"Odedi"

8.9

Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.

Red fruits on the nose with earth, spices, chocolate notes and herbs.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with cherries, red currants, earth, light wood, spices, espresso, herbs, green vegetables and peppercorn.

Short finish with grippy tannins and tart cranberries.

This is an interesting take on a Chianti from Alexander Valley. Still young, and needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly, but a good food wine right now.

Showing nice complexity, but still a little grippy, once it opens up.
Would be nice to revisit it in 5 years and see how it evolves.

Will pair nicely with Pizza, or with Pasta with red sauce.

A field blend of Sangiovese with a touch of Canaiolo Nero, Malvasia, and Trebbiano. Aged in used French oak barrels for 17 months. A tiny production of only 1,300 bottles.

13.5% alcohol by volume.

89 points.

$85. — 9 days ago

Boris Mathiszik

8.9

Decent cab, actually surprisingly good for Yolo county. — 6 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

8.9

Bright lemon color with tropical and citrus fruit aromas with floral notes. Palate shows ripe fruit flavors of peaches, apples, honey and citrus zest. Medium+ finish good balance with lively acidity ending with fruit and mineral spice character. Biodynamic. — 7 months ago

Peter Roldan

9.1

Black cherry, spice — 5 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.2

Intriguing & unique Cab. Spicy red fruit in the nose & through the palate. This yields some smoky/spicy notes on the mid palate & through the finish. Plenty of tannic structure persisting here. Under appreciated producer outside of Washington. Very nice bottle of Cabernet. — 6 years ago

Sanford Peisner

9.2

2004 drank smooth, nice fruit balanced acid. Finished well — 8 years ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.1

Great. A bit thin in a good way. — 2 months ago

Shelly McGahee

9.5

Bourbon barrel favorite — 8 years ago

Michael Walker

10

Stellar, up there with the Testarossa — 6 months ago

Angel Free

9.1

A little tart but good — 3 years ago

John Frederick

9.2

Oily coating mouthfeel gives you just a touch of decadence before the mineral and acid cleans and refreshes your pallet. Ripe yellow Mellon, pineapple guava and a hint of lime and sweet grass. Stunning wine. — 5 years ago

Christos

9.1

Dark fruit, cherries, anise, and tobacco on the nose. Very dry wine. Dried fig, vanilla, more dark fruits, more cherry, and chocolate. Long finish of leather and oak. Drink now. Decant for an hour. — 6 years ago

with Fotini

Abby Hood

9.5

Nice wine for the price. Bought at Trader Joe’s. — 8 years ago

Jonathan Drummond

8.9

3 months in bourbon whiskey barrel. Would recommend. Peppery & bright. You can imagine the distilled finish. — 3 months ago

Chris Albin

Winemaker, Azari Vineyards Winemaker, Corskcrew Wines

9.2

Everything I love about Syrah, but a bit softer and fruitier — 5 months ago

Doug Powers

9.0

Lovely dark purple color, the Shiraz is black pepper and spice, with a quite tannic profile, the Viognier provides some lovely floral notes and acidity, longish finish, should easily improve for 2-4 more years. — 7 months ago

with Jim

Katy Barnett

9.1

Wine access — 4 years ago

with Ryan

Palmer Emmitt

Owner/Winemaker Judge Palmer

9.1

Amazing how well this has held up. 10 years in my cellar and it is so similar to the wine I tasted back then. It definitely leans a bit towards the new world in ripeness and richness but still has plenty of balance and varietal character. Wild cherry, black plum, red licorice, with lots of sweet spice, brown sugar, and a slightly medicinal undercurrent on the long finish. — 6 years ago

Tamara

9.1

Yum! Buehler’s $24.99 — 7 years ago

Robert Evans Jr

9.3

Wine of the afternoon. Hints of Plum & would not think of this as an 05 — 8 years ago

with Craig and Hugh