Shay A

9.0

A very enjoyable “Toscana” that is young now but can be enjoyed if there is food to pair with it. Aromatically, it came across as modern with ripe black cherry, currant, and tobacco. On the palate, good acidity with a streak of tart cherry down the middle, complemented by iron, tar and rose petal. Pop with a few slices of pizza and enjoy the ride. — 5 years ago

with Cody

Trevor Donoghue

9.5

What else could you want in sparkling wine? Lemon-lime cutting slices of acid off my face with warm spices and sweet root vegetable depth — 6 years ago

E & K G

9.1

A restrained and elegant Sonoma chard. The oak is there but not overpowering and the fruity and floral notes show through on the palate. The alcohol is there but it doesn’t expand and overtake your palate like some chards can. This one will still last a while. Serve it on the chilled side. Perfect with white asparagus, hollandaise sauce with a couple slices of truffle. Was even better with a washed cheese. — 6 years ago

Kristin the Wine Girl

8.9

Nose of green appley crispness, fresh unripe green pear with a hint of gasonline and vanilla on the end notes. Palate of acidic fresh lemon slices, green unripe herby lemongrass, and a long yet lightly creamy finish from the lees. Purchased on my Madrid wine tour. — 6 years ago

April Wang

9.3

Most interesting wine in this tasting. Deep copper in color. Caramel, dried orange slices, autumn leaves, vegan leather, floral, dried apricot, walnut skin. Medium plus acidity, medium plus sugar, medium alcohol. Really interesting orange wine. — 8 years ago

Kristin the Wine Girl

9.0

Perfect pizza wine. Enhanced the onions and bacon in our extra tomato sauce slices. Love. — 8 years ago

Michael Marceline

9.2

gorgeous, amber hued, filthy delicious Oloroso. orange zest, orange slices, marcona almond, pithy bitterness, delightful acidity. #oloroso #sherry — 9 years ago

with Eric

Erica Golden

9.0

Lovely, pleasing Australian that sings and slices my palette; this is the Hugh Jackman of wine. — 9 years ago

Spencer Schoeben

9.3

really good. awesome way to start spring with a splash. dry yet smooth and free flowing with hints of crisp apple slices — 9 years ago

with Evan and Sam

Robert McCall

9.0

Nose: blackberry compote and pepper
Mouth: blackberry compote and pepper......and spice, a slight prick of heat. Sounds like it might be cough syrupy but it's not really.
It all comes together much better with a couple hrs of air and a few slices of homemade sausage pizza — 9 years ago

Danny Martinez

9.0

Thanksgiving wine 2018. Great light fruit forward wine that went with everything. Ribs, Brussels sprouts, Ham, stuffed chicken, Mac & cheese, mashed potatoes, sweet mashed potatoes, and 3 slices of pumpkin pie! — 5 years ago

Daniel M

9.0

Very mineral nose with gun powder, crushed rocks, white flowers in the end too. The palate is extra dry with a lemony layer and another mineral one with a very wide mid palate that pushes back to the a long finish with a pinch of salt. Superb, extra dry, food wine. I would recommend to pair it with slices of squid and garlic lemon and parsley made on the frying pane — 6 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.8

Grand cru white burgundy nose of Chenin. Heaven. Literally heaven. Flowers. Air. Minerals galore. Citrus oil. Like a rock quarry. The fruit in this candy lemon lime slices with sugar on hem. Like a drop of lemon and lime. So vivid. So deep and airy like an ocean mist of Chenin. Insane. Palate is balanced like nothing I’ve had in Savennieres. Massive and concentrated with piercing minerality. Stunning purity. Just insane. It’s so clean and so racy and so precise it seems cut like a diamond. Amazing length. What clarity. What a wine. This is a thrill now but demands and needs age. Stunning. Tangy citrus shows up what seems Ike minutes after it’s done. — 6 years ago

E & K G

9.1

My kind of Chenin! Dry and layers of flavors. Paired very well with lobster bisque and even held up with the first couple of slices of beef that were served afterwards (wine sukiyaki style). — 6 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.3

Deep rich Crimson. Touch of vanilla after decanting which blew off. Notes of Pipe Tobacco Baking spices and mineral. Was worried about the 2014 vintage which was poor in many parts of Italy but the process of Passito and the added concentration turned this into a wonderful wine. Perfect with Linguini Reggiano and fresh Tasmanian fine Truffle slices in the finest Olive Oil Bellissimo!! — 7 years ago

David Monaghan

9.1

This is a fruit salad... The flavours danced upon my tongue like a take that ballad... Here is my meal for Bacchus .. Apple slices, green grapes, crackers, butter, bread, selection of cheeses and this wine... New Zealand you are the Pinot King ... — 8 years ago

with Baroness

Kabir Mehta

9.6

Refreshing and explosive. Tart and tangy. Pairs beautifully with slices of orange. — 9 years ago

Mark Kulpins

9.1

Super distinctive. Slightly oxidative. Almond biscotti meets those chewy dried apple slices. Palate med bodied and fresh with a very long green apple and limestone finish. Crazy complexity for $35. — 9 years ago

Courtney Walker

9.5

Summer baked beans and rice milk seep from toasted oak, like dense rich caramel syrup. Buttery white and sun dried black tea leaves fall at the back and stretch to the middle of your tongue leaving hints of dragon fruit, wet rooibos herbs, and roasted coffee . A touch of bitter dry plum seed wrinkles the tongue shortly only to give way to refined banana and sugar cane laced rainwater.
Cereal milk and warm beer wort soak dried oats and caramelized pecan droplets. The sweet sweat of miso infused pork belly glycerin skips from the back of your throat to the white of your teeth - vaporizing into peach and whip cream Belgian waffles with a touch of bourbon vanilla and fresh strawberry slices that have been soaked in watermelon juice. — 9 years ago

Dock Hooks

9.2

Smokey red fruit nose followed by red fruit tinged with vanilla as silky tannins let this very round aromatic cab/merlot sideslip down one's throat. Groovy stuff working well with sweating slices of Ossau-Iratti and bresaola at Tampa's Haven😎 — 9 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.1

After 12 hours of the operating room, my daughter got Mickey D's (apple slices....gotta keep it healthy) and I thoroughly enjoyed a cheeseburger with this Midas Touch Ancient Ale! Great roasted toffee malt, a touch sweet, very complex beer that went well with "beef." — 6 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

8.9

One of the earliest viticultural inhabitants of Marlborough, the Giesen Brothers offer a fantastic portfolio - including a Pinot Noir from the pedigreed Clayvin Vineyard. When it comes to value in New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, however, it's hard to beat Giesen's entry-level. Tart, clean, and mineral - it tastes of sea water-splashed bell peppers, mixed with cold grapefruit slices and cilantro. — 6 years ago

Robert Agans

9.1

Very good. Paired with Icelandic Salmon, asparagus, thin slices sweet potato seasoned with Smokey Burbs BBQ seasoning and mixed green salad with feta, strawberries and Brianna's Blush Wine Vinaigrette — 6 years ago

Gabrielle Hollaender

8.9

Not bad honestly paired it with some slices of meat went very nicely. A bit on the drier side but the fruitiness was noticeable. For a 2016 its simple and works — 6 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Another 15 Berlioz freak show. The overachieving runt of the litter, the Altesse. It's my sentimental favorite of all the wines. Super high acid is probably why. Also the unique flavor profile. Huge deep aromas of mountain violets, other mountainous wild flowers, earth, intense almost saline feral minerality. Fruit, flowers, slices galore. A regular aromatic symphony. Stunning. Just so sick. Palate is at once unctuous and rich yet super fine, elegant and shockingly refined and balanced. Prodigious concentration and purity. Opulent yet fresh and super precise. Amazing power. Amazing density yet playful. Great great wine. — 7 years ago

Ryan Johnson

9.3

Friday night pizza wine! Juicy and elegant, tannin and acidity agreeable with my cheese slices 🤗 — 8 years ago

David Kline

9.1

Candied, gelatinous orange slices, caramel apple, heavy oak masking vanilla until lemon oil rises up like smoke to obfuscate all but a maple-y burnt sugar aroma. Creamy bourbon into an almost brandy Alexander that explodes with pumpkin purée and accompanying pie spices. Gets very smoky, and peppery in a molé manner. Overly rich with brown sugar, burnt toast, coriander, orange bitters, marshmallow, Anaheim pepper, tree bark, allspice, rosemary, and a slew of other spices. A lot to finish with. Whew!! The pumpkin is there, though!!! #pumpkinbeer #jacked #crookedline — 9 years ago

with Courtney

Tom Kobylarz

9.3

2009 base

APPEARANCE
This Champagne wine is clear in appearance, with medium gold color intensity. The mouse is fine with persistent bubble streams.
NOSE
This nose is clean, with medium+ aroma intensity of leesy notes like fresh baked bread, biscuit, a touch of cream and then fresh red apple. The nose is developing.
PALATE
The palate is dry, medium+ in acidity, with a medium body and alcohol. The flavor intensity is medium+ with the bread and biscuit notes following on from the nose, with a juicy acidity and fruit flavor that reminds me of fresh red apple and pear fruit slices and a beam of stony minerality. The finish is medium plus with a lingering chalky texture on the palate.
CONCLUSIONS
Outstanding quality, this "Grower" Champagne wine is precise, superbly fresh and balanced, with complex nuances. it does not try hard, but once you pay attention it is hard to turn away. This wine is ready to drink now, but has potential for aging. — 9 years ago

Brian Pelzel

8.9

Fruity with a little spice — 9 years ago

John Skupny - Lang & Reed Wine Company

9.6

Expressive without being effusive - great complexity - a joy with Bar Terra slices of Toro & Lobster ravioli! — 10 years ago