Will Stanley

9.2

Second time trying this from the 2015 vintage, first enjoyed five years ago. This was my Christmas Day wine, when it’s always hard to really appreciate or concentrate on a wine what with everything else going on! I ordinarily go for familiar favourites from the Rhône, or aged Bordeaux. Anyway, this Brunello was still super macho, austere and in need of either more time in bottle or some very rustic, Tuscan food. Or both! — 5 months ago

Mark Rosse

9.5

Nose was a bit muted for the first hour but everything else was magical! — 5 years ago

Fraser McKinley

9.8

This was a tremendous bottle. We were fortunate enough to tear into a pair of delicious Salon ‘04s last month but this was something else. So much concentration, poise and grace. I don’t believe I’ve tasted a better Champagne - 1996 — 7 years ago

leon egozi

9.4

I don’t know what’s going on with this app but it seems that my posts are taking 1-2 days to show up??!! Their tech support also does not respond. Is anyone else having issues?
Anyway the Dom is always very good — 6 months ago

Ed Chang

9.7

Not quite as viscous as previous bottle but nose/flavor profile still like nothing else. — 4 years ago

Ron from VA

9.1

A touch simple...and a touch delicious :) Balance if nothing else. — 6 years ago

Henry Fuseler

8.9

5/19. Just as good as the two previous vintages. My go to if something else does not catch my attention. — 7 years ago

Mark Rosse

9.1

Picking up some color which I thought unusual. Everything else in place — 6 months ago

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9.6

The 2014 Argonne was much more open when I tasted it last year, which is probably a good sign for its long-term aging prospects. Tangerine oil, white flowers, spice, brioche and a kick of sweet oak all run through the 2014. More than anything else, I am struck by the wine's linear intensity and drive. Argonne is 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Chardonnay done in 100% new oak. Disgorged: December 14, 2022. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, May 2023) — 3 years ago

Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7

9.4

Tried the 2018 Cabernet yesterday, nice on opening but closed down quite quickly. But I popped it off the truck so thats to be expected. I’ll rate the 2nd bottle after a long hold.
This one is a different story at only $20.00 more. Great for having only a 1 day hold,
Winery notes,

Keeping with the theme of expansion, we added another block of older vines from Larkmead in 2018. Neighboring our original block of Olmo clone is a tiny block of Jenkins clone Cabernet resting in the same Cortina soil. We have always loved this clone of Cabernet having worked with it at Outpost’s True Vineyard and Gemstone Estate. There’s nothing else quite like it in the world of Cabernet. It manages to be both exotic and wildly singular while still coming across as very complete. It has proven to be a very nice complement to what we’ve been working with from Larkmead since 2012. The color here is a bit darker than normal with mostly fruit tones first present on the nose. That familiar muscular walnut husk, roasted nut quality of Larkmead pokes through quickly though placing this wine stylistically in more of a classic era of California wine. Where in the past this wine could be considered the “lightest” of the lineup, the 2018 shows the power of the vintage and a marked improvement from the addition of the new block. The fruit is still purple leaning and the ethereal notes of the past still pop out on palate entry but a weightier middle kicks in almost immediately with notes of sage, graphite, cassis, lavender and a brambly spice note. The tannin starts earlier too adding texture and a dusty, baker’s chocolate note. In the past, I felt this bottling would always need a few years in the cellar to present a complete palate expression. Not so here with the addition of our little Jenkins block. All these additional blending options from all these great sites prove in 2018 that sometimes more is more. — 6 years ago