Steve Reiss

9.1

A nice Paso blend - Purchased downtown — 2 years ago

Jay

8.9

Portuguese dinner @ Oporto. Downtown Houston TX 🇺🇸 — 6 years ago

Mixee Vang

9.1

Brought by Antonia for play date and nails. Purchased from Square Wine, downtown Madison. Great sipping white wine. — 6 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.3

Dinner at De Wijnhuis in downtown Stellenbosch. Great food and amazing wine list. Was shocked to see some older wines, very unusual in South Africa. Highly recommend.

Medium mix of ruby and garnet red. Ripe and plush nose with layers of sweet spices, black currants, cassis, plums and a touch of red earthiness. Fully integrated tannins (5.5/10) with a medium body. Good structure on the palate with some cedar, black currants, sweet tobacco and light dustiness. Great acidity with a lingering finish. Drink now. — 7 years ago

with India

Richard Alfred

8.9

Miro Restaurant, LA Downtown with Bill a Dritsas and Paul Mattingly 7/20/18 ( after EC meeting) — 8 years ago

Mollie

9.2

Great Brut. Fresh, light with the aha aftertaste.

Drank with tvp at downtown market on 3/11/18 with brunch — 8 years ago

cathy emery

8.9

Chateau des Tours Brouilly @ Downtown Crown — 9 years ago

Danielle Manderioli

8.9

Downtown LF biz dinner. Well rounded. 10 min to open up but all good after that. — 10 years ago

Steve Reiss

9.1

A great Petite Sirah - we visited their tasting room in downtown Paso - tons of fun! — 3 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.6

A good follow up to the 2008 Forts de Latour.

Great bottle that shows beauty of the 2012 Napa Valley vintage managed by the right hands.

Charles Hendricks is maybe one of the most under the radar producers in the Napa Valley and certainly shouldn’t.

This wine is $125 in futures. I can think of other Napa Cabernets that cost much more that are not nearly as good.

Charles does not make this bottling every year...only when he has the right quality of fruit.

His wines always drink well young and will improve with the right bottle evolution depending on varietal and vintage.

This 12 is a gorgeous, sexy wine immediately upon entry. Beautiful round, supple tannins. Perfectly ripe; blackberries, black raspberries, dark cherries, plum and blueberries. Black licorice, sweet tarriness, Asian & Indian spices, just the right amount of barrel selection/toast that bring out soft baking spices of; cinnamon, nutmeg, clove & vanillin, soft earthiness of; dry crushed rocks, loamy soils, limestone & volcanics. Suede leather, some fresh tobacco & shades of graphite with fresh; dark, red, blue & purple florals. The acidity is round and near perfect. The finish is; elegant, well knitted & balanced in fruit in earth, polished and excellent wire to wire settling onto mid dark spice on the long set.

Photos of; the Hope & Grace tasting room in downtown Yountville (Charles makes H&G as well), Charles doing the heavy lifting of winemaking and my favorite Pollock like painting that used to be behind their tasting bar and now hangs in Charles house. — 6 years ago

Ted

9.3

Was really good. Great evening with family and a new friend in downtown Cleveland. Lots of ripe berries. — 7 years ago

with Jeni

S.S. Mandani

9.1

This wine’s bouquet brings to the fore memories of the sea. Once I take a sip, I picture a tapas restaurant with mahogany paneling, ambience lighting, and linen tablecloths.

At first taste, well-balanced. Perfect rich and tart berry flavors with a hint of natural vanilla and oak. Not too tannic and light & bouncy on the tongue. For me, I would love this with whitefish ceviche, tacos, and/or pasta.

Versatile and affordable.

Reminds me of a platitude I live by in terms of wine (and life), “If it tastes good, drink it.” I can still hear Larry, the spectacled, fourth generational New Yorker yell from behind the counter, bottles stacked on cardboard boxes, of his boutique downtown wine shop on Maiden Lane.

$6.99 — Trader Joe’s — 8 years ago

Neal Krishna Devaraj

9.1

Very oaky but very nice. In Bordeaux downtown at the oldest restaurant in the city. — 9 years ago

Eric

9.4

Mid level Cab from the Bounty Hunter in downtown Napa. Complexity all around. Nose is simmering raspberry jam, cinnamon, and coffee. Layered palate with semi-tart red jammy fruit, chocolate, earth, and leather. Massively tannic finish. Well worth the release price. If you haven't been, it's a great place to kick off or finish a day in Napa. Their BBQ is some of the best around. — 9 years ago

Ron from VA

9.0

While a simple 5 iron, it plays long and strong :) balanced and clean. Cooler vintage = tighter/dense profile. REALLY Nice with braised beef Gnocchi on the downtown walking mall. — 4 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

Charles strikes again.

I said weeks ago, I’d rather drink Charles Hendricks Pinot in futures @ $75 vs. the 09 Marcassin we had two weeks back @ $150+ winery or $225+ on the secondary market. This 14, while still young, proves that point and will only continue to get better.

It’s about as luxurious as Ca Pinot gets. Just supple, soft & elegant as body gets. Candied, floral fruits of ripe; blackberries, dark cherries, blue fruits, lean purple fruits, dry cranberries, strawberries, plums, delicate but darks spices, cinnamon stick, vanillin, nutmeg & touch clove, salted caramel, mocha powder, limestone & grey volcanics, dry crushed rocks hints of peppered grilled meats, fresh & dry tobacco, dry stems/twigs, sage dominated dry Provence herbs, splash of mint/eucalyptus, tree sap with bright candied, fresh & slightly withering florals of; dark, red, purple, blue set in a field of violets & some lavender. The acidity is perfect. The long finish is; extremely well balanced & polished, elegant, fresh, just the right amount of candied with a long, dark spice finish in the long set.

The 14 really started to excel after an hour plus in the decanter.

Photos of; the outside of the Hope & Grace tasting room in downtown Yountville where you will find Charles Hendricks wines. He makes Hope & Grace wines as well. One of my favorite paintings that used to sit behind their tasting bar but, is now in Charles house. It is very Pollock like! Winemaker/Co-owner Charles Hendricks and a vineyard in region of the Santa Lucia Highlands. — 6 years ago

Keith Lite

9.2

A wonderful evening of food and wine for the Peoples wine society at Avena in downtown Manhattan. Thanks to the staff at Avena for creating a special menu to pair with all of the fantastic Sicilian Wines — 7 years ago

with Elizabeth and Bruce

David Shaw

9.0

Brilliant purple red in color. Red raspberry gummies, floral and mango notes in nose. Gamay like flavors - tutti frutti, cherry and butter - but actually a blend of Syrah, Grenache and Petit Sirah. Light, fruit forward. According to AZ Central, a collaboration between Brent Karlicek of Upward Projects and Eric Glomski of Page Springs Cellars and Arizona Stronghold, Exclusively available at Il Postino wine cafe — 8 years ago

Matthew Beckman

9.1

A delicious rose that didn't stand a chance on the patio overlooking downtown Ojai on a warm day. More shall perish this weekend. — 9 years ago

Sarah Heston

9.0

Santa Claud sings jazz to you in a small bar in Normandy, and you're cold but ruddy. Is this stand up or true mirth? It's the holiday you imagine in a bar near Skid Row in Downtown LA when you take a sip of this and are transported by a northern bite to your tongue. Irony or sincerity--it's so fresh but so sweet! I could go for more fizz, but one only feels permitted to request such things when engulfed by luxury — 10 years ago