Mikey Giugni

Owner/Winemaker Scar of the Sea wines & ciders

9.7

2012. Dust, red fruit, herbs. This wine has it all. Drink it in 5 years — 11 years ago

Kenneth Shaw

9.0

Solid Rutherford Cab. Has the dust you expect but the palate is a little too subtle for my tastes. — 12 years ago

Laren Lamb

9.7

Dust. Dark fruit. Rich and jammy. High acidity. High alcohol. — 12 years ago

Kate Heiligman

10

Wow!!! So very amazing!! — 13 years ago

with Jenna and Lisa

Christine Havens

9.2

'Les Picasses' lies along a riverbank on a fairly steep slope that is primarily alluvial clay overlaying chalk and limestone. The vines are over 50 years old and the site is known to produce wines with fabulous purity and minerality. As such the Olga Raffault 'Les Picasses' Chinon 1989 has had time to mellow, the aromas are quite lovely—lavender, game, worn leather, a touch of barnyard, and cellar dust. There is a throaty, sensual wildness to this wine, punctuated by a vein of bright acidity and minerals. Everything I love in Loire Valley Cab Franc. — 11 years ago

Randy Whitlatch

10

This wine made it! So amazing. Cigar box and iron on the nose. Beautiful gooseberry with a hint of ash and dust. Just great. 93 points because it held so well. — 12 years ago

Mike Gonzales

9.7

Below the Radar #MarkNeal. Does it right — 13 years ago

Jim Wagonfeld

9.2

Deep cherry color with dark fruit, leathery nose. Dark fruit, plum and dust on the palate. Great acid and plenty of tannin. Great with veal Marsala. Long finish. Very appealing. This is the 2006. — 11 years ago

with Judy and Susan

R Bl

8.9

1992. Would have been better 5 yrs ago but still very nice with dried more than fresh fruit (prune/raisin more than plum/ grape) but still a touch of tannin on first opening. Definite cedary Napa dust gives a bit of structure. — 12 years ago

Heather Hazen

10

Tasted like the stars with Paige and Leslie! — 12 years ago