Nicolas Greinacher

10

Pure perfection, the 1989 Château La Mission Haut Brion is at eye level with the glorious 1989 Château Haut Brion from across the street, but much wilder and rustic in character. Deep garnet coloured, the nose explodes with intense aromas of scorched earth, leather, liquorice, tobacco, charred wood, blueberry and blackberry jam, black currant, mushrooms and graphite. Full bodied, extremely dense and packed with concentrated, ripe black fruits, this stallion of a wine still manages to be absolutely seamless. Drink now until 2040 — 4 years ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.5

Wowow. This is singing. So musky and sexy. Feral and tart as hell. Concentrated, transparent red and purple fruited Grenache brilliance. Wilder than Rhone- so much Provençal garrigue.

Not too much brett; this bottle, at least, is very clean, and f-ing awesome. — 5 years ago

Loren Gesinsky

9.1

Really impressive biodynamic, skin-contact petit manseng from Virginia. I hadn’t anticipated stringing those words together. There’s enough wilder aspects and mouthfeel richness to pair well with funky cheeses, along with a surprisingly bracing run of acidity on the finish. — 5 years ago

Tracy Hall

9.0

If you don’t mind a little can flavor (you’re use to beer in a can, right?) then this isn’t bad. Refreshing, clean no off flavors. Great for picnics the beach etc. — 7 years ago

Adam Kincaid

8.9

A mostly merlot Super Tusacan, some cab sauv and franc as well. Has a gentle smoothness that covers up some wilder, almost grilled notes. Nothing meaty, but has a good chew.

The value on this is terrific. — 7 years ago

with Jillian

Mark Flesher

9.2

This wine is doing rather well, yet you can tell that it's starting to hang on to the edge of the hill while simultaneously being pushed over by the later vintages and Father Time. Poured a darker straw color into the glass. The nose was dried herb and a little bit of tropical fruit. The entry was more rounded, but immediately a honey and dried herb note kind of hit. The fruit was more of a wilder, bramblier tropical fruit note with a touch of butter. This wine seems to be going more of the buttery route and more of the tertiary / mushroom way, as this sort of seemed to develop on the finish more when it was near room temp than when it was cold (initially it was served rather cold). I rather enjoyed this wine due to its complexity, although I cannot say that would be the case in the next 2-3 years as I feel it is starting its downward slide. Drink now. — 8 years ago

with Dan

Ely Cohn

9.0

E&M's "Muller" I've had many times before. Consistently good, even if it doesn't really fill the role of natty wine for the natty crowd, which is clearly the intention here (they make a Weiss and and Grau and and Weiss & Grau which are way wilder imho). Baby skin contact - you can hardly notice. Refreshingly light at 11%, it has a little cream and yeasty element, a little cool to the touch. Notes in the apple, pear, floral vertical. — 4 years ago

J. Kim

9.0

Hits the bullseye again. Maybe it could be wilder and funkier and whatever but everything here is perfectly tuned. — 5 years ago

Marcus Weber

8.9

Falanghina, Biancolella and Pepella grapes. Grown with altitudes of up to 600 meters above sea at amalfi coast, wide temperature ranges and manually harvesting.
Dazu: Risotto al Limone - Artischocke - Wilder Thymian / Zicklein - Myrte - Zitrone / Cime di rapa — 5 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.1

2020 spring. This was also delicious - to me Teroldego is lot like Cabernet Franc, which makes the latter a natural for Foradori. A little greener and wilder than the Kepos — 6 years ago

Liz DeSousa

9.5

Perfectly funky and citrusy — 7 years ago

with George

Kristina Schaefer Rinderspacher

9.0

Yum! No headaches 😊 — 7 years ago

Esther Gauntlett

9.1

She’s the wilder messy older sister of last night’s classy offering — 8 years ago

with Carley and Jenny

Josh Morgenthau

9.2

Wilder, juicier, more feral than the 2017 Chamonard Madone Fleurie tried side by side. Less development in the bottle, fresher, cleaner, juicier. Really quite nice, pure tart length. Maybe a 9.3 if this holds up in the fridge. — 4 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.2

The nondescript "N" in the bottom corner of the back label means this is the hard to find Sans Soufre version of Lapierre's Morgon. I believe 2021 was first time it's touched Texas soil. It's the more alive version. The wilder, riskier, more outspoken version. It's chatty and conversational, less raw and abrasive. Texture too - a big boy with loaded concentration and high velocity acid. Perfumed cherry raspberry, rose petal, forest earth, pine, and clove. — 5 years ago

Marcus Weber

9.3

Fantastic Vermentino, coastal Tuscany. Deep Stony and mineral character, tropical notes, fruits and flowers, rosemary. Perfectly balanced!!!
Dazu: Kaninchen aus dem Ofen / Myrte-Wacholder-Wilder Thymian / Mangold-Pinienkerne / fermentierter Pfeffer-Zwiebel-Radicchio — 5 years ago

Matthew Connolly

9.0

Mod/high acidity
Low/med intensity
Low/med tannins
Low alcohol
Med body, disappears

Succulent and juicy — 6 years ago

Mary H

8.9

Spicy and herbaceous, smells like an open field. Little to no fruitiness, tastes like a wilder version of Syrah. @Niche Niche — 7 years ago

Jeff Venier

9.6

Can you ever have too many Burgundies to taste? Wonderful trade tasting. The Gros Frere et soeur wines don’t get additional sulphur so they seem older and wilder than many of the wines at the tasting. The Vougeot has the stuffing to balance the wildness. — 7 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.0

VERY interested to try this wine as I just bought a 3-pack a little while back. This Randy Hester wine is doing GREAT things. 100% Texas Tempranillo sourced from Tx High Plains (Bingham and Farmhouse Vineyards both claim source). The sharp bite that seems to be present in a lot of Texas Temps. Not sure if it's the soil that adds this note or what, but I believe it is because it is not there in a lot of hill country AVA fruit. Either way, this tempranillo did not have that tart bite on the front. Lovely expressive tempranillo perfume came rolling out of the glass. I do know that Texas temp really does like to sit, and this one is a baby. The thing I noted most about this wine was its structure. This. Will. Age. Well. It just needs a little more time for integration. This solidified my happiness of a 3-pack purchase, and glad I was able to get a sneak peak. Really neat project wine by Randy Hester. If anyone knows how to manipulate the "wilder side" of grapes and tame the wild beast, it is him! — 9 years ago