Peter Sultan

8.9

I adore this woman maker in the Dolomites, but my friends felt this white blend too suave for the setting (San Juan, PR) — a year ago

Aaron Krauss

10

Rhonda loves, and says buy it all on chairman's. At total wine and Moore it is $17 before discounts. It is winery direct, so buy 2 cases at 20% off. — 4 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

Very pale lemon in colour particularly for a 13 year old wine. Aromas of wet hay, toast, lime and lemon curd notes. On the palate that soapy lanolin like texture you get with aged Semillon. My last 2009. If I had another one it would be ok to drink in the next few years. A prolific trophy winner on the Australian Show Circuit as you can see from the label. — 4 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.6

Oh yessss…
That’s a lot more like it.
Inviting nose of hay, green tea, vanillapods, lemoncurd and quince-jelly. Wonderful mouthfeel, loooong finish. When I savour and taste this, I am puzzled by its apparent contradictions: umami vs citrusfruit, massive structure vs subtle complexity, marmalade vs mushrooms, strict and rigid vs suave and playful, searing acidity vs creamy roundness. Only touches of tertiary characteristics.
Full of life, 25 years young. Love it!
— 4 years ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.2

Hay. Salty, lightly buttered. Some yellow fruit and citrus. Medium body and medium finish. Nice sweetness and lactic quality. Tart and salty... great. — 5 years ago

Jay Eagan

9.0

A good Chardonnay with a candied lemon rind finish with descent length. This vintage Janet was still assistant wine maker. — 6 years ago

with Kristine

Naoki Kondo

9.5

Having this, my weekend became perfect after a long hiking. Thanks Ichiro!! Pear, honey and hay. I love this complex flavor and note! — 2 years ago

Brad Jensen

9.1

Delicate nose of green mango rind, tart green citrus, maybe wet sea sand, with a touch of hay, with some slight bakers goods notes underneath. Light bodied, grassy and mineral on the palate, with notes of honeydew melon, maybe some ash, underripe green fruits, maybe herbaceous notes, but slightly creamy on the finish, with a palate or maybe green lush grass. Very interesting! — 2 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.2

A one of a kind wine. Smoked hay, almond skin, chamomile. Beautiful and singular. — 4 years ago

AJ Gubser

8.9

Pear, yellow apple, minerals, hay. Lots of ripe pear and apple on the palate with some bread crust and steely minerality. A touch of bitterness and alcohol heat as well. Medium acidity.

Good balance and nice, ripe fruit flavors. — 4 years ago

Eric Urbani

9.4

A lineup of 10 August West and Roar Pinots, 2007-2011, all made by wine maker Ed Kurtzman, who attended our tasting! This one was meaty and elegant, my #2 of the group. — 5 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.2

I wasn’t expecting to like this as much as I do, for some reason. Anyway, this is excellent. Very fragrant (with air), showing intense sweet hay, meadow flowers, ginger ale notes, crisp pear, and crushed stone. Intense in the mouth too, but with a weightlessness that is very appealing. Long, minerally, bone dry finish with an almost Muscadet-like quinine thing at the end. — 5 years ago

Irene Anderson

9.5

Superb Nebbiolo!! Met the wine maker!!’ — 7 years ago

Jane Nuss

9.3

Golden hay color. Aromas of pineapple, honey, apple, peach, white floral, and lemon. Beautifully balanced with a hint of minerality. Dry, medium body and acidity. Best white wine I’ve had in a while! — 2 years ago

Scott Arnold

9.0

Delicious and well balanced cab, not super complex but very satisfying. Good value. — 4 years ago

Daniel M

8.9

Cherry, hay, earth, plum somehow. Nice typical nose. The palate is well designed with a great acid backbone, a nice cherry note that shines all through the palate, soft, almost cushiony mouthfeel, a great build up in the rear with a tiny tannins effect that create a tiny distorsion in the mouthfeel before a fruit forward finish with a tiny bitter note that pops up. In a much better place than the last bottle. 2 more bottles out of the 6-box we bought in August last year — 4 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.1

If you’re not aging your Condrieu a little bit, you’re doing it wrong. Chamomile, ripe peach, hay. — 4 years ago

Andrew Liguori

9.0

Hay barrel, honeycomb, powder apricot, clean and dry but vibrant finish — 5 years ago

Clementine Swan

10

Ice cubes. Gentle grapefruit. Kasugai peach gummies. — 6 years ago

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.4

Tasting group. My 1st, group 1st. Stones. Stone fruit, canned peaches. Hay. Full feel, tart balance. — 6 years ago