Robert Ahlstrom

9.0

Deep ruby and opaque, fruit forward Austrian PN with chalky minerals, red currants and good acidity — 10 months ago

Donald Williams

9.3

Nice rosé. Wish we had more. — 2 years ago

with Bonnie

Andrew Liguori

9.3

Butcher cut bacon and black olive, black pepper nose but sweet baking spice palate, packed dense black fruits. Aged very nicely. — 4 years ago

Peter Stern

8.9

Delic! (Hampstead Butcher) — a year ago

Donald Williams

9.4

Nice white blend. — 2 years ago

with Bonnie

Andrea Soolah

9.3

McLean butcher. Really like — 4 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

This blend is named in honor of the butcher shop that David’s father started in San Francisco. His butcher shop(s) launched them into a 1956 Pritchard Hill land spending spree with the thought of starting a cattle ranch. When they were done buying parcels, they had amassed 984 acres in Pritchard Hill. The third most expensive fruit today at $28,000 a ton. If you sold all of that land today, it would be worth over a billion dollars. I bet they didn’t pay anything close to that in 1956.

This was opened the day before we’d had it. While I enjoyed it, it had leaned out a bit more than I would want it. It was round with softer tannins but may have given a false sense of its ability to cellar.

The fruits are nice, ripe, lush & juicy; blackberries, raspberries, dark cherries, black plum, mid baking spices-nutmeg, cinnamon, light clove, vanillin, light spice, barrel shavings, crushed rocks, savory, grilled meats, dark, red, & purple florals with very nice acidity and a wire to wire finish that was leaner but, clean. The finish was well balanced, elegant, on the leaner side, nicely polished and persisted minutes. — 6 years ago

Alexander Bastian Nielsen

10

Power, poise and precision. Black fruit galore, spice, bacon and butcher shop, bonfire, smoke, olives, garrique - an incredible nose that gave me goosebumps. Perfect balance, immense intensity and just spot on. — 2 years ago

Gladys Xiques

9.2

Dynamite. This wine has aged beautifully with ripe dark purple fruits - reminding me of an amarone. Just intense and paired with butcher steak with green leafy salsa verde. — 3 years ago

Andrea Soolah

9.2

From McLean butcher. Expensive but nice. Reminds of funkier Scott Paul. — 5 years ago