Dave Auerbach

9.4

2014 Reserve Merlot. Cutchogue NY. Dense and balanced. 2014 was a standout year for LI merlot and this puts an exclamation point on it. Fresh black berries, a hint of mint, and a slightly herbal finish. Well balanced and aging beautifully. Pretty close to it’s peak. — 3 months ago

Paul Meier

9.0

Dark plum, tobacco and other deep@fruit flavors rounded out with medium level tannins that make this more Sangiovese like than zin. — 10 months ago

Vanessa

9.3

Tonight, we’re sipping a special wine we picked up while visiting Merry Edwards Winery in Sonoma County, California back in 2021.

It’s the Merry Edwards Russian River Valley ‘Cuvée Charles Li’ Pinot Noir, named in celebration of Charles Li Miller’s birth in 2017, the second grandchild of this estate’s illustrious and trailblazing founder, Merry Edwards.

The beautiful and vibrant label art commemorates the Year of the Fire Rooster (2017) honoring Charles and his mother’s Shanghainese heritage.

This wine is structured and powerful from the first glance with a deep ruby hue. It offers concentrated black cherry, boysenberry, kirsch, blueberry compote, and pomegranate notes alongside violet, licorice, anise, clove, rooibos tea, damp earth, and mushroom notes. The alcohol is high (14.5% ABV) but equally matched by the intensity of aromas and flavors with a fresh acidity adding lift on the palate.

In sum: it’s delicious, complex, and age-worthy.

Cheers to celebratory wines inspired by celebratory moments! — 2 years ago

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Pamela Taylor

9.0

So cool! Black cherry, mint/herbs, bittersweet smoky chocolate, med+ acidity, med body, tart finish. Glad I got to try this rarity! — 4 years ago

Brie eloise

9.5

Beautiful wine — 5 years ago

Samuli Jokipaltio

9.0

Explosion of flavor, dark, spicy - get balanced. — 6 years ago

Nancy Schnur

9.3

Tamuras $18 — 5 months ago

Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7

9.5

Needs at least 4 hours in the decanter.
96 point review from Wine Advocate @Ron R


The impossible to pronounce 2013 He-Li-An-Thus, coming from purchased grapes, is a blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 18% Petit Verdot and the rest Cabernet Franc, bottled unfined and unfiltered. Aged in Darnajou oak, this is an elegant wine, but it has serious intensity, a blue/purple color, sweet black raspberry and blueberry fruit, some forest floor and spring flowers. It is my favorite of the three vintages to date … — 9 months ago

Sam Wood

9.5

Dark rose wish there was more left. Anthony Nappa. Beautiful winter rose with substance. LI merlot smell, petit verdot spice backdrop — 3 years ago

Sam Wood

10

Fantastic new world chardonnay from LI. Reductive, new oak. Superb work. — 3 years ago

S Wood

9.3

Recently bottled crisp bright LI fruit. — 4 years ago

Francesca Caldara

9.0

Lemon merengue — 5 years ago

Anthony De Blasi

9.3

Spectacular Puglia wine from the Falvo family (previous Avignonesi owners). Still going strong on age 9! — 6 years ago

Craig Becraft

9.0

Delightfully fresh with a golden glow of muted fruit, light, lemon citrus melon but nice acidity to keep it clean excellent with a chicken in garlic and white wine, cream sauce with Calabrese chilies — 8 months ago

romo

9.1

Grenache-y. — 10 months ago

Sam Wood

9.6

Soft delicate Thomas Spotteck touch. No green vegetables. Beautiful LI cab franc representation. Can't wait for future vintages... — 3 years ago

Sam Wood

9.5

Not sure why 1980's LI was planting Gewurzt, but I am grateful. Case in the cellar for the long haul. Balance, clean, refreshing. — 3 years ago

Haakon Hovde

9.1

Amarone like sweetness and fullness. Beautiful tannins, long aftertaste. — 5 years ago

Xavi

8.9

Trepat fresc i lleuger. Fruites vermelles, bona acidesa, però li cal una mica de complexitat. — 6 years ago

Dave Wismer

9.4

First wine of 2020 is a banger. Decanted while we watched Star Wars. Beautiful rich red color with red cherries and mushrooms on the nose. Nice tannins with a long finish. May the force be with you. — 6 years ago

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