Tom Casagrande

9.2

Third and last bottle of this. I don’t want to like it as much as I do because it’s 15% alcohol. But it’s a big, boisterous glassful, with lots of ripe macerated cherry, leather, and gravel on the nose, with a whiff of camphor. Mouthfilling and soft on the palate, this acids are relatively low but it’s still got nice balance for current drinking. A fair amount of tannin is buried under the cascade of fruit. Not super complex, but a satisfying accompaniment to pork cutlets Parmigiana, and a good value.

UPDATE: Night 2, a pruney, overripe character takes over. My recommendation is to drink soon and with minimal air time. — 6 months ago

Alder Yarrow

Wine Blogger Vinography

9.1

Because if you’re gonna drive all the way to Colorado, you might as well bring some wine with you, right? Steaks on the grill and this glassful of dusty earth, cherries, sandalwood and leather. Needs air, like a lot of Sangiovese, but after an hour it begins really singing. — 5 years ago

Chris Shultz

9.6

Elegant, refined, refined. Classical and giving. The cherries and black dirt, the glassful of violets. Coats the mouth from front to back and holds on, smooth. — 7 years ago

Ted

9.5

Cola with still some popping tannins. Elegant. With so many drinking I only got a glassful. Thanks @Todd Abrams — 8 years ago

with Janell and Jeni

Matthew Powell

9.1

Fresh cherries, dried cranberries, and a glassful of delicious. — 10 years ago

Rajiv Ayyangar

10

A blend of Obaideh and Merwah from ancient vines with pyrrhic yields (a glassful from each vine). 

In the glass, a supernaturally glowing amber with copper flecks—one friend exclaimed “This color is just ridiculous!"

The initial wave of aroma is intense and complex to the point of being overwhelming. Time stands still, the room becomes quiet. It presents as a blanket of detailed images - toast with honey (like aged Semillon), nutty yellow apple (development), honeyed cashews, bruised candied white flowers, sweet carrot halwa, apple butter, apple-balsamic, clove, almond, and toasted scone. The nose is fractal, in a way. It rewards scrutiny with ever-increasing complexity.

The developed note of carrot, tamari, and honey intensifies over time in the glass, and on the micro-scale, within a single inhalation.

There’s no oxidation or Brett here, despite being as “natural” as a wine can be (no sulfur, no wild yeast, no manipulation except maybe a small quantity of used Nevers oak. 

This has undergone the transformation from a wine of fruit to a wine of wisdom - the fruit has been replaced by a honeyed, savory character, that Bartholomew Broadbent says will intensify with more age.  — 10 years ago

with Gence and Tim

Randy Fuller

9.4

This is a very dark wine, almost no light gets through a glassful of it. On the nose there is a complex set of aromas. Dark fruit - blackberry, cassis, blueberry - are met with savory support from the oak. Clove, baseball glove, tobacco, earth and black pepper all play a role in the sniff. The palate is a real discovery - as dark as you like it, with firm tannins and a long finish. In California terms, the shadings are a little more like Paso than Napa - a bit rambunctious and chalky as opposed to silky and demure. In fact, the wine could have convinced me that it was a Syrah, not a Cab, had I been blind tasting it. It’s a wonderful wine that screams for a big, beautiful steak to go with it. — 3 years ago

Vino Joe

9.5

This never fails to meet the mark. My only complaint is self directed. It was consumed too quickly and only just started to emerge fully in the final glassful. Packed with rolling intensity this is dense and flavorful. — 4 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.1

2020 spring / summer. Always a brambly, wild, vivacious glassful — 6 years ago

Ted

9.4

Just a really good bottle of wine. So good and I only got a glassful. — 8 years ago

with Janell and Jeni

Ted

9.2

Much more subdued since my last glassful. Like a big soft pillow. Nothing is overpowering and all the edges are smooth. — 8 years ago

David Lee

9.1

A glassful of spring. Lovely — 10 years ago

Ben Rohrs

8.9

Another impressive bottle from #glassful We've enjoyed our first two shipments. — 11 years ago

with Audrey and Tricia

Stephen Redenbaugh

9.1

Light opaque red color. Bright berry notes with a hint of forest-floor on the nose. Beautiful balance for such a youthful wine with an impressive weightlessness on the palate. Absolutely crushable by the water glassful and hard to stop at a single bottle for two. Official initial bottle of the 2022 Holiday week. Merry Christmas, y’all. — 4 years ago

Christopher Simison

8.9

Extremely good for the price (3.99 euro for a liter). — 4 years ago

Roger Ray

8.9

"Expect a deep, dark glassful, starting with aromas of lush blackberry and notes of violet, smoke, pepper and licorice. On the palate, you’ll find layers of rich, black-fruit flavor and oaky complexity." — 6 years ago

Ellen Clifford

9.0

Staying up late attempting to find a vegetarian sub for the classic muscadet + oysters pairing. Life could be worse and so could this. So much lemon, so much seashell nahhhh this is just a glassful picnic lemonade on the damned beach. Pairing coming soon. But tell me what you’d eat with it? — 7 years ago

Adam Panzer

10

Very good. Received in my glassful shipment. — 10 years ago

TheWineStalker

9.0

Powerful nose with aromas of lime, grapefruit and jalapeño. On the palate it's a glassful of passion fruit and finishes in an upswing of tart line. An excellent new word style Sauvie. Vintage 2014 — 11 years ago

Glassful

9.2

2010. A spicy little number. — 11 years ago