JKT

9.0

Balanced new world style with aged profile that says already peaked but still drinking nicely — 2 months ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.5

Quite pale in color after 21 years. Very port wine like. Was too busy for detailed notes. Winner of the evening. — a year ago

Greg Bencivengo

9.4

Hit of pear (Asian pear?) on the nose and a little just-mown lawn. Complex, almost busy, palate darting from one thing to the next: sweet, savory, tart and citric. Long sweet-sour finish. Fantastic!
Energetic — 5 years ago

Victor Ramirez

9.3

Excellent — 6 years ago

with Dayana

Clive McNish

9.4

Really great Shiraz, punches well above its weight, ticks all the boxes and more. Short review; too busy enjoying it. — 7 years ago

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.3

Head-turner. — 7 years ago

with William

Ross McGill

9.0

A lovely #Malbec after a busy week! — 8 years ago

Joe Christenson

9.4

Big plum, blackberry, and dark cherry flavors. Black pepper. Plenty of zippiness. A bit of earthiness. Delicious with pizza. Excellent wine. — 3 months ago

Jan de Weerd

9.0

We had a busy weekend with some friends going through a few bottles. We started with the nice invigorating Riesling from Figgins. Not like the 2020 however. we paired it with some different light cheeses like Brie, Muenster cheese, an apricot flavored cheese and a garlic flavored curd cheese. They all brought different flavors out of the wine. Fun experiment. Interestingly, one of the bottles was carbonated 🤔, the yeast must have still been active. — 4 years ago

with Tammy

John Willison

9.1

Raspberry, cranberry, pomegranate, licorice root, sweet acidity. — 6 years ago

Sharon B

9.3

A new favorite! Nice dark purple in color, a little oaky at first but very full of dark fruit. Absolutely delicious! Well deserved after a busy weekend! — 6 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

Mid to pale crimson. The intensity on the palate belies its paleish colour - textbook Bass Phillip. Earthy compost heap, cherry, mushroom and beetroot aromas and flavours. Superb wine. A briefer note than usual - too busy enjoying the wine - the first of 6 in the cellar - the others to be enjoyed over the next 5 plus years. — 7 years ago

David Walser

9.5

Drank way too soon. This is a huge wine that will last for years. Drank at Morton’s Anaheim on Valentine’s Day. The place was busy but they always do a great job. Had with the tomahawk ribeye. — 7 years ago

Karl Heinmiller

9.5

More interesting and unexpected for a pinot noir — a year ago

Bruce Dunbar

8.9

I heard Bill Murray on a podcast recently raving about the bramble-berry pie he had the night before, describing the many berries that went into making it so delicious. It’s a fitting description for the current release of Bedrock’s Dolinsek Heritage red too, which is loaded with a rainbow of berry flavors and all their sweetness and bright acidity captured in a bottle instead of a crust. There’s an added bonus of a long, peppery finish thanks to the 70+% Zin in the field blend and some firm, drying tannins that signal a great future ahead. — a year ago

Simon Weston

9.5

Very dark red color. Powerful earthy blackberry nose. Aromatic blackberry taste with a little leather and cedar. Smooth and slightly sweet. This is the 2017 - app currently bugged and won’t let me enter it. — 5 years ago

Susan Taylor

8.9

Love the varietal just not sure about this wine is the penultimate expression. Takes some time to open up but once flowered it’s nice. A bit fruity but not overly so which is a plus for me. Smooth with a nice finish. — 6 years ago

Lindsey King

9.3

In a newsletter I wrote: ‘Margalagua’ roughly translates to ‘Mother of Water’ and I think it is obvious that the Mother of Water is wine. This is a wine for all weather, the weather forever thirsty, you always in need. The grapes are a busy blend of Listan Negro, Listan Prieto, Baboso, Negramoll and Malvasia Negra. The vines are at least 100 years old and untrained like an old dog that can’t learn new tricks but aren’t his old tricks still so good? He can’t differentiate a formal paw shake and a casual high five but he knows raising a paw to yours results in a mouthful of flavour and you too can expect a mouthful of flavour from the Margalagua. Fermented in old 500 liter barrels with the whole grape clusters included, and then raised in neutral 500 liter French oak barrels for 11 months. A tantalizing mixture of pepper and stones, pungent aromatics, with wonderful deep umami notes, high-toned citrus, spice and flowers. Float in this current, dream in the stream. — 7 years ago

Frank Chen

9.3

Two pauillacs in one night ...too busy to taste...darn next time — 8 years ago

Johnno Harris

9.5

Ripper Chardonnay. Polished and complex. Seamless and generous stone fruit with soft citrus frame and tail. Integrated oak. Immensely satisfying after a busy busy night. Thumbs up from all the MH crew. 👍🏼👍🏼 — 9 years ago