Koshu Faust
Katsunuma Jyozo
Aruga Branca Pipa Koshu 2019
Grace Winery
Grace Koshu 2021
フルーティで美味しい。日本食にも合う — a year ago
Katsunuma Jyozo
Katsunuma Koshu 2022
Super light like Verdicchio, slight peach and white flower — a year ago
Serge Faust
Vandières Brut Champagne Blend
Yum. Brioche, green apple, white flowers, fine bubbles and kicking acidity. — 4 years ago
Faust
The Pact Coombsville Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
It is time for my #FridayCabernetfix.
Inky in color with a short purple rim.
Strong nose of black fruits with chocolate notes, cedar, vanilla and cola.
Full-bodied with medium acidity and long legs.
Dry on the palate with blackberries, black currants, cooked plums, cedar, tobacco, vanilla, licorice, cola, coffee, black pepper, dried figs, graphite, light earth, herbs and spices.
Long spicy finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.
This 6 year old Cabernet Sauvignon from Coombsville is drinking beautifully now. Big and bold. Rich and extracted.
Well balanced with a soft mouthfeel. Fruit forward and elegant, with great complexity, especially on the palate.
Good right out of the bottle, and better with airtime.
I've had a few vintages of this wine and it always delivers. This 2019 vintage is drinking much better now than it was two years ago. Will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.
Wine Spectator 93 points. Robert Parker 93 points.
A good sipping wine that will pair nicely with a big piece of steak.
100% Cabernet Sauvignon grapes.
14.8% alcohol by volume.
93 points.
$125. — 2 months ago
Faust
Salvation Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
A powerful and expressive red blend from the Faust Estate Vineyard located in the Coombsville sub-AVA, Napa Valley. This is a 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot that generously offers a compelling level of red fruits with just-right-ripen cherries.
Both; the nose and palate concours on the concentrated flavors. It has a tremendous mouthfeel with a palpable high acidity, and spices, making it savory enough to either pair it with food or just having as a sipper.
This V.2021 was ranked #4 in Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wines of 2024. The 2021 vintage in Napa Valley was a result of the drought conditions, and the lower-than-average rainfall led to a mild spring/summer, that extended the development of the growing grapes and harvest period. So, wines were more powerful than compared to other recent vintages. Cheers! — 9 days ago
Toriivilla Imamura
Cuvee Tradition 2023
A glass of Japanese white at the fabulous Hotel Mitsui in Kyoto. Very similar to a Sauvignon Blanc, more specifically a Sancerre from the Loire. Most impressive. I didn’t get to try a Japanese Red yet on this visit but might seek one out in Tokyo tonight. — 2 months ago
Kisvin
Koshu 2016
甲州を樽で寝かせたという私的にはあまり響かない作り。
しかし、その重奏感というか奥行きの素晴らしさに圧巻。
果実の膨らみに程よい樽が広がって、甲州らしい酸がしっかり締める。 — 4 years ago
Ira Schwartz
I’ll be honest I bought this to blind my wine group and out of curiosity, as I never had a Japanese wine. Impressed how a wine with 10.5% alcohol can produce a very intense , fresh and flavorful wine. Strong herbal, saline and apple scents and flavors. A creamy texture along with some unresolved oak . I would guess this can age and hopefully resolve some of its oak. Needless to say when revealed people were very surprised. — 24 days ago