LM Segal

10

Without doubt the greatest sticky I’ve ever tasted. I nosed it for 30 mins, it was so clear and bright with tropical fruit and light stony minerality. The apricot and mango were lifted over my palate by actual angels who may’ve swiped a taste on the brief journey. Wish I could’ve sat up with a last glass all night, thank you Lenny. 🙏🏼 — 3 months ago

Tripp Kaelin

9.5

Intensely lifted, fresh, and concentrated and showing incredible youth at nearly a decade in bottle. Perfectly ripe blackberries and black cherries are enveloped by aromas and flavors of fresh ground coffee, wet fall leaves, leather, menthol, and vanilla. The wine finishes long and with a crave-worthy mineral/graphite finish. This can cellar for years to come but is excellent now with herb-roasted lamb chops or grilled steak tips. Delicious! — a year ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.3

Levet is always one of my favorites. unfortunately these wines are getting harder and harder to find.

Black pepper, pastille, “Australian licorice”, black currant, black cherry, dried thyme/sage. It’s showing more fruit than I remember (this vintage? The point in its development?), but the fruit is pretty and lifted and not overripe. Of course, this wine is still showing the dirt under its fingernails—just enough barnyard filth to make it a proper syrah. Ripe, silky tannins. So much finesse.

Cote Rotie was the perfect red to pair with everyone’s entrees: duck, pork chop, wagyu, roast chix. — 3 years ago

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9.3

The 2022 Pinot Noir Dundee Hills wafts up a delicately spicy blend of dusty black cherries, ground cloves and dried roses. It is round and supple yet lifted in feel, with crisp red berry fruits elevated by a core of zesty acidity as hints of sour citrus add cheek-puckering tension. This tapers off long and perfumed with a bed of crunchy tannins that frames the experience remarkably well. I would never guess that the 2022 hails from a warm vintage. (Eric Guido, Vinous, August 2024)
— 6 months ago

Conrad Green

9.5

Fresh and lifted on the nose. A hint of honey, slate and lime. Very balanced and refreshing. Excellent — 2 years ago

with Major-General and Gregg

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9.2

The 2019 Pinot Noir Jolie is the most ethereal and lifted of these Pinots. Crushed red berry fruit, cedar, mint and orange peel hover across the palate. Understated and classy to the core, the 2019 is impeccably balanced, not to mention a real charmer. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, January 2023) — 2 years ago

Stephen Osgood

9.1

Lifted, pretty Rosso. — a year ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Plum with green pepper. Lifted floral notes. Olive and herbal notes. Great balance and length. — a year ago

with BOT, Alan and 2 others

Gor

9.5

Orchard fruit, white flowers, quince, spices - bright and expressive on the nose. Wonderfully lifted acidity on the palate with salinity that balances the fruit and leads to an endlessly long finish. — 2 years ago

Gor

9.2

Fun stuff. So lifted for a full body wine like this. Dark cherries, plums, herbs and hint of floral notes on the nose. Great acidity and structure. Balanced. — 3 years ago