Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

Blend of 54% Cab Sauv, 23% Malbec, 21% Petit Verdot & 2% Syrah, deep Ruby with aromas of dark fruits, herb, tobacco and forest notes. On the palate flavors of blackberry and blueberry fruit with licorice, cacao, leather and oak, well balanced. Fine ripe tannins, long finish ending with fruit, oak and spice. A pleasure to drink. Very nice! — 13 days ago

Doctor No

9.2

Graphite, red fruit, cassis, slight menthol, no detectable oak. Seems fairly extracted, with a rich mouthfeel but not a touch of RS. Elegant overall, but enough dusty tannins on the finish that I really hesitate to open any more for a few years. This is old school in style. — 8 years ago

Doctor No

9.2

A really nice St. Emilion blind. Wait, California?? — 9 years ago

Dennis Hogenkamp

9.2

14.5% ABV Dark purple color, medium tannins. Blackberries. 100% Cab Franc estate grown. — 3 months ago

Christian Ford

8.9

Fresh, very clean, but lacked much depth of honestly much interesting going on. Would be great on a really hot day. — 4 years ago

with Renee

Eric Adams

8.9

Not bad at $30. Not great either. — 8 years ago

Greg Gregory

9.0

Nice surprise. — 10 years ago

with Demetria

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.3

I had to add a nearly random label to review this gorgeous wine from Christophe Marin
Grape is Grenache Noir and the fantasy name Calluna, the wine region is Languedoc-Roussillon.
The wine is elegant and powerful which i reckon is a great combination
Very persistent aftertaste
Look out for this guy — 2 years ago

Huan Tran

9.0

Christmas dinner — 6 years ago

Doctor No

9.0

Still trying to figure this one out. Achingly young of course. Pop and pour: is this Mourvèdre? A slight funk and dark fruit with an almost effervescant and sprightly tone. This is definitely a @Hardy Wallace wine. After a few hours this is noticeably more tannic on the back end with some cassis fruit and a touch of cedar emerging but still a relatively light body. An hour later this blooms with pencil shaving and clear cassis that makes me think of a young St. Julien, but on the rustic side. Will be interesting to see where this goes over the next decade or two. Kind of excited that @Hardy Wallace is able to create such a fascinating representation of good cru bordeaux in Northern California. Very different in style from Calluna, but that's a representation of the breadth of Bdx maybe. And on an unrelated note, #letsgopens! Sorry @Berg — 8 years ago