Mike Rindler

9.4

Take me to Monte Rio... — 6 years ago

Sarah Pellito

9.2

Unoaked. Easy to drink, light, crisp, smooth finish. — 7 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.4

I thought long and hard about what I wanted to say about this wine. But...here goes. This has to be one of the worst QPR wines I've ever had, but I'm also taking into account how young this wine is. I have to remember that I'm rating the WINE here, but the price tag and hype just can't help but to get in the way. Drank over 6 days. Poured initially from Coravin and let sit for about an hour. I will tell you that I was excited initially, as the nose of this wine overpowered the grass fed beef burgers that were just cooked about 2 feet away from where the wine was being poured. DENSE blackberry and vanilla rolling out of the glass. The entry of this wine is silky, but also has that gritty Napa youthfulness. POWER. Fruit forward monster, ripe blackberry, graphite, mineral and spice rich middle with cherry blossom and finish with a very deep, dark core of blackberry, black pepper spice. The finish is where chocolate covered blackberries and minty notes come out, but the wine was still rather tannic. Developed a bit more after I uncorked it at the end of the week. I blind tasted my wife on this one who guessed that it was a '13 William Harrison cab (vineyard is only 2 miles away as the crow flies, maybe, although Hall's is elevated 750 feet). That cab is $50. This one still has a **LOT** of integrating to do which I am taking into consideration which is why the other bottle is locked up tight, and this one just might not have been on its A-game. — 7 years ago

David Reis

9.6

Boys weekend at the Crow — 9 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.4

This is showing very impressively, all the more so considering the very unimpressive 2001 I had recently after loving both vintages on release. It is in the heavyweight class no doubt and has only budged a little bit since release, with the structure more assertive and some of the baby fat gone and showing its bones. Visually it still has the deep, dark inky color of a wine barely past release so I was actually surprised not to find it more obviously fruit-gobbed on the palate. It's a packed and stacked wine to be sure, but the stuffing isn't about fruit so much as tarry Graves asphalt and gravel. The fruit it does show is red-complexioned, which is surprising since these are all blueberry and blackberry on release. Time in the decanter fills in a lot of the empty spaces and makes it positively voluptuous - still with a thick coat of tannin but soft and refined in texture. Not quite cashmere but not rough either. This is vastly richer, denser, and fresher than the 2001 was. It is at a point where it's probably fair to put to rest any doubts about ageability - it's stuffed but in proportion and fresh without being primary. But this and the 2001 were also the last SHLs I enjoyed on release - by 2005 the style seemed to have gone over the top. If the 2005 tastes like this in 5 years I'll have to eat some crow. That said, there's no doubt this is sort of a slutty style of Graves, not a wine for those looking for elegance or subtlety, although if it can keep developing at this rate the old "tour de force" cliche may actually fit just fine. — 9 years ago

Chris Borges

9.6

Enjoyed this at the Townshend (pre ASH). Alanna picked and remembered we had previously had it. Perfect balance, floral notes, touch of residual sugar. — 7 years ago

Mark Oldman

8.9

some say it's good to eat crow 🐦...me thinks it's better to drink it🍷: cros parantoux, méo-camuzet #Burgundy — 7 years ago

Debbie Miller

9.5

At Crow & Crown — 8 years ago

Maya Kaczorowski

9.1

Good, and much sweeter than I expected. — 8 years ago

Kirk F

8.9

Just another Thirsty Thursday. — 8 years ago

with Michael, Mike and 2 others

Christopher Losa

Owner/Wine Director Bar Bambino

8.9

Juicier and richer than expected, but deliciously balanced with minerals and acid. — 9 years ago

CYesh

9.8

Russell crow said it best in "A Good Year" (of which 2000 was one in Bordeaux): "You must forgive my lips... they find pleasure in the most unusual places." — 9 years ago

Matt Forester

9.3

2005. Carlisle Zinfandel Tom Feeney Ranch. Spicy pepper! Still very youthful if not downright brash & immature upstart. — 9 years ago

Jayna Fontenot

9.6

Legs, 9/10. Smells spicy, heavy cherry on the nose. So smooth!!! Tannic, but not overbearing. Cherries, oak on taste. Love this one. — 7 years ago

Howard Greenfield

9.7

Not quite sure why 08’s get no love.
This Crow was delicious!!! — 7 years ago

Lauren Lundstrom

10

Louie like — 8 years ago

John Bonnell

10

Love this wine! It has such a wonderful flavor. This is my new favorite.
— 8 years ago

Rob Moose

9.2

Impressive upstart! Found myself entranced by the nose, and the only nit I had was a lack of analogous complexity on the palate. But the texture was beautiful and, if anything, it reminded me of Meursault. — 8 years ago

with Chris

Kristy Cropper

9.2

2011 good wine. Sexy. — 9 years ago

Patrick Roddy

9.0

Light, tart, fresh -- really enjoyed this, went through two bottle last night. Solid refreshing Pinot Grigio, was a big crow pleasure -- lovely summer wine. — 9 years ago