Brett Royer

9.0

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

Eric Urbani

9.1

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

with Niels and Don

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. — 4 years ago

Ron R

9.5

Friends and family came to visit. We dropped the hammer with this bad boy. Outstanding, and further room for improvement. — 6 months ago

with Anne-marie

Adam Kincaid

9.6

Had this in June 2021 and it was the showstopper. We did all the reserves, special lots, etc.. 2006 Landslide crushed them all. It has plenty of aging left to do, but don’t drink it too young. I see some other (older) reviews on here and I feel genuinely bad for those folk.

Incredible structure and power in the glass. A velvet hammer approach of cassis and blackberry, vanilla, with briar and chocolatey coating.

I even compared this next to a 2006 Alexander Valley Silver Oak and this won in a… wait for it… LANDSLIDE. — 3 years ago

with Jillian

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. — 4 years ago

with S.R.Alexander

Ned Gray Creed

9.7

Haven’t posted in years, but was doing some cellar work with Freund and this was supposed to an open to get rid of it bottle. Nope. It’s just that hammer. It’s going to keep on getting better and better as the night goes on, and I don’t think that is the dessert talking. Surprise, you didn’t know I was awesome until I hit the glass. — a year ago

with Mark

Stacey Seaver

9.0

Full bodied. Very jammy. Nice wine for the price. — 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. — 4 years ago