Big Wave Dave

9.5

Serious with weight, complexity, and power. Very reductive funky nose. The palate attack starts with high acid and citrus/mandarin, then moves into an incredible mid palate - round, creamy, with pure citrus and peach fruit giving vibrancy. Long, balanced, and multi-layered. Top 3 of all time with Daguenau, and Cotat. Expensive for a NZ S/B but incredible value given the quality. — a month ago

Ross Chernin

9.2

Celery salt, cigar box, dried dark chocolate covered apricots and musty vegatle note.

Rich, dark and dense with cigar box, dried alpine cured sausage, dried naturally sweet black cherry.


Having alongside 2006 Umino and 2007 Joyce Vineyard. — 5 years ago

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Steve Gerths

9.0

Shiraz, Grenache, Mourvedre, and Cinsault blend. Berries and Cinnamon from South Africa — 5 years ago

Laura Pilgrim

9.5

Delightful — 6 years ago

Kaitlyn Warner

9.5

My first intro to a French sauv blank and I was not disappointed! — 6 years ago

Big Wave Dave

9.2

Fantastic p/q. Strawberry and sweet cherry character. Sweet entry with depth and complexity. Just enough acid to provide interest and grip. Super drinkable.. — 7 years ago

Susan Walsh

8.9

Enjoyed a bottle with my brother and sister in law on a Capetown trip to Bo-Kaap. Great back story regarding the winemaker and the secret varietals used in this blend. Medium bodied red with aromas of dark cherry, cedar and smoke. Initial soft dry tannins opened up beautifully into softer, more mellow tannins after about 20 mins in the glass. Good luck guessing the varietals! — 8 years ago

Lauren Golanty

9.0

Really tasty. Bowled us over like a ton of bricks on booze, but no complaints. Bricks, kirsch cherries, just lovely. — 9 months ago

edward Simpson

9.0

Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough awsome gooseberry, apple, finely balanced, — 4 years ago

Big Wave Dave

9.1

Burgundian in weight. Red fruit and 5 spice dominate. Light bodied but not without flavour or complexity. A bit thin for my liking but still pure and v@well made. — 5 years ago

Fredrik Finn

9.1

Sneak peaking on Wittmanns 2019 for the Morstein launching on thursday. There is no doubt that the German Rieslings remains one of the under priced gems of the wine world.
The Westhofener presents a pronounced intense nose, youthful but complex and nuanced aromas, well defined characters that is playing in several clusters. Lemon zest, white pears and plum juice followed by ginger and a prominent wet stone minerality over a savoury and salty canvas. A cut through acidity drives the palate through an intense fruit profile and a solid finish.

Paired with pan fried Salomon filet, creamed cabbage and a soy and brown butter vinaigrette with plenty of lemon juice. — 6 years ago

MaJ CappS

8.9

A nose of stewed plum, hazelnut skin (Always for me in ages wines), and some slight tabac.
A hefty wine, thin in the middle, yet flavor fully wrapped around that one blank spot. Black cherry, herbs du Provence, slab apricot acidity, and smoked wood chips.
An excellent wine.
#garagiste — 6 years ago

Eric K

9.6

Great wine buttery like a Chardonnay with sauv blank finish — 7 years ago

Darrell

9.0

30 year wedding anniversary at Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego. MJ Senior year. Watching Notre Dame at Boston College. — 3 years ago

Courteny Morehouse

9.1

Light, nice rose pet nat. From Slovenia? Don’t know that I’ve ever had but I would have again. — 5 years ago

Stephanie Latocha

9.1

Great depth and flavor. Def buy again — 5 years ago

Fredrik Finn

9.3

Pop n pour., Quick note: Perfumed, vivid nuanced red fruit, camphor and mint over a savoury earthy canvas
Fresh acidity and pronounced, yet approachable tannins with a powdery texture that surrounds a concentrated fruit intensity with a long and expansive finish. A little marvel, a bargain. So approachable today yet will age forever. — 6 years ago

Natasha Humphrey

9.2

Always the same great buttery taste — 6 years ago

Fredrik Finn

9.2

A souvenir brought back from Vinos de Madrid from the reclaimed producer Bodegas Bernabeleva. The single vineyard Arroyo de Tórtolas is a remarkable wine, near rosé like in its color it’s carved with a velvet touch, it walks with grace, yet with such an impact on the palate. Enchanting red fresh fruit profile with plenty of savoury complexity hiding underneath and a aromatic lift that’s complete canvas. — 7 years ago

Big Wave Dave

9.2

Love this! Nose is full of cut grass, lemon, and mineral. Super dry, crisp and refreshing. Zingy on the palate. Lemongrass, passionfruit, grapefruit, with notes of mineral/slate. A bit like Cloudy Bay but less sweet and fruit forward. Buy! — 7 years ago

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