Frank Gresik

9.1

Great Pinot Noir. One of the best I’ve had recently. Great nose, good body, long smooth finish. Everything I look for in a Pinot Noir — 4 days ago

Andrew Formi

9.0

Older wine’s really need time sitting before partaking…. 1996 — a year ago

Pablo Montoya

9.2

Nice red color with an intense berry flavor — 3 years ago

Shay A

9.4

Finally getting around to posting wines from my annual Napa trip from two weeks ago. Always goes by quick! Lots of fun new stops this year.

It was my first time trying Moone-Tsai wines aside from their widely distributed Napa Valley Cab, so some of these were totally brand new to me. Melka is the winemaker.

Much more rich and dark fruited compared to the Howell Mountain. This is a blend of vineyards from Pritchard Hill, Caldwell (Coombsville) and St Helena. Very Pritchard Hill like on the nose with herbal crunch, savory graphite and cassis, oozing blackberries and cherry liqueur. Once on the palate, it channels its Coombsville fruit displaying a touch of licorice, candied blue and black fruits, baking spices and espresso. Big, but slightly more approachable than the Howell. — 5 years ago

Chris Zitzman

9.5

Deep, rich garnet to the eye and right from the jump the Modus Operandi ‘Caldwell Vineyard’ Syrah works its way to the nose and somehow finds a shortcut to the favorite part of your mind. The palate is bold and complex, while coating the palate with powerful notes of tobacco, lush & smokey currant, and a finish that most certainly sticks around. — 24 days ago

with Beth

Raul Puga

9.2

Surprise wine. Brought by a friend to dinner tonight. Really good — 2 years ago

Randy Fillingim

9.1

was the star of a recent testing of Carmenere wines. my first experience with this varietal on its own. quite pleasant -no flaws - seamless in structure fruits and tannins doing their job — 3 years ago

Shay A

9.3

Always fun to celebrate a birthday with a birth year bottle! I opened a bottle of this a few months back and couldn’t believe how good it was.

Coming from the famed Caldwell vineyard, this has such a bright eucalyptus note! Deep red/black in the glass with no bricking! Dusty fig, sweet espresso, dirty red and black berry fruit. Even after following from bottle over 3-4hrs, this has a natural cool/minty vibe alongside dark cocoa and sweet black cassis. So much youth and tannin! I should have spaced my two bottles out…these are still cruising! — 9 months ago

Eric

9.7

JFC. Massive, underripe bright fruit. Ready now if you like em in your face. Fantastic floral 👃 — 3 years ago

Ashlyn VanAllen

10

One of my favorite Chardonnays! Light in body but tastes like it goes through malolactic fermentation giving it a little bit of butter flavor. So well balanced in acidity. Not too bold, not too light. Just beautiful! — 5 years ago

with Greg