Pat Mead

9.2

Loved the 2021 Vintage and the 2022 is wonderful! Fruity, crisp and delicious!! One of my favorites! — 7 months ago

casey Burnett

9.5

Gift from Matt. I really like this. Each time I have it. — 2 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.2

TBT wine on a Saturday. Still great. — 3 years ago

David Walser

9.0

64% CS, 28% ME, & 8% CF. No Malbec as listed in the description. I’ve had this for awhile. Didn’t like the first bottle so I avoided trying again. When I did try again I was surprised how much it improved with some age. — 4 years ago

Paco Suro

9.2

Wow. Surprising. Restrained. In the zone now. — 4 years ago

Kelli

9.2

Flora springs. One of our favorite labels! Never disappointed. Smooth blend. Super easy drinker. Crowd pleaser — 6 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.3

12 August 2017. Rouge Tomate, New York, NY. — 7 years ago

Robert Downs

9.0

Smooth, nice wine. Great value for the price. — 9 years ago

Austin Beeman

9.0

You're my cherry pie. 🎵 — 9 years ago

with Laura, John and 1 other

Michael Meyer

9.2

Vlossak crafts some of the best valued, most underrated whites in the NW. Lovely texture, crispness, and layers of tropical fruits. — 10 years ago

Anna Tyack

9.6

Brilliant Jauma Wine tasting with James Erskine in Tokyo last night | Highlights were the killer chenin blanc cuvées incl. the 2013 Blewitt Springs Sand on Schist — 10 years ago

John Willison

9.0

Light red fruit, a bit earthy. A bit Burgundian. — 7 months ago

Vanessa

9.3

Hello, California Syrah!!

From everything we’ve read, the Alder Springs Vineyard sounds like a truly majestic place.

It’s isolated in an undeveloped part of northern Mendocino County, situated in California’s North Coast region, where the steep and rugged terrain meet sweeping views of the ocean, bordered by rivers, redwoods, and snowcapped mountains… elevation stretches up to 1,800 feet above sea level.

It’s no wonder so many acclaimed producers, like Pax Mahle, source their fruit from here, where vines are sustainably farmed and cared for by Stuart Bewley. We were fortunate to visit Pax in Sebastopol in 2022, where we picked up this 2011 Cahto Ridge Alder Springs Vineyard Syrah. We’ve been waiting patiently to taste it. And here we are.

100% Syrah. Whole cluster fermented. Aged 12 months in neutral French oak barrels.

This wine is deep ruby trending towards garnet. The aromas are concentrated with ripe boysenberry, black cherry, blackcurrant, next to violet, black peppercorn, licorice, cured meat, peat moss, smoke, clove, leather and olive notes. On the palate, it is dry with medium (+) acidity, a medium (+) body, high alcohol (14.6% ABV), medium (+) fine-grained tannins, and a long, elegant finish.

It’s both elegant and wild all at the same time and we love it.

Cheers! — 9 months ago

with Deked1

Federico Sequeda

8.9

dark red. nose: leather. prunes. overripe berries. lots of jam. mouth: full body. medium big tannins. more jam and leather on the mouth. drinks like a cab. medium follow through. love it — 4 years ago

Eric

9.3

Masking up and scanning your menu sucks but washing it down with a nice Pinot makes it better. — 4 years ago

Paul Petty

9.0

Very silky with nice honeysuckle notes. Balanced. Some pineapple finish — 6 years ago

Patrick Derdeyn

8.9

Heavy on the melon, plenty of a acidity and just a whisper of oak. — 7 years ago

John Schlechter

9.3

Locorice braised candied cherries desert like distinctive — 9 years ago

Rich Bluth

9.6

A wine to remember. Plenty of fruit after 38 years. It continued to open for an hour and held on long after that. A truly special wine. many thx Mike for letting us help "rescue" this one from a worn out cork. — 9 years ago

with Mike

Mike Greene

9.3

Very nice; interesting floral notes, but not overpowering. — 10 years ago

John Willison

9.1

Burgundian. Aged in Austrian oak. — 7 months ago

Emily Wang

9.1

Nose like a Pinot, mouth feel and ripe fruit almost like a Merlot. — 8 months ago

"Odedi"

9.1

This is a delicious white blend from Napa Valley.

Medium plus in body and creamy.

Dry on the palate with medium plus acidity.

Showing green apples, grapefruits, gooseberries, light vegetables, herbs, minerals and white pepper.

Long tangy finish with limes and almonds.

Elegant and well balanced. Crisp, refreshing and easy drinking. An Interesting wine.

Good by itself or with food. A good sipping wine that I had by the lake. Paired nicely with Brie cheese.

A blend of 73% Sauvignon Blanc, 12% Chardonnay and 13% Malvasia. Aged for 7 months in used French oak barrels. A small production of 600 cases.

14.2% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$60. — 2 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.1

A pre-dinner bottle while we do meal prep tonight.

Prior notes still apply:
Nose has lime zest, lime juice, green hay, wet granite/limestone pebbles, oxidized green apple peel, polyethylene tubing and tangerine peel.
Palate has Key lime flesh, cold tangerine slice, apricot skin, wet-pulverized limestone, lemongrass, tangerine zest, (minor) dried apricot and light honey on the medium finish, medium acid, great balance. — 4 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.0

Exotic and fun. — 5 years ago

Richard Amos

9.7

Outstanding!!! Very smooth with a hint of wood and tobacco. — 7 years ago

with Carmen

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.3

Pre-Release.
Deep and dark ruby red. Lovely and thick nose with dark cocoa, lots of bright red cherries, cinnamon and more baking spices. Heavy tannins (8/10) and drying. Lots of red berries, especially cherries on the palate. Some twigs and earthiness too. Long and lingering finish that needs some time. Little bit of heat in the finish. Drink till 2030. — 8 years ago

with Sean and India

Sarah C

9.4

Yep. Still rocks. Fish tacos, people... Fish tacos. — 9 years ago

Jason Rzutkiewicz

Wine Blogger Jason's Wine Blog

9.0

A blast from the past. Fell in love with this wine while in NZ for my honeymoon in '03. Still dig it! — 9 years ago

Donald Patz

Owner/Winemaker Patz & Hall

10

My all time favorite Chardonnay we've made. — 10 years ago

with Patz