008 vintage. Fruit is at a great crossroads of fresh and youthful and more mature and nuanced. Very red fruit with raspberry, cranberry, tart red cherry, dried violet, dried mint, sage, autumn leaves, pencil lead, little sawdust. Very elegant expression of Zinfandel. — 9 years ago

Ryan Mayes

9.3

Heavy hitting cab franc. Intense aromas - fruit, sawdust, spice - explodes from the glass. Rich, concentrated flavored of mixed berries, tea and more spice. Mountain fruit all the way to the core but surprising finesse. Bravo! — 9 years ago

with Rob

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9.0

Cherry cola, moderate acid, bit of blackberry, bit of oak taste, and a very faint fresh alcohol aroma similar to opening a paint bucket and sawdust — 9 years ago

A.J. McCafferty

9.0

On the eyes: Clear and bright with a deep garnet color with light shades of brown. Medium viscosity with no gas build up or sediment.

On the nose: High alcohol, nail polish remover, and sawdust that finishes with raw tobacco and warm molasses.

On the tongue: Medium acidity, medium tannin, Sour Bing cherry, and oak. Finishes with Red Pear skin and brown sugar.

Really great but not super complex. Would pair well with Prime Rib or grilled Portobellos. — 9 years ago

Chris Pistagnesi

9.1

Next to Fat head Ipa, this is the second best ipa I've ever had. — 10 years ago

with Jon

Sergio Licea

10

Blackberry jam, violets, sawdust, red licorice, brown butter, burnt sugar. Smooth and silky, incredibly long finish — 11 years ago

Christian Gray

9.3

Lush fruit. Plum and black currant. Pipe tobacco. Multi-colored peppercorns. My gut tells me this was aged in American oak because I am finding sandalwood and/or sawdust notes. Stellar wine!! — 7 years ago

Matt Miller

9.2

Sawdust and old chalkboard on the nose. Light and subtle with the first taste then builds through the middle that is bold, but without the fresh fruit notes from new world wines. The finish has a distinct minerality that accents the age of the wine. — 8 years ago

Ryan Vento

9.3

Menthol, earth, and sawdust on the nose. On the palate plenty of rustic, old world earth and ripe red fruits with tobacco and black pepper. — 8 years ago

with Krystal

kasimir bujak

8.9

aromas of sawdust, earth, black cherries, candied plums....tasting brings sweet red cherries, wood, earth, ripe black plums, blackberries... big and rich. could be California rather than Tuscany. nice sliver of acid running throughout. great value. — 8 years ago

kasimir bujak

8.9

aromas are smokey, earthy minerality, funk, black cherry, cedar sawdust, tart cranberry, cinnamon...the palate shows wood, earth, faint unripe red cherry, some crunchy red apple....nice acidity and faint licorice and tannins on finish.
— 8 years ago

Erik Hanson

9.2

Dandelion, peaches, sweat, Dial soap, sawdust. Keeps on opening up... 20 minutes later and the expression is huge. — 9 years ago

Sergio Licea

9.7

Lemon curd, golden yellow apple, brown pear, peanut shells, sawdust, saline, marcona almond, sea breeze. Rounded acidity, creamy/Sur lie texture, medium bodied, long citrus pulp/herbal finish. Felt like a Meursault meets Savennieres. Outstanding! — 9 years ago

Sergio Licea

9.6

Dried plums, figs, mushrooms, leather, gunpowder, sawdust, coffee, cinder, iron, graphite, cassis, bell pepper, pottery soil. Rounded acidity/silky tannin balance, lush silky texture, medium bodied, extremely long smoky/dusty/earthy finish. Highly evolved in glass. Decanting not necessary. — 9 years ago

K U

8.9

Dried blackberries and blueberries with these hints of sawdust and smoky minerality. Nice supple spice. And light body. Nice and made to be served with a slight chill. — 10 years ago

WC Fields

9.2

Delicious. Wonderful with cherry, sawdust, leather and nice dry finish with medium tannins. — 11 years ago

Andrew Lohse

9.0

Dark berry fruit, some herbaceousness. Medium style with some nice acid and alcohol heat on the back end. Cedar, sawdust, light chocolate. Some oak presence. — 7 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

This guy is like the Jacky Truchot of Alto Piemonte. Light color, yet amazing finesse and delicacy along with a brilliant texture. Gorgeous nose. Cherries, spice, sawdust, Rainer cherries as well, some lurid feral aromas as well. So complex, delicate and detailed. Palate is beautifully fruited with lovely elegant tannin and gorgeous bright cherries rule the day. Dusty elegant tannin and sappy fruit finish it off. Needs maybe 1 hour to turn into the lace monster it becomes. — 7 years ago

Ryan Guillen

9.1

Nose is blackberry, sawdust. Tastes tobacco, cherry, smokey, charcoal. Flavor forward and not long lasting. A good wine to drink with friends. — 8 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.0

Dark cassis, red florals and milk chocolate on the nose. Blackberries, dark cherries, cooked strawberries, creamed raspberries, dry cranberries, sawdust, spice, tea, some cola, the high tannins are resolving, lower acid, juicy fruits make for an enjoyable finish. Great value wine for a 2009. Drinks well now and for the next 10 plus years. Made by The technical team at Lynch Bages. — 8 years ago

Pierre Arneaux

9.4

A really well balanced and elegant Chard. I loved it, Kylah is not sure and wants to revisit it. Talk about a classic, perfect Cali Chard. This has everything. It is not a big bully throwing sawdust and vanilla sticks at your head. It's soft, sophisticated, and delish. — 9 years ago

Charlie Tapp

9.5

Dark fruit, sawdust, and graphite. Stellar bottle from a great vintage. — 9 years ago

Ted

9.8

Wow great bottle of wine. Right off the bat guess alcohol content was high 16%. Cherries, sawdust, and leather. Real good. 😎 — 9 years ago

with Jeni

Jeroen Koenen

9.1

Dark, warm, carressing wine. Images of campfire, hot chestnuts, roasted meats and melting chocolate appear. Cinnamon and sawdust. Primary fruit is browning, vanishing now, only dates and dried figs and prunes remain. Very good wine, very modern and concentrated. It's time to drink up! — 9 years ago

Rob Mayes

9.3

Sawdust and drywall on the nose. Also industrial steel beam. Spice as well. Black pepper subtleties. Vanilla oak and dill on the palate. Fine tannins. — 11 years ago

Andrew Yandell

9.8

The duke of burgers. Fat hacking acidity and smoky tannins. Almost meaty, but closer to ketchup with elderberries, fresh cut sawdust, and spicy herbs — 12 years ago