Byron C Mayes

9.1

Slightly hazy (unfined and unfiltered) straw gold. Inviting nose and medium bodied palate of underripe quince, citrus rind, and balsam with a bit of extra "texture" (light tannin?) from the process. Medium acidity shows from entry to lengthy, lemony finish. Russell Bevan does it again. A luscious California SB treated like it's baby boy, CS, yields a white wine that's ready for fuller fare like roasted pork or fowl, swordfish or shark, or a melange of firm roots and greens. Not your mother's SB. Drink now through 2025. — 16 days ago

Virginia Thomas

9.5

Steak Night with Rushi and Liz. Bottle 1 of 116. — 3 days ago

Adam Gäfvert

9.6

Flawless. This one gave me so much pleasure. Very well done. Not over the top or flamboyant. Just rich, velvety, layered and trustworthy. Wish I had an other bottle. — 22 days ago

Jay Kline

9.5

Popped and poured. At this stage the 2015 Judge Family Syrah pours an opaque, ruby color with some obvious staining of the tears. On the nose, clean and youthful with developing vinosity. Stewed red and blue fruits, dark brambles, purple flowers, bacon fat, dry caked earth, stale potpourri, rotondun, and cigar box. On the palate, the wine is dry and all of the notes from the nose are confirmed and accompanied by dark bramble fruit with some chocolate and smoked meat. Tannins are medium+, acid is medium+…and so is alcohol. The finish is long and tart…but more like a SweetTart. This is a very sexy wine with everything in the right places and the moves to match.
— 18 days ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.4

Also sooo f’n good! — 3 days ago

Laura Purdy

9.4

I give all the credit to @Ron R for influencing this. So consistently good. — a month ago

Clay Bullwinkel

9.3

Delicious, red fruit, herbal, spicey by a great syrah winemaker. 2017. — 8 days ago

Marc Melser

8.9

We had the 2018 First Class PN on 8/3-4/22. The second night was much better. The mouth feel was nicely velvety. I agree with the taste of stewed fruits and baking spices. A good PN. — 12 days ago

Mark Mannebach

9.4

Fantastic wine with smooth notes from black berry, currant and plum. Notes of chocolate and sandstone at finish. — 10 days ago

Virginia Thomas

9.2

Steak night with Rushi and Liz — 3 days ago