Brian Hearty

9.0

2023. Weird weather night (tornadoes and hail south of us, winter storms north), so we decided to stay in and just see what we had available. Ended up with a couple nice cheese and meat plates. This Pet Nat had been in the beer fridge since the holidays, and its waiting time was over. Aggressive and persistent bubbles that worked so well with the rich cheese and salty meats and olives. Not too complex, just refreshing. — 3 months ago

Michael Westerberg

9.6

Birthday and Father’s Day celebrations. Special treat from a client. Black Sears Vineyard living up to all I have heard. Rich dark fruit, blackberry pie in a glass, soft tannins, a very balanced wine, served with smoked bbq beer can chicken, roasted veggies and potatoes. Spices from the chicken pairing very well. What a nice treat. Well done Mr. Arcudi! — 4 years ago

with Jason

Aaron Rankin

9.3

Beer me a burger, baby. In a perfect place to enjoy Hall. Primary fruit has integrated yet hasn’t faded in the least. Tannins have eroded to silk. Plenty more to give but I’d venture this is where you want Hall. — 5 years ago

Mike Mayer

9.2

Medium ruby color. Baking spices and blue fruit on the nose. Excellent flavors of cassis, dark plums and blueberries. Super sleek tannins and juicy acidity lead to a really nice finish showing tastes of root beer and blackberries. Very interesting wine that probably continues to improve over the next 5 to 10 years. — 7 years ago

with Lisa

Sean Christensen

9.0

Like a flat sour beer — 7 years ago

Sharon B

9.2

Excellent Sauvignon Blanc! Pears and peaches with a hint of lemon. While waiting for my paella to cook I’m having some hard, aged goat cheese, cheddar with mustard and ale cheese (would go great with a nice cold beer) and some garlic herb olive oil almonds. Yum yum!! — 8 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Stony Hill Vineyard was founded in 1943 when Fred and Eleanor McCrea bought a goat ranch on Spring Mountain in Napa. Today the winery is run by son Peter McCrea, still is best known for Chardonnay. Aromas of stone fruit and citrus. On the palate apple, melon and pear flavors, with some lemon zest and toasty notes. Nice balance with acidity on lingering finish on a gently spicy rich mineral ending. Classic CA Chard, very nice! — 8 years ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.3

Nice sparkling red ruby color. Smells like leather, baked blackberry cobbler and cherry jelly. Flavors are mountain, wild berries. Black currants and huckleberry perhaps. Elderberry jelly too. Herbal, beer made of roots flavors. I.e. sarsaparilla or sumac. This is classic, classy Calaveras county Zin. Complex and bright with lots of density. Aged well too. — 7 months ago

JeremyC

9.2

Work leftovers. SB from top of Farina. Foot stomped. Skin contact. IPA, sour beer complexities. Kind of an intro to what you get w Prince in Caves. Fun!!! — 3 years ago

Luis Arguero (@winefromAtoZ)

8.9

Pure. Refreshing. Flavorful. Taking a quick, one day beer break for this amazing Italian mountain beer from the Dolomites! Cheers 🇮🇹🍻 — 5 years ago

David Kline

9.6

Topaz with heavenly streamers stretching for perfection. Creamy head of structured perfection in terms of density and longevity. Perfect sheet of fog lacing falls like a slo-mo curtain to reveal layer two of mountain snows reflecting moonlight. Nose of bananas foster in all its blazing brandy and it’s caramelized olfactory topography; a malt image in sensory sepia to match the mountainscape. Nutmeg, cola and pecan dessert vies with baklava. The palate is a revelation in balance. The expected Belgian malt emerges in contrast to a dappled vanilla and Connecticut tobacco, pecan shell dryness, and chicory coffee before returning to a root tonic sweetness, and cardamom. #kwak #belgianspecialbeers #belgianale #belgianbeer #pauwelkwak #pauwelkwakbrewery #beer #bier #birra #biere #ale #ceveza #cerveja #belgium #belgian — 6 years ago

with Courtney

Marshall Todd Herron DPM

9.9

CADE 2014 cabernet sauvignon from Howell Mountain. Well. You know what Im going to say... Good God Almighty! What an incredible 2014 Cali Cab! It opens with an explosion of blackberry and blueberry and dark currant. With a hint of fig in the background. Then ever so smoothly comes the buttery velvet mid palate. Followed by big OAK and SMOKE. Followed by the sprinkling of spice and black pepper. The finale is a semi dry pavement of deliciousness that a NASCAR driver would drool over. And no I’m not talking beer and whiskey! - Dr Todd and Herron Family Wines. — 7 years ago

Kimberly Jamrozek

8.9

This is actually a beer but it is very unique and hard to describe. I was told it was "better" then the crazy mountain brand of Barley Wine I wanted to try by a snooty liquor store employee who was at least 10 years younger then me😒🙃 — 8 years ago

Joseph Barsky

9.4

Great picnic wine before the Indigo Girls concert at the Mountain Winery. GSM milkshake. Yum. Went great with truffle ravioli in goat cheese and Parmesan sauce. — 9 years ago

Brian Hearty

9.2

2022. More complex aromas and flavors than most pet-nat that I’ve had. Pulled out of the beer fridge because I wanted an Averna Spritz before dinner. ~200 mL of Sparkling Wine for two spritzes means there was enough left to enjoy on its own. — 2 years ago

Andrew Belzer

9.5

NOLE! goat! And a great wine — 3 years ago

JKT

9.2

Wow what an old timer wine showing beautifully right off the bat. Beautiful plummy earthy rich nose into balanced still lively palate and firm texture into a harmonious and long finish. Pleasure to drink. A surprise for a 32 year old but probably from the glory days of this vineyard and varietal? Perfect for the leftover cheese ML brought weeks ago, Formaggio’s Twin Farm Goat Tomme Goats Milk from West Cornwall VT. Half bottle downed, unusual for me. Well, after three days of DE beer (quite good) and dinners alone! — 5 years ago

Severn G

9.3

Nose has mashed blackberry, ripe black current, ripe black cherry, wet saddle leather, horse barn, dried mint, fried green herbs, chopped bacon, muddy garden soil, constantly developing...

Palate has mahogany shavings, black cherry 🍒, dried garden soil, day old bacon bacon 🥓, over-ripe black currant, warm dark chocolate, (minor) baking spice with a very long and intense finish. This wine has at least a decade in front of it tonight. Perfect, supple cork on extraction.

Still quite tannic, decanted 4h, needs much more time to reveal it's true self.

My retailer commented this was not a standard CA Cabernet, more Bordeaux-like, and he was fully on point. The stink on the nose really pointed us away from CA right away.

Paired to some expertly grilled, medium-rare Delmonico steaks from my favorite, local farmer in Columbia Co. NY (Kinderhook Farm), well salted (in advance). Finished with Maldon smoked sea salt, best which exists in the world, IMHO. Also roasted beets with goat feta from VT, where I can only image goats listen to Phish and eat Ben & Jerry's ice cream daily, because only a stress free life like that could yield cheese this good.

I'd like to know the blend on this, should anyone know, I can't believe it's 100% Cab based on the stinky nose, which we appreciate. — 6 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.5

I’m sorry... I’ve been completely neglecting my Delectable presence lately. I’ve been working the front of the house and the back of the house at Theorem and haven’t had much time to spare lately. I should note that I absolutely love it and wouldn’t have it any other way. However, I do wish there was a way to communicate easily with the Delectable community in a way that doesn’t require a tasting note.

We processed over 6 tons of Cabernet Sauvignon from our Moon Mountain Estate today. 2018 is shaping up to be an excellent vintage and a heavy one too. Theorem’s sites are much later than most of the valley, so we have a few weeks still to go on harvest 2018, but the weather appears to be cooperating, so we can’t wait to close this year strong.

As for the tasting note... I’m in full harvest mode, so it’s beer only for a little while. This Super Cluster from Lagunitas is basically as good as an IPA gets. Loaded with citrus and pine. It combines a freshness and concentration with layers of bitterness and a sweet herbaceous goodness. Strong to quite strong. — 8 years ago

Nick Jones

8.9

Very nice for a holiday style beer — 9 years ago