Jeff Ames

Owner/Winemaker Rudius Wines

9.0

I am always amazed at how good these old martini wines can be. This wasn’t just good for its age, it was just good. 
Great color/still sweet on the mouth/nice finish.
The vast majority of these old wines from them that I’ve had have been at worst good with several like this one being very impressive  — a day ago

Jeff Ames

Owner/Winemaker Rudius Wines

Interesting wine. I don’t know that I would say it was great, but it was interesting.. I blind tasted this on a group of other wine makers, and nobody got anything close.
— 24 days ago

Jeff Ames

Owner/Winemaker Rudius Wines

Blast from the past. Still holding in but drink up. — a year ago

Jeff Ames

Owner/Winemaker Rudius Wines

9.3

My first shot with his producer and I really enjoyed it. Nice combination of dark fruit and a bit of the Aussie plushness. Went very well with my Carnitas sandwich. At $100 a bottle it’s a stretch but nice wine regardless. Will hold my other 2 for a while — 5 years ago

Jeff Ames

Owner/Winemaker Rudius Wines

9.3

Pretty remarkable. I’ve never been able to try an old one of these before, but I’ve always understood. They aged like champs and this thing was crazy. It tasted and looked like it could’ve been bottled last week. If you have any that have been well stored there’s absolutely no rush.  — a day ago

Jeff Ames

Owner/Winemaker Rudius Wines

8.1

Truchard vineyard, not regular merlot.
All things considered fairly solid. Definitely on the backside of its life and didn’t really hold up super long but for the first maybe 45 minutes of being opened was fairly nice. Better on the pallet than aromatics  — 14 days ago

Jeff Ames

Owner/Winemaker Rudius Wines

9.3

Well that was tasty. Tried blind and was impressed. Good stuff with years to go. — 4 years ago

Jeff Ames

Owner/Winemaker Rudius Wines

8.8

Really interesting wine. Very kind of sherry/Madeira when we first opened it, but maybe an hour later that blew off and became much more clean.
It wasn’t amazing, but for that kind of age, it was definitely good  — a day ago

Jeff Ames

Owner/Winemaker Rudius Wines

9.2

Very interesting wine.. I don’t know if I was blinded on this if I would ever pick those Washington except for maybe a tiny bit on the back end.
Great color and I actually really enjoy the aromatics on it.
The pallet to me is very interesting. It almost tastes like if you put free run juice into a tank and then let it settle in tank for a couple days and then just bottle that.. — 11 days ago

Jeff Ames

Owner/Winemaker Rudius Wines

9.4

I gave this a whole five days after getting it in the mail. Impressively rich and scary easy to drink. Might be my favorite drinking Marcassin Estate in a while. If you are hard-core white burgundy person maybe not for you but I thought it was delicious — 4 years ago