M. Christopher Roebuck

9.6

OMG... Sorry it's my first time...
Visually, this presents as a few years older with a pink to red brick rim. On the nose, the open releases red cherry... With time it mellows to black cherry... If you could elegantly bottle Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia it would start you on the path of creating this wine. The blanket of milk chocolate is like a King's robe. There is a vague hint of baking spices up front. Custardy throughout. Tannins are on on-guard and alert waiting ready, willing, and able to withstand the darkness of the caverns until brighter days. Probably my favorite bottle to date.

96 points — 6 years ago

Kees van der Griendt

9.0

Interesting — 7 years ago

with Dolores

TG Carr

9.0

Medium body. Smooth, sweet — 8 years ago

John Visto

9.2

More approachable right now than Halfmile. Zesty and bright, delicate, floral and red berries — 9 years ago

Marianna Caldwell

9.4

This is the DSP Montecito chard from Chris King's Santa Barbara project. Whole-cluster fermented and unfiltered. Beautifully aromatic with bright acidity. This could easily be from burgundy. — 10 years ago

Adam Nesto

9.0

Cool label — 10 years ago

John Rutherford

9.8

Great in coffee with British Christmas Cake! — 10 years ago

with David and Tommy

Dan Higginson

9.6

Toffee, salted caramel, nutty biscuits — 6 years ago

Natalie Stassen

9.4

Excellent with red meat. We loved it — 7 years ago

Joe F.

9.0

This wine satisfied all the tastes and FL smoothness but an acidic tart finish... not a fan. — 7 years ago

with Laurene

Raye Ackerman

9.2

First time with this one. Impressive for a 6 y/o wine with tons of flavour and very soft and balanced. Enjoyed. Wish I knew Barolos better as I could be more accurate with my review/comparisons. — 8 years ago

Bryant Bickel

8.9

Plenty of "gooseberry" grapefruit and green apple. Banging with acidity, seafood friendly. — 9 years ago

Ron R

9.0

We had great expectations for this wine. Sadly, those expectations were not realized.
On the nose, we detected iron, tart cherries and redcurrants.

On the palette, it lacks the typical opulence we have come to expect from this producer. No plush, velvety texture. Mild root vegetables and burnt oak comes to mind. We are of the view that these grapes did not reach full maturity. Good acid structure, but the wine lacks cohesion. A good example, but not great.

We paid a king's ransom for this and Plumpjack still have our hostage. sniff... — 10 years ago

with Anne-marie

Martin Augustini

9.7

Till havskräftor och räkor. Bästa vinet hitintills. Känner en hel del aprikos som gifter sig så alldeles särskilt utmärkt till skaldjuren. — 7 years ago

with Martin

Andrew Gould

9.3

Great Chardonnay for the price. — 7 years ago

Erika B

8.9

Smoky medium@body with medium acid. tannins are medium, light enough for Thai food but also robust enough for a skirt steak. Not bad for $30 — 8 years ago

Susan Hanners

9.2

Deep, dark, full. Better as it has aged — 8 years ago

Alan

9.0

Spicy and tasty 2012 vintage enjoyed in December 2016 — 10 years ago

with Caleb

Richard Salat

9.5

6.99 excellent buy. BM. wonderful, multilayered. buy sgain!! — 10 years ago

Jeremy Bowen

8.9

Aromas of pear. Both crisp and rich on the palate. Get some green apple on the back end. — 10 years ago