Marc Melser

9.0

We had the 2012 Vintage on 12/1-2/23. A real RRV PN with tastes of blackberry, black raspberry, baking spices and cinnamon. Medium bodied and well balanced. New World, but not overly fruity — 5 months ago

Aaron Rankin

9.2

From past tastings, this has lost a lot of the rich fruit of youthful Aubert. For my taste these are better in the first few years. Then again, I believe this bottling leans away from decadent fruit towards citrus and finesse. — 2 years ago

Phil Castellano

9.2

Held up reasonably well but it’s heyday was a few years ago. Still has tobacco, notes of blackberry, and chocolate but had lost the intensity I remember from earlier bottles. — 4 years ago

Ron R

9.2

Lost my notes again.
We love this producer, but best drunk in its youth. Tannins and acid have all but left the building. Nice heady perfume, combines with sweetness and length, but has little to no structure. Red currants on the nose and palate. Complicated wood treatment adds the most interesting dimension. Get after this pinots now. — 4 years ago

with Anne-marie

Cary Jones

9.4

One of the most refreshing whites ever. — 10 months ago

Joe DAscoli

9.2

Good. Not drinking great. Lost some pizzaz — 2 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.5

Nose has ripe plum, mashed blackberries, dark chocolate powder, strawberry jam on leather, molasses, molasses cookies, wet soil, nutmeg and vanilla bean.

Palate has blackberry compote, black cherry reduction, partially dried plum, wet baking spice, wet+dry leather, dark chocolate shavings, (light) oak/vanilla influence remains. Extended finish, really starting to pick up incredibly at 3-4H in the decanter.

Paired with Allen Bros. ribcap (USDA Prime version) tonight, unfortunately our grill has a 4ft. snow drift in front presently so the best I can muster was a super hot cast iron pan from the oven, then onto stove with lots of butter and in 7m total we had beef to die for...Which I had some competition for dining this evening.

This bottle was a very generous gift from my West Coast brother @David T from earlier in the year. My work travel schedule was hectic and never found a good time to settle in on a weekend with the wine or pairing, until now. (I've lost track of the amount of COVID tests I've done in the past 5M, but all have been negative 🙏 to date.) A fabulous gift to enjoy now that I'm hopefully relaxing for the next 2w...
Happy Holidays to everyone.🎄 — 3 years ago

Jerry Raphael

9.2

What a delicious wine. Fully integrated with a lot of berries a little cola and much more. Very long finish. Reading some reviews indicated that maybe over the hill, that said drinking great now but would not hold to much longer. Pure silk. Went well with a nice dinner at Cafe le Jarden in Audubon — a year ago

Joseph Barsky

9.5

2017 Vintage. 15.7 % Alcohol. Made by Giovanni Grandinetti, assistant winemaker at Herman Story Wines and has a similar experience as a huge wine loaded with fruit and plush mouthfeel. Great job Gio! — 3 years ago

David Walser

9.1

I’ve run out of the wine that I brought with me so I headed to Total Wine (an essential business during the city shutdown) to replenish the stash. This was one of the buys. I visited Chappelet during Premier Napa Valley for the Pritchard Hill tasting. Really liked the high end lineup so I thought I would give this a try. Had with Fresco Cafe Italiano take away. — 4 years ago