Joseph Barsky

9.3

2005 Vintage.14.8% Alcohol. Need to open with an Ah So type opener, not a corkscrew as the corks have become brittle over time. Thank goodness for the thick bright blue wax seal as it likely saved this bottle from being corked. — 5 years ago

Kirk Irwin

9.1

Wonderful pear apple nose, pungent. Wow. Nice nice blanc. Grapes, sour edged, refreshing white. — 7 years ago

ADAM STROMFELD

9.7

Yes!! BTAC at its best. What a great pre-dinner treat! Carmel on the nose. Sherry sweet cherries and butterscotch — 8 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.3

First winery on day two in Sonoma was Donelan Family Wines in Santa Rosa with Meredith. The last Rhone varietal red was the Walker Vine Hill Syrah. Sadly we were told that this was the last vintage that will be produced. This bottling is made up of 100% Syrah and is around 40-50% whole cluster fermented then aged for 20 months in 25% new French oak. 1,025 cases produced.

Insanely dark and inky purplish ruby red, completely coats the glass. Dark berries on the start of the nose followed up by cinnamon, cocoa, blueberries and some dustiness. Medium plus tannins (7/10) with a full body. Rich and layered palate with red currants, red plums, even a touch of blue fruits and some solid minerality. Long and lingering finish. Drink till 2028. (93+)

$$$ - Tasted at the winery. Retail price is $75.00. — 8 years ago

with India

Joy Patton

9.0

Very tasty! Could quite possibly be a new favorite... — 9 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.2

2013 vintage. At Costa Navarino, Greece. Medium lemon hue. On the nose, quite complex - lemon curd, chalky minerality, honeysuckle. On the palate, a little fat, medium acidity, medium plus concentration and fairly long finish. The mineral nature of the wine is more apparent on the mid palate. Very enjoyable. Drink now until 2023+. — 10 years ago

Rob Moose

9.3

Delicious in 375. Showing well already — 11 years ago

Randy

9.5

Surprisingly good — 11 years ago

Michelle Liu

9.4

So oaky I like it even better when watching the grand Budapest hotel. Pairs well with Wes — 11 years ago

Adam Jesberger

9.3

Upon opening i felt it had too much alcohol. This was a misperception. After giving it a half an hour to breathe it balanced out very well. The nose is heavy black currant and bell pepper with creamy vanilla lingering. Great fruit in here lots of over ripe stewed blackberry and dried black currant and dark cherry notes. Slightly smokey with amazing oak flavors. Cinnamon and other baking spices with intense vanilla flavors. Excellent effort. — 12 years ago

Mary Wilson

9.6

Beautiful wine. — 6 years ago

Andrew Turner

9.0

Reona liked more than me — 6 years ago

Hannah Fyson

9.0

Lots of lime flavour, nice polish river style. — 7 years ago

Larry Frierson

9.6

Best I have had except for the 1996. At a perfect place. Will not get any better with age. — 8 years ago

Myra Lybarger

10

$10.99 very smooth — 9 years ago

Roy Piper

9.3

Great suave texture with black fruit. Linear structure. Not really like a TRB wine, stylistically. Give 3-4 years. Needs a good amount of air. A really impressive first release. — 9 years ago

Matt Trader

9.0

Great Shiraz from Barossa with great ageing potential. Big core and good tannins, with a floral, spicy, and botanical nose. The pallet exhibits dark vibrant raspberries, black pepper, bay leaf, burnt espresso bean, and silver dollar eucalyptus toward the lingering finish. I still find the RWT to be more my style, in comparison to this beimg more lean in structure and spicy in character. It was a bit less extracted which for some is preferable, but every so often I enjoy more of a rich extracted style of wine. Overall, great effort and I would like to see this one in a few more years.

Cheers!

$51.99 — 10 years ago

Kihyun Yoon

9.2

One of the best double IPA. Only this IPA can be compared to Pliny the Elder. — 11 years ago

Rob Moose

9.4

2000. Side by side with Clos. This came across fresher, younger (label was pristine, as opposed to damp/stained Clos label) with more exoticism but less sheer impact and minerality. — 11 years ago

PM

9.2

Very good!
— 12 years ago

Kyle Fortman

9.1

Great blended malt scotch. Slightly sweet. — 6 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.4

Top pinot
Lots of depth, personality and length of flavor
Crisp like a white and almost as complex as a Burgundian pinot
I am very pleased here — 7 years ago

Charles Huff

9.6

Rangy and effervescent. — 8 years ago

Jay Farr

9.0

Enjoyed more than most others - rate it well - buy again. — 8 years ago

Marcus Maroney

9.4

Subtle and amazing — 9 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.3

2017 Bravo - Imperial Brown Ale
Deep caramel brown with light brown head. Dark nose with caramelized brown sugar, molasses, and honey with a little heat. Can tell it's a a high alcohol level get drunk from just smelling it. A little creamy and syrupy too. Full bodied and long finish. Could easily go with some dessert. — 9 years ago

Robert Cunningham

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

9.0

Soft and elegant. Drinking nicely in 2016 though would have been better 10 years ago — 10 years ago

Kai Wright

9.2

One of my fave Zin makers. This one with dashes of carignane and petite Syrah. Intensely flavored with ripe dark fruit, pencil shavings and baking spices. Lots of acid to lift the richness. Long finish of fruit and spice. — 11 years ago

Elizabeth Smith

9.2

One of the first Napa wines I ever purchased (I'm a late bloomer). Bottle #171 of 3840 of the 2005 William Harrison Rutherford Red is deep garnet in color. The mouthfeel is dense. This wine still has great fruit - black cherry front and mid-palate and tart red cherry on the finish - but intertwined with tertiary flavors, most noticeably mint and leather. Good tannin structure remains, although much softer than when I tasted this in 2009. I'm drinking this to celebrate the fourth anniversary of my website. — 11 years ago

Puerto Rico Wine News

9.3

Really nice stuff — 13 years ago