Bob McDonald

9.5

Mid gold in colour. Aromatics of yellow peach and honeyed notes. No traces of petro chemical. Medium plus intensity of stone fruit and mineral on the palate. Great depth. One of the top Rieslings in Alsace and showing it in spades. A beautiful Riesling and probably at its peak. Will stay on this plateau through the 2020’s. Interestingly about 25% went through malolactic so this is a different style from the usual Cuvée Frederic Emile. Very fresh for a 14 year old Riesling but remaining fleshy and M plus bodied. — 10 months ago

Gregg Congleton

9.2

Said in my Homer Simpson voice: “mmmm Kistler Stone Flat Chardonnay....” - cloudy hue / canary yellow diamond in color; apple seeds to the nose, alcohol, barely noticeable oak; smooth and almost caramel candy taste. — 5 years ago

Alton Komori

9.2

2015 - Luscious honey nectar like bouquet, golden hue, medium heavy body, slightly acidic, pineapple notes, medium long finish. — 5 years ago

No Name

8.9

2016 is $13 at Costco. Very clean and smooth. Pretty light and not tons of flavor. — 6 years ago

Greg Koslosky

9.6

Minerals ,apricot stone fruits , golden raisin , caramel , nuts . Incredible depth and richness but with perfectly balanced acidity lingering notes of nougat , minerals and dried fruits . — 6 years ago

Kylie Farr

9.0

Cherries warmish fruit, enjoyable not overly complex — 6 years ago

Maziar

9.0

Solid wine — 7 years ago

Jason Caron

9.2

Tight but really good — 8 years ago

Richard Steinberg

9.3

alive and kicking. Nice mature cherry and great herbal vibe. — 9 years ago

with Mike

Joe Carroll

Owner/Wine Director Spuyten Duyvil, Fette Sau, St. Anselm & Gotham Artisanal Provisions

9.2

Odd for a restaurant (with a Michelin star) to sell wine like this but not have decanters or stemware. — 10 years ago

Kavi Kapadia

9.5

Stefs wedding — 12 years ago

Bryan Kesting

9.4

The best Ferren Silver Eagle Pinot I have had so far. In a perfect spot. — 2 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.4

Medium gold, heavy in the glass. Awesome aged Raveneau nose. Notes of citrus, kimmeridgian white stone and light colored dirt, some honey, some spice. Great mouth feel, with acidity that powered up over 4-5 hours. Awesome with some angel hair pasta and shrimp, looking out over the Kohala Coast. — 4 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.6

Light gold. Looks young. Took 5 hours to open up and show its stuff. In hour 6 this was cruising. Saline and sea shells, wispy lemon fruit, some honey, some white stone. The guesses from the fellas were 2002 Rav Clos and 1996 Rav Valmur. Shows how these properly stored aged Raveneaus can age effortlessly. — 5 years ago

G

9.6

2009 is perfect! And, I love these tiny bottles! — 5 years ago

Sean Christensen

9.0

Like a flat sour beer — 6 years ago

J Mcconeg

9.4

Inadvertently wrote the review for a wrong Kistler This is a very nice wine. — 6 years ago

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

9.2

Gideon Beinstock produces some of the worlds most exciting wines and this vintage has now finally entered the plateau of pleasurable drinking. Complex and layered with smoke and tarry notes. — 7 years ago

Amanda Gavelek

8.9

Initially spicy like a zin, but after breathing it mellowed out and was quite delicious! — 9 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.4

Boyz Raveneau tasting. Light straw color. Honeyed nose with light fruit. Soil and stone notes in the mouth to go with lovely Chablis fruit Tight at first but really opened up nicely. — 10 years ago

Nycole Kelly

9.9

One of my favorites! Had at Flemmings the first time. — 12 years ago

Sharon B

9.3

A refreshing, full of flavor, unoaked Chardonnay. — 2 years ago

Gregory Jacob Strecker

9.4

Nice, minerality, jammy wine with an oak finish — 4 years ago

C. Cole

9.1

Stone fruits and silky mouth feel. Lighter than many Talleys, but delicious nevertheless.. — 5 years ago

Mark Aronica

9.0

Bright and citrusy. Would drink again. — 5 years ago

Connor Smith

9.1

Finger. Lakes. Saperavi.

If this ain’t American winemaking in the 21st century we don’t know what is! 🇺🇸🍷🇬🇪🍇

At least, that’s what we were thinking before reading up on Standing Stone and founders Marti & Tom Macinski. They actually first planted this fascinating Georgian grape here in ***1994*** (just 3 years after Georgia left the USSR, for those keeping score at home) intended for blending.

Increasingly impressed by the quality of the grapes, they offered their first varietal Saperavi in 2010 - as “The Dark Red”, since the grape name was as yet unrecognized by the federal government. Once it was, they became the first American winery to release a wine labeled Saperavi.

Fine tuned to the cold, high mountains of Kakheti in eastern Georgia, it makes sense why it would thrive in the Finger Lakes! The name Saperavi literally means “ink”, a sensible name for a grape with pitch-dark skin AND flesh! 🖤

Marti and Tom sold the winery and retired in 2017. But their enduring legacy may just be budding. We’ve heard of Saperavi planting projects underway in New York, Virginia, and Oregon.

Saperavi’s runaway affinity for the Finger Lakes may have been a bit of a happy accident, but the Macinskis deserve every bit of credit for thinking outside the box, putting it in motion, and bringing it to fruition! 🙌🙌🙌 — 6 years ago

Natalie Wurst Harris

9.0

Delicious dry cab! — 7 years ago

with Heath and Lori

Mike Saviage

9.4

Straw gold color. Caressing aromatic nose of lemon curd, river stone, spices and a little apricot. Really good balance of structure, fruit and acidity in the mouth. Lasting finish. Textbook white burg. — 7 years ago

TheSkip

9.8

Finest IPA in the land. #micdrop — 8 years ago

Pierre Gustafsson

8.9

Very nice! Slight vanilla flavor — 11 years ago