Heraclio Alfaro

Alfaro Family

Trout Gulch Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022

13.5%. Quite fruit driven. But oh so much fun to drink. Raspberry, mostly touch tannic. Good acidity - seems to me little or no oak. Lush. Light. Drink now. Not a wine for the ages. — 16 days ago

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Alfaro Family Vineyards and Winery

Trout Gulch Vineyard Chardonnay 2021

Trout Gulch chard from the vineyard owners. Unmistakeable and a fraction of the cost or A-R or Ceritas. Solid. — 10 months ago

Byron and Tom liked this

Alfaro Family

Bates Ranch Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

It’s a low alcohol cab at 12.9% closer to a Bordeaux. Very nice fruit and the tannins complement the finish. Great winery to visit. — a year ago

Alfaro Family

Lindsay Paige Pinot Noir 2021

Very nice. Lighter style, herbal notes. — a year ago

Byron and Tom liked this

Palacios Remondo

La Montesa Crianza Cariñena Blend 2017

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET
8.9

There are so many marketing lies to this wine, I don’t even know where to begin. That it’s 95% #Garnacha from vines older than 30 years old! Lie. It sells for 10-11€ in #Spain and then it says that it’s fermented with active yeasts and it’s organic. Okay. Right. They make almost 700k bottles of this wine. Organic treatments and products aren’t cheap. 30+ Old Garnacha needs to be hand-harvested and that’s not cheap. I don’t know anyone spontaneously fermenting more than a half-a-million bottles of anything it’s super risky and then the guy makes it seems like a single vineyard wine because he puts ‘Monte Yerga’ and ‘La Montesa’ but it actually comes from multiple vineyards from 90 hectares! 14% alcohol ? Really Garnacha? From Alfaro? There’s no way in hell. Or he’s adding water or he’s using reverse osmosis which also adds a water-alcohol solution. There’s no way this wine is naturally fermented to 14%! But no way. Then on his description he says ‘Atlantic Influences’!!! There aren’t any Atlantic influences in #riojaoriental #bullshit #marketing — 4 years ago

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Jim Wagonfeld

Jim Wagonfeld

Speak the truth, so few do.

Alfaro Family

"A" Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir

2022 smoky, good acid, Josh — 4 months ago

Alfaro Family Vineyards and Winery

Dragon Slayer Zinfandel Blend

Scrumptious with marinara over pasta and meatballs!! Beautiful dark plum color, Dark berries on the nose, smoky and peppery on the palate. Nice zing in the back of the throat. I will always have this in the house, from now on; it’s that good. — 10 months ago

Lynn Derbyshire

Lynn Derbyshire

Also, excellent with chocolate!

Viñedos de Alfaro

Conde del Real Agrado Reserva Rioja Tempranillo 2016

Täyteläinen ja tamminen, loistava pihvin kanssa — 3 years ago

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