Keith Crump

8.9

Some tannic stubble to get through but rewarding fruit and depth perhaps a little youthful — 13 days ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.3

Wonderful Rioja! Aromas of dark cherry, rose petals and leather. Touch of Brett. Dark cherry, dark chocolate, tobacco and smoked meat flavors. Touch of oaky vanilla on the silky finish. Soft tannins. Spectacular! — 18 days ago

Jason Brater

9.0

Dark chocolate, black tea (Assam?), cocoa powder, black cherries, black pepper. Great tannins. Really nice! — 8 days ago

with Heather and Michelle

Jim McCusker

9.7

Wow. Seriously brilliant wine from Manfred Krankle. I can’t say that I’ve ever had a pure graciano before - comes across to me as a hypothetical cross between a grenache and a high-end merlot (like a Petrus-level merlot). Opened up yesterday but it was very closed, so we put a cork in it and kept it in the fridge for 24 hours. WHAT A DIFFERENCE. Absolutely amazing nose of violets, crushed blackberries, candied blueberries, and hints of a chocolate ganache. Palate is pure SQN, with that elegant intensity that characterizes everything that comes out of Manfred’s winery. Lingering, perfectly balanced finish that goes on for well over a minute. Awesome. — 25 days ago

with Vanessa

Rhonely Boy

9.0

Family Estate - Las Cerezas Vineyard - Organic - Molelumne River - Lodi

Plum, black cherry, earthy with slightest raisin box in the finish, pleasant acidity, alcohol fume a lil elevated.

Very nice on its own, would like see a blend with 15% Monastrell/Mataro/Mourvèdre ...MMM! — a month ago

Michael Amoruso

9.3

2005 vintage. Still fresh and vibrant. Good acidity, medium body, pencil shavings, fresh tobacco, black cherry. — 14 days ago

Brett Davis

9.1

Superb drop great balance and glugable — 15 days ago

Big Wave Dave

9.3

Tonight this is singing bright red fruit with crisp acidity but great mid palate depth. Med bodied. Meaty, savoury nose, with loads of juicy red fruit on the palate. The acidity gives amazing grip. Yum. — 18 days ago

Howard Greenfield

9.4

Really different blend- Chris Cherry killed it’ — 8 days ago

with Holli

S.S. Mandani

9.3

Perfume of black cherry, leathery, dried out plums, fig marmalade, and the deep essence of a fistful of ruby saffron. A menacingly intoxicating bouquet.

So much flavor. Smacks of chewy raspberries, and the tartness of a cherry pie. Balanced with the brightness and liveliness of fruits of the tropics. I’m thinking a tart, unripe mango, the type that grows in India, but that my grandmother planted a decade ago in our backyard in Florida, which now bares hundreds of wonderfully tart green mangoes every year.

A little sweet spice right at the end, and you get a complex dance of flavors. One that makes you think that wine is the manifestation of a miracle growing from the ground. — a month ago