Alvaro Bustillos

9.5

Davila y jp raigoso
10/29/21 — a year ago

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9.4

The purity and clarity of the 2020 Pouilly Fumé Belle Endormie is astonishing, especially as this is the first vintage. It is seductive, charming and yet has a delightful tension probably from the chalky soils and the fine line of acidity, which acts as an electric current running through the wine. The delicate, pretty, florals and peach flavors are highly attractive. If you wish to commit yourself early to the wine, a decanter would be advised. Or wait a year or two to approach it. (Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous, August 2022)
— 2 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.4

Absolutely fantastic brown sour from JP. Molasses, malt, and just sour enough to keep it bright. Awesome. — 3 years ago

with Vanessa

Jim McCusker

9.3

Really good incarnation of Ora de Calabaza. Not overly tart with terrific berry and lime flavors. Clean finish. Another score for JP! — 4 years ago

Sharon B

9.4

Delicious blend! Thank you Alex (owner of a local wine store) for picking this out for me! Very enjoyable while preparing dinner and having a portabella mushroom/white cheese fondue. Then on to the steak! Another year older and wiser, cheers! -Shandy’s Shack Imported Wine and Beer — a year ago

Wulf Losee

9.6

2011 tasted April of 2021. While the flirtatious wines of Bordeaux will, with rare exceptions, betray my trust, I can always depend on Joseph Phelps to provide me with a solid bottle wine.

Year after year, no matter what the stresses of the vintage were, the wine makers at JP know how to produce perfectly balanced Cabs and Cab blends (but they’re not as successful with the non-Cab varietals).

This bottle of JP’s Cab is decade old, and it’s just hitting its stride. Lots of leather, rust, and a hint of mint on the nose. Ripe cherries and pomegranates on the front. The original velvety tannic balance has become just a wee bit tattered over the years. But this new-found roughness provides a youthful and boisterous counterpoint to the rest of the component that are entering a staid middle age (in wine years that is). It’s like your 45-year-old dad going wild and buying a Harley Davidson, then cruising off down the road. You say, “WTF! That’s is the way to live!” Lots of gravely high notes on the mid palate, but the old velvety tannins reassert themselves on the long finish. This is a damn lovely wine! — 3 years ago

Roberta Lou

9.0

Muito gostoso, não tão seco — 2 years ago

Kerri

9.3

Loves this rosé, great price. Dry and subtle minerality, lots of flavor with raspberry strawberry, more depth than others. — 3 years ago

L

9.0

Gift from JP, slightly sweet, crushable — 3 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.2

Has a lushness & deep, amber glow to a host of tertiary flavors including butterscotch & mushrooms. In contrast to Valdespino s standard Amontillado, which is a fresh young thing. Think this is the middle aged brother, a bit wiser $ snappy. For less than 25$, yowza. — 4 years ago