Tom Elliot

Founder Northwest Wines

9.1

The first Alchemist vintage, here at age 10, an exploded brett bomb in the Burgundy mold, displaying beaucoup detractive attractions. A wine with an honest soul intertwined with corrupt flesh and blood. One feels one shouldn’t hang out with it but then there’s it’s unabashedly flawed, yet honest and generous company deserving of respect. — 6 years ago

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9.3

(made from old vines in La Consulta and Lunlunta): Bright medium red. Knockout nose combines black fruits, licorice, minerals and savory soil tones. Compellingly intense and alive in the mouth, conveying terrific sappy energy and cut as well as a distinct creaminess to its dark berry and dark chocolate flavors. I love the combination of sweet and salty elements here. Still quite unevolved but the very ripe, subtle, rising finish and mature tannins suggest that this wine will evolve positively for another decade. This was aged in all-new 2,000-liter oak ovals, mostly from Stockinger. It has more stuffing than the 2016 but will it offer as much complexity in the long run? (One of the two sources for this fruit, the Angelica vineyard, actually includes a bit of Sémillon, which is co-fermented with the old-vines Malbec.) (Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, July 2018)
— 7 years ago

Rob Brobst III

9.9

@Paul Treadway again thank you for being so generous. — 8 years ago

with Paul

Anthony Lombardi

9.0

Unbelievably fresh. The crisp fruit & acid positively shimmer. Easy to enjoy. Hard to keep in the glass. — 9 years ago

David Kline

8.9

Carmel-ly brown sugar nose. Ponzu-plum undertones. Mineral and malt zing on the palate, turn round with coffee and a cherry-chocolate, iodine, and cedar box filled with tilled black earth and a generous dollop of malt sugar. — 10 years ago

with Courtney

Erica Orr

9.1

Delicious and generous — 10 years ago

Gavin Baum

9.1

Absolutely sublime young north coast Syrah. Elegant, transparent, and positively dripping with blueberry, plum, and lavender character. Smoky at first but quickly giving way to waves of fruit. The delicacy and finesse here are really exceptional for a syrah at this price point, and the fresh, almost red-fruited acidity assures that this would be exquisite with food. Drink now for sheer, unadulterated pleasure or sock it away for 3-4 years for added spicy complexity. You genuinely can't lose. — 6 years ago

Vadim T

9.2

A young beauty it is, the light bodied wine, gentle on alcohol and tannins, generous on cherry-ished fruit, but without vulgar sweetness, the true Oregon workhorse, reliable as growth of green grass. — 7 years ago

Roman Sukley

9.7

Evil Twin Brewing Double Barrel Jesus. Yet another masterpiece from my friend, brewmaster Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø. Inky, coal black, ebony color. Aromas of espresso, mocha fudge brownies and the darkest of dark fruits. The absolute creamiest of textures. Gives a whole new meaning to “Mocha Cappuccino.” Positively chewy. Those oak barrels are magic. I’ve never really been a “beer guy.” I could appreciate a good stout, but Jeppe just knocks the cover off the ball. I find his work as contemplative as a fine wine. I’m serious when I say that I’d like to bottle some wine with this guy. Start thinking of a good label name Jeppe! — 7 years ago

Charles Kelly

8.9

Black cherry, currant, leathery, tobacco, coconut. Generous, liqueurish nose. Really good structure; perfect smoothe tannins and lively acidity but a bit hollow. — 9 years ago

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

9.2

Pungent aromas tilting toward the wild side. Positively rough around the edges, where juicy acidity allows flavors to linger seductively. Sexy stuff. — 9 years ago

Spike Stockdale

9.1

This has nothing to do with Kim Crawford-y NZ SB. This natural wine is crisp and generous at the same time. Love it. — 10 years ago

Chaad Thomas

Owner, First Tier Imports

9.5

A whiff of children's penicillin medicine, the pink stuff, blows off quickly, revealing a leesy, golden apple and skin detail. Generous, rich texture with nice sweetness, fine tannic dryness and grip, and a fresh, lively core. Finish is long snd pulls off towards bitterness, but stays course nicely. Best MI cider I've had. — 10 years ago

Aaron Rankin

9.1

I tasted this bottle 1 and 2 years ago and can say this has evolved nicely with life ahead. It is fuller and more palette-coating than I recall. This time I drank it over 1.5 hours open and it kept positively evolving and blossoming. At the end: Large aromas of succulent red fruit, graphite, and a trace of cracked black pepper. Palette is very tannin forward with med acidity and notes of red fruits, mineral, and a little something green. — 7 years ago

Eric

9.4

Old school Napa at its best. Perfect cork. Charred flowers, mulberries, burnt cranberries, blackberry liquors, leather, and simple syrup. Another generous share from @David L. Cheers and thank you bud! — 7 years ago

Greg Helmer

9.2

Deep rich and very smooth for three years young. Pepper and fruit flavors in a positively Pinot wine. Could be sipped on its own merit or paired nicely with a rich or spicy meal. Seems like it would age very well. — 8 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.3

Inky, concentrated & richly textured. Herbal notes add complexity to the already deep plummy aromatics. Structured & has plenty of cellar potential, but also quite generous at the moment. Just another excellent Bedrock wine. — 9 years ago

Sam Decker

9.2

Takes substantial fruit and alcohol, which can so easily overwhelm Russian River Pinot noir, and delivers freshness and clarity. It's generous, but not overgenerous; ripeness somehow stays in check. In no way cerebral, but super delicious. Pomegranate and cranberry fruit dominates. — 9 years ago

Jeremy Atlan

9.0

Not bad 18$ — 10 years ago

Dade Thieriot

10

#EmrichSchönleber & Co. have taken full advantage of the perfect ripeness of 2011 in producing a generous, mouth-filling #Riesling that is a pleasure to drink now but will only get better. #GG @QuinceSF by the glass :-) — 11 years ago