"Like a warm velvet robe for your tongue." — 10 years ago
I get green papaya or green pineapple on the nose. Lychee too. Dryer on the tongue than on the nose, I was surprised - pleasantly! Very easy to drink. I will buy this again. It'll stand alone or be good w/ food. Most white drinkers in a crowd would like this. — 11 years ago
Snouts digging around the acorn trees. Prosciutto garlands lapping the tongue. Vanilla pipe smoke trailing the highways as we walk on through the valley at dusk. Lightning bugs and crickets cast an open sea under the full moon. — 11 years ago
Lots of sweet berry fruit with an array of fine herbs toffee fresh plowed earth and an array of cigar box spice very big and lots of fruit on the tongue — 12 years ago
Very full body. Great taste very can drinker will love it. Flavor on front of moth and tip of tongue. Ready to drink — 13 years ago
Bright acidity. More raspberry than cherry on the nose. Tannins stick primarily to the tip of the tongue and dies quickly at the back. — 10 years ago
Grape fruit roll-up tart, with hint of cheese. Smooth with subtle side tongue tickle. — 10 years ago
Rudy red, strawberry smell and very tasty to the tongue. Silky smooth. Will be buying again. — 11 years ago
Nice citrus and green grass on the tongue. Great with shellfish. — 11 years ago
Super dark, fruity/berries, can stain tongue blue. — 12 years ago
A wonderful old and aged flavor. Smooth and low acidity. Medium life on the nose and tongue. — 13 years ago
Loads and loads of Indian spice, liquid smoke and earth on the nose. Cinnamon and dark liquor cherry and pipe tobacco coat the tongue. Tannins and supple but ever present and the finish is long with notes of menthol and truffle. — 10 years ago
So delicate and expressive. Red cherry, Santa Rosa plum, red rose, cassis, stewed cranberry compote, strawberry with tobacco & lively minerality. Love. — 10 years ago
2014. Good color and body. Not usually a fan of Pinot Rose, but this is excellent. LaHaye. — 10 years ago
Needs to air after first opening bottle but then reveals plush dark fruits, nice body and acid, has Burgundian overtones to me but at same time taste like modern Sonoma Pinot. — 11 years ago
Meaty, slight earth and caramel nose - some banana. Great fruit on the tongue, good amount of tannins. — 12 years ago
Really nice Chardonnay! Fantastic complexity - great fruit, nice nose, excellent oak. Rich and buttery on the tongue but cool and citric too. Fabulous. — 12 years ago
This old vine malbec had a strong aroma of sweet red black plums, sweet cherries with hints of smokiness almost like a campfire. On the tongue you get a strong vanilla cherry sweetness with a long complex finish of dried cherries. I had this wine with a home made veggie chili and it was an amaaaazing pairing! It was the perfect balance of spicy and sweetness! — 13 years ago
Somm David T
Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator
If you look in the dictionary under elegance, there is a picture of this wine. The nose might be the best red floral noses I've experienced. The fruit is understated ripe strawberries, cherries, pomegranate, cooked rhubarb, dried red roses, touch of red licorice cola, baking spices, a fine chalkiness that sticks to the mid tongue and a finish that doesn't stop. — 9 years ago