Kirk Irwin

9.5

Wonderful strong pear nose, edges of oak. Sipped caramel, slight hot sugar cookie notes. Really great chard. — 7 years ago

James P Grover

9.1

Currants, dried strawberries, and dark cherries, with spice, oak, and I think even a little cocoa, maybe orange peel too. This is darker and deeper than a lot of west coast Pinots. The acidity is pretty strong and balanced the dark fruit well. Tannins are moderate to light. I had this with salmon, roasted potatoes, and cabbage cooked in duck fat. The salmon was farmed and a little too light for the wine, but cabbage in duck fat was a treat with this. — 8 years ago

Susan DeMatei

9.0

Present oak and violet on nose, lively acidity with chocolate cherries on the tongue. A great California style Pinot. Let it breathe a bit for best results. — 9 years ago

David Gutglass

9.5

10% stainless steel fermented. 90 % neutral oak. Bright like a chablis! — 9 years ago

Michael McGuire

9.0

Dark deep red in color. The smell is a bit boozy and you can easily smell the merlot but if you really focus you smell the cab. There is a nice acidity and a bit of an alcohol taste that meld together with the cab and merlot. The oak is the there but in the background. The finish is quite nice with the merlot and cab fighting for dominance. The body, complexity, and overall taste are amazing for a cheap wine. I recommend buying a lot of this at TJs. — 10 years ago

Kristin Cancellieri

9.0

Crisp with mineral notes. Steel barrel fermented so no oak but light buttery undertones. Super delicious and very impressive. Paired it with oysters pulled and shucked from the creek in the back at the vineyard. It doesn't get better than that! — 11 years ago

A.J. Robbie

9.0

Solid red. — 11 years ago

with Kris, Destinye and 1 other

Michael Landon

9.0

French Oak + Stainless Steel
$38 at winery — 12 years ago

Luis Pizano

9.0

A California Chardonnay that actually knows when to stop with the oak. Very pleasant balance of fruit and acidity. — 12 years ago

Jay Eagan

9.8

Awesome juice - great spice notes - with improve with a little more bottle age. — 13 years ago

Dr. Owen Bargreen

9.5

The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon by La Jota is a seductive blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8.5% Cabernet Franc, 7.5% Merlot, 6% Malbec and 3% Petit Verdot which was aged for 22 months in 65% new French oak prior to bottling. Needing more than a two hour decant at this juncture, the wine takes on glorious creme de cassis, Turkish coffee, blueberry cordial and wild thyme aromatics. The palate shows marvelous complexly and range. Black tea, blueberry compote, mocha and blackberry pie flavors all beautifully mingle in the glass. Rich and layered, this hedonistic effort will cellar marvelously for decades. Be sure to give this at least a two hour decant if enjoying in its youth. Drink 2020-2045- 95 — 8 years ago

Melissa Mesko

9.2

Smooth, jammy, hint of butterscotch, oak and blackberry. Earthy finish (not bitter or alcoholy) — 8 years ago

HEATHER BYRD

10

The Tannins in this wine really come through. Great wine for the price if you like a deep oak wine. — 9 years ago

Kapyrick Wine

9.2

V15. Nicely balanced. Toasty nose. Buttery pear, Apple and soft honey kissed fruit. Creamy oak finish. — 9 years ago

TheSkip

8.9

I had very high expectations for this wine. I had heard a lot of very good things about Bedrock. This was my first one.

It came out of the bottle hot. Despite a couple of hours, it remained mostly hot. Strawberry and cassis on the nose. Definite American oak. A slightly bitter and metallic finish.

I was surprised to read the back label that claimed this was cool climate. It doesn't feel like that at all.... — 10 years ago

Christanna Honer

9.3

In an endearing way, smells slightly of a smoking jacket. Hella bitter- definitely built for a black coffee drinker like myself. (I don't know about drinking this for breakfast though...) — 11 years ago

Robert Layzell

9.0

Mellon and Jolly Ranchers combine with a fairly natural French oak to make this a great budget choice if you like California Chardonnays. Do not expect a White Bordeaux - this is about as French as Guy Fieri... — 12 years ago

Jake Hurley

9.5

Refreshing, bright Chardonnay, lighter hints of oak keep it balanced and smooth on the palate. tropical fruit and melon make this a fabulous summer chard! 2012 vintage $15.99, on the 5cent wine sale at BevMo — 12 years ago

Danny Aliaga

8.9

Black and purple fruit, creamy dark chocolate, subtle vanilla from oak. Big, powerful and focused wine that will be better in a year or two. 90 pts — 13 years ago

Natale Smith

9.6

an almost perfect brown ale — 14 years ago

Stephen Redenbaugh

9.1

A wine of subtlety and restraint. Green apple and ripe pear notes with not much power or length. Shows better with grilled halibut, mushroom jus, and butter ‘shrooms. No noticeable oak, not a rich buttery style. — 8 years ago

S.S. Mandani

9.1

This wine’s bouquet brings to the fore memories of the sea. Once I take a sip, I picture a tapas restaurant with mahogany paneling, ambience lighting, and linen tablecloths.

At first taste, well-balanced. Perfect rich and tart berry flavors with a hint of natural vanilla and oak. Not too tannic and light & bouncy on the tongue. For me, I would love this with whitefish ceviche, tacos, and/or pasta.

Versatile and affordable.

Reminds me of a platitude I live by in terms of wine (and life), “If it tastes good, drink it.” I can still hear Larry, the spectacled, fourth generational New Yorker yell from behind the counter, bottles stacked on cardboard boxes, of his boutique downtown wine shop on Maiden Lane.

$6.99 — Trader Joe’s — 8 years ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.2

2010 vintage. Santa Barbara County. Chardonnay sourced from 2 vineyards: Sandford & Benedict (55%) and Solomon Hills (45%). From the team behind Jonata. Aged 50% in neutral oak, 25% new oak and 25% stainless steel. Light brilliant yellow. Intense perfumes of white peach, lemon and flowers with a hint of coconut. Concentrated with layers of fruit, a certain minerality and crispy acidity. The oak is present but well-integrated. Long lemon confit finish . This should be even better in a few years. — 9 years ago

Kaito Kikuchi

9.0

Clyntin's birth year wine. Cranberry nose, oak? — 10 years ago

David Dorn

9.0

Really good Pinot noir! It was a little heavier than I would expect for Pinot but i liked the nose and fruit and oak were very balanced. Overall I would definitely recommend! — 10 years ago

Yianni Stone

9.2

Awesome juicy red fruit, dark tannin, cool blue acidity, noticeable oak vanillin. — 11 years ago

with Haley

Jeff Burrows

9.0

Deep & ripe without becoming raisiny, oak is there but no vanilla. Well done! — 11 years ago

Melissa Housman

9.1

50 steel 50 oak nice balance — 12 years ago

with Ross

David Bruno

9.7

Though it didn't have the usual buttery oakiness I've come to expect from Mer Soleil Chardonnay, I was thrilled to taste such rich fruitiness. Silver comes bottled in a "cement" bottle to remind us that it was aged in small concrete tanks from France. This allows, like oak, a trace of oxygen to seep in which helps to enhance the flavor. Very bright fresh fruit characters. It was opened at our home in Bensalem during a romantic Valentine's Day dinner with 2 other couples. — 13 years ago

Aron Low

9.5

So smooth. So yummy. Aged excellently. — 13 years ago