Mike Mayer

9.4

Another example of how great the wines being made by Dakota Shy are. Todd Newman and Tom Garrett have a knack for making great wines. This Cabernet, even very young, sends a message to every other iconic Napa cabernet they have something to contend with. Lots of black fruit and blue fruit on the nose with incredible flavors of blackberries, plums, and currants. I love this wine. — 8 years ago

with Lisa

David Koenen

9.1

Beautiful. Honey, sweet (but not too sweet), stoney slate, seductive, has some real good 'knack'. Fresh, thick, long. The chicken korma matches perfectly. — 9 years ago

Carlos Gonzalez

9.3

Very floral nose almost cherry cola. Seamless on the palate well balanced. You can just tell whoever made this wine has a knack for it. — 11 years ago

Ted Corvey

9.1

Thanks @Scott Petrus for the rec, your palate and knack for crazy value never ceases to amaze. Great follow. This wine punches above its weight class, great QPR. Earthy red fruit and savory spice notes from start through lengthy finish. — 9 years ago

George Chen

9.1

Excellent balanced Pinot from NZ and not the typical fruit profile down there. Stellar winemaker who has a knack for finer or subtle handling than typical jammed efforts. Love it. — 9 years ago

WineMascot

9.3

2007, 14.7 is the most amount of alc. I have ever seen in his wine. But this thing is SPECTACULAR! He has a knack for making extremely elegant, yes elegant, Zin. Boysenberry, warm strawberry and a long fine finish. I would have never guessed it had almost 10 yrs on it. — 10 years ago

Nicholas Livingston

9.6

The Drouhin Clan have a knack for letting terroir speak -it is a great glass of wine and true to type. — 12 years ago

Anthony Biagi

Winemaker Hourglass, Owner Patria

9.3

Classic Thackery wine. Vineyard is situated between Abreu Madrona and spottswoode winery (spottswoode vineyard across street). Sean says he thinks it's Syrah, walked the vineyard and have seen a lot of Petite but what a site. Classic camphor tinged that screams thackery as the Eukalptus that covers his bolinas winery always finds its way in. He always had a knack for finding the best sites. Such an original — 9 years ago

with Benoit

Tom Kobylarz

9.5

Prager Gruner Veltliner Smaragd Achleiten "Stockkultur" 2015
Ironically the Bodensteins were in NYC while we were in the Wachau so we did not get to meet them or taste the 2015s. Prager has a knack for very balanced and precise wines deeply reflective of the best expressions of terroir in the Wachau. I was stoked to see this on the shelf tonight and had to open it.
"Stockkultur" means single stalk planting, exactly like you would see in the Northern Rhone. It's rare to see this kind of vine style in the Wachau, but was more common years ago. It's then no surprise to learn the 1 acre le dieu was planted in 1938 within the Achleiten vineyard.
We have an exceptional Gruner here, one of the best of the trip and rivaling Hochrain and Achleiten from Rudi Pichler.
A light to medium gold color. The nose was coiled tight revealing lime, green apple and stoney minerality.
The palate was more open, the juicy green apple and lime worked perfectly with the mouth watering acids that seemed well integrated. Medium bodied but so much density and dry extract. The finish was juicy as well, with purity, density and very good length.
#prager #achleiten #stockkultur #grunerveltliner — 10 years ago