Nathan Old

9.0

Light and zesty yet full bodied. Zero sour aftertaste. Delightful and incredible value for under £5 a bottle. — 6 years ago

Dr. Owen Bargreen

9.4

The 2014 Sangiovese from Leonetti was Sourced from the Seven Hills, Loess, Mill Creek Upland and Serra Pedace vineyards, and incudes a small percentage of Aglianico (5%). This absolutely stunning Sangiovese opens with intense aromatics of red cherries, raspberries, cigar box and rose petals. The palate has wonderful minerality and shows impressive mid-palate weight, with flavors of dark cherry, red raspberries, pipe tobacco, milk chocolate, mint and pencil shavings that expand effortlessly. The astringency is absolutely wonderful, as is the long, mineral and dark fruit driven finish. This wine will cellar exceedingly well for a decade or more as this is a tremendous showing by Chris Figgins who has carefully crafted one of the most compelling examples new world Sangiovese that you will find. Drink 2019-2029- 94 — 7 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.3

Not ready to go yet. Has all the bones and has great structure, but has a lot of astringency on the finish. Black, purple and blue fruits. Finishes with stiff oak tannin but had a decent amount of black pepper spice on the finish as well. This wine was very pleasant to drink, and by the time I got around to it I think that it had been open for about 3 hours or so which definitely did help. Still, I think the best years of this wine are at least 4-5 years ahead, and think this one will drink well for 10-15 years. — 7 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

The blend on the 14 Trine is; 37% Cabernet Franc, 34% Cabernet, 15% Merlot, 9% Malbec and 5% Petit Verdot. On the nose; fragrant, perfumed florals of violets & fresh dark florals. On the palate; blackberries, dark cherries, black plum, black raspberries, hues of blue fruits, soft spice, good presence of baking spices and rich dark earth. The body is round and full with M+ silky tannins. The fruits are juicy; blackberries, black raspberries, black plum, dark cherries, raspberry cola, caramel, mocha, vanilla, nutmeg, spice, tobacco, crushed dry rock powder, rich, moist, black soil, soft leather, fresh acidity and with a round, beautiful, elegant, balanced finish. Photos of; the Seven Hills Vineyard, barrel room and mural on their cellar wall. — 9 years ago

Penny Loving

9.3

Tasted this wine in Walla Walla and didn't want to wait when the bottles arrived at the house. As young as it is, the wine was delicious right up front. Looking forward to the next 5! — 9 years ago

Dusty Ross

10

Farmers market find… At seven bucks a bottle… This is a nice inexpensive red. — 10 years ago

Tom Elliot

Founder Northwest Wines

9.2

Getting there. Young, fresh and concentrated. Another 5 to 15 years would be ideal. — 10 years ago

Walter Preston

9.2

I know, it's a white blend but damn it's nice. Stone fruit on the nose, peaches out front with pear and citrus. The semillion comes through with on the first taste with tremendous butterscotch and honey dancing across your tongue in 5 inch stillettos. Perfect balance, crisp, fresh, tantalizing. Like it better than the old conundrum, this one a blend of (count em) SEVEN varietals. Yeah deserves 92 as a warm summer night deckadent wine. — 11 years ago

Brent Hendrich

9.3

Blue fruit, figs, BBQ, smoke, brown sugar and vegetal initially. Really refreshing on the palate. Zero tannins and a nice acidity. Medium body. — 11 years ago

JK

9.8

Delicious, very smooth. 5 of 5 — 13 years ago

Shay A

9.4

Last week was a combo of 4th Friday and Open That Bottle Night on back to back nights. Needless to say, the lineup between both days was full of heavy hitters, so I’m only posting standout bottles.

Yes, that is a 3L of ‘87 Dunn Howell in a gorgeous etched bottle. I think the bottle may have outshone the wine, and that was no easy feat! Compared to the ‘88 I opened a year and a half ago, the vintage and larger format here have kept time hostage as this has aged beautifully. Dusty aromatics of brambly fruits, cassis, currant, graphite, fig, leather and even some baking spices remained. The profile on the palate is warm and soft...ripe baked blackberries, peppercorn, old graham cracker and cedar shavings. Integrated at this stage, but this powered through 5+hrs in bottle and in decanter with zero drop off. Still sporting Dunn’s classic Howell power. — 6 years ago

with Jid, joe and 2 others

Dr. Owen Bargreen

9.7

Sourced from the Loess, Seven Hills, Holly Roller, Serra Pedace, Mill Creek Upland and Leonetti Old Block Vineyards, the red blend was aged for 22 months in French oak before bottling. The final blend is a smaller than usual portion of Cabernet Sauvignon (73%) and an unusually high portion of Malbec (22%) with just a touch of Cabernet Franc (5%). This wine needs a two hour decant before enjoying. Once aroused, this slowly unveils green bell pepper, blueberry compote, creme de cassis and sagebrush tones that fill this highly perfumed nose. The palate is decadent, revealing an exceedingly plush texture. With bright acidity and serious weight, the wine expresses copious dark fruits with sweet pipe tobacco, blueberry compote and dark chocolate shaving flavors. Seductive in its youth, this stunning new bottling will have an exceedingly long life ahead of it. Try to resist this beauty for at least another year. Drink 2020-2045- 97 — 7 years ago

Boxer Briefs

10

I don’t have a list in front of me but could swear Bouzy is GC for Pinot Noir...this thing sings 🍏 and I would never expect it was all red fruit. Insane racy acidity, zero dosage. Can you be both crazy complex and super straightforward at the same time? In the grand scheme of things this is great wine but I need 5 years. Probably just disgorged — 8 years ago

Todd Abrams

9.5

Supercampano!? Cherries, rain, earth, a basketful of sun-warmed herbs. 2006 vintage but still very primary. This wine is seven feet tall and full of muscles. Where's the fat slow-roasted beef? De Conciliis never ceases to amaze. — 9 years ago

with Ruby, Tim and 1 other

Josh Luhn

Luhn Wine Consulting Owner, Luhn Family Wines

9.4

Fantastic Cab Franc that's structured AF. Give 5 years. — 9 years ago

Johanna Bernstein

9.0

Non-dosage: disgorge 2/14- 5 years on lees. Mostly 2007 vintage. Dried apples- fantastic balance. Surprisingly intense golden color. $40. — 10 years ago

Ryan Carey

Founder Wine Confidential

9.1

The deepest, darkest fruit you will ever taste. Gripping tannins. Need to lay this down for another 5 years minimum — 10 years ago

Chris Hardy

9.2

5 years old and she still has a few years of life in her! Earthy, full bodied expression of currant and dark raspberries. Really enjoyed this with grilled brats and veggies...not a shy Pinot Noir.! — 11 years ago

Shannon Tuhn

9.6

Kicks off very dry, but levels off with a peppery anise flavor. The finish has essence of whiskey barrels. This wine's changes in flavor over 5 seconds is incredible. — 11 years ago

Tommy Fogarty

Owner Thomas Fogarty Winery

9.3

At first almost underwhelming with predominating "Red Vines" aroma but within 5 minutes in a decanter it opened into about seven dimensions of radness. Unbelievably floral but macho-tough. — 13 years ago

Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7

9.2

Its no Peter Michael, but not bad. Winery notes, Hunter region their home since 1960. Joss and Anna De Iuliis followed their family passion for wine and chose a property in the Lovedale Road region of the Lower Hunter Valley, converting a grazing property into a 20ha vineyard with the first vines planted in 1990. Australian wine critic James Halliday has been rating De Iuliis Wines a 5 star winery since 2010. The 2011 Aged Release sémillion is kept at the winery and aged in bottle for an additional seven years, allowing it to develop beeswax and honey characteristics while maintaining a fresh citrus palate. This is sémillion the way it is meant to be, without having to invest cellaring space. Only 250 cases produced.
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Severn G

9.1

On the Lawn at Tanglewood this afternoon with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Our conductor Andris Nelsons is leading BEETHOVEN (Symphony No. 4), HK GRUBER (Aerial, Concerto for trumpet and orchestra) with the amazing Håkan Hardenberger as the trumpet soloist and then STRAUSS (“Dance of the Seven Veils” from Salome). Andris and Håkan happen to be friends, and both are trumpet players, I expect to see some playful nature to their interaction this afternoon. Mr. Hardenberger is a world renowned and virtuousic player, we're always glad to hear him, this will be his 4th Tanglewood appearance in 5 years. We expect various mutes to be employed over the work, a cow horn (yes it is want you think) and then finishing with piccolo trumpet, exciting to have a soloist work multiple instruments over his appearance

Nose has strawberry-banana smoothie, light crushed red raspberry and freshly washed cherry.

Palate has red currant, red raspberry, slight grassy note and faint wet sandstone.

Exciting to get back to this bottle. Our last experience was directly off tank (Fall '18) which was tapped by Morten for us, very cloudy then, but flavors were beginning to come together. 100% Pinot Noir. — 7 years ago

Duff Mahan

9.0

Have zero recollection of specifics (time since drinking, not inebriation), but I know I liked it and was pleasantly surprised how well it aged in just 5 years — 9 years ago

Aaron Means

9.2

Deep dark berry fruit, dark cherry. Muscular and powerful Pinot. The Gevrey Chambertin to Sandhi's Chambolle Musigny. A tinge of oak? Wound up tight. This will unveil like a flower with 5-10 yrs. My older vintages are singing right now. The only Eola-Amity producer I like. @June's All Day, Austin TX — 9 years ago

Shay A

9.2

I've hit the last 4 out of 5 weekly wine committees and it has been a treat every time. This week, @Jeff Meyer hosted and schooled everyone on how good German wines can be!

I've had zero dessert wines from this region, so I had no clue what this was. Extremely pear focused...light weight. Needs 5-7yrs to be in a nice window. Very cool to try. — 9 years ago

with Jeff and Weston

Austin Hohnke

9.1

Great Pinot with solid depth and balance. Plenty of spiced black cherry and raspberry fruit. Cola, licorice, and subdued cedar create lots to appreciate. 2010 can probably age gracefully for another 5 years. — 10 years ago

Kyle Suehiro

8.9

Lighter red wine with a ripe cherry-juice nose. Slightly sour cherry and blackberry flavors. The clarity of fruit and balanced flavors should age well for at least 5 years — 10 years ago

informationman

9.0

Rated 5 Stars at total Wine — 11 years ago

Jimmy Smith

Director, West and North London Wine School

9.0

Cremant: 50% P, 40% PN and 5% Sav 5% C. Very fine style, fresh, less rich fruit, more precision. Light yeasty, edge of savoury/nutty. Dry (zero dosage) not too clean. But elegant, Apple, light red fruit, lacking depth, but very easy. 90 — 11 years ago

Nate Stiles

9.0

Lovely and round, like wrapping the pallet in a soft blanket. Nice to find something out of Argentina other than a pure Malbec. This is a blend of 5 grapes from seven vineyards. — 12 years ago