Pooneet K

9.3

Beautiful, beautiful wine. The last 96 we had was maybe a smidge more together but it’s marginal. Quite dark in the glass. Deep restrained red fruit on the nose. Tannins are slightly dusty but overall very seamless. Excellent refreshing acid. Perfect with a dry aged strip steak. — 6 years ago

Sean Thomas

9.1

I straight up love Matthiasson. This one needs a little time to open and evolve. First smell and sip was straight up cherry off the bat. After opening up...on the nose: cherry, floral, Stoney mineral, very slightly dusty. On the tongue: cherry, blueberry, blackberry, slight “forest-ish” finish. Tannins are light and it’s mouthwatering. Who makes a Napa cab at 13% alcohol? This is food wine. Paired with a bison strip, phenomenal. Any kind of lean meat will pair well with the light, well rounded tannins. — 6 years ago

Ryan Guy

9.1

Celebrating snowpocolypse 2019 and 33” of snow today... paired with USDA prime NY Strip. Nose of roasted hazelnut, clove, plum and luxardo cherries. Juicy, slightly thin cranberry and cherry fruit. Soft mouthfeel and touches of leather. Weight speaks to a weaker vintage. Drinking great now. — 7 years ago

Ken Z

9.1

Drank 7/27/18. Birthyear wine for me.

No formal tasting notes. Drank with friends and a NY strip.

Nose with green pepper and some wet earthy notes. Palate of red fruits with fully resolved tannins. Past it's prime, but still quite enjoyable. If you have any, drink up! — 8 years ago

with JT

Shay A

9.2

Quick weekend getaway for the TCU vs Arkansas football game! Always a treat to come up to Fayetteville in the Ozark mountains! I'm a Razorback by marriage, even though I grew up near TCU. A wonderful and beautiful campus and amazing football atmosphere.

Doe's Eat Place is a staple in Fayetteville. Picnic table tops, right off Dixon strip, fat steaks, and an actually decent wine list that is served in red plastic cups unless you buy by the bottle 😂. I've been pleasantly surprised with Stag's Leap over the last few years in regards to their quality...seems to be stepping up a bit/getting back to their roots. This Artemis won't hold forever, but it has a super aromatic nose of blue and black fruits, dates and french bread. Very plush on the palate, and a lengthy finish of licorice, touch of menthol and lots of blueberries and vanilla. Crowd pleaser. — 9 years ago

Crystal Crystal

9.0

Served with coffee rubbed strip steaks — 9 years ago

Matthew W.

9.3

Opaque red color. Sweet cherry, raspberry fruits. Cigar box, chocolate-vanilla swirl. Good pairing with a butter/ rosemary seared strip steak. — 6 years ago

Daniel P. Drake

9.3

Earlier this week I had the pleasure of eating out in Chicago on the river and enjoyed this 2017 Duckhorn Vineyards Merlot. From Napa Valley this blend is 88% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc and 1% Malbec. Everything is all outside, no dining in and social distancing is a must, though masks are optional out doors and waitstaff has to wear the masks.

On the nose was black cherry, raspberry, black plums, tobacco, chocolate, rose petals and dusty earth.

On the palate there is beautiful fruit, black cherry, black plum, raspberry, cocoa, licorice, red currant, vanilla, spice and dusty earth.

The wine is medium to full bodied that has a creamy, silky smooth mouth feel with medium to medium + acidity and medium + fine tannins that leads into a long fresh fruit finish. A very enjoyable bottle of wine that went very well with my NY Strip. I hope everyone is well and healthy? Please stay safe and continued health. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 6 years ago

Ken Z

9.3

Drank 7/27/18.

No formal tasting notes. Drank with friends and a NY Strip.

100% Italian Cab. Italian nose with red and black fruit flavors and nice acidity. Medium well integrated tannins. Sadly, my last bottle. — 8 years ago

Rick Jordan

9.0

VINTAGE: 2004
BOTTLE: 375ml
APPEARANCE: Deep red, garnet meniscus, viscous legs.
NOSE: Allspice, white pepper, bell pepper, dark fruits.
MOUTHFEEL: Round, medium - acidity, medium + tannins.
PALATE: Cinnamon, tomato leaf, leather, hints of vanilla.
FINISH: Long with sandalwood throughout and some cocoa at the very end.
NOTES: Picked this up in December of 2017, thinking the 375 bottle will have made this ready to drink immediately. Was not wrong, it is drinking well, but there is sufficient backbone left in this wine to age for many more years to come, even in a 375. Nice layers of complexity that were fun to tease out, but still many notes that I don’t yet have the ability to properly identify. I look forward to trying again with more years under its belt. — 8 years ago

Jason Koh

9.6

Still vibrant, exquisite concentration of flavors, no oxidation at all yet! but the tannin has almost all melted away and the almost 3-decades of aging is bringing out wonderful tertiary accents to complement the fruit, cedar, wet asphalt and a hint of white truffle. For the money, why drink anything else with Momofuku Ko’s heavenly 6-week dry aged bone-in strip. — 9 years ago

Phillip Antley

9.1

Deep berries, smooth tannins that complement my NY Strip nicely! — 9 years ago

Gary Grose

8.9

Always a quality Spanish blend, albeit with large price fluctuations. If you want to tease your dentist, drink this before you go and see them. A real teeth stainer. — 9 years ago

joe leatherwood

9.3

Grilled NY Strip night in Oregon. Bringing out 2001 Napa. Bordeaux like on the nose, dark fruit and leather, fully resolved tannins. Worth holding on until now. — 6 years ago

Jim Wagonfeld

9.1

Aerated 2 hours and the consumed over 2 days. Almost purple in color. Nose of loam, dark fruit and cedar. Palate of dark berries, plums, graphite and licorice. Smooth tannins. Finish of medium length. We enjoyed this with a strip loin roasted in my BGE. Favorable PVR. @andrew schirmer and @nancy dwight were sheltering in place. — 6 years ago

with Judy

Ryan Vento

9.2

The Generous Pour at The Capital Grill. This delightful wine event stacked with Houston Restaurant Weeks was an instant win 💯

Solid Cab that pairs nicely with a Kona-crusted dry aged NY strip. — 8 years ago

with Krystal

Chris England

9.7

Super smooooooth creamy silky velvet Hermitage @ £85 to £120- A shaved piggy wiggy wearing decadent silky pajamas & silk slippers 🐷

📍 Paul Jaboulet Aîné La Chapelle 2011

🏵 97 points & will improve 😉

🍷 Ruby w/ purple hue

👃 Cloves, olives, thyme & other spiced herbs, wet earth & blackberry w/ touch of liquorice, cherry, tar, dried piggy meats & cracked minerals - a full on nasal tease 🐽

👄 Med+ body incredibly super smooth rich creamy olive tapenade, chewy concentrated blackberry & dark earthy chomping thick cherry w/ dollop of liquorice silky sauce

🎯 Long dark fruit gooey gloop & dark olive pure silky velvet earthy mouth coating licking linger 😍 — 8 years ago

Michael D

9.2

Beautiful rich...lush...ripe..a touch of berries on first taste ..finishes with a beautiful velvety texture. .paired wonderfully with strip loin peppercorn steak. I will say i usually reserve this meal with a cab sauv but I will say the Amarone topped them all.😚😊 — 9 years ago

Scott Plambeck

8.9

Drink now. Light mineral on the palate, smooth, nice finish. Still an enjoyable nose. To open recommend using a "twist up" or two-flat-pronged opener rather than a normal cork screw. Cork was slightly spongy and moist half way. This appears typical of older French wines. Enjoyed with New York Strip, with a Gorgonzola cream sauce, as well as Grilled chicken and Bowtie pasta, with a garlic cream sauce. — 9 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.4

Inviting & open aromatics. Has a pronounced vanilla note which follows to the palate, but is tempered with dark, spiced plummy fruit. Grippy texture, yet loosely knit at this early stage. Beautiful stuff with a NY strip. — 9 years ago