Cristina M

9.0

Garnet-colored. Hits like it might be astringent but immediately smooths out and rolls across your tongue leaving a layer of tannins that diffuses nicely. If you swish it around, it will make you pucker. Very dry but buttery if you keep it centered in your mouth. I bought it because of an average rating of 9.3 for this 2020 vintage but I don’t think I’d rank it that high. Maybe a 9.0, a little disappointing for $50. — 2 years ago

Stephen Redenbaugh

9.6

I love this wine. Birthdays are tough in Quarantine, but Alaskan King Crab Legs and great vintage bubbles helps keep the spirit up. Smooth, ethereal, and vibrantly alive—this cuvée spreads across the palate like a kitten and curls up playfully before easing its way down your throat. Doesn’t get much better. — 6 years ago

Ellen Clifford

9.1

Jumpy fun energetic wow this wine is a kitten: you love it but you gotten keep up with it. Fun fruit and jumpy spicy and green thangs Yas. — 6 years ago

Jennifer Alvarez

9.3

Velvety, dry, fruit, and some pepper. Needs a good swish in mouth to open up all the layers — 8 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.5

With the fois gras. Swish. — 8 years ago

with Damon and Mark

Ned Gray Creed

9.6

Olympics and Nebbiolo. Skeleton luge and boneless chicken. Swish. — 8 years ago

with Mark

John Yu

9.0

Nose is soft berries and overall very feint. Slight vanilla and oak.lime berries bright crisp low tanins. The crispness lends to a medium finish and doesnt weigh your palette down. Swish leads to leather — 4 years ago

Karyn Fricke

9.0

Berry nose with a touch of spice and floral. Smooth and easy to drink. For as great with Kitten bowl snacks. — 5 years ago

Gregory Fulchiero

9.3

Ridiculous. One glass should take an hour to ponder, swish, swirl, sip and discuss. Intense. — 6 years ago

with John

Ned Gray Creed

9.2

And this for the red avec pork tender. Swish. — 7 years ago

Rob S

9.5

Lisa is tired and so cute drinking this great wine with good friends Steph the Kitten and Gavin the Allergy Guy — 7 years ago

with Lisa

Chris Morphy

10

Let’s take this glass on a magical journey!
The wine has been aerated to a 3 hour aeration.
Now, pour a little red in that glass and begin to swirl it around. As you swirl, put your nose up to the glass and take an inhale. Ah yes, that smell must be heaven on earth. You will smell notes of oak and this may be weird but also notes of delicious brand new rubber. Wow that was definitely pleasing to the senses.
Okay, let’s get to sipping the wine now and continue this magical journey of the senses. Take a sip and swish it around the mouth then drink. A mouthwatering sensation will follow your sip, along with many fruitful flavours and a warming blissful feeling down to your stomach.
My favourite taste about the wine is definitely the American and French oak in which the wine was aged in for 20 months. I hope that this experience is just as blissful for yourself as it has been for me. Enjoy! — 8 years ago

Dan Cobb

9.5

Interested to see what the new owners do to an iconic winery. Martha’s has long been a favorite. Can I borrow a feeling? Broken hearts need a healing...
so soft. Like a kitten walking through a fog — 8 years ago

with Mike and KBM

Andrew Willingham

9.1

I thought this was wonderful and an amazing bargain at $14. Dark purple with some staining and medium+ viscosity on the eye. Nose sees sour cherries, palette sees jammy fruit, blueberries, and delicious round tannins that are an absolute joy to swish around in your mouth. Great wine, great value! — 9 years ago

Ellen Clifford

9.2

Which swish shush anyone who has a word to say against this. This is fabulous. Fino Sherry always has a hint of mystique to me (is that salt or crystallized cheese?) and Manzanilla hops in the court ready to play. Really tho try this. — 5 years ago

Ellen Clifford

9.2

Soaks into my palate like a good body lotion to the skin, nourishing and moisture-rich but absorbs right in without any residue. In fact, the more you use (drink?) the dewier and more golden and perfect you appear, is the this the BB cream of wines? I dunno but it is beautiful and you are too.
Also there is an almond nature that haunts me as I have sense memories of an extraordinary hair conditioner that smelled of amaretto.
Okay actual notes: golden in color (duh) medium plus nose of ripe yellow plum, apricot, flowers and honeycomb, on the palate (omg what a silky) medium plus body, dry, medium acid, all the aforementioned flowers with a bit of herbs tossed in to boot. It has a small and friendly bite no more threatening than a friendly kitten. Long finish and like I said it starts unctuous then seamlessly soaks in leaving only the aroma and memory which (if your glass is full enough) you fortunately can revisit. Just to be sure. — 6 years ago

Shawn Thompson

9.2

An austere, pale gold, dry, high acidity wine with hazelnut, citrus (pomelo) and yellow apple notes. An excellent Californian Chenin Blanc. — 7 years ago

Chris Morphy

9.1

Right from the start when you open the bottle and smell the cork, you will get the smooth oaky scents that are entangled throughout the wine.
Pour a bit of wine into a glass and swirl it around and around. Now take your nose to the glass and that rich oaky and vanilla flavour will pleasantly fill your airway.
Okay let’s get to the good part and sip, sip, hooray!
Swish, swish, bish and down the hatchet we go.
This wine will send you a slow yet full bodied flavour of cherries and spices then will develop into a man interesting deep tobacco and smoky aftertaste. This smoke flavour reminds me of the sipping Mescal from Mexico.
This wine also has lingering tannins that go well with the lingering taste. Yummmm!
I hope you can enjoy this wine as much as I have! — 8 years ago

Chris Morphy

9.8

As you swish the wine around and send your nose to the rim of your glass, a hint of smoke alongside a whiff of spice will tingle your olfactory. Now take that glass and touch the wine to your lips and take the smallest sip while breathing through your nose to be hit hard by 2 of your senses. Now your taste buds will get a rush of oak and black cherry that expands the tongue and moistens the cheeks. The wine will slide down your throat coating every inch with a smooth, buttery texture. The alcohol content hitting you in the deep throat resembling a higher than average alcohol content. This wine is extravagant, but if you have too much at once, the tannins will turn you red. This wine is marvellous and the price tag definitely will reflect that. — 8 years ago

Max Gottesfeld, FWS, CSW

9.3

Watermelon, wet earth and pepper up front with cherries after a swish of the glass. Bright red cherries and fruit punch on the palate with great white mineral crisp on the finish. Great rose for CA. #westofwest — 8 years ago