Ryan Taylor

10

Ripe red raspberry, soft tannins, a wonderful wine! — 6 months ago

Steven Lee

9.5

covid lock i picnic for impromptu bday celeb. classic bluefruit. — 3 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.4

Rich, flavorful Cab with fantastic bold tannins well integrated with the dark red fruit of cranberry, blueberry, currant. Layers of complexity readily opened up and a grippy finish. We picked it up at cellar doors when we were traveling across SE SA a few years back and visited Coonawarra. Had to drink it today to celebrate their most severe but shortest 3 day lock down in this pandemic history. — 3 years ago

with Tammy

Jay Kline

9.2

This bottle of 2010 Roberto Voerzio “Brunate” was generously provided by a friend who wanted to share this with me after service along with a few others from Tasting Group. Opened, splash decanted and consumed over three hours; served side-by-side with the 2010 Pecchenino “Le Coste”. The Voerzio “Brunate” was a relative hermit. Even after three hours in the decanter, it remained a bit of a wallflower while the Pecchenino was a whirling dervish on the dance floor. The classic structure of 2010 and the austerity of “Brunate” made for an impenetrable fortress, keeping the fruit under lock and key…and behind a moat and a drawbridge and stone walls with soldiers and trebuchets for that matter. Despite all of that, one does get the sense there is a deep core of high quality fruit recessed underneath the surface. It’s dark and mysterious…and simply hard to access at this moment in time. For what it’s worth, Voerzio’s holdings in “Brunate” come from the western portion of the MGA, on the La Morra side, right next to Oddero’s holdings. Frankly, this is going to need a long, long time in the cellar before it shows really well. If i had any in my cellar, I wouldn’t touch again until 2030. — a year ago

Hugh O'Riordan

8.9

Santa tried to drink this to but I out foxed him! Remember to lock your cellar! Santa drinks! Very fruit forward, chewy and earthy. In a blind tasting i would have guessed Walla Walla. — 3 years ago

Galen Hasler

9.3

Delicious balanced grapefruit and stone fruits, lacidity that needs more time to soften. Touch of creamy oak. Light Golden color. END OF LOCK DOWN CELEBRATIONS — 4 years ago

Eric

9.6

At pop and pour I had this as a lock for biggest disappointment of the year but after 3 hours of air it’s smoking. Jet black cherries and chocolate. — a year ago

AJ Doell

9.4

Peachy and soft. Beautifully done — 3 years ago

Ming L

9.0

The 15’ bottling sees Petit Verdot leading this Bordeaux blend at 32%, with 26% CS, 26% Merlot, 13% CF, and 3% Malbec.
Complex and deep nose of blackberry, cassis, fig, dry pine cone, dark soy source, butterscotch, thyme, black pepper, with hint of violet. The palate, while delicious and smooth, lacks the depth I expected. Finely grained tannins lead to a long peppery finish.
377 cases made. — 4 years ago

Scott Rowe

9.6

Just awesome.

A celebration of life.

Our life, our sons life, our lives together.

12 months ago on this night we hadn’t yet met our son.

Tomorrow he turns 1.

We survived, he survived and now we’re here.

Lock down, a pandemic, no gatherings, low to no visits with family members. It’s tough.

Life is golden regardless of isolation and wines like this help keep everything in perspective.

Brilliant, linear, generous.

Stay safe everyone. — 4 years ago