Chip Hughes

9.3

Roasted plums, game birds, Chinese five spice. Big-framed, built to last. Exceptional. — 10 years ago

Eric French

9.2

Wow. These guys need time. Big bold tannic beauty. Had several and can't help myself. Need to wait five more years if I can. This one decanted 4 hours and was really good. A great one for the last bottle of the night. — 10 years ago

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

9.5

Seriously structured and still very young, providing severe tannins, toasty oak, dark cherries and Vahlrona chocolate flavors with minerality kicking in big time on the structured finish, echoing Hermitage similarities thanks to the roasted herb additions. Give it another five years. — 10 years ago

Beth Betts

9.0

Great big jammy fruit. — 10 years ago

Ryan Mullins

9.4

Big classic and built for the cellar — 11 years ago

Clifton Jackson

9.5

CA Pinot heavyweight ... Candied fruit flavors on plummy nose ... If you like a big Pinot, saddle up! — 12 years ago

Jill Tracy

9.9

Big and jammy! Yum! — 13 years ago

Jason Lunn

9.6

Big, jammy flavor. Wet mouth feel. Good finish. — 10 years ago

David Lincoln

9.1

I poured this through the Andre Lorent Vinluxe Aerator and wow this wine opened up! The tannins are incredibly soft and smooth: big up to malolactic fermentation. Gentle gooseberry, cassis. — 10 years ago

John Willison

9.1

Post Army Ten Miler wine. Deep pure burgundy. Cherry, deep red fruit, and dusty wood. Big mouthful of red fruit up front, cola and earth. Lingering finish. Actually like the blend (cheaper) bottling better. A bit more austere than this one. But quality Cali pinot. — 10 years ago

David Kline

9.2

Cut reeds, and oats, dried moss, apple blossom, big whiff of graphite!! Plummy and peppery, with a red currant streak beneath cinnamon and light cedar. Real terroir in a New World offering with the graphite, and a mineral core that won't quit! — 10 years ago

with Courtney

Ezequiel Lamb

9.2

Ezequiel had this 11 years ago

Bill Hart

9.2

I like this allot! I'm becoming a big Sterling fan! — 12 years ago

Michael Johnson

9.1

Another big red. $30 — 13 years ago

P A

9.0

Big bold Rhone red with a touch of earth and black berry its viscosity fills your pallet muting the high alcohol. This is a smooth winner that deserves to be in your collection. Enjoy — 10 years ago

with Taylor

Willie Carter

9.3

Very much a New World Sangiovese, this bottle from Walla Walla Valley is still quite tasty. It has a big nose of cherries, smoke, and spice. Upon opening, the taste is very sharp but softens after decanting. The palate consists of oak and butterscotch, but the deep dark fruits steal the show. After the wine has had time to open up, the flavored of ripe cherries and leather display the best characteristics of the juice. The finish shows well integrated tannins and those typical Tuscan spicy notes. — 10 years ago

Adam Reinhard

9.0

Has increased in price over the last five years, but is still a good value and flavor for a ubiquitous wine. — 10 years ago

Sarah Markham

9.0

Really big wine. Tasty. — 10 years ago

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

9.7

Big, ripe and large-scaled, yet with layered fruit and acidity to balance everything. Impressive showing. Better in another five years. — 11 years ago

Jake Cohen

9.3

This was a delicious zin. Not as fruity as most zins, has more body than you'd expect and a very smooth finish. Almost like a big Pinot. — 12 years ago

with Adrienne