Tom Dare

9.6

Drinking 2005 Abeja Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon in 2020 is an absolute wow. Massive peak pleasure of dark fruit and a bright backbone. Can’t imagine a better window, just drink it now! — 12 days ago

Tom Dare

9.6

2014 opened up after 30 minutes and just destroyed all Paso benchmarks. I highly recommend being a heathen and drinking this ASAP to get the full rush of dark fruits, Kirsch, and lovely blueberry fruit on the front palate. Nothing better out of Paso. — 8 months ago

Tom Dare

9.0

2016 Baga from Luis Gomes is more mineral than fruit at first, then the fruit opens up in the glass. Great with food, especially hearty seafood and lighter meats and chicken. — a year ago

Tom Dare

9.5

2017 Vuillermin is dense, with layers of cherry, red fruits, and a great backbone. This is crazy good, affordable, and 100% terroir specific. Outstanding, memorable, and iconic. — 2 months ago

Tom Dare

9.3

2011 is absolutely perfect for drinking in 2019, full of blue fruit, light tannins, and a long long aftertaste. Sensational tinta barroca. — 7 months ago

Tom Dare

9.3

2011 is about the most solid Blaufrankish you can drink, excellent offering by Velich and Schuster under Moric. Their motto is “Fruit ferments. People ferment fruit. It’s a challenge.” 2011 is fresh black cherry, a funky acid core, with an after taste that lasts a weekend. Buy it all, it will last a decade and provide solid street cred with your wine snob friends. — 9 months ago

Tom Dare

9.3

2017 vintage of Eau Forte is a juicy slugger. Ripe cherries and lavender, long aftertaste just keeps coming. Remarkable and memorable, highly recommended! — 5 months ago

Tom Dare

9.3

Step aside Burgundy, 2005 Tournelle coming through with all the minerals and the lovely oxidation of Jura. Wow. — 7 months ago

Tom Dare

9.5

2014 is actually ready to drink, call me a heathen but put a slight chill on it and enjoy. Smells giant, settles into blueberries and deep red fruits. Great summer drinker, please open that bottle now! — 8 months ago

Tom Dare

9.2

2014 Malvasia that goes from late harvest to oxidized. — a year ago