Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

8.9

First winery on day two in Sonoma was Donelan Family Wines in Santa Rosa with Meredith. First red up was the Two Brothers Pinot Noir which comes from four separate vineyards in Sonoma County; 41% from Steiner Ranch, 26% from Walker Vine Hill, 21% from Devoto and 12% from Perli. Namesake is for the two sons, Tripp and Cushing. Aged for 18 months in 17% new French oak. 1,630 cases produced.

Medium garnet red with some ruby in the core. A touch of greenery on the nose with some twigs and strawberries. A touch of tobacco and cedar too. Medium acidity (6.5/10) with a light plus to medium body. Layered palate with notes of cinnamon, violet, white pepper, plums and a touch of mushrooms. Medium plus finish with a little bit of iron coming through. Drink till 2021.

$$ - Tasted at the winery. Retail price is $55.00. — 8 years ago

with India

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

8.9

Vintage 2015 on Magnum format.
Nice wine and very enjoyable. Probably drunk too young. — 9 years ago

Rob Mullen

9.1

Still has plenty of life left in it, but was just fabulous with xmas roast duck :)
Perfect level of acidity and beautiful cherry in the nose.
Very well done. — 9 years ago

Alex Krause

9.0

Treat! Not trick. 1982. — 10 years ago

James Gourley

9.8

This wine is a stunner. The fruit is vivid but not overpowering. The mouthfeel is silky but weightless at the same time. And the acidity is sublimely balanced with the rest of the wine. A truly excellent expression of pinot noir. — 10 years ago

Antonio Gianola

9.0

Needed 30 min or so to open but Knoll never disappoints — 10 years ago

Fabien Lainé

Blogger VinDeling.com

9.1

2010 a cold vintage, bringing a great wine and intense Riesling, Steiner Hund is one of the best place for great Riesling, pure and direct wine very precise with floral notes, rich and nice texture it evolves in a brilliant way - a great wine by one of the star of biodynamics — 11 years ago

Arty Veee

9.0

Nice buttery Chardonnay, no oak with a light butterscotch finish — 11 years ago

with Laura

Chris Madrid

9.3

Big, buttery, popcorn, caramel. — 12 years ago

Jeremy Meyer

9.8

And yes - those are latkas with that Riesling! — 12 years ago

Michael Miller

9.0

Lovely Pinot from Alsace. Acidic red fruit and mineral notes. Picked this up at a wine shop in Amsterdam. 😊🙏 — 8 years ago

Benjamin Kirk

9.1

Loved it..nice stone fruit on nose with a good acidity to balance it out. More on the dry side then off dry . — 8 years ago

Tom Balamaci

9.1

Aromatic. Black forest fruit. Leather. Good acid. More body, but not heavy. — 9 years ago

Marc On

Writer Originalverkorkt, Lobenbergs Gute Weine

9.5

Gracefully aged Blaufränkisch from Hungarian earth. Wonderful nose with dried red berries, underbrush, licorice and red currant. Still a lovely acidity, soft fully integrated tannins. The Barrique maturation is not noticeable. Franz Weninger is now slowly reducing the oak treatment in all his wines. Mainly using big, used old casks. Can't wait till the now actual wines are in the age window of this Steiner. The 2013 Steiner from slate soil is also a stunner. — 9 years ago

Patricia Novo, CSW

9.1

Anniversary eve bottle #madras — 10 years ago

Andrea Watt

9.2

slightly sweet with fruit and structure. — 10 years ago

with Alexandra, Melanie and 1 other

Reinhard Wall

9.1

Un Chardonnay austríaco, ligero y aromático, sin el frecuente exceso de madera.
Perfecto con platos con carnes blancas y aves — 10 years ago

Paul Woolls

9.5

Double mag. Excellent. — 11 years ago

Valeriesling

9.1

2012, fooled me that it's domestic, not Austrian on primary rock site. Flesh and bone. From steiner vineyard, sonoma — 11 years ago

Francesco Federico

8.9

Caramel toffee — 12 years ago

h g

9.5

Rich, deep red wine, with mellow tannins and a fruity profile. Benefits from breathing for about 10-20 mins. — 8 years ago

Matt Duncan

9.3

Wow! Soft, herbaceous. So familiar and yet fully surprising. — 8 years ago

with Ariel

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.5

'79 Spatlese. Fuck 💦💦💦! — 9 years ago

with Austin

Atul Vashistha

9.2

Like a French Syrah — 10 years ago

Jonathan Wood

9.2

Rich and powerful, with a huge mineral streak. — 10 years ago

Natalie McIlwain

9.5

Best Sauvignon Blanc to date! — 10 years ago

Kai Wright

9.5

This puppy is till full of life, 21 years later. Zippy acid, intensely flavored fruit--Meyer lemon?--and mineral notes. Lingers long and nice. Gets a little thin in the middle, but the intense, long finish makes up for it. We had it with fresh white fish, scallops and corn off the grill on a hot eve. Perfect. — 11 years ago

with Derek and Jedd

Morgan Twain-Peterson

Winemaker Bedrock Wine Co., Partner Under the Wire

9.7

Perfect bottle in cork and fill. From laurel glen and Steiner vineyards on Sonoma mountain. Old school, room-filling perfume of iron, lifted red fruit, laurel bay, pink peppercorn and sweet pipe tobacco. A real beauty drinking at its peak. — 11 years ago

Doug Griffin

9.0

For an off year this holds up in quality. A little more red fruit, raspberry, plum and some spice. — 12 years ago

Sariya Jarasviroj Brown

9.6

GV Federspiel 2011/Riesling Steiner Pfaffenberg 2011 #Thanksgivingindulgence #thankyousturban, so much fighting over the wines that all I can say is they were g.o.o.d — 12 years ago