Jolie-Laide Wines
Rancho Coda Gamay Noir
This was a very fun surprise. At initial bite small but there that Gamay usually has. Beautiful clear crystal color, but actually surprisingly had a lot of sediment. Came through well structured, strawberry fading to raspberry and blackberry, good structure, low acid, but not flabby. Definitely will be buying this again.  — 20 days ago
Kirkland Signature
Vacqueyras Grenache Blend 2024
Open it up and it came across as hot, jammy, incredibly fruit forward, and just very fruit bomb in a bottle. Cork it and put it in the fridge and drank a glass two days later and it was a different wine. Much more subtle and nuanced with still fruit forward to a red right fruit, but *Now has an earthy nose of a little leather and a little smoke and forest floor. Probably would’ve been better the first day if it had been decanted and left for a few hours.  — a month ago
Bibi Graetz
Testamatta Sangiovese 2021
Finally got to try to see what the fuss was about and it really delivered. Beautiful color, gorgeous, glowing Rubi in the glass, took a sip when we first started, and then an hour later and then over the course of a meal and it definitely developed. Went from closed off to floral with beautiful notes of Violet and rose and a lot of cooked fruits with spices. A little more acid structure than I thought for most Tuscan wines, but still punched very well above its weight, granted I got this at a very big discount so if I paid retail, maybe I’d be singing a different song but for the price and for the flavors, it was worth it across the board.  — 17 days ago
Château Tendon
St. Chinian Mourvedre Blend
One of the most fun things for me is that with wine there’s always some new region you can try and frankly I’ve never had a wine from this area. *Now this region does not get a lot of praise, maybe deservedly so, maybe not. But this was as delightful wine with a strange balance of lighter presence, but stronger flavors. Not much in the way of nose, maybe some crushed blackberry and dried violets. Taste in his light, a bit harsh on the fruit, a little acidic and astringent, but full of cooked blackberries and pomegranates. For essentially a good table wine, it serves its purpose, always fun to try something new and enjoyed my little exploration.  — 16 days ago
Morlet Family Vineyards
Mon Chevalier Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
Lush and velvety and plump. It’s hard to say restrained fruit forward but that’s what it feels like. It’s not an overwhelming fruit bomb, but it’s a smack you in the face with just the right amount of subtlety. Good structure, even though you can’t even tell any tans or acid or present, deep like almost inky black color. It’s surprising because I found it light and my wife found it heavy and both are right. It actually did not go with our dinner have an Italian style steak with arugula and Parmesan, that’s not the wine‘s fault it’s me choosing the wrong line. Silken expressive, but I don’t wanna call it constrained more like concentrated expression of the wine versus something dynamic and evolving. Absolutely delicious, but also heady and overwhelming.  — a month ago
Kurt Schuster
Absolutely love this. What are the most interesting things about it? All is the color. Just a beautiful clear color of it. It’s almost like looking at a Pinot Noir. It’s so light colored. But take the first sip on your face with a serious wine. Good structure Dusty fruit, muted black cherry, savory cooking flavors. Noses of dried flowers, dried herbs, Dusty red dirt roads. The longer it opens the more savory cherry pie you get out of it. Really love this wine.  — a day ago