Christopher Losa

Owner/Wine Director Bar Bambino

8.9

Lovely honeydew melon and fragrant jasmine. Big and unctuous with clean, stoney acid to finish. — 8 years ago

Big Wave Dave

9.3

Beautiful big funky, herbal, plummy nose - a bit of wet hay? Fine tannins fully integrated into round ripe black fruit. Add lots of provencale herb, farmyard, cut grass, and leather. Really good. — 9 years ago

with Rocket

Benjamin Hickey

8.9

Super fresh all stainless. Round fruit. — 10 years ago

Prashanthi

10

Quite delicious with a spicy finish — 10 years ago

M

9.3

Stoney. Woodsy. Herby. Tannic. Nice! — 10 years ago

Brittany Barber

9.5

Great alone or with grapes and cheese — 11 years ago

Matteo Burani

8.9

Complex, tropical, intense, stoney; long flavors. Nice! — 12 years ago

with Wayne

Neil Cornish

9.0

Salivating stoney minerality. Fairly subdued fruit. Lean, Chablis like profile. — 8 years ago

with ed, Jon and 1 other

Larry Frierson

9.3

Good acidity. Stoney and peachy. — 9 years ago

Chris Morrison

9.0

Raspberries and sour cherry. Lots of fruit and depth. — 10 years ago

with Jaclyn

Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.3

Weighty, meaty, smoky, mineral nose with underripe pineapple skin and green mango, burnt golden syrup, grilled pineapple & plantain or sugar cain.
Palate has a real bottom heavy weight, this is wine with a lot of mineral intensity and stoney depth along aniseed infused Asian pear, stony mineral finish, long with great depth — 10 years ago

Gretchen Rogers

9.4

Long stoney slate nose. Light floral. Layers upon layers of stone and river rock on the pallet. Unending and long finish. Relishing this one at Mattie's Tavern in Los Olivos. The food is outrageous. Grilled Avocado, ponzu, wasabi. Done. — 10 years ago

Tim O'Rourke

9.2

A completely different experience than '10, rounder, but much lighter than the '09. Tons of mint and a beautiful texture with the classic Vatan stoney minerality. Won't last as long as '08-'10 but really good for early drinking. — 12 years ago

Lee James

9.2

Smoky enough but in balance -really enjoyed this one — 8 years ago

Tony Chapman

9.1

Fresh aromatic beautiful wine. — 9 years ago

Matt Beyard

9.0

A delicious Syrah. Matured from the wine I drank at the winery. Opened nicely and drank smoothly. — 9 years ago

Holly Orchard

Certified Sommelier, President of Savvy Cellar Wines Inc.

9.4

Ok, I know the rating seems in the higher side, but this Super Tuscan outperforms expectations! There is a lot of smokey, leathery goodness, with subdued cherry and boysenberry taking a backseat. If you want an earthy, smokey wine with supple tannins and a lingering stoney finish with a hint of anise and dried oregano, then this is your wine. It paired magnificently with a slow roasted pork shoulder encased in a baked mustard and sage crust. $40?? It feels like a steal. — 10 years ago

Bryant Bickel

9.0

It was born as a heavy weight Jurassic indeed, tidal waves of flavor stoney fruit as hell, fresh young white peach pith, with clarified butter accents , quince paste texture, baked golden apple skins! Lemon chiffon cake dry backside, it lures me in paired well w/
Ahi , but might pair better with cake or lighter fish barramundi or tilefish — 10 years ago

Matt Howard

9.5

Stoney, chalky, flinty and fantastic Sancerre. — 11 years ago

Brody Goodman

9.1

Amazing cherries — 12 years ago