Ron Siegel

9.3

Found this Aussie white in a lower corner bin. Surprisingly very fresh, great color, Burgundian like with citrus, white orchid fruit & mineral — 11 days ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.2

Wonderful Long Island Bordeaux-style red blend from a winery that no longer exists. Blend of Cabernet Franc (50%), Malbec (25%) and Petite Verdot (25%). Dark ruby/purple color with just a bit of fade on the rim. Aromas of black/blue fruit, granite dust and intense lavender. Flavors of black cherry/currant fruit, blueberries, leafy herbs with a mineral backbone from start to the end of the very long finish. Touch of a pleasant phenollic funk. Medium bodied and well balanced. Silky tannins and quite complex. This bottle aged nicely. I miss visiting the “tasting shed” at this winery. — 7 months ago

Lawrence Bernstein

8.9

12/25 wine was nicely resolved after 15 years. Big, rich, dark wine. 89 — 10 months ago

Neal Ferry

9.4

Utterly Fantastic — 4 years ago

S Wood

8.9

Bright & light. Weird Floral greens. Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cab Franc, Dornfelder/////////////
A day later the fruit is near perfect. Not sure what blew off, but now totally balanced. — 5 years ago

Scott Rowe

9.0

Fruit, oak, acid. Clean and precise. — 6 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.4

Big but hides abv. Smooth, dark fruits, some herbs and spices, overall a ton of fruit and bitter cocoa. It honestly needs more time. So good with steak au poivre at meritage St. Paul. — 4 days ago

Big Wave Dave

9.5

Exceptional chardonnay with the latent power of a GC burgundy, but with salinity and tannic grip. Beautiful nose with reductive gunsmoke, apple, and baking spices. The structure is the perfect fit for the intense and powerful flavour bomb: lemon merengue pie, smoke, tangerine, all in perfect balance. The concentration and length are world class. As long as I can remember of ANY wine I have tasted. World class for A$90 — 6 months ago

Kelly Perkins

9.2

Good stuff — 9 months ago

Chris O'Hara

9.0

Nose: almonds, walnuts, maple syrup, raisins
Taste: raisin, dark chocolate, coffee, fig, date — 3 years ago

Pavan Choksi

9.2

Full bodied and really great with steak. Have had this twice and loved tasting at the winery. — 4 years ago

David Waller

9.5

Black cherry, some pepper and toast. Decanted 3 hrs. Light tannins. — 6 years ago

Shay A

9.6

Finally getting around to posting wines from my annual Napa trip from two weeks ago. Always goes by quick! Lots of fun new stops this year.

Here is the other wine that I claimed may have been the red wine of the trip, and also may have been one of the top winery visits of the trip! Loved tasting in the family home and hearing the connecting stories between them and the Macdonalds. I’ll forever be grateful that @Carl Fischer introduced me to Detert years ago, and he helped make an intro so that I could visit this time around.

Monster! This is like the normal cab franc but with everything turned up to 11. However, because it’s cab franc, the elevated profile isn’t overwhelmingly fruit forward...it just makes it so floral. Potpourri, violets, jasmine accompanied by herbal spice, black tea, mulberries, dark chocolate and cedar. Zero trace of green pepper. Very vineyard loyal. As old vine To Kalon cab franc, this has classic To Kalon power with currant, graphite, vibrant black cherries, clay/dirt, red, blue and black berries with skyscraper like structure and profile. Very fine grained tannins. This is an astounding cab franc. — 7 years ago

Abe Glass

8.9

It needs hours to properly open. Fruit forward and worth the wait. — 3 months ago

Chris A

9.0

Cab Francs from Long Island are always special - but this one is simply amazing! Smooth on palette with a satisfying finish. Buy a second bottle! — 4 months ago

Fred heupler

9.9

Great aftertaste; complex flavors; full bodied; — 8 months ago

Brandon Boesch

9.2

Really nice. Good structure, a lot of acidity, honey, melon, some tropical characteristics, as it warms I like it more. Some complexity comes out. Stone fruit. Impressed — a year ago

Johnno Harris

9.5

Stunning. Everything tied together beautifully after a couple of years in bottle. Delicious stuff!! — 4 years ago

Kristie M. Connor

9.7

Strawberry, apple, cinnamon, juniper — 6 years ago

Alissa Irving

9.1

Variation Five Batch #1 — 6 years ago