Stearing

9.2

Very drinkable, dry not high tannin. With Larry Dunham. Capital grill
— 3 months ago

Ali Watson

9.5

Capital grill — 6 months ago

Charles York

9.5

Same notes as before, and I still love it. Keep going back to it. So unique.

Had with Valla, mixed wild game and seafood grill. — 4 years ago

Sharon B

9.3

One of my favorite go to wines. Cooking steaks on the grill with a Tartiflette, time to relax! — 4 years ago

with Denise

Jeremiah Diaz

9.3

Medium ruby to purple in color; cherries, graphite, and grill plums; high acidity; medium tannins; tastes like blackberry sauce, eucalyptus, a hint of black pepper, and candied cherries with a long finish. Nellie likes it and so do I. — 3 months ago

with Nellie

Severn Goodwin

9.2

Nose has ripe blackberry, medium roast coffee grounds, tannic black cherry, crushed milk chocolate, sliced red pepper, tanned black leather and ripe plum skin.

Palate has ripe blackberry, plum, milk chocolate chips, mild new oak, black currant and red clay pottery. Mild tannins are becoming integrated. Decanted 6H.

We enjoyed this bottle with mesquite smoked chuck steaks from a local farmer (Kinderhook Farm; Valatie, NY), cooked slow and low. Manage your temperature and you'll never be disappointed, on the grill for almost 25+minutes, but beautifully medium-rare.

FAW is a staple producer in our cellar, but generally I do not touch anything until at least a 10-12Y birthday. A one off bottle purchase from Costco ($40) so that I can check in on bottles we're waiting on.

75.8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16.2% Merlot, 4.0% Malbec, 3% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc.
Sourced from Bosché Vineyard, Keyes Vineyard, Oakville Vineyard, Stagecoach Vineyard & Sycamore Vineyard.

++++++

FYI, new-ish trending algorithm on Delectable only pushes wines to the feed which can be purchased through Delectable/Banquet. Kind of a 'fake news' feed of the actual popularity on wines in the platform, but what do I know?! I figured since this bottle 'trended' with no likes as of this commentary, I'd let everyone know. I generally don't drink wines that are available via Banquet registered purveyors, since most of our wines are unique or older. Same with 'Tasting Notes: Weeky Roundup' so be aware. Enjoy this tidbit of knowledge, community. 🤗 My soapbox. — 3 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2019 vintage. Another bigg effort. Medium-heavy/heavy body. Brawnier than the Duvarita and the John Sebastiano vineyard efforts in 2019 but it has its’ own charm. Pair with pretty much anything off the grill. 1.10.24. — 4 months ago

Pooneet K

9.1

Really a pretty nice second wine from a great Bordeaux house (Montrose). In general I prefer St Julien to St Estephe but this is very good. Decanted 2 hours which I recommend. Inky in the glass. Some good secondary notes on the nose. Fruit is very there, but more acid to keep it balanced than I expected. Nice with a prime ribeye on the grill. — 2 years ago

Nathan Kinney

9.4

Big fan, eat with anything off the grill — 4 years ago

Jason Keefer

9.0

Good acid, slightly buttery, lime zest, fun grill wine! — 4 years ago

with Natasha