Brian Hearty

9.4

NV. Tart cherry, black current, and marionberry clover honey mead. Dry mead with a little tartness on the finish. We loved it as a nightcap to a great Thanksgiving! — 2 years ago

John Milleson

9.5

Has become our favorite Chardonnay — 6 years ago

Jonathan McCarthy

9.2

Giant and velvet, very well integrated. Aromas of black fig, cherry cordial, ripe blackberry, and blackberry blossoms. Rich and generous on the palate. Plush fruits with a suggestion of green gauge and hyssop. Final note of deep black plum reduction and raisin stem. Very nice. — 7 years ago

Kevin Blix

8.9

Good all around wine. Hard to gauge after Insignia and a great 1999 Brunello. Cabernet $40 red mountain 2006 — 8 years ago

Amr Elazhary

9.2

This is a great example that price is never a good gauge for quality.. a very reasonably priced côté de Rhône and just great quality... nice complex body, nice dark fruit, leather and hint of spice upon finishing ... goes with almost anything! — 10 years ago

Olivius Maximus

9.3

I'm a sucker for a decoy, and not just a hot mannequin. This false duck brings the true heat with a nice, rich red bouquet Napa Style á la vanilla hints. Get the hunting dog out, shoot the hell out of this with your 12-gauge, and tell the real ducks to stay in the coop. — 10 years ago

HHM

9.0

Nice for the price — 11 years ago

Neal Ferry

9.2

#1 last night in the 4 bottle blind tasting. We brought this and won with 4 1st place votes. A lesson relearned; gauge your audience, some will bring cheap stuff and luckily win, some go high and it’s too sophisticated for the audience. Generally, if you wanna scope this go for the most popular that sells around $15 — 2 years ago

Sion Dafydd Palmer

9.1

Big ole fresh tin of tuna 🎣. Green gauge fizz bomb 🍏🍐🧃🦜 — 6 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.3

A wine we brought back from a wine bistro called Boconariz in Santiago a couple of years ago, this is absolutely terrific. Beautiful, intense red-purple color, the tannins are sweet and rich with a great hint of camphor on the nose. Well-integrated tannins with a rich mouthfeel, that camphor component is a bit more amplified on the palate, but not overwhelming by any means. Lingering, balanced finish. Hard to gauge how much longer this will continue to develop, but my guess is that’s it’s peaking right now. Terrific example of a carmenere! — 8 years ago

with Vanessa

John Kanellopoulos

9.0

Novice in whites fairly impressed with how subtle buttery smooth no acidity wry impressed! — 9 years ago

Matthew Beckman

9.1

Tough for me to gauge as it was so young...but I bet this is singing in 10 years — 10 years ago

Justin Hansohn

9.1

So surprised at how good and true to its genetics and ground this is. The winemaker told me it was an experiment to gauge his perception of Pinot. Thanks for doing that. I hella appreciate it. — 11 years ago

Rob Guimaraes

9.3

Hard to gauge because of how much more it has to go. Dense, savory, tomato core with intense structure. Great balance between earth and density of smoked, herb-crusted fruit. — 11 years ago

Julia Stein

9.5

N: does not make me regret my decision every time I take a drink. Briefly feels like marines army crawling down my throat but then they hit a river. Mostly pleasant. Tastes like the skin of a white grape. Appealing but not really. Still wine but underperforms my sadness gauge. 9.6
J: light and a bit tart. Not overly dry. Very smooth on the tongue. Light white grape and citrus flavors. 9.4 — 5 years ago

Scott Stewart

9.3

Just opened and will need time air/time to properly evaluate. Trying to gauge the 2014’s to help get a read on the 2017’s. Lovely so far, with more of that cherried-meatiness I typically associate with the vineyard. — 7 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.4

Tough to gauge if this one or the Chalter X were my favorite of the evening. This one, right from the start, reminded me of Prosecco. Third course. Sake Drinker dinner. — 8 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

@Antonio Galloni @Delectable Wine this wine is called

Saint Joseph "Sainte-Epine" Blanc Roussanne/Marsanne

Thanks.

Now this my note from Day 2. It got opened at the end of the night so I didn't get a good gauge on it and it was almost freezing cold. It's a bit shy on the nose with yellow fruits, tropical fries and huge minerals. Ample yet focused and precise. The wine is beautiful. Silky and long with the requisite fat of the North but also terrific balancing acidity. It is super balanced and fresh. At once shows terrific opulence but finishes with nice cleansing acids that fan out the unique minerality. Long and structured. Very deep wine. Has 10-15 years ahead of it. It's delicious but I think it needs 3-5 years. I love it now but it will slay in 3-5 years. — 9 years ago

Dr Snake MD

9.7

Imagine aged plums and white cherries blowing a hole through the back of your skull like a 12 gauge. That only partially captures the experience of this amarone on the nose. Medium minus acidity and gentle tannins make this quaffable, yet still deserving of a considered reflection. High quality producer, corked. — 10 years ago

with Mr. and Ben

Dino Bachini

9.4

Great sipper. Enough acidity to give the wine balance. Good nose. Red fruit, cassis with a touch of minerality in the palate. Firm lush tannins. Fourth glass was much better than the first suggesting at least another year of aging. Unfortunately it didn't last until the next day so I can't gauge just how much aging. — 11 years ago