Angela

9.5

This 2015 vintage is deeper, brooding, and beautiful. Dark fruit and tobacco with earthy herbs on the nose—mint, cilantro, and dirt—almost like an amaro. — 4 years ago

Matt Lublinsky

9.2

Like a perfect skin-fermented white — 4 years ago

with Jessica

Brendan Baker

9.1

Cranberry, marionberry, bright acid 😋 — 5 years ago

Sandy Wolf

9.6

Bought from Hutu Wine Farm in Hood River. Amazing cider! — 5 years ago

S.R.Alexander

9.3

Continues to blow me away — 5 years ago

Matt Hanley

9.1

Super smoky in the nose and the tongue. Nice acidity. Cherry and red fruit notes with some vegetable and oregano. A very interesting wine that drinks like heavily smoke ribs. Like licking yesterday’s campfire. The most distinct, complex wine I’ve had this year. Not a daily drinker, but light enough in body and alcohol that all the smokiness still has a lighter finesse. — 6 years ago

Conrad Green

9.6

Very poised dark soy fruit. Band aid on the nose, gorgeous balance and calm long finish. Very beautiful. — 7 years ago

with BOT, Matt and 1 other

Roberto Carli

9.1

Now I see how this wine can be so divisive. LOTS of brett at first, more band-aid than barnyard. Takes a while to get past it and then lots of exotic spices show up. But after 40 minutes in the glass still nothing primary. It’s got the funk I can appreciate in some good left bank Bordeaux but also feels somewhat single-threaded. — 4 years ago

Vanessa

9.0

Kitá, red blend, Santa Ynez Valley, CA, Vintage 2014, ABV 13.5%. The blend is comprised of 48% Merlot, 38% Cabernet Franc, 9% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Petit Verdot. @kitawines

👁 It had a beautiful purple hue and vibrant notes of black cherry, blackberry, black currant, plum, violets, cedar, nutmeg, vanilla, leather, and tobacco. 👃 👄

I loved learning about the background on this wine and winemaker Tara Gomez, who studied enology with financial help from her tribe, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. 💕 Tara has worked with iconic figures in the California wine world — such as Fess Parker and J. Lohr— and has traveled the world, honing her own unique style of winemaking that blends the best of old world and new world techniques. 👏👏👏 @tgomez805

This red blend is made of grapes grown on the Camp 4 Vineyard, purchased by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians in 2010, when Tara was hired as head winemaker. 🍇🍇 The land was previously cultivated by Fess Parker, who had an influence on Tara’s budding career while interning at Fess Parker Winery during her enology studies.

The word "Kitá" means "Our Valley Oak" in the Santa Ynez Chumash native language of Samala. The wine is speaks to “place” and respect for the land from which it is cultivated. 🌎 🌳 Yields and production are kept small to promote sustainable growing practices and the grapes are harvested by hand and vinified with minimal intervention. — 4 years ago

with Deked1

Joe Weinberger

9.0

Not quite as good as I remember this the last time I had it. There was more of a smoky element that wasn’t there before and it seemed that the fruit wasn’t quite as bright. Still, this was a very nice wine and wish I had more of it. — 5 years ago

Brendan Baker

9.1

Bright red fruit, tart cranberry, mineral, fine tannin, high acid ⚡️ — 5 years ago

Severn G

9.0

Nose has (light) old rubber band, dehydrated Bing cherry, oak bark with some alcohol heat.

Palate has dried cherry steeped in black tea, sous-bois and (light) vinyl notes or maybe some vegetal green pepper. Generally not impressed by this palate, little improvement since our prior bottle, lacking concentration. — 6 years ago

Dom Natalizio

9.5

Raspberry cherry tart, currant on the back. This is a tasty thanksgiving dinner wine. — 7 years ago

Paul K

9.2

Big storm and power just went out at 3 in the afternoon. Breaks my heart to put work aside and open this!
Almost have it 93. The nose is great. Violets, strawberry, and burnt orange peel. Palate is fun too. Slightly reductive, cherry, strawberry, salinity, and minerality.
I purchased this at North Loop Wine / Spirits in Minneapolis. Check out this shop if you haven’t/can. Great selection! Very helpful staff as well. I asked for the best Pinot under $60 and he passed quite a few easy names to give me this. So glad he did! They have a great selection of high end stuff, maybe best in MN? Thoughts Vikings fans? — 4 years ago

Guy Acheson

9.0

Light. Raspberry. Very little tannin. Similar to German Pinot. — 5 years ago

Matt Lublinsky

8.9

The acidity and savory notes are really turned up to 11 — 5 years ago

with Jessica

Ryan Mullins

9.4

Smells Greek but taste like sand grown Grenache of the highest order. A wonderful bottle of wine — 5 years ago

with Matthew

Conrad Green

9.4

From jeroboam. Deep intense fruit still. Slightly tangy with Whiff of band aid. Some sour cherry, an undertow off leather. Very fresh still! — 6 years ago

with Bex, Matt and 1 other

Charlie Burt

9.2

Funk. Cherry 7Up masked with swamp bacteria. I love it. — 7 years ago

Conrad Green

9.1

A little whiff of band aid on the nose. The fruit is still bright and quite young. In good shape — 7 years ago

with Rick