Charles Garrison

9.2

Dark fruits, black berry and cherry, immediately grab your attention with a hint of white pepper spice as a teaser....nice finish...showed much better after first couple of hours. — 6 years ago

Aaron Rankin

9.0

Tasty and simple. Med-light body and acid. This is the palette teaser of Sauternes. — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.5

I love this producers Bee 🐝 Block Chard & now I love this one to 😍 Great quality @ £43 👍 Not oaked & syrupy - nicely balanced 😉 Varner make great 🇺🇸 Chardonnays 😎

🏵 94-95 points

🍷 Shimmering golden yellow

👃 Honeyed pineapple, lemon oil, mineralised soft tropical fruits, banana leaf & apricot

👄 Med+ body of fresh lemon & lime citrus into light honeyed tropical fruits w/ a dry mineral kick & apple hint

🎯 Med+ dry mineral & lime driven citrus tropical teaser w/ green apple peaking through — 7 years ago

James Forsyth

9.1

I would have guessed this to be a 2009 Sangiovese. I'm wrong. Perhaps embarrassingly. I don't mind though. A teaser it may be but one that is tart and tasty. — 8 years ago

Meeter B

8.9

How can you just walk away from me
When all I can do is watch you leave?
'Cause we've shared the laughter and the pain. And even shared the tears
You're the only one who really knew me at all. You are light, dry and when you opened up, you were slightly fruit and tobacco filled. Me leaving you is against all odds. With @Miles Macdonell @Taft Morgan @Ginette — 8 years ago

Vito Sergio Parente

9.3

Found this gem buried in an ancient cellar in Siena. What are the odds? — 9 years ago

M Hackey

9.4

Teaser to the tongue love It — 9 years ago

James K

9.1

Aged surprisingly well against odds and expectations. Very pleasant surprise. — 6 years ago

Rubychick

8.9

When friends waiting for friends bring you teaser tasters. Rich nose big on oak, textural body which belies Chablis. Warm and generous. — 6 years ago

Jordan Wardlaw

9.0

Power and elegance woven together- never at odds with one another. The tension of this wine is where it should be- in its fresh and youthful acidity. These 70-year-old head-pruned vines sit in a wonderful site on one of the best eastern slopes in Alexander Valley. The dedicated Carignan bottling is also worth finding. This blend is fairly true to itself with bright brambly fruit and exotic spice character, revealing lots of fresh mint, dill and cedar. Also a bit on the lush side- not exactly an Oak Monster invasion happening here but definitely revealing oak tannins-charred caramel, campfire and vanilla on the finish. There is an undeniable shift happening at Ridge- deliberate or not- towards more ripeness and more voluptuous wines coming from their Sonoma and Napa vineyards. But they remain beautifully crafted and expressive of their place. This is quintessential California- not the stewed blackberry jam doused in vanilla extract. — 7 years ago

Lindsey King

9.2

Your friend comes back from Hawaii and they bring you a lava rock which they’re not supposed to because it’s bad, bad, very bad luck but you always had a thing for risking the superstitious odds and not sending along chain emails, so you’re into this bad luck rock. They also bring you a lei with less flowers than you’ve seen on leis at the dollar store but you put it on and crack your best pseudo smile for them because dammit they love you and they did what they could, short of bringing you on their romantic vacation. Honestly if they did bring you, you know you’d get into one of your “moods” and not only would you be a hard third wheel, you’d also be named the pity party hostess of the year. Cherries, ash, dried flowers, tannic structure like a good skipping stone. — 8 years ago

Thaiajarn

9.3

Lovely SBS. Under the odds. — 8 years ago

Paco Suro

8.9

Love this library beauty. GSM with a couple of other odds and ends. #sierrafoothills juice! — 9 years ago

TJ Maxwell

9.2

Sound bottle, but underwhelming. Restrained style that seems at odds with the rest of Napa. — 9 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

After being gone for 23 days, it was a race to get all the work done to open up our backyard or as we call it, the D&S Lounge.

5 full days of; planting, power-washing the house & patio, cleaning furniture, setting up 60 candles & torches and the endless odds and ends. It’s all finally done.

It’s the best room in the house!

It’s opening weekend and looking forward to a long summer and fall weekend nights in our own slice of heaven!

This tastes so good tonight. Showing more tangerine and blood orange tonight. I am in my version of the “Nexus”, Star Trek reference.

Cheers to everyone doing what they enjoy doing with their weekends and opening a good bottles with good friends and or family! 🥂🍾🍷 — 6 years ago

Lindsey King

9.3

I’ve never had anything quite like this! Tart red fruit, some lightly floral tea notes, salinity and it kinda tastes and feels like sand the way Frank Cornellisen’s wines taste and feel like volcanic rocks. Pretty and fun and ultimately a brain teaser! Very impressed with Utah state treat. — 7 years ago

Paul J

9.6

3 weeks before we move to London! 30 minute decant. Dark purple color. Nose is medium but complex. Italian meats, French oak, and something I can't put my finger on; but it's flowery with perfume. Drinking awesome right now! Wine is like velvet and very complex. More French like than a Napa powerhouse Cab. Bing cherry, cough medicine, and a little cinnamon. Medium finish. Absolutely love it!!! Wish they all could be like Randy and Mike! Glad I have 2 more bottles! Odds of scoring a bottle in London = 1-165, as they don't let us ship alcohol. — 7 years ago

with Brooke

Caleb Schiff

9.1

Summer teaser. Beautiful fresh aromatics of Nebbiolo matched with great acidity. — 8 years ago

Stuart Robinson

9.0

Dark, heady, earthen, leathery. At odds to the light, silken palate. — 9 years ago

Adam Jesberger

9.4

Brought to the blind group by me. What are the odds? Same producer, both bourgogne, both 2010, just one rouge and one blanc. So crazy and awesome. A treat for sure. — 9 years ago