Richard McCormack

9.2

Yum. Only 12 pounds in 2026 at local supermarket — 5 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

‘Las Alturas' Spanish for 'the heights', a fitting name, this vineyard located on one of the highest grape-growing benches in the Santa Lucia Highlands AVA. 4th gen Winemaker Joseph J. Wagner from family with farming & winemaking roots in Napa since 1906. Met Joe several times. Deep Ruby (darkest Pinot I have come across). Nice berry and floral spice aromas. Rich cherry/plum flavors with oak, spice and vanilla. Long finish, bold ending with sweet oak notes. Very Nice! A Fav! — 2 years ago

Fredybeans

9.1

Belle marsanne sans presence du bois intempestif
J aime bien — 5 years ago

Aleksei Snitsarenko

10

Prekrasno sbalansirovano, abrikos, frukty, rezkii pervyi ton, kak budto himiei nameshali duhov! — 5 years ago

Adam Beasley

9.3

So good. This taste like a quality Saint Joseph combined with a top notch sour beer. Snappy red and blue fruit, purple flowers, soil, cured meat, and botanicals. Crisp acidity, and easy but noticeable tannins. A cloudy ruby red/magenta in the glass. Delightfully funky and wild. — 6 years ago

P A

8.9

Summit Seeker IPA Banded Peak Brewing, Calgary AB enjoyed at the Carbar restaurant Calgary AB 🍻🇨🇦 — 6 years ago

Maggie Harrison

9.3

sry expressive, camp fire, smokey, fat back, blackberry, even more bacon as it opens. Creamy palate, medium@plus acid, integrated tannins. — 7 years ago

Peter Coulthard

9.0

Waitrose. — a year ago

Tim L

8.9

Joseph Wagoner, Winemaker…therefore, assumption is it’s the Caymus family. Many Wagoners out there are good news. Good, tasty, medium bodied etc etc and balanced, the key to a may-buy-again-even-if-it’s-not-a-big Russian River Pinot. Reasonable value. Santa Barbara, Monterey and Sonoma Counties. — 2 years ago

Jeremy

9.3

Great! Compares well to the KJ VR. Would prefer more oak. Will buy again. — 5 years ago

Andrew Hsueh

10

Works really well with any pork dish! — 5 years ago

Joe Flo

9.2

Solid J. Phelps Napa Cab. — 5 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Winemaker Joseph J. Wagner is a 4th generation winemaker from a family with farming and winemaking roots in the Napa Valley since 1906. Met Joe several times. Deep Ruby with red berry fruit aromas and sweet spice notes. On the palate flavors of raspberry and ripe blackberry with sweet oak, cacao and espresso notes. Soft fine tannins perfect acidity and balance long finish ending with mineral character. Nice! A Fav! — 6 years ago

B

9.8

1985 Phelps Eisele. Dinner at Cap w J&L B. Great! Didn’t decant. — 7 years ago

Peter Coulthard

9.2

Waitrose. Very tasty and enjoyable — 2 years ago

Jeff Christner

9.1

Beautiful rosé-ish hue in the glass. Lovely. — 2 years ago

Jay Kline

9.4

I met up with a buddy who is a huge Napa guy. It’s what he knows and to his credit, he has great knowledge of producers and has good taste. We decided to grab a bite at Buvette and he asked if I would pick out the bottle. He said he trusted my judgment, so I walked over to the Rhone wall and noticed the 2019 Jean-Louis Chave Saint-Joseph. Knowing the style, I figured it would touch some of the things he would be familiar with, particularly right now in its youth.

Popped and poured; no formal notes. The 2019 Saint-Joseph pours a deep purple color that stains the glass. On the nose, the wine is fresh and redolent of ripe black fruits and some blue fruits: blackberries and other dark brambly fruits along with some blueberries. The non-fruits were also there: beautiful purple flowers, black pepper, rocky minerals and some lovely vanilla and baking spices. On the palate, the wine was big, full-bodied and had great structure, nearing that medium+ range across the board. The acid is fantastic and the finish was long and savory. It’s easy to draw comparisons between Chave and Gonon as anymore, they share a similar price point and both are known leaders in the appellation. From my perspective, the Chave S-J comes across a bit more focused on the fruit, floral and spice characteristics while the Gonon S-J highlights the bacon fat and rotundone. Otherwise, both are excellent examples. FWIW, my buddy loved the wine (chalk one up for the Old World!) and it was an excellent pairing with our braised short ribs. Drink now to enjoy its youth or enjoy through 2034+. — 3 years ago

Fredybeans

9.1

Nez fume grille viande grillée
Bouche basalmique fruit rouge fraîche belle usité mais assez courte
J adore cet équilibre — 5 years ago

Andy Grout

9.0

Very pinot noir. Bitter and light. — 6 years ago

Susan Mack

9.0

Nice, not too dry — 7 years ago