Hanibal

9.2

What a beautiful specimen. On the nose, the signature of Sauvignon Blanc is front and center. You can't go wrong. In the mouth, the acidity and the salty side like pebbles on sea shores could be confused with a Chablis but the fruity, honey and fatty taste with the taste of the grass is more than enough not to confuse the two regions. A perfect partner with a dish of clams. old white Bordeaux wines are special!
— 5 years ago

Stephen Becker

9.0

Apricot Kimmy Schmidt serves pretzelled grapefruit to a room full of Baldwins. — 6 years ago

Lindsey King

9.1

I had this by the glass a few weeks ago and was disappointed but giving a second try out of the bottle has changed my opinion quite a bit. We decanted it for 30 minutes, mostly for aesthetic quality (why the heck not?) so maybe that had a bit to do with the overall taste. Such a truly beautiful translucent ruby colour - like stained glass. A bit o' tannin I was surprised by. Could definitely offer a LOT for diverse food pairings (I know, you're welcome for that insight about Pinot noir....) Young vines really showing in a fun way. Classic P-Morissette does Burgundian style. Cranberry, red purple flowers, black tea leaves, NICE potting soil (not the stuff you can get at dollarama). Would recommend to a friend. Oh also I drank this out of a brandy glass because #myparents . — 8 years ago

Alishia Odom

8.9

Alishia had this 8 years ago

Vanessa Pritchard

9.0

Bang on for what I'd look for in an orange wine. Amber-hued, bone dry, medium acidity, and assertively tannic. The nose is of baked and very ripe apples and pears, but also has supremely savory tones. On the palate this is a salty, grippy wine, which wants rich foods with spice and complexity. A rare treat on New Zealand shores. — 9 years ago

David Monaghan

9.3

When the brazanga royal family fled Lisbon for Brazillian shores-Napolean was intransit- they packed up all their valubables... This was the first thing on the boat... A fantastic wine full of aroma, flavours and personality... Good with anything — 9 years ago

with Baroness

Christine Speidel

8.9

Interesting! Very strong petrol aroma when it's cold. Sweetness and acidity. — 9 years ago

Kevin Løk

9.0

Bright like that sun and sea breeze in Cassis, but has real weight to it, too. Would be €9 over there but it’ll run you $37 at Houston Wine Merchant. Fair price, perhaps, for a very hard to find appellation. I want to say that there’s a real sense of place to this wine, but maybe only because I have been to the place. In any event it has transported me back to the shores of the Mediterranean, and maybe it will do the same for you, too. — 6 years ago

with Caroline

Bob McDonald

9.5

Hard to know which was the better - the view/ambience/restaurant or the wine. Let’s start with the former. Rick Shores, the restaurant is at Burleigh Heads on Queensland’s Gold Coast which used to be on the World Surfing Tour. I highly recommend this restaurant to my Northern Hemisphere Delectable friends if you are ever down under. Asian inspired and voted #2 restaurant in Queensland in 2018. Come at lunch time or 6.15pm in the evening as we did. The red duck curry was superb as was the Whole Snapper. The wine itself- Light to mid crimson in colour. Notes of forest floor and damp undergrowth with a touch of oak. Herbal notes. On the palate sweet and savoury with maraschino cherries and incredible length. Would love to see this in 5 plus years. A classy drop. — 7 years ago

Patrick Vanhoucke

9.0

LONGING FOR THE SOUTH

Yesterday I drank this very nice Macedonian semi-dry T'ga za Jug red wine.

The wine is made of the native grape variety Vranec. It has an intense red color, and the distinctive taste of raisins and raspberries, which make it a nice sweet treat (hence: semi-dry).

The wine is named after the poem ‘Taga za Yug’ of the Bulgarian poet Konstantin Miladinov (1830–1862), one of the Miladinov brothers, who originate from Ottoman Macedonia. Both brothers are thought to have laid the foundation of the Macedonian literary tradition.

‘Taga za Yug’ means ‘longing for the South’ (el anhelo por el Sur): "If I had an eagle's wings, I would rise and fly on them to our shores, to our own parts [...] Here are frost and snow and ashes, blizzards and harsh winds abound [...] There the sunrise warms the soul".

When it is cold outside, and fiercely raining, I can assure you that it makes you long for the sun that warms the soul. Drinking the T'ga za Jug wine in good company and nice surroundings makes for a wonderful or sometimes even better alternative.
— 8 years ago

Jonathan Steeves

9.0

Brilliant pale straw. Showing crisp lemon drop, orange blossom, elegant minerality, a hint of coriander seed. Vivid acidity, well structured with vibrant fruit. A perfect pairing with Asian fusion chicken dishes, Szechuan beef and broccoli with ginger root or on it's own. @jonsteeves rated 90/100 - tasted May 2016 — 9 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.0

Dark, complicated. Bought in Port Townsend WA. Earth, tobacco and chocolate on the nose. Complex long tannic. Blueberry. Complicated the best Pinot of the trip. Met the winemaker interesting guy. ---------- Ok here is Suzanna another old friend she thinks fruit and tannins - tobacco under feeling. good velvet silky. Like touching an Octopus in Maui with your tongue of the shores in Maui .surreal ---- Amazing description. — 9 years ago

with Dustin

Matt Sterr

9.0

Chardonnay. — 6 years ago

Meg Herring

9.0

Delicious! 12% Gamay. The Cab Franc green pepper notes really come through too. And spices. And some funk but in a good way — although your mileage may vary. — 6 years ago

Connor Nolan

9.0

A terrific wine, reminiscent of Gulf Shores Winds rushing to my face. The Merlot packs a punch of Blackberry that leaves you wanting to be nothing but.. blacked. Yum. — 7 years ago

Mike M

9.0

Ripe and overripe fall Macintosh Apple, and limestone — 8 years ago

grj 2008

9.4

At a nice French restaurant in Miami Shores. Very nice wine to share with the table. Very smooth, faint peppery finish. Low tannins. Love it. Now hesitation in drinking this again! — 9 years ago

Carol McNeff

9.8

I love this wine... bold and dark, excellent price range and can even be found in some grocery stores. Dave found it at Rouse's in Gulf Shores. — 9 years ago

Jessica Sturman

9.0

Nervy, full of sour cherry, cran-rasb fruit leather, with a strong backbone of acidity, and shores of dark minerality. Lithe. — 9 years ago

Keith Crump

9.0

Clean with great acidity plenty of lemon and apple very refreshing on a hot Auckland evening thanks to Maison Vauron for brining these wines to NZ shores — 10 years ago