Jeremy Autry

9.3

This is only my second bottle of Tannat ever. Hated the first. It was ugly and funky in the wrong way. This is, however, ugly and funky in the right way. If the light hits it right, it’s almost a neon purple. The kind of neon you would find in the sign of your favorite dive bar. That favorite dive bar is pungent and almost offensive on the inside, but you keep going back. Where else are you going to go? I am a convert. — 5 years ago

Ben LaBolt

9.0

Terribly ugly labels but they make great Rhônes and are apparently flooded w foreign buyers — 7 years ago

Andy Tam

9.0

雅山流 葉月 九郞左衛門 from 新藤酒造店 Junmai gingko Elegant pear flavor medium rocky taste paired with gyoza after watching ugly delicious — 8 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.3

I had 2 or 3 bottles of this in last few years & was consistently underwhelmed, was a disjointed, ugly duckling. Well, the ugly phase is over. Gorgeous deep black currant color w red rim. Resolute & length, medium weight. Game, currants, & cooked herbs (sage?). Uber enjoyable w beef stew & potato pie. Threw off alot of sediment- should have decanted, but luckily was a good pour — 8 years ago

with Owen

DAG

9.7

These label always get beat up in my cellar squares. That was the only thing ugly here. I love the older Merus wines. — 9 years ago

Andrea Trapp

10

Very smooth and light for a cab. — 10 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.1

Fascinating-comes out of bottle first like tarred duckling, but unfolds into a sleeker, black core fruit beast, w both acidic scaffold of barbera but w a more burnished version if its fruitiness. Aged min 6-8 years, 1/2 of which is in bottle. Still a bit of an oddity & not sure if i love it, but respect its construction. 10% nebbiolo. Rosenthal import
— 10 years ago

Erik Longabardi

9.0

Integrated VA. Joe was like “Do you like VA?” I responded “Sure, if it’s integrated..” (I dont like that in my own wines but it’s like going to dinner at someone’s house). Naturally i taste shortly thereafter. It’s good. A light bodied PN that is beautiful with a little ugly. I can’t like a perfect all the time but this has soul. — 6 years ago

Jo Anne B

9.0

My house wine and my nephews awesome ugly sweater🤣 — 7 years ago

Karissa Reynolds

9.4

The ugly old man makes a damn good wine. — 8 years ago

Jack Petras

8.9

Pinot Grigio with difference pineapple prickly pear, ugly fruit spicy white pepper, — 8 years ago

Peter Sultan

8.9

Mildly corked? Still, flashes of elegance. Either in ugly phase r corked — 9 years ago

Sasha Agapov

9.6

Ugly duckling vintage in my opinion so we decanted it for 2-2.5 hours. Village level, striking way above its league. I would perhaps confuse the nose with high quality Central Coast Pinot from a cold year (to my shame), but it's way deeper, more layered and complex and the palate proved it with fabulous ripe red berry tones, late harvest dark cherry and white flowers. Very feminine and elegant, feels like the first day of summer. — 10 years ago

Heidi Hill

9.1

Just the thing after an ugly day! — 10 years ago

Paco Suro

9.4

Wow. Floral aromatics. Crisp but smooth. What a joy. Ugly label. — 6 years ago

Reuben Katz

9.7

The sommelier was right. The perfect wine with my duckling. — 6 years ago

with Emiliano

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

9.3

A bit angular a first. Needed lots of time. Obvious oak even after 4 hours, shading its powerful fruits and serious minerality. At present, it lacks details. The ugly duckling of the 3 today... heat on the finish too. 93+ — 7 years ago

Geoff Troup

Sales Eder Brothers, Cellar Fine Wines

9.2

Ugly ugly ugly and a great value. All encompassing black pepper, dirt, some decent acidity, herbs and baking spices, rubber hose in the finish. Beautiful with braised duck. — 9 years ago

with Matt

Alexander Stewart

9.1

Yeah, this is an effing funk factory that's full of excess CO2...which means you need to grab the bottle, shake it like a Polaroid picture and toughen the f*ck up.
Because after all, this is Pegau and beneath the ugly duckling exterior there's an absolutely gorgeous, captivating wine just waiting to be unleashed.
— 10 years ago

Jeffrey Lew

10

Man oh man. WOTN. Ugly cork but masterpiece in a glass. Amazing almost every time I drink it. Classic. Yup 100 pts — 10 years ago