Anthony & David Girard

Anthony & David Girard

Les Monts Damnés Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc 2022

Electric tension. Smells like smashing two rocks together. Lime, gooseberry, white peach. Like the Millenium Falcon entering warp speed. Probably would’ve called Premier Cru Chablis in a blind. — 4 months ago

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David Girard

Syrah 2011

Another very pretty Syrah. Had this with the Cartmell family at Zake’s fabulous Cinco de Maya feast. Last bottle☹️ — 5 years ago

Anthony Girard

La Clef du Récit Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc 2020

I smell some lemon pithe, a waft of pine needle, and something more earthy but at the same time sweet - like dried up flower blossom honey or candy cap mushrooms. The earthiness, lemon and pine notes all carry onto the tongue- What you smell is what you get. I like it because its not conceded or elegant - it's almost a hearty version of SVB. Finishes with a lot of chalk/ limestone- give it a good slosh around the jowels and it develops a froth as if it had some sodium carbonate in it.

A very reasonable $23 at ABC
— a year ago

Ferren Wines

Frei Road Vineyard Pinot Noir 2016

Paul T- Huntington Beach

Paul T- Huntington Beach

There we go, best picture ever Rob,
Anthony De Blasi

Anthony De Blasi

@Rob Brobst III let me check if I can find it here in Belgium, thx for the tip
Bill Bender

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Love me some Matt Courtney wine!

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David Girard Vineyard Counoise 2019

The perfect wine to wind down a long week. Bright fruit flavors of raspberry, strawberry, rhubarb, and a bit of cherry cola also. Fun and casual. 100% Counoise. 4/7/23. — a year ago

Williams Selyem

Sonoma County Pinot Noir 2010

David T below hits many nails on the head, though Anthony Galloni only gave this wine and 87 while on staff at the wine Advocate and said it would likely be dead by 2016 . . I guess that’s the reason I’m not subscribing to his publication —he’s way off IMHO . . in any case lovely wine lots of staying power, rich ripe dark fruits, firm acidity —not quite as firm as the 2019 Anthill Farms Harmony Lane also from Sonoma Coast but that is only a few months and bottle so we will see how they match up along the way . . tonight paired with a near perfectly seared duck breast and some Yukon Gold smashed potatoes crisped in the rendered duck fat . . pretty good meal for a Tuesday night😁 — 3 years ago

Anthill Farms

Comptche Ridge Vineyard Pinot Noir 2009

David T
9.0

This Anthill is well extracted. Too much for how I like my Pinot’s. It is also has a slight alcohol burn in the back of my throat which; I & other professionals consider a fault in wine. It’s like Oregon fruit & florals meet the over-extraction of Bella Glos. That aside, there are some merits here.

The nose reveals slightly stewed, yet ruby & candied fruits of; blackberries, strawberries, dark cherries, plum, creamy raspberries and notes of pomegranate. Pronounced baking spices; vanilla, cinnamon, clove and nutmeg. Black, rich earth, black licorice, sweet tarry notes, limestone, dark spice, dry, crushed rocks and bright; red, dark, blue and purple florals.

The body is big, thick and lush. She still has sticky, meaty, tarry tannins. The structure & tension is quite big. The length and balance are good but, still require some more time to hit their peak. Slightly stewed, yet ruby & candied fruits of; blackberries, strawberries, dark cherries, plum, creamy raspberries and notes of pomegranate. Pronounced baking spices; vanilla, cinnamon, clove and nutmeg. Black, rich earth, gravely, dark volcanic minerals, black licorice, sweet tarry notes, limestone, dark spice, stem inclusion, leather, hints of graphite, dry, crushed rocks and bright; red, dark, blue and purple florals. The acidity is round and good. The big, long, finish is, rich, ruby, elegant, well polished and persists for minutes.

Photos of; one of the vineyards they source fruit, three friends & partners that founded Anthill; Anthony Filberti, David Low, and Webster Marquez who met while working at Williams Selyem and the staff working the process in the cellar.
— 5 years ago

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