Jan de Weerd

9.1

If a wine does not meet your (high) expectations, is it a disappointment?? 🤔. Yeah, everything is relative. This six year old Gran Malbec was still super tight. Sharp, spicy oak tannins (lots of new French oak?) kept anything possibly underneath totally hidden. Although some greener notes came through early on and again later after about 2-3 hours of opening. So, yeah. Not balanced, very intense, limited lingering and single note. Agung will help for sure but not confident if this wine will ever fully shine. But don’t be down on Pulenta. Fantastic winery. We will visit this fall (their Spring) as Spoken Wines. Talking about Spoken Wines, have you seen our latest video story of Hartenberg?? And their incredible commitment to regenerative viticulture, lead by… cows!! Beautifully explained and demonstrated right in front of you by Wilhelm Joubert, the viticulturist. Check it out. And don’t miss the surprise at the end 😁. www.spokenwines.com — 21 days ago

with Tammy

Jake Hajer

9.0

Not exciting, but holding well. — 9 months ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.3

Fourrier x Australia — 2 years ago

Bonnie Chu

9.0

With geoduck sashimi! — a month ago

Riki Noar

9.0

Great nose, tropical fruit and mineral, soft and subtle with character, nice balanced oak — 6 months ago

romo

9.0

Consistent notes. Agree w @Brendan Baker — 10 months ago

Andrew Schirmer

9.3

14-year old Müller-Thurgau. Apricot on the nose. Palate is low acid, chewy stone fruit and a slug of diesel. Bitter almond, citrus oil. Love these wines. — 3 years ago

with Alsu

山田 健二

9.1

ソービニョンブラン、スターフルーツ、パッションフルーツ香と酸味と甘味がバランス良く爽やかに続く。美味しい — 6 months ago

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9.7

Spicy and floral, the 2021 Chardonnay X Novo Vineyard blossoms in the glass with a complex, mineral-tinged blend of ginger-spiked apples, lime zests and sage. Luxuriously silky and soothing with medium-weight textures and depths of ripe pit fruits, this excels with tenacity and brisk acids that lift the experience despite the sheer intensity within. A burst of tart citrus saturates the palate, puckering the cheeks and leaving a salty staining as a subtle tannic tug adds perfect punctuation. While powerful and broad, the balance here is spellbinding. (Eric Guido, Vinous, January 2024)
— 8 months ago

DE

9.0

Wow and amazing.. — 2 years ago