Cloud Break Wines

Penfolds

St. Henri Shiraz 2007

A Collection of great Australian Reds - Christmas Break up of the Tennis Group. Always a consistent Cuvée in the Penfolds stable but let down a little by the so so 2007 vintage in the Barossa. More savoury than fruit driven with liquorice and dark chocolate. — 3 years ago

Jonathan, ESF and 23 others liked this

Château L'Evangile

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2007

Anniversary wine. Nice to have a break from the Paso wines we’ve been trying all day and have a nice French blend — 4 years ago

Brad Davis
with Brad

Cloud Break Wines

Barrel Reserve California Pinot Noir 2018

Color of ruby, clear. Nose of fresh cranberry, milky vanilla, licorice, spice, some strawberry ice cream, tangerine, and sweet sensation. Taste of spice and zest, some backbone tannins, sweetness, and fresh grapes. Aftertaste of some more warmth in the throat. Easy to drink. A bit sweet for me. On par. — 6 years ago

Dr., Mike and 4 others liked this

Hundred Acre Vineyard

Ark Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Day 10 of covid isolation and finally a negative test. Yeah!.....had to break out something nice to celebrate. Prior notes mostly apply. This is a beauty of a wine worthy of any celebration. Cheers! — 4 years ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland
with Brenda
Brenda, Shay and 28 others liked this

E. Guigal

Côtes du Rhône Red Rhône Blend

Winston Jones
9.0

Consistent! I’ve tasted several vintages and I’m mostly very pleased. Drinking Very Local. I may be biased, as I am currently living 3 miles south of the winery, sometimes that can cloud your perception. But this stuff is good. The QPR is out of this world. Can’t wait to visit the winery and taste through the lineup. — 5 years ago

Rhonely, Mike and 2 others liked this
Rhonely Boy

Rhonely Boy

From Wine-Searcher “Fifty Shades of Syrah”: Nights in the northern Rhône are cool; acidity levels are good. Only in very hot vintages does more shading, via canopy management, become necessary. But at the same time, Guigal is investing in cooler sites in the north of Côte-Rôtie – Philippe mentions Saint-Cyr sur le Rhône, which was "considered too cold 10 years ago, but we feel that [it] could become interesting to very interesting in the future and in warm vintages".

Need more info, what North of Rotie equates to, New AOC?? Moving into Beaujolais? ... ??

Matthiasson

Matthiasson Vineyard Ribolla Gialla 2015

Paul J
9.4

First day to break out the summer wines!! Classic Ribolla Gialla! Cloudy orange color. Big nose filled with citrus and tangerines with a hint of honey and oak. Same on the palate and very vibrant. Shortish finish. — 4 years ago

Brooke Weaver Jakubowski
with Brooke
Shay, Tom and 5 others liked this

Au Bon Climat

Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir 2018

My Sunday night wine I have gone back to a favorite of mine that is not going to break the bank and is consistently good. I have opened the Jim Clendenon 2018 Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir Santa Barbara County.

On the nose there is raspberry, cranberry, cherry, spice vanilla anise, clove and earthiness.

On the palate I detect good red fruit, raspberry, cherry, cranberry, red currant, anise, clove and earthiness.

The wine is medium bodied with medium + acidity and medium fine tannins that leads into a long fresh red fruit finish. Another well blended wine from Jim Clendenon that i have come to expect. I hope everyone's weekend was a good one and we are all still safe and healthy. Have a great week, Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷
— 5 years ago

Aravind, Jeff and 39 others liked this
Sharon B

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Sounds delicious! And same to you!
Dawn E.

Dawn E.

@Daniel P. Drake Excellent pull!
Gregory Fulchiero

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These are iconic and delicious