Dr.Meandor

9.3

Terrific tenderness of close maturity! Elegant, silky, inspiring, soft, gorgeous representative of the style!
100%Saperavi harvested from best plots with controlled yield. Vinified with pigeage. MLF on pulp. Aged 1yr in Caucasian oak.

Dark cherry red, (pale) crimson rim.
Seducing bouquet of purple lilac, violets, huckleberry juice, campfire, prune, light whiff of barnyard, pine forest, blackberry, smoked tkemali plum, leather boots, hibiscus broth, old wood stump, peat, laurel, whiff of gore, black cherry jam, tobacco leaf, basil, curd, iodine, pome churchkhela, cinnamon pie, dried lavender, cappuccino.
Extremely rounded, silky and super-friendly palate. Medium(+) body, perfectly integrated acidity, gentle/polished tannins. Black gooseberry, blackberry, warm oak, blueberry, tobacco, earth, black currant jam, chokeberry jam, touch of milky chocolate.
Smoothly obducing and persistent finish of dried raspberry, black cherry, black currant jam, mocha and some gentle spices.
Paired fillet minion as well as lamb shovel baked with herbs.
93/100 — 5 years ago

Michael Meyer

9.0

Always good to stump even the most seasoned of blind tasters... — 5 years ago

Kirk Webber

9.4

Good stuff. Look for in state store. — 7 years ago

Mark Oldman

8.9

wine 🍷 is a process of endless discovery: here I always thought white #wine from Burgundy could only be from the Chardonnay and Aligoté grapes, and along comes this pretty "#SaintBris", located southwest of #Chablis and powered by the very unBurgundian Sauvignon Blanc. This Bernard Defaix is medium weight, citrusy, with just the right about of "green" and crispness. Find it and you will stump the most knowledgable Burghounds. #Burgundy 🇫🇷

— 7 years ago

James Forsyth

8.9

A tasty Non Vintage, Foch and Franc blend red wine from the Finger Lakes that is supple on the palate, inky and fruit driven with some leather. Talk about a wine to stump people in a blind tasting.... — 8 years ago

Cameron Myhrvold

9.4

2002 Yarra Yering Dry Red Wine #1
Seriously, that is what this wine is called. The orher wine they make is called Dry Red Wine #2. It is a sophisticated naming convention at Yarra Yering. I don't know how they come up with it. You will also notice they don't waste money on the labels either. but thankfully the wine is good. what is it? I don't know as the back label simply says "Bordeaux Blend." It is however good wine. it's from Australia but you would never guess the as it tastes like Gaja. No joke, this is great wine to stump a sommelier with. It is totally unlike anything else from Australia. You would guess Itly ir you would guess France. you would be about as likely to guess Antartica as you would Australia. Well worth seeking out especially if you are a structure hound. — 9 years ago

Brian Hearty

9.0

2010. The honey and apple flavors in the wine paired great with a Sour Cream Raisin Pie for dessert! — 5 years ago

Angelo Casagrande

9.2

I really love D’Arenberg. Their budget wines- Stump Jumps - are always a good value( though not quite as good the last few years. This one and the Shiraz ( The Footbolt) are always terrific and @20$ I cant really afford the expensive ones but these rock. Medium bodied- not big and jammy- but great fruit and no wood! Finish lingers with some tannic bitterness. Can drink on its own or very food friendly. I had it with grilled burgers. And vintage to vintage, it’s really good! — 5 years ago

Aaron

9.6

This gsm was great for the price. Sweet on the nose, dry fruit on the taste. Plum and oak. — 7 years ago

Charlie Evans

9.4

This made for a real fun stump the chump wine. Lot going on here. — 7 years ago

Eric Egan

9.3

How to really stump someone in a blind tasting: 1) store a bottle of '69 Weis Leiwener Laurentiuslay Auslese in a box with lots of geuze for ages. 2) allow the wild yeast to enter the bottle and do its thing. 3) wait until you loose 1/4 of the wine through the cork as the pressure builds. 4) open under the table, with a serious 'pop' (to confuse the tasters). 5) serve this miraculously delicious sour 'petillant' (like a cross between a Belgian sour and a very good feinherbst) in riesling glasses. 6) bathe in the glorious confusion that ensues. — 8 years ago

Karla Loeb

9.1

The sediment always confuses me for stump the chump! Delicious! — 9 years ago

Karla Loeb

9.3

Delightful! Stump the chump part 2. — 9 years ago

Przemek Gonet

9.0

Nice dark red colour. Blackcurrant on nose.
Ripe berries little bit too much acidity then pepper taste in the middle and silky creamy finish — 5 years ago

Katelyn Jessie

9.1

Light and sweet, a little tartness — 5 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.1

Would have been a nice Merlot in the cab vs Merlot tasting. The good? This is a merlot. The bad? If you're trying to stump someone? Good luck because....this is a classic merlot. From Monte Bello Vineyard. Nose is brambly, yet a bit sweet. Terroir is on the nose in full force. The entry is dark yet a slight bit youthful. Forest floor, plum, black fruit and quite a bit of it. Finishes with some drier tannin. This one is at the top of its game right now, but isn't going to win many awards for WOTN as it just isn't complex on its own. Drank MUCH better with food. Drink or hold another 5 to 10 years. — 7 years ago

David McNally

9.6

An intoxicating nose of coffee-mushroom-bacon-sandwich discovered inside a half-rotted moss covered stump in the deepest of woods. Need we say more? Amazingly well-preserved. — 7 years ago

jerry

9.3

Superb full bodied wine great with steak — 8 years ago

Shay A

9.3

July's monthly WTF group meet up. Blind tasting with a theme of French wines. Bravo to all those who joined...great wines!

What a total stump by @Andrew Heffley . The entire group guessed right bank Bordeaux. Did NOT expect left bank! Incredibly floral and fruity aromatically which seemed to line up with Merlot dominant wines. Felt like I got a hint of cab franc here too, which again would lean towards right bank Blends. Just goes to show you that when you think you know a french wine... — 8 years ago

with Andrew, Jeff and 2 others

Aaron Lozano

9.0

Movie with the wife — 9 years ago