Ellen Clifford

9.2

This wine is a party animal if like me your version of party is delicious food and drink but also maybe a fun dress and the part is gonna end up being 8 hours long because the music and company you cannot part from. Went to one of those this weekend that also involved a boat but lacked the wine element. Wish I’d had this.
It’s the perfect balance of funfunfun tropical/sweet grapefruit vibes with impressively poised acidity and a bit of salinity bringing the sophistication. Juicy too. Makes you thirsty for more. Party on. — 2 years ago

Scott Rowe

9.4

Missed the boat thinking it was younger than 10 years.
Saline clear in the glass, acid for days, 11% alc helps keep this beauty young. — 4 years ago

Hugh O'Riordan

9.0

Ok, I love Grenache. This wine was delicious even tho I drank it too warm on a sail boat in an Idaho desert reservoir. I was surprised. Great Grenache flavor , sweet tannins and long finish. My friends are beer drinkers so I hogged the wine. — 4 years ago

Bryan

9.0

Shallow but nice tail — 3 years ago

Wulf Losee

9.5

I thought that I had rated this wine before—If not the 17 vintage some of the previous vintages. But I don’t find this excellent wine under my profile—which is in egregious oversight on my part. I think if I were washed up on the shore of a desert island along with a case of wine this would be the wine I’d choose.
2017 vintage tasted February 2021. This wine is still young, but eminently drinkable. Green briars and young nettles on the nose. Although this might not seem like an attractive description, for me this smells like spring! A hint of Cassis on the front for fruit, and lots of limestony high notes on the middle and back palate. medium tannic body holds everything together. And.a hint of dark chocolate on the back of the palate rocks my boat!

I hesitate to open one of these bottles, because I’m likely to drink the whole damn thing on my own. — 4 years ago

Allan Sapp

9.1

Thin, high alcohol. Really good, almost like a sauv blanc. — 5 years ago

JKT

9.0

Final wine for Danube cruise. Still surprisingly youthful and fresh tasting considering the vintage and age. Dark fruits tobacco earth and firm texture and good length. Good value for Americans on a French River cruise boat in Austria. — 5 years ago

Carl Gromley

10

Buy a case! — 3 years ago

Mike R

9.7

WOTN - I was impressed - besides always being a crowd pleaser this wine always acts like the postman and always delivers

1 hour decant - was not planning to open but we drank the other bottles like thirsty sailors after 90 days on the boat - color has not changed - the smell has gotten even better - the finish was spot on and the taste was impeccable- remarkable- memorable- a true stunner - blue fruits dancing with black and reds fruits - tobacco cassis sweetness from caramel- tamed but striking how this baby keeps growing - drink now if you want but I will not try again for 5 years or more - this Napa cult classic will last 10 years plus and seems to find a way to get better - bravo — 4 years ago

Gil Krakowsky

9.3

Just a really enjoyable wine that is both hearty and even “ big” but still refreshing.
Clearly some Brett and some effervescent feel like may hint at VA, but I find both to be well integrated and enjoyable. A deep darker-side-of-red fruit profile: red and damson plum, dried red cherry, Black licorice, olive. Has a floral sense to it, and some exotic woody undertones as well earth - like a forest after the rain . A full bodied and almost lush wine that might recall the mouthfeel if a Napa cab, but with much more refreshing a acidity coming through - never the least bit cloying or overwrought. Simply a great wine with a broad food pairing potential. That said, I do wonder if it would taste dramatically different at the source. With zero sulphur amidst a long boat ride, life in distributor warehouses, a wine shop and ultimately my euro cave, whether the original intent is preserved in its entirety. Drinking fantastically but also wondering if peak drinking is 2-3 years ahead. Again, the sulphur thing... — 5 years ago