Bryan Vanderkruk

9.2

Wow. Rich, dried fruit, dry, full bodied. So damn good. — 6 months ago

with Corrie

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2019 vintage. Last tasted 12.2.22. Scored the same. Drinking decently now but just needs a solid decade to get affairs, papers and priorities in order. Unfair to be tasting it this young. 6.2.23. — 2 years ago

Victoria Berry

9.0

Nice bite and dry finish — 3 years ago

Alex Robershotte

9.2

New Year’s Eve with coco spiced steak from foreign cinema cook book — 4 years ago

with Michelle

Bryan Vanderkruk

9.3

Drank for 2024 anniversary alongside 2015. Very dry still, could have aged longer still. Nice fruit, cherry, berries. Very tasty. Might grab another. — a year ago

with Corrie

Jess

8.9

Pale pink color.
Aromas of peach, red fruit, cherry.
Dry. Flavors of grapefruit, white peach. Delicious nose, but does not translate to palate.


Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 1/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 2 years ago

James Scott

9.0

Very nice lighter Pinot, needs to breath, at Foreign and Domestic, Austin!! — 3 years ago

Greg Schuler

9.5

Dinner with Kevin Kropp, Sam Bartsch and Andrew celebrating listing of 35 Hiliritas @ Foreign Cinema — a year ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

1998 vintage. Top-notch fill (almost too good) and perfect cork with very little lower-level saturation. Decanted and tasted over the course of two hours. Appropriate, chunky sediment. Last tasted 12.17.23 (9.2). Had some nice older leather, dry summer earth and ripe plum in the nose throughout with only a modicum of "funk" that blew off quickly. Medium body. Still vibrant color. Initially, the experience was front-loaded but, after 30 minutes or so, the fruit and structure began to fill in/slide back and balance out the mid-palate and finish. More consistent specimen than the one tasted almost 3 months ago. Don't feel it needs more time to knit/resolve affairs but can likely hold in this phase for 4-5 years without degradation. 3.10.24. — a year ago

Everett Waltrip

9.6

2012 vintage, opens with roasted peppers and dark fruit, dark earthy tones and briary tones. After some air it reveals more dark fruit, plums and black cherry, tannins are quite gripping, all natural tannins not wood tannins from oak. After a few hours the fruit has more presence, still shows a bell pepper tone on the nose followed by gobs of dark fruit and sun exposed earth. Some herbaceous notes intermingled with forest floor. Could age longer or drink now, all up to the drinker I suppose. I like the balance of fruit, earth, herbaceous tones followed by the grit of the tannins. No sediment when I got to the bottom of the bottle. It was a crowd pleaser and in a blind tasting people were stumped when it was revealed. They all thought it could have been an Italian Cabernet from a cooler climate region. Would definitely recommend, great quality and beats out almost anything in the same price bracket from other producers, foreign or domestic. — 3 years ago