Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2022 vintage. From a 375ml bottle. The St. Estèphe exception that proves the rule. Super-delicate cocoa powder with sumptuous richness throughout. Light-medium body. Cos is an outlier on the right. This is on the left. Nearly everything else is in between, hammer and nail 3D BDX...dry, dirty and distinctive. Excellent quality BDX to woo initiates with. 6.26.26. — a day ago

Eric Urbani

9.1

Drinking well now - nice producer in Mendocino county (NorCal), great vineyard to visit, They make cheese as well — 4 years ago

Matt Nason

9.5

Damn son, beautiful cherries and herbs with the dopeness of the Greg Pop signature. Hope everybody is healthy and safe. — 6 years ago

David L

9.6

16’Arista UV-EL Diablo Chardonnay. What makes these wines so absolutely fantastic since 2013...to me it is obvious, Matt has turned this winery around. If you like a hammer style Chardonnay such as Kongsgaard/Morlet/Peter Michael. This is not necessarily your wine.
Chardonnay that’s not heavily coded by let’s say vanilla Bean “You guess it”Elegance/finesse/balanced & CLASSY. Unlike his Ferren Wines (Love them)this has slightly less punch. Highly recommend. — 7 years ago

Elaine

9.2

Trader Joe’s latest affordable collaboration does it again! — 8 years ago

Kirk F

9.4

Best IPA I've had. That said, looking forward to having some red wine tomorrow! — 9 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.2

Ripe vintage hammer being thrown down in SoYo. Love the nose. — 9 years ago

with Mark

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

Deep and ripe nose that is totally giving me Corton Charlemagne vibes. Ripe apple, melon, cantaloupe and pear. Gorgeous in its purity. Man this is like white burgundy mimicry. Gorgeous spicey notes and complex smokey tones and amazing mineral notes. Such an enveloping and evocative nose. Palate is so awesome. Rich and textured and so deep and this has those German iodine and hazelnut notes that make you think your in Corton Charlemagne. Ripe and unctuous and so forward and unreal marzipan notes on the mid and finish. Wow does this really hammer you on the finish and not let up. Remarkable elegance and large scaled but nimble. As this airs it gains remarkable aromatic complexity with pulverized stones and barely ripe tropical fruits. So complex. Rich yet tense is the biography of this wine. One of the best 18’s I’ve had from Germany. — 2 years ago

Stacey Seaver

9.0

Full bodied. Very jammy. Nice wine for the price. — 6 years ago

Eric

9.6

Super impressed. Decanted 2 hrs. Dense black fruit just shy of a hammer. Would not have guessed Merlot (mostly) or Napa if I’d tasted blind. One of the more memorable wines I’ve had from the vintage. — 6 years ago

with S.R.Alexander

Sara Brylowski

9.6

Delicious. It was a great bottle to enjoy while we hammer out our vacation plans. $20 at Costco — 8 years ago

Miraj Shah

9.1

Sweet fruit flavor on a smoky, woody foundation. This wine keeps you interested. — 8 years ago

Matt Trader

9.0

Can't pass up a glass of this when at a French Restaurant. This is an excellent reflection of the velvet hammer Margaux style, and idea of what the top estate wines could offer you from Chateau Brane Cantenac. Black plum skins, dates, blackberry liqueur, pencil box, allspice, medium bodied, focused tannin, perfect for duck l'orange. — 8 years ago

Brett Royer

9.2

Big hammer wines buy — 2 years ago

Brett Royer

9.0

Big hammer wine buy, $80 value — 2 years ago

Barny

9.3

UBBBP Vol 31, Don mit Platz 1, 92,69 Punkte, da hat uns der Don mit seiner Barbera mal wieder gezeigt wo der Hammer hängt, Glückwunsch an den verdienten Sieger — 6 years ago

with Niels and Don

Barny

9.2

Hammer Nase, immer noch enorm frisch, ein toller Wein — 7 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.4

So glad to taste this bottle. Hammer toes. Gun boats. Pair it with fish parts skewers. — 8 years ago

with Mark

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Winery is family-run & has links with the wine world going back 3 generations. Founded by Emilio Moro who was born in Pesquera de Duero, a prominent Spanish wine area. Made from grapes of old vineyards, between 25 and 75 years old, from the Camino Viejo estate. Malleolus is a Latin word meaning “small hammer or mallet” used in planting, and “majuelo” Spanish for “young vine” a traditional way of referring to a vineyard in Pesquera del Duero. Deep red subtle fruit aromas with espresso and smoky notes. Blackberry & cherry with vanilla spice on full lush tannins needing more time. Well balanced, complex, lingering with earthy finish. — 8 years ago

A E Weber

9.2

Wow! Knocks your socks off with a velvet hammer! This is your (and mine) Malbec that you need to try without moving to Argentina. Don't cry for me! — 9 years ago