Palmer Emmitt

Owner/Winemaker Judge Palmer

9.1

Walks a tightrope. Plenty of intensity and oak while remaining lively and earthy. — 9 years ago

with Kurt

Kerri Elizabeth

10

Best Pinot Gris we've found. Full of flavour and the right amount of sweet. Almost syrupy texture. Amazing. Tightrope and Gray Monk come in second and third. — 9 years ago

Matt Austin

Owner/Winemaker, Grosgrain Vineyards, Walla Walla, WA

9.2

Walks a tightrope between far too young and past it's prime. I'm leaning too young. Really developed with air. Fascinating stuff as always. — 9 years ago

Collin Moody

9.6

Oh damn. Definition of tension. Tightrope walk of blanc de blanc precision, crazy length and minerality. Beautiful stuff. — 10 years ago

with Andie and Nelson

Eric Egan

9.0

Fantastic NZ Sauv Blanc! Attractive light green; gooseberries(!), grapefruit, clean apple cider, with a faint hint of green peppercorns, cooked sage, and line zest; stunning acidity and tightrope balance. Could drink this every day! Absolutely fantastic with grilled lobster and monkfish. — 10 years ago

Marshal White

9.4

Nose is rich, ripe orchard fruits, sun-warmed slate, brioche, and nuts. Palate is razor-sharp. Full and decadent, all the while walking on a tightrope. Finish just don't quit. awesome stuff. — 10 years ago

WineSamurai

9.2

Beautiful and I want more. Fantastic value that I want all summer. #barmesbuecher #herrenweg #alsace #riesling #tension #tightrope #instawine #wineporn Europe#winestrong #alsacewine #lasersinaglass — 10 years ago

with Sheila

Morgan Harris

Head Sommelier Aureole New York

9.6

So, so, so good. Exactly the right amount of RS and screaming acid. 200-pound barbell on a tightrope. Oozes Chenin-y power: baked apples, beeswax, salt, honeysuckle, aged cheddar, and crushed white stone. Pinguets at the hight of his powers in a stellar vintage. Hope there are more in the pipeline like this. Demi-sec is my favorite style from the house and probably the most age-able table-wine style, as the Molleux are too sweet for anything but cheese, in general. Drink from now until the end of time. — 10 years ago

Mike Dombrow

Buyer Sunfish Cellars

9.1

Pyramid Tightrope. Between fruit, tannin, and that stinky, wonderful, Mourvèdre Stink. — 11 years ago

Erin Pooley

Owner/Winemaker Good Luck Wines

9.4

Taught like a tightrope — 12 years ago

October Cleveland

8.9

Piney, earthy nose. Bright, dry acid, dirt. Tightrope tight. — 9 years ago

with Feliks, Daniel and 2 others

CYesh

9.6

This wine is erotic. Big, juicy, sexy and expansive. Yet despite her strength and power, she can walk a tightrope in a pair of 4 inch heels without a hint of a stumble. Still a kitten though.....many years for her to grow up into a more mature feline. — 9 years ago

Andrés Solís Lira

9.0

Only six thousand bottles from a 1 ha plot! A perennial favourite of mine. Love the tightrope balance of opulence and restraint. Slightly tannic, delicious texture. Nutty, appley and immensely complex. — 9 years ago

S Butterfield

Sommelier Flask Fine Wines

9.0

Dried raisin, licorice, classic Italia nose. Palette walks a tightrope between dusty and savory. Good length. Prime food wine. 2008 had a lot of life in it. — 10 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.3

Such a unique PB. Perfect tightrope walking between floral & fleshy with crisp & clean. Incisive & delineated Pinot Blanc. — 10 years ago

LM Segal

9.1

From the private stash at Vérité another Pierre Seillan wine that captures his innate imperative to march to the beat of his own drum. Tannat, CS, CF and Malbec with a spritely nose of citrus and dark cherries (made me think of a Chianti) but bright and good-tangy, perfect for hot-sunny-day Rose that actually walks the tightrope between red and white like the greatest Wallenda. — 10 years ago

Oliver Longwell

9.0

Just delicious. Just starting to veer over into aged character. At first opening, very little fruit but blossomed into golden apple. Lush. Tightrope balance in a pretty dress. Great with whole fish. — 10 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.1

2012 Jurassic Park Chenin. Tightrope walking between mineral & fruit. Nice grassy edge on the mid. Great Chenin. — 10 years ago

Erika Turner

10

All about the balance you know like a tightrope. — 11 years ago

with See

Tara O'Leary

9.3

This wine has rescued my taste buds from several recent lackluster wines - it is absolutely delicious! A blend of 8 varieties including Bobal, Grenache & Cab Franc. This wine is rich, luxurious, headily aromatic, deep, darkly fruity and balanced like a tightrope walker. Find it, drink it, love it! :) — 11 years ago

Andrew Fortgang

9.5

As a friend once put it to me: a tightrope walker carrying dumbbells. — 9 years ago

with Joshua and Scott

Anthony Lombardi

9.3

Tightrope walking a balance between power & elegance. Sturdy tannic frame around ripe, clear blackberries. — 9 years ago

ie

9.0

Garnet; red berries, sous-bois, tightrope licorice and cranberries; fresh, attacking smoothly, freshly, with good depth - old wines make it more 1C quality, easy to drink but has some stuffing, some briary and earthy/leafy aftermath. Nice — 9 years ago

ie

8.9

Tightrope balance, refreshing cold sea, just cut and picked-up teenager porcinis, lithe fresh fruit abundance — 10 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.0

40% Carignan, 30% Grenache, 30% Syrah. Tightrope walking modern & rustic. Great QPR wine. — 10 years ago

Sanjuana Walters

Skurnik Wines Domestic Portfolio, Freelance Writer

9.7

Sanjuana had this 10 years ago

Gerhard Ziemer

8.9

Does an amazing job of walking the tightrope of new/old world, fleshy fruit (pear, quince, pomelo), with just enough acid to keep it in balanced. A bit of nutty bitterness at the finish-- what it needed..,. — 10 years ago

Marc Nation

9.7

Get this wine a tightrope - because its so balanced!
— 11 years ago

Palmer Emmitt

Owner/Winemaker Judge Palmer

9.7

Fruit forward but delicate. Walking a tightrope and I love it. — 11 years ago

Magnavita Cellars

9.4

Straw yellow & medium viscosity. Tropical aromas & racy acidity punctuates notes of under-ripe peach & lush pineapple. Walks a tightrope of ripeness & lean crisp fruit, enhanced with a mineral finish. — 11 years ago