David Kline

9.2

Smoky, touch of cap smoke, lemon peel on grill, tangy lemon and tangerine pith, flint; dried lemongrass aromas and thyme. Smoked lime, grapefruit pith, turmeric, orange peel, lemon oil, bay, and white pepper, ginger, and dried orchid. Young and high-strung but full of oomph and endless potential. — a month ago

David Kline

9.0

Funky cinnamon-plums, baked apples, carrot cake and blackberries. Wild strawberries, sloe berries, sweet, black pepper, blueberry muffin and pencil tip scents. Lean and meaty black currant, sour cherry and blackberry with grape leaves, black plum reduction and fig. Satisfying and multi-textured! #zinfandel #CarolShelton #Mendocino #Healdsburg #oldvine — 3 months ago

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David Kline

9.4

Big nose of ripe black and dried red cherries, baked strawberry and black currant, heady lavender, dried roses, Belgian chocolate, light dusting of espresso, cinnamon, tobacco, cedar and licorice dust. Medium mouthfeel, plunges through sweet oak spices of nutmeg, vanilla, dried bing cherry, dried lavender, sage, muted mint, black pepper, burnt beef, off-ripe blackberry, black currant, tar, baker’s chocolate, espresso oils, gum Arabic, cranberry and basil. Immense and teetering on decadent. #TenutaDiCapraia #granselezione #chiantickassico #chianti #tuscany #rosso #italianwines — 4 months ago

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David Kline

9.5

Central Standard Brewing “Contrails” wild ale w peaches. LTD Release Ale 2018
Antique gold, just-opaque with low foam and unlaced. Briny, funky, pickle-y peaches, with a pickled persimmon side hustle. Cherry pip and crabapple with old black pepper aromas. Pickled lemon, orange and lime coat the surfacing pickled peach with cloves and leek. — a month ago

David Kline

9.2

Full nose of blackberry and black currant with minty notes and sage. Plums, honeycomb, raspberry reduction and fir. Blueberry and blackberry on the palate with black currant and black olive both taste and texturally as it unfolds into cedar, dense chocolate truffle, and Turkish coffee. #SevenHills #CielduCheval #Washington #washingtonstate #washingtonwines #bordeauxblends #cabblends #SevenHillsWinery — 3 months ago

David Kline

9.2

Smoky plum meets dank river and beef and ham’s baby on blacktop, with black rye, oregano, deer spoor, clay, and blackened corn meal. Medium mouthfeel, sharp plum-skin plus cranberrythat softens to raspberry and dried strawberry, rhubarb and miracle berry. Actually holding up well since 2005. #cdp #châteauneuf #chateauneufdepape #rhone #rhoneblend #frenchwines #xavier #anonyme #xaviercdpanonyme — 4 months ago

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David Kline

8.9

Raisins, candied carrots, fruitcake, oddly kerosene-sweet with a plethora of cooking herb scents and leather. Viscous and heavy mouthfeel buoyed by a citrus basket of orange peel, candied lemon peel, tangerine and lime, with cola, leather, bitter almond, cinnamon, ginger, and sarsaparilla. #henriquesandhenriques #madeira #Boal #portuguesewine #vinho — 4 months ago

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David Kline

9.1

Hopler Grüner Veltliner 2017: tangelo, gold melon, bread-y lemon, ripe and dried white apricots, dried pineapple, ripe snow peas, a hint of rosemary and even fainter after-hint of white pepper. Really showcases the classic Grüner notes in an affordable package. Light citrus mouthfeel with tangerine-lemon, lemon zest, lime pith, and dolma around grapefruit. — 2 months ago

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David Kline

8.7

Plum, prune and a smoky raspberry rimmed by black cherry-pit-juice-sweetness lace the aromatic facade. There is an additional grape-y tone that resonates like Touriga. Abruptly dry and oaky entry suggesting dusty sunflower husks, green cedar, dried bing cherry, dried cassis, black pepper, and burnt cinnamon. #Bulgarianwine #bulgaria #Gamza #DanubePlain #Bulgariana — 4 months ago

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David Kline

9.6

Briny lemon, dried apricot and hints of dried pineapple are eclipsed by ginkgo and light rye bread, cantaloupe and lime; Gardenia and white pepper with lillies. Exquisite mouthfeel, of tangerine, clementine, orange blossom, ripe lemon, creamy lemon panna cotta, white pomegranate seeds, olive cameo that dissipates into a sea spray and Northwest oyster with briny sweetness. #HappyNewYear #Champagne #growerschampagne #growersblend #bubbles #Palmerandcompany #Reims #brutréserve #brut #palmer #sparkler #frenchwines #france — 4 months ago

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