Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

Vintage 2024 | in the winelist described as a blend from sauvignon blanc, chenin blanc and viognier. Jolly good with expressieve peach and mango bouquet and supple taste. My appreciation was influenced by sitting on a sunny terrace with a salade niçoise. At Augustus in The Hague. — 10 months ago

Michael Younkins

9.2

Full body, plum, dark fruits. Strong nose. — 5 years ago

Chris

9.0

Big with smoke, raisin, and berry. Needed almost 2 hours to open and breathe. — 5 years ago

Christ

9.9

Le petit jésus en culotte de velours — 7 years ago

Jonathan Hawkins-Pierot

9.0

A white wine.

I'm getting frustrated with Delectable's insistence that white wines are actually red: it's happened twice this week alone... — 7 years ago

Dimitri Tsirigotis

8.9

Another excellent value wine! Buy it! — 8 years ago

Matthew Zeunert

9.4

Full bodied and easy drinking, good from the time you open to over an hour later. Not sure why people are rating in the 8.x's cork broke up with the electric opener so be careful opening. — 9 years ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.0

Very French label. Crest thing and lots of classy writing fonts. Color is ruby with some deeper hues. Smells like fruits. Ripe berry frutas. Flavors are classic Grenache of Côtes de Rhône. Cherry cordial and herbal tonics. Fresh herbs from a euro province. Smoke. Good smoke. It’s a classy classic. — a year ago

Mike Dinter

9.5

mit Mary Birgit und Norbert im Herzog von Burgund — 5 years ago

Colin Ebdon

9.1

Opened up after about 10 minutes. Would drink again. $13.99 — 6 years ago

Andrew

9.1

Deep purple color with a rich berry scent; super spicy taste right out of the bottle. medium tannin. Really enjoying this! — 7 years ago

E S

9.1

Great one! — 8 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Had another bottle. Stéphane Ogier is one of Côte Rôtie’s most well-respected stars & looks for concentration in the vineyards and freshness in the cellars. "Le Temps est Venu, ‘the time has come’ for an adventure farther south, with old-vine Grenache and limestone slopes. A blend of 60% Grenache and 40% Syrah that comes from the Plan de Dieu and Visan AOCs. Red fruit aromas and pepper spice notes. Sweet raspberry and cherry flavor adding herbs to the mix. Medium length ending with earthy notes. Nice value! — 8 years ago

Ryan Johnson

9.4

2012 - this took an hour to open up but now it has a beautiful vanilla and cocoa nose with fleshy strawberry. Slight Bret with barnyard and leather notes. Focused - not just juicy. — 9 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

One of the few CA Chardonnay I enjoy. You can spend more on one, but for under $40, this works really well.

Arnot-Robert’s rides the fence of CA Chardonnay & White Burgundy nicely. Has a bit of Ca Chardonnay backbone with the creamy body of White Burgundy.

Nose does not show much at first. Green apple, pear, lemon, lime. White peach, caramel notes, cardamom, paraffin, cream, yellow & spring flowers.

The body is creamy with nice viscosity. Green apple, pear, lemon, lime. White peach, caramel notes, cardamom, paraffin, cream, very light honey notes, sea spray, light chalkiness, yellow & spring flowers. Excellent round acidity, beautiful, soft structure, well balanced and a pleasant finish.

A couple more years in bottle add a point or two & more complexity. .

A little history from their website. Watson Ranch Vineyard is perched on a steep hillside overlooking the San Pablo Bay at the southernmost end of the Napa Valley. The ranch was named after early Napa attorney, Augustus Watson, who owned the property in the early 1900s. The adjacent property is an abandoned limestone quarry which historically employed over 300 people, mining material to make portland cement used to rebuild San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. — 2 years ago

Karyn Fricke

9.0

Smooth, plum fruity flavors. Aged well. — 5 years ago

Tim Adams

9.2

Perfect New Years Eve Wine - it’s juicy, fun and full bodied. And I hate saying full bodied. — 6 years ago

Francelle Fulton

8.9

2017 great for the price, a go-to everyday wine — 7 years ago

Good Life Provisions

8.9

It is pretty nice. — 8 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.0

Founded in 1880 by Augustus Quitzow, Sonoma's Geyser Peak is California's 29th bonded winery. Their Russian River Valley Pluto's Fury is GP's top Pinot Noir. From the Middle Reach of RRV (immediately south of Healdsburg and where the river exits Alexander Valley and enters RRV). Produced from vineyard sites situated among the Westside Road wineries and vineyards, including Williams Selyem's Estate, J. Rochioli, Bacigalupi, Bucher, Allen, and Flax vineyards (to name just a few). While this won't be mistaken for Selyem or Rochioli, it's quite representative of the locale, with copious amounts of black cherry, clove, charred oak, with some secondary baking spice and barbecue smoke. The silky, yet structured mouthfeel works wonders, accentuating every curve. — 9 years ago