Victor Ramirez

9.3

Excellent — 6 years ago

with Dayana

Allyson Vaccaro-Pelton

9.1

Good blend! — 7 years ago

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.3

Head-turner. — 7 years ago

with William

Mark Seeber

9.2

Happy Thanksgiving from St Louis! — 9 years ago

Sheri Rossillo

9.2

Excellent- light enough to be paired with any food, chicken, pork, turkey. But unique- loved it. $29.99 at Wine County in Signal Hill, CA. — 9 years ago

Richard Lewis

9.0

Amtrak's finest. We found the '16 to pair particularly well with a 90 minute delay due to signal problems. The '15 is really better for an outright cancellation. Kidding aside, this is solid value. — 9 years ago

with Lynne

Joe Lucca

9.1

Crushed blackberries, spice, pie crust, barrel toast, dark molasses. Softened tannins, however enough grip signal this needs time. Finishes with autumn leaves and dried savory herbs. — 9 years ago

with Frank, Kevin and 1 other

Susan Taylor

8.9

Love the varietal just not sure about this wine is the penultimate expression. Takes some time to open up but once flowered it’s nice. A bit fruity but not overly so which is a plus for me. Smooth with a nice finish. — 6 years ago

Rachael

9.1

Big medium body, kind of spicy with medium tannins. Nice. — 7 years ago

James Gerhart

9.0

One of my new favorite house wines. Always enjoy CF in my Bordeaux and experimenting with signal varietal wines. True new world expression with bright red and black fruit and easy to drink. — 7 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

Happy birthday to my wife Sofia! She wanted to go have a birthday lunch in Big Sur at Nepenthe. With these views, who wouldn’t want to go celebrate there? Great vistas, good food and an even better wine list. Krug by the glass and so much more! Good warm up for lunch.

It’s a combination of reductive and oxidized style on the nose. Bruised apple, bruised Bosc pear, well overripe pineapple, marmalade, touch of caramel, creamed cider, understated honey notes, chalkiness, seashells, some oysters, volcanic minerals w/ fruit blossoms & withering yellow lilies.

The palate shows more reductive style than oxidized. Less pronounced bruised apple, bruised Bosc pear, well overripe pineapple, white citrus, marmalade, touch caramel, creamed soda, apple cider, understated honey notes, chalkiness, seashells, some oysters, volcanic minerals with fruit blossoms & withering yellow lilies. The acidy is quite nice. Very good; structure, length & balance. The long, beautiful, rich, finish is just what you’d expect from Krug.

Photos of, the outdoor bar with that view, whew, Nepenthe pumpkin, with the cell tower signal so bad & no wi-fi, they need a antique phone booth and the outdoor lounge/waiting area, complete with a ping pong table.

@Nepenthe Big Sur — 8 years ago

Eric Grasser

9.0

Yeasty with slight oxidation, yet clean and citrusy with a nice creamy body presence. — 9 years ago

Geoff Schaefer

9.2

Bold, fresh. A Chardonnay cannon. — 9 years ago

Pedro Rusk

Wine Educator Kendall Jackson

9.2

Super like this wine think it's the last one bummer — 10 years ago

Jason Keefer

9.2

Cannonau? More like cannon-wow! Concentrated fruits, tobacco box, definitely showing its age well! — 6 years ago

with Natasha

Bob McDonald

9.0

Colour is a very dark crimson with a tawny rim developing. Savoury southern Rhone type aromas of Loam and Tobacco showing more Cinsault than Pinot Noir. Pinotage is regarded as South Africa’s signature variety and is a hybrid of Pinot Noir and Cinsault. Little oak influence on the palate with such savoury dirty flavours it’s almost Bretty but will give the benefit of the doubt. I had a 2013 of this wine a few years ago which showed more black berry fruits than this 2010 now. Kanonkop (note the embossed cannon on the glass bottle ) was one of the first properties to plant Pinotage. I bought this bottle in Stellenbosch in 2013. @David T Iknow David Trumper is over there at the moment and would recommend this wine. — 7 years ago

Erik Nordman

9.0

Dig these Koehler-Ruprecht trocken prädikatswein bottlings; they smell like they’re going to be sweet but then surprise the palate with their relative dryness. This Kallstadter kabinett trocken pours a medium (-) intensity straw-gold hue. Moderate concentration of aromatics of underripe stone fruit, shiso, wet stone minerality, a bit of petrol-y TDN character, a leesy aged cheese rind character, and a very slight honeyed spice that might signal a very small percentage of botrytized grapes might have gone into this wine (but I’m not 100% sure it is botrytis; it’s very faint if it is). On the palate, the wine is simultaneously soft and focused, with more slightly underripe stone fruit, wet stone minerality, slightly underripe mango, a savory, aged cheese rind leesiness, and some very subtle floral tones. Medium (+)/high acid, oily, softly textured light/medium (-) body, medium in-balance alcohol, and it’s dry-ish? Wouldn’t quite say off dry but definitely has a slight bit of balancing RS. Overall, pretty good stuff; haven’t yet been disappointed by Koehler-Ruprecht. — 9 years ago

Mervyn

9.1

Like this wine (2016), slightly sharp edge-27/07/17 — 9 years ago

Maya Seeney

9.0

Dry, earthy, tart plum, raspberry, slight herbal & longer finish than expected, med + acid

Aged 15 months in neutral FR oak — 9 years ago

MaJ CappS

9.0

Lovely zippy minerality, apricots, lychee, kiwi skin, Young and easily drinkable right now. Lapping riverstone for a long time after the gulp. Paired with VA "Cannon Cove" oysters. — 10 years ago