Dave

8.9

This is very pleasant. Bright red berries with a bit of leathery oak. Alcohol is a little too far forward. It paired nicely with some chicken meatballs on spinach.
Listening to Elvis Costello — 8 months ago

Rob Pendell

9.1

Velvety smooth, like an Elvis painting. — 5 years ago

Dimes

8.9

Tbh good but idk how it’s a 9.5 — 6 years ago

Camille Offenbach

9.0

This goes perfect with Elvis.
👃 floral, yeast
👅 Bacterial sourness with a touch more sugar than the others we reviewed. — 8 years ago

with Giuseppe

Thieu van Loosdrecht

9.0

Lekker frisse IPA, met een subtiele bitterzoete natrap van de grapefruit. — 9 years ago

Nicholas F Ludwig

10

Smoky, sour smell, light blush purple, acidic. — 10 years ago

with Heyward

Carolyn Herlihy

9.0

Elvis turns forty. SNL premiers. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest swept the Oscars.-- best label ever! Pairs well with pizza. Smooth cab, no bite, very delicious! — 10 years ago

Dave

9.0

So thin, it's barely there. Tannins are all gone. This 11 year old is predominantly sour cherry and cranberry, with a bit of apple peel and gravel. But it's super soft. I'm glad I opened this, I think she's hitting her prime.
Listening to Elvis Costello. — a year ago

Severn G

9.4

Nose has charred cherry, dried blackberry, dehydrated cranberry, old wet leather, dried blueberries, saturated cedar plank and crushed fresh blueberries.

Palate has ripe/dried blueberries, light creamy oak, dark chocolate, dried strawberry, strawberry jam, rioevblackberry, violets and wet garden soil.

Finish is forever, tannins are velvet Elvis! I can't believe I'm commiting this to actual notes, but this might be the best Biale bottle we've ever had, and it's hard to top the equal vintage from the Monte Rosso vineyard. MR is dear to my heart from most producers, but this is epic. At peak enjoyment at only 11yo! Decanted 5H.

Paired to mesquite smoked pork chops from a 1/2 pig purchase from our dear farmer friend Courtney at Highland Farm (Old Chatham, NY). Please support your local resources. — 5 years ago

Wulf Losee

9.4

I suspect this is the 2017 vintage, but there’s no vintage year on the label. This is an in-your-face Cote the Rhône blend. It’s as intense as any Napa or Paso Robles Rhône blend. Leather and black cherries on the nose. Lots of red fruit on the front — with a dense tannic structure that rises smoothly to the top of the palate — and it crests in a prickly wave that has lots of puckery high notes on a dark velvety background. It’s as about as subtle as a velvet Elvis painting. And to make this wine even more deliciously absurd, at the back of the palate, it whomps you with an intense calcaire finish! I really like this wine, but, if you’re interested in the more restrained sensibilities of a traditional French Cote du Rhône, this wine might be offensive and plebeian to you (In a pushy sort of Californian sort of way). But I’m afraid I’m finishing this bottle off on my own and in one sitting. Shame on me! — 7 years ago

Mandy Meffert

9.1

Unique smoky flavor. — 8 years ago

Kim Stanbro

9.4

Oh wine, how I missed thee! Day 8 of sickness antibiotics and finally I can breathe adequately again! The first wine opened wasn't up for the occasion, but this GSM?! The clouds parted and the angels sang! (Elvis is an angel, right?) — 10 years ago

with Dave

James Ellis

8.9

Pretty good wee lager from Hawaii. Tastes a lot like this is is lager by Brewdog. Elvis loves it! — 11 years ago

Sam

9.6

Amazing round buttery finish accentuated by the saline radish crudo with which it was paired @ Elvis, LES NYC — a year ago

Erik Longabardi

8.9

Chard and SB blend. Meaty with ripeness; maybe suffering from the Fat Elvis years. I like some fat but to say fat is healthy is not good. — 2 years ago

LM Segal

9.6

So bloody precise after a brief decant. Nose of camphor and pencil lead. Dark blackberry fruit. Soft, resolved but so precise in its tones. If Elvis Costello was singing this wine it would be Alison. Drink now. — 6 years ago

aisforalan

9.2

velvet elvis. canned cherries. barnyard funk. wet moss on granite rocks. from fausto. delicious. buy again. should be listed as a freisa. — 8 years ago

John Clinton

9.5

1971. Elvis was still alive I think? — 8 years ago

Kirk Alexander

9.7

Martin found this for sale (can you believe it?) in, of all places, Beaver Liquors in Beaver Creek, CO. This baby is pure velvet. You could print a velvet Elvis canvas out of this stuff! Strong, bold attack, midpalatte, and finish. Classic Central California gold! I've been waiting for over 10 years for my allocation, and it's worth 10 more to get SQN juice on a regular basis. — 9 years ago

with Martin

Ted

9.4

Solid burgundy. Watching Elvis movies on the "Kings" birthday. May sound strange but smells like a cinnamon jolly rancher?? Really like this one. Thanks @Todd Abrams — 10 years ago