Chris Blanchard

9.5

Another banger from WS. The ‘24 is on point. — a month ago

Steve Mitchell

9.4

Fresh salmon, pasta and a spinach salad. Life is good with this WS Pinot! — 6 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.1

Viaje WS 🇮🇹 — 2 years ago

Tom Garland

9.3

2017 WS wine of the year.

Previous notes apply...only getting better with some age on it. — 4 years ago

with Brenda

C. Cole

9.3

Wow! If you like wine with lots of minerality, this wine is it. Beautiful, dark color, deep stone fruits and perfect tannins. A wonderful WS wine, with Chilean sea bass, or on its own. — 5 years ago

George Chen

9.1

Wine Spectator Wine of the Year from my memory so I bought a case....last bottle and frankly it’s darn good! Good focus even with 5 grapes and nice Bordeaux nose...only know upon sipping from higher alcohol and intense fruit/acid without the clumsiness. I’ll give WS some credit here as 96 sleeper wine of the year! — 6 years ago

C. Cole

9.3

Reinforces why this is of my favorite WS vineyards. Earthy, lush, elegant. — 7 years ago

Steve Mitchell

9.3

Paired with scampi and a salad. WS has figured it out. — 2 months ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

Happy Heavenly Birthday Sofia! Love & Miss You Like Air! 😇 All Souls Day as well.

Williams Selyem if not her favorite producer, one of her top two.

I don’t believe I have opened a bad bottle of this producer, not even corked. I guess it’s because I wait ten yrs or longer to open. These shine later in their evolution.

Nose of; red & slightly candied florals, strawberries, dark cherries blackberries, raspberries and haunting blueberries. Lightly grilled meats, cola, sandalwood, baking spices and very soft herbaceous notes.

This in typical WS fashion shows ripe & lush; slightly sour, dark cherries, blackberries, plum, poached strawberries, raspberries, pomegranate and circling blueberries. Excellent mid, dark spices, clove, some nutmeg, cinnamon & vanillin, light dryish tobacco, lightly grilled, smoked meats, dry crushed rocks, limestone marl, dry river stone, underbrush, mix of some fresh but mostly dry herbs, eucalyptus/mint, fresh to withering dark, red flowers framed in liquid violets, near perfect acidity with a well balanced, nicely structured, good tensioned finish that lasts nearly two-minutes and lands on spice & dry earthiness. — 8 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.1

2008 vintage. Decanted for an hour before tasting. Didn't even know WS was in the Central Coast game in this area at this time period. Beyond decent earthiness. Light-medium body. Hint of menthol. Could successfully stroll out and about distinctively for another 3-4 years. — 3 years ago

Joe DAscoli

9.6

2008 WS wine of the year. Finally time to open with steaks. Great wine from the first sip — 5 years ago

Steve Parker

9.3

I love this wine. It’s very, very good. Maybe not the 95 pts that WS gave it, but close. — 6 years ago

G

9.2

2011 is light, aeromatic with a hint of Willamette volcanic soil. Definitely has deeper character as it opens up. Very good vintage! (WS 94) — 7 years ago

Steve Mitchell

9.4

I get it why cellaring the WS wines much longer will result in a more complex wine. We buy their wines every year but have not been able to cellar them for 10 years + and we enjoy them now.
Paired perfectly well with grilled salmon and a salad. — 3 months ago

Mo

9.2

WS: 93. Baked cherry, raspberry ganache and warm fig flavors are ripe and expressive, with a pleasing counterpoint and added detail from rich notes of loamy earth and leather, plus accents of bay leaf, vanilla and red licorice. There's a supple generosity on the palate, trimmed nicely by fine-grained tannins and a tang of orange peel acidity. Tempranillo and Garnacha. Drink now through 2032. 35,000 cases made, 9,000 cases imported.

Alison Napjus
Issue Date: Aug 31, 2024
Release Price: $45/750mL — a year ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Viaje WS 🇮🇹 — 2 years ago

Deborah M

9.1

Tart cherries. Excellent QPR. Drinking well now. It’s nice to have WS offered at this price point ($39). Paired perfectly with garlic butter shrimp pasta. Monday wine. — 5 years ago

Mark

9.4

Apparently a good value for 100 JS and 95 WS ratings. Great depth but a bit sharp still. Think it needs a few years in the bottle. — 6 years ago

Robert Brown

8.9

One of the better WS zins — 6 years ago

with Cynthia

Joe Davant

9.0

I think the WS winemaking style seems to render many of their single vineyard wines similar to one another and this one followed that pattern. Good, but not great, and lacking some of the characteristics I’ve come to enjoy from Hirsch vineyard wines. — 7 years ago