Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2006 vintage. Light-medium body. Petrol nose immediately wafting up from the glass. Diminished Pippin apple flavors and scents. Still retaining excellent notes of acidity that continue to carry this effort indefinitely. Don’t ask what I paid for two cases of this because you’ll think I’m yanking your chain. 9.4.25. — 10 months ago

Ron R

9.7

This app drives me up the wall. Leave your notes for a short while and they are lost…

This producer is at the top of the food chain in Rhône. The wine coats the glass and this shapes your expectations for what is to come. The nose and palate displays decadence and richness, which is just what I remember from the 97 vintage. In my opinion, best enjoyed in its youth. — 4 years ago

with Anne-marie

Emily Branton

9.7

Bold and delicious!! Had with steak dinner at home with friends. Will absolutely buy again — 7 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Sour cherry, sweet cherry, all mid season, what a nose. Spice, licorice, so wafting, almost like a perfume, what a palate, depth of fruit, dry but serious tannins. So juicy, acids off the chain, dense, long finish, toothsome, amazing. Spectacular, long. — 7 years ago

Ron R

9.3

This is the Aubert chard at the lower end of the food chain, but it leaves no clues in that regard. It’s multi-dimensional, and each dimension is well crafted. Notes of apple crumble and lemon curd swirl in the glass. This has a medium to full body mouthfeel, with a plush texture. Sweet mid-palate, but finishes with a hint of salinity. Very cool. — 7 years ago

with Anne-marie

LM Segal

9.4

Superb and early-drinking Cab, made in a more Bordeaux style than I recall from previous examples. Pencil lead and sweet fruit on a dry and seamless-smooth core of black and blue fruit, asian spice, loamy earth. Benefitted from 30 min decant. Roka Akor is a chain asian steakhouse, the real deal if you haven’t tried! — 8 years ago

Daniel veit

9.5

Top of the food chain here, earthy, dark fruit, leather . — a year ago

Kate

9.6

After decanting this was amazing. Needed a change from California wine. This was bold with a softness. Good price compared to the crazy mark ups of California wine. Was at a chain steakhouse. — 3 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.0

Lamy’s En Remilly is usually a wine I hold in higher regard, but this bottle was knocked back by a touch of… dare I say… premature oxidation. With Diam 30 and a thick white wax cap (plus a great track record), you can be sure this was again a function of bad cold chain in Malaysia. Sigh. Having said that, it was still a decent showing - loved the mineral saturation the wine displayed from start to finish. The nose was rich and still detailed with aromas of popcorn, wheat grain, iodine, pear, unripe pineapple, lanolin, and a tinge of mint as well as the dreaded oxidative musk. The palate was dense, saline, expectedly taut, and had a lovely texture that seemingly enveloped the tongue. The oxidative honey note was rather distracting in the finish, but a chill did help mask it. Actually superb with confited ocean trout, but I can’t help but feel robbed of the full enjoyment of this wine. — 4 years ago

Michael Seely

9.1

Patience provides dividends with this 2009, very approachable. Best articulated by Dominio IV winemaker, Patrick Reuter, himself; “There is a place just over the snowy chain of volcanoes were the sea’s finger tips turn from to gentle mist. The dry scent of sage and tall grass hills of the east assure the sea’s mist it is good to go no further. Under this sky our family planted, tended, and loved this Syrah. Mossier, Oregon, 2009.” — 7 years ago

with Jeff and Joe

Rob Pendell

9.0

Wonderful soft palate with notes of plum and blackberry. Some cherry on the front end with a hint of asphalt. Full mouthful of peach and grapefruit with undertones of almond, tobacco, pine, licorice, cardamom, red velvet, turmeric, oatmeal, cayenne, newspaper, Oreos, bicycle chain, chitlins, camembert, burnt umber, huckleberry, Ripple, plain yogurt, lemongrass, kohlrabe, anise, eggplant, kohlrabi, everything bagel, paczki, aspartame, caramel, coconut, latte, beef carpaccio, pine nuts, Wonder Bread, calamari, watermelon radish Jolly Rancher, aglet, sawdust, gnocchi and red grape. Finish is definitely Bruno Kirby. Pretty complex. — 7 years ago

David Brown

9.0

This is for Chain Reaction 31. This blend is Mourvedre, Grenache, Syrah, Petite Sirah and Cab.
Nice table blend. Easy to drink with fruit forward flavors. Pairs well with a variety of foods. Always a great blend and we stock up when possible. — 8 years ago

Karen Tripson

8.9

The nicest part of a late afternoon meal in a chain restaurant in Lyons shopping district. — 9 years ago

Chris Sowick

9.1

Chain Bridge Cellars. $39.98. Ripe tannins. Tones of dark berries. Aromatic. — 2 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

If you are not drinking this producer at these prices you are nuts. Absolutely nuts. Top of the chain quality. Cheap compared to other elite white wines.

Nose is tropical flowers. So elegant. Wafting.

Palate is mountain stream infused with tropical fruit. Mineral. Balanced. Joyously elegant.

Fass selections. — 3 years ago

Chris Sowick

9.0

Chain Bridge Cellars. $22.00. Excellent rose. One of the best. — 6 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.0

I'll start off by saying that I think less-than-ideal storage conditions marred this tasting with Kai. It's a struggle here really because I really like their Malaysian importer. I can understand the difficulties in maintaining an effective cold chain in Malaysia, so I sincerely hope this gets better.

Having said that, this was my favorite in Kai's line-up despite the slightly advanced wine. Good perfume, sporting smokey black fruits, herbs, spices, violets, and wood (which was a touch distracting). I felt the palate should have been livelier - dark-fruited, spicy, and earthy, with heavy charred notes permeating throughout. The finish has a lot fruit sweetness, with a lick of caramel and balsamic. Nice wine, though not one I'd actively seek.

To be frank I think too much oak was used here, but not in the same liberty as in Barossa Shiraz. It's more like Guigal vs Gonon... maybe that's a bit extreme... Jamet vs Gonon... though not quite right still. I like Kai, but I gotta follow my palate at times like this. — 7 years ago

David Kline

9.3

Classic cucumbers, lychee, pear, cold smoke, lime pith, light guava core. On the palate, soft on entry, but dragging a desert dry backbone over diatomaceous sands on a steely chain, til orange-lime citrus twists to lemon that jumps from the glass with a nano dusting of white pepper. — 7 years ago

Paul J

9.4

Very nice. Available from the Keg restaurant chain and at the winery — 8 years ago

Lindsey King

9.2

Your friend comes back from Hawaii and they bring you a lava rock which they’re not supposed to because it’s bad, bad, very bad luck but you always had a thing for risking the superstitious odds and not sending along chain emails, so you’re into this bad luck rock. They also bring you a lei with less flowers than you’ve seen on leis at the dollar store but you put it on and crack your best pseudo smile for them because dammit they love you and they did what they could, short of bringing you on their romantic vacation. Honestly if they did bring you, you know you’d get into one of your “moods” and not only would you be a hard third wheel, you’d also be named the pity party hostess of the year. Cherries, ash, dried flowers, tannic structure like a good skipping stone. — 8 years ago