Chip Habegger

8.9

Great value at $22. Dark fruits and leather. Wild brushy herbs on the nose. Almost an olivey depth. Rich. — 2 years ago

Some Dude

8.9

What a great find: a robust California pinot with finesse and style. This has all the hallmarks of new world Pinots, with a nice brushy nose, rich red fruit taste, and depth to balance a food-friendly acidity and brightness. Go roast some salmon and enjoy! — 3 years ago

Christopher Losa

Owner/Wine Director Bar Bambino

9.0

wow. inky, tannic, excellent acidity, dusty, brushy, herbaceous blue and red fruit. more, please. — 6 years ago

Shay A

9.0

I've hit the last 4 out of 5 weekly wine committees and it has been a treat every time. This week, @Jeff Meyer hosted and schooled everyone on how good German wines can be!

I guessed Pinot Noir on all 4 reds...I got 3 correct, but missed this one. Very unique! Had some more world/RRV characteristics in the cedar/brushy undertones. — 9 years ago

with Jeff and Weston

Shawn R

9.1

Slight bottle variation over the last bottle. Nonetheless a great bottle. Brushy cedar on entry, fine tannins show on the mid palate revealing spice and crushed blueberry. — 10 years ago

John Skupny - Lang & Reed Wine Company

9.3

If you're going to go all in for Merlot you might as well go deep. Enormously complex, brushy, sweet/sour cherry and cassis. Huge volume and length. 2008 vintage. — 10 years ago

Kaitlin Ohlinger

9.5

Heavens. I am thankful for 1.) this wine, and all its sage brushy, coffee grindy, white peppery craziness and 2.) for coworkers who are club members and share with me. Amen. — 11 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.1

2019 vintage. Picked up at Trader Joe’s-La Mesa, CA. $14.99. Popped and poured without any down time. This came out swinging. Great, expressive nose of the usuals-like tar, rose petals and slightly tart cherry-with a brushy, decaying leaves undercurrent. Medium body. Lacking the unbridled power of the top Barolo efforts on the back end but it was still a 25+ seconds finish with a dusting of cracked black pepper regardless. Expected a lot less and received much more. Very pleasant balance of fruit and tannins currently without any particular component/moment stealing the show. Not to be dismissed, intro and mid-palates amply represented. Will go back this week for more. 14% ABV. 1.23.24. — 2 years ago

R Bl

9.1

Bright citrus ginger balanced with big minerals and complex brushy herbs, with delicate white floral notes - great for sipping, excellent food wine — 6 years ago

Marty Mathis

9.0

2016 vintage - There was a time when I was new to tasting Gamay when I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to distinguish its character from a lesser Pinot Noir.... year of trying and wines like this and NOW I CAN. There’s an extra “wood/brushy” aspect to this wines fruit aromas; like a red plum with some stem still attached. Brilliant transparent fruit like cherry and plum with hints of cinnamon spice and brush. So fresh in the mouth, extra drinkable...Very well made! Bravo! — 8 years ago

Shawn R

9.1

Not your classic California Cab. Soft chewy tannins-balanced acidity in this highly extracted wine. Notes of black currants, tobacco and five spice. Rounds out with a nice brushy cedar flavor and slight eucalyptus notes. Nice wine. — 10 years ago

Yoon Ha

Master Sommelier/Wine Director Benu

9.2

Ill say it again. The '95s are ready to go. Well integrated tannins, precise fruit and brushy complexity. — 10 years ago

Tim Herrmann

9.4

This bottle is in such a good place--open, perfumed, and complete. Somehow both full but an elegant and pretty wine, too. Like relaxing in a field of violets and brushy long grass with a basket of cherries on a summer day, I picked up several of these to enjoy and cellar. — 10 years ago

with Elliott

Chip Habegger

9.1

Cherry and plum fruit notes carry it. Surrounded by herbal, brushy notes with licorice hitting the upper palate mid-profile. Before opening it had more tar and cedar; after a few hours herbal notes have strongly developed. Medium-plus to strong-minus sandy tannins. — 3 years ago

Marty Mathis

9.5

2019 Cote du Py By far the best Gamay Noir I have tasted in several years. Such a precise expression of Morgon. This aroma shows the perfect combination of deep and inviting cherry plum fruitiness along with the slightest brush pepperiness and subtle meaty/earthy hints. There is no funky Brett in this wine that I can find. Not squeaky clean commercial either. There is no mistaking the pedigree of this vineyard site as well as the deft hand of this legendary producer. The texture is pure pleasure, almost nil tannins (The way I like it), and major length. Woody, brushy (rotundones) are combined with perfectly ripe tree fruit and alluring minerality . For anyone confused about the distinction between Burgundy and Beaujolais this should stand as a model example. Bravo bravo bravo!!! — 4 years ago

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9.1

From Los Chacayes, Uco Valley’s newest official appellation, this stylish Malbec offers pure, complex aromas and flavors of blackberry, violet, spices and brushy herbs accented by a minty nuance. Displaying refined tannins, the vibrant finish spreads out to saturate and perfume the mouth. $17.00 (Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, June 2019) — 7 years ago

Justin Gilman CSW, CSS

9.1

Love it! Exciting #Grenache #wine

Deeply layered with blue fruits. Brushy. Intense mid colors, lightening to light hues at the edge. Aromas of blue flowers. Lasting palate. Opened 4/24/17 — 9 years ago

Shawn R

9.3

Love the entire crew at Donum, great people-Big nose explodes with tight crushed black fruit with a brushy cedar oak taste. Gripping tannins that give it a long finish. Great all around! — 10 years ago

David Kline

9.2

Cantaloupe rind, grape-y feet, lemon seed, darjeeling tea with lemon zest, sugar sculpture, wheat biscuit nose over cork oak. Hazelnut, oak, brimming with acanthus and a tight spiral of cinnamon oil and cherry cough drop. Loosens to reveal fig, orange bitters, peppercorn, brushy evergreen shrubs, campfire wood smoldering hot to smoky resins, juniper, smoke-point olive oil, and singed paper. Remember this having a sweetness at bottle's dawn, but alas, dear chaps, we have reached the end, and she is smoldering like a pyrotechnic fuse. August and stolid, amplified, and robust for a highland lady! Give her a dance, but it is she who shall do the spinning! — 10 years ago

with Courtney

Justin Madol

9.3

A beautiful wine that exemplifies the pure craftsmanship of Quintarelli. The nose explodes with stewed dried berries, berry liquor and sweet oregano with dried brushy notes and chocolate riding in underneath. The palette is laced with lush berry but is accompanied with beautiful hints of hot earth and bitter cocoa. Balance, complexity, and power. — 11 years ago