Joe DAscoli

9.5

Decanted for 2 hours before we touched it

2nd sip was better than the first. As if you needed the first sip to prepare yourself for this wine

Overall great structure and solid fruit. Improved with airtime. Delicious wine. — 6 days ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.3

Lemon yellow . Quite restrained and elegant, fine bubbles , white flowers , slightly more yellow fruits , buttered bread , pastry . On the palate , crystallised fruits , ginger , mineral , quite taut mouth feel . Lemon peel , grapefruit, touch of honey . Good acidity and mineral , chalky , steely finish . Still showing quite young , with excellent focus and good length . Drink now and over the next 10 years — 3 months ago

Mike Evans

9.3

Bretty but delicious — 4 months ago

Tom Garland

9.3

Believe this is the 1st vintage released to the public. At age 15 finally decided to pop a bottle and see what's what.

+1 hour decant(some fine/cloudy sediment). A striking still inky dark magenta color. On the nose: subdued nose of dark fruit, graphite, clove, forest floor, smokey vanilla. Taste: silky, rich, nice depth mouthcoating wine with blackberry, gravel, baked fig, rich soil, and a dark chocolate tobacco finish with some slightly chewy tannins and a just a touch of heat at the end. YUM! — 2 months ago

with Brenda

romo

9.2

Almost creamy texture with firmness and silky finish. Perfect w sous vide chuck. — 4 months ago

Joe DAscoli

9.2

Half off wine Wednesday. At less than retail - we couldn’t resist. Was solid but not spectacular — 5 months ago

Inseon Hwang

9.1

Dark berries, a little tobacco, decent minerals — a month ago

Rick Phillips

8.9

Like a lot of the older SO this Alexander Valley didn’t last long. Opened to lots of bright fruits but died quickly. — 2 months ago

with Letha

John Bratincevic

9.3

NOSE: apricot jelly…pineapple…vanilla cookie.

TASTE: peach, mango, apricot, pineapple, vanilla cream, caramel. Cooked peach (like canned peach juice) lingers — lengthy finish. Almost over the top! 93. — 4 months ago

Kevin Dale

9.4

Took about an hour to open up. — 5 months ago