Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Made in a small town at foot of Sierra Cantabria in the DO. A single variety Tempranillo from 50 year old vines has a deep Ruby red color and aged for 18 months in French and American oak. Aromas of red fruit and spice. On the palate plenty of fruit, showing fine tannins, well balanced with a medium+ finish ending with fruit, spice and some oak notes. — 19 days ago

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9.3

The 2021 Pinot Noir Sierra Mar Vineyard is a wild wine. Strong mineral and savory notes are front and center, while the fruit is more pushed into the background. This potent, driving Pinot will need a year or two to soften, but I expect it will always be rather forbidding. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, November 2023)
— 10 days ago

Doug Powers

8.9

55% Nebbiolo, 37% Mourvèdre, 8% Syrah. Medium-dark purple color, aromas of road tar and smoky notes, similar flavor profile, medium-long finish, quite good!! — a month ago

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Jay Kline

9.2

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of several hours. The 2021 "Amador County" pours a slightly hazy, pale straw color with medium viscosity. On the nose the wine is developing with notes of lemons, chamomile, lanolin, lime blossom, and ferrous minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium++ acid. Confirming the notes on the nose. The finish is long and loaded with minerals. Balanced and ever so fresh. This was a killer accompaniment with our Friendsgiving lunch in the office and worked well with turkey. Drinking now through 2031. Only two 500L puncheons produced. — 19 days ago

Doug Scott

9.3

Dried flowers, ripe plum, orange peel nose. Blackberry, blue plum, pepper, ~coffee, meaty and savory. Finish not real long but balanced and fresh. 69% Mourvèdre, 27% Grenache, 4% Counoise. — a month ago

Dennis Hogenkamp

9.0

14.5% ABV Anise, fig — a month ago

Caleb Krell

9.5

Such a favourite- flinty, great acid and balance — 9 months ago

Joe Weinberger

9.1

Really pretty and delicate at this stage. — 7 hours ago

Matt Perlman

9.4

Banner vintage for them. Black currant, sweet cherry and blackberry fruit still holding strong, iron and leather and wet bark in the background, totally resolved, totally delicious. Needs to be consumed in one go which should not be a problem — a month ago

Jeremiah Diaz

9.1

Medium ruby to purple in color; plums, blackberries, and baking spices on the nose; medium plus acidity; medium plus tannins; tastes like blackberry jam, prunes, and graphite a long finish. — a month ago