Matthew Cohen

9.4

N: vinegared a bit

P vinegared a bit. Age. Complex. Chocolate.

Chrysalis

*

Grapex 76/6 — 3 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Nose: cranberry pretty flowers.

Palate: very light. Cranberry but not tart. Elegant. Spice. Has some Burgundian roundness. Some hint of richness. More plum fruit.

Chrysalis maybe darkroom.

*

Alluvial $20 $18 on 3 — 5 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.0

2017

N: spatburgunder green a bit. Floral.

P: hint bitter. Hint cherry. Silky. Well made.

$172/12 $12.90 btg

Chrysalis ? — 2 years ago

Chris Buggy

9.0

Fun and funky, stones and pear, hard to put a finger on. Would love to see this one again — 3 years ago

with Jennifer

Jen Johnson

8.9

This wine is distinctly Norton but light enough to enjoy lightly chilled in the summer. — 7 years ago

Andrew E.

9.1

Great summer drink to beat the heat. Crisp and slightly effervescent. — 10 years ago

Mike Knuppel

9.5

Brilliant; same as previous notes, delicious quince, marmalade, apricots and honey. Glorious palate is long and round with years ahead of it. A colossal wine that proves you just leave Chenin to evolve like the chrysalis into the butterfly. — 10 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

N fresh and crunchy. Almost candy.

P candy a bit. Early season cherry. Very bright. Crazy. Long.

Chrysalis

Source 23.75 on 5 — 3 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.0

N: yellow flowers.

Palate: some spice. Apricot. Not super dense. Glycerol.

14%

Planet wine $16.65

Maybe would work Chrysalis. — 9 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.1

Nose: floral. Elegant. Complex. Hint flitting Brett. Rubber. Flat after 30 minutes a bit.

Palate: sweet fruit. But crisp. Very elegant for the region. Liquid lilacs. Hint of rubber.

Chrysalis. — 10 months ago

David Kline

9.0

Chalky grape and balsa, blackberry, and plum nose with soft smoke and jasmine with a sweet petrol gloss. Soft mouthfeel turns bing cherry and underripe blueberries bordering green. Chewy. Big fruit tannins. A spicy pepper that always turns piquant-fruit. Young in every way, would love to see this chrysalis emerge.


#lajotavineyardco #laJotahowellmountainestate #lajota #howellmountain #merlot #napa #napavalley — 3 years ago

Kelley Raymond

8.9

Dry but fruity - lots of flavor and complexity, plus far more dry than your usual rose. — 6 years ago

Bill Bender

8.9

Shafer HS is an all time favorite of mine but I don't typically open a bottle within 10 years of release. This bottle illustrated why. It's still in its chrysalis--developing and building and gaining weight and shedding tannin. Just not ready even after hours in the decanter. — 9 years ago

Matthew Cohen

8.9

Chardonnay

N: intense pear. Really nice.

P: hint oxidation. Pear. Delicious.

Chrysalis. *

Martines $15 — 4 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

@delectable This is Sonoma county.

N:beautiful. Pink roses. Almost undetectable blackberries. So perfumed

P: soft fruit. Coffee spice. So long. Hint of vegetal. Maybe a hint of heat. Rubber ?

Chrysalis almost a fish wine.

$95 at winery.

14.5%.

2 tier $16 — 7 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

Nosesome wool

Palate: smoky. Not super delicious. Complex. Aromatic.

Chrysalis.

$22 — 2 years ago

Kelley Raymond

9.0

Really balanced and good oak notes — 6 years ago

Kelley Raymond

9.0

Really clean and flavorful — 6 years ago

Pete Carrico

9.1

Nice complexity, great tannin structure with a long, peppery finish. Very good red wine! — 9 years ago

Chris DeBarr

9.5

My first encounter with Walter Scott's Pinot Noir's under Michael Alberty's provenance at Storyteller. All 2014s. Temperance Hill was lean, austere, still a tightly wound chrysalis brooding with tobacco & sandalwood. The Clos de Oiseaux has released more fragrance, and had moved beyond the meditative sandalwood phase toward dark cherry and oolong tea, wishing for time to cure and unfurl its powers. Dumb Ox is that brilliant, precocious child: transparently true & deep, expressing fruit and earth effortlessly. Makes me think of all the places all of these very fine Pinots will go with time and some hard-earned peace, but we took the Dumb Ox! — 10 years ago