Bryan Hopkins

7.9

The word that comes to me with this wine is “mild.” There are some of the notes on the nose that I want in a North American Pinot Noir like cranberry and bacon fat, but very subdued, with almost an apple cider note. The taste is overly fruit forward and the mouthfeel too soft for my taste. It’s rather like drinking a blend of cranberry and grape juice, and more complex notes emerge only later at a very quiet volume. I rate this at a relatively low point score because this isn’t really what I want from North American Pinot Noir. If you like soft, juicy, easy drinkers, then you might like it better than I did. — 2 months ago

Bryan Hopkins

9.0

Smell of butterscotch candies and funky peat, subtle hints of sherry and lemon-scented wood polish behind that. On the taste, cherry-menthol cough drop, wood, slight blue cheese, and maybe a bit of pecan-praline. — a year ago

Bryan Hopkins

9.2

Extraordinarily complex, with notes of dark berries, bacon, coffee, leather, eucalyptus, with some earthiness. — a year ago

Bryan Hopkins

8.9

Scent of butterscotch, croissant, and dried peach. The taste is Scotch-like, with noticeable peat, hardware store wood, caramel, and vanilla modulating on the tongue into burnt pecan and bitter dark chocolate that lingers on the finish. — 3 months ago

Bryan Hopkins

8.9

Nose of cotton candy, sweet chocolate, peat, and lemon. Much stronger taste of peat and charred wood, with a softer lemon sweetness behind. Finish of bitter chocolate and coffee. — a year ago

Bryan Hopkins

8.9

Sharp pungent aromas with lemon, pineapple, and oyster brine. The same notes come through on the palette with orange notes and a little bit of floral. — a year ago

Bryan Hopkins

9.7

Fascinating notes of spicy peppers, dill pickle, lime, salt, celery: sort of like a margarita and a Bloody Mary all by itself. — 6 months ago

Bryan Hopkins

7.9

Highly unusual. Funky nose of fungus and mothballs. Sweeter taste of lemon and coconut. — a year ago

Bryan Hopkins

8.6

Notes of mint chocolate, praline, and honey. Easy drinking and dessert-like. — a year ago

Bryan Hopkins

9.1

I have long been a fan of St. George for a long time, and this confirms my high opinion of them. Nose of rye spice with vanilla and bananas foster, and on the taste, honey-sweetened tea with clove and pepper, masala tea spices, oak, and bitter chocolate. Orange emerges immediately on the finish with subsequent honey. — a year ago