Jan de Weerd

9.0

This was my second Pinot Noir from Jack Winery in Napa Valley. Their winery and tasting room is towards the top of Altas Peak. However, they are getting their Pinot grapes somewhere in Sonoma, I believe, closer to the ocean. The 2019 blew my top. The 2021 brought me back down to earth with a smack. Nothing special and certainly not for the price. Not sure if they received the grapes from a different vineyard or if there were striking difference between the two years. The 21 version had little character. Just light to medium bodied red fruit with little else going on. — 7 months ago

with Tammy

Francisco Tezen

9.0

Love this! Great rec from the crew at Brooklyn Wine Exchange. Buttery toast, bright and vibrant citrus fruit and a dry, mineral finish. — 4 years ago

Kevin Ortzman

9.3

Loved it! Slightly oxidized with strong finish of warmed Cracker Jack popcorn (for you Jersey folks. johnson’s popcorn from the Ocean City Boardwalk) — 4 years ago

with Joe

Rachael Deutsch

9.0

From wine store in Brooklyn Heights. Super tanic!! — 5 years ago

Bob Rodgers

9.7

Dark purple; a tight nose leads to woodsy, cedar box and slight smoke. Full tannins give way to dark brambly fruits like blackberries and currants. It lingers as a fine wine should. A gem from Kenwood. 2005 a fine vintage. — 8 months ago

Patricia Schnitzer

9.2

July 7, 2021. Dinner w/KK 😁 Jack D, and J2. Celebrating KK return to CoMO, albeit just a visit. She brought pizza, I pulled out this wine. Perfect w/pizza and a lovely super Tuscan from Maremma. 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Cabernet Franc, 20% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot. Slightly different than the 2012 vintage I drank and rated in March. This is just as yummy, though less aged so more fruit (dark cherry) and less earth and leather. Still wonderful. Drank both bottles I had. Need more! — 3 years ago

David Kaplan

9.6

This Soave Classico Vigneto Sengialta Balestri Valda 2017 comes from a single hillside parcel of black basaltic soil planted to Garganega and Trebbiano di Soave. The grapes are hand-harvested, fermented separately, and matured in neutral 2000-liter botti for twelve months. In the glass, the wine has a saturated, deep yellow-gold color, with flashes of green-gold just at the edge. Aromas of sun-warmed yellow peaches, crystallized honey, marzipan, and acacia blossoms emerge at first, then alternate with fleeting suggestions of beeswax, grated nutmeg, and sage, as the nose evolves in the glass. On the palate, the wine honeyed and opulent, with a round, juicy core of sweet stone fruit and honey that echoes the nose, along with plenty of dry extract, deep saline minerality, and ripe tartaric acidity. The layered sweet core of honeyed melon and almond paste is seasoned with delicate bitterness, and the long elegant finish is punctuated with fine mineral grip. Drink now – 2030 (yes, the wine is irresistible today, but according to Laura Rizzotto, a bottle that hid unnoticed for fifteen or more years in a good cellar would be a treasure). — Moore Brothers, Brooklyn — 4 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.3

What an interesting wine. 100% Sauvignon Blanc that is vinified in Brooklyn, NY from North Fork, Long Island fruit. This is a skin fermented white. Straw golden in color, but an orange wine in style. Lovely aromas and flavors of peach, grapefruit and ginger. Beautifully funky all the way through! Sharp acidity and a lingering finish. Each sip makes you want more. What a pleasant surprise. Thanking Kylie for the bottle and suggesting that Kasey share this one with me. — a year ago

David Kaplan

9.4

The Château Reverdi 2016 is comprised of 60% Merlot, 30% Petit Verdot and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon aged for 12 months in small French oak barrels, 10% of which are new. First, use a good large glass. This is a classic Listrac-Médoc in a very great vintage, and it needs room to stretch out. Complex, exotic aromas unfurl gradually, and then erupt from the glass, with sun warmed wild blackberries, ripe cassis, griotte cherries, and eucalyptus moving in and out of the foreground, adding Perigord truffles, crushed violets, and freshly sanded cedar, as the nose evolves in the glass. On entry, the wine is concentrated, structured, and palate coating, with a solid core of wild blackberries, fresh fennel, and sweet black currants that echoes the nose —the Petit Verdot showing through with its muscular, fresh raciness, and the flavors are wrapped in plush, luxuriant, fine grained tannins. Drink now, for its incredible primary black fruit, or lay away in a cool dark cellar for at least a decade.— Moore Brothers Wine Co., Brooklyn — 4 years ago

Billy L.

9.8

Zoom meeting W/ Owner Bruce Phillips,
Master Sommelier Chris Blanchard-VHR Sales Mgr. & Master Sommelier Jack Mason- Papas Bros. Steakhouse, Houston, TX
Great Oakville Vineyard site with Francoise Peschon -Winemaker
💯 from AG / 98 from Jeb
2 Hour Decant, still a baby 👶! Long life ahead; fine tannins not all integrated yet. Splitting hairs, the wine is great! Enjoy if you have it! Cheers 🍇🍷👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 — 4 years ago