Paul Graham

9.3

Fresh, great purity of fruit and acidity that lifts the wine - energy to spare. Bright late season raspberries moving to slightly red cherries and good phenolics. Not a light & obvious new world Pinot but one to enjoy with a great bacon sandwich! — a year ago

Lloyd Everard

8.9

A sweet but balanced rose. A hint of cherry up front. — 3 years ago

Debra Copeland, WSET3, CSWS

10

Amazing!!! — 6 years ago

with Joanna

Nic Anderson

9.4

We really enjoyed this Cab with steak and mashed potatoes. Fruity with cherries and berries in particular. Seems to be low in tannins, with no aftertaste. Will absolutely buy again. — 7 years ago

Derrick & Sarah

9.5

Very dry, lovely flavor. Enjoyed at Thanksgiving at Martin's. — 8 years ago

Sean Beck

9.9

Love it, buy it again! — 8 years ago

Ciara Byrne

9.1

Martin's recommendation for 🍕 — 9 years ago

Omar 'Nacho' Campos

9.6

Candied lemon, mandarin, ripe melons nose; medium body, high acidity, balanced, waxy texture, dry with flavours of lime, blossom, mandarins - sweet citrus fruits — 9 years ago

Hailey Dost

9.8

Balanced and bright, crisp — 9 months ago

Brandon Thiessen

9.1

Lovely, velvety and opulent. Beautiful age, iron and earthy, brambly. — 2 years ago

Kevin Pierce

9.0

I was pleasantly surprised on how nice this wine tasted. It was slightly sweeter than I’m used to. I had it with Sheppard’s pie and it was very tasty. — 5 years ago

with Cheryl

Sarah Milsow-Guenther

9.3

Delicious Chardonnay from French Creek Vineyard. Ali really knows how to make her white wine. Went surprisingly well with stir fry. The ginger really brought out the flavor. — 7 years ago

Ellen Clifford

9.1

Savennières is stealth Chenin. It is ever so much that white gravel people rake patterns in. And just as dry. Until a lemon is squeezed over and a pear and tangerine fall from the trees and a brisk wind wafts through carrying hints of the flower bushes blooming nearby. Oh damn and that raw Marcona almonds. It’s a goddamn garden party in early autumn. Bask. This Savennières looks lightweight but it’s white gold. — 8 years ago

David Hale Smith

9.4

Full, soft silky fruit. Gorgeous wine. Slight acidity so well-balanced it worked perfectly with all our oysters. — 8 years ago

Philip Carpenter

Founder/Educator santabarbarawinetalk.com

10

Smokey, dark cherry, underbrush. Some green tobacco leaf on the end. Beautiful SB Pinot. — 9 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2014 vintage. Opened but not decanted. Probably a mistake as the wine was muted for the first 30 mins after opening. Light-medium bod. Raspberry and plum suggestions frontal/mid palate. Tannic references available upon request. Showed decently but have tasted better exactly same specimen previously. Seemed slightly muted but not flawed. Blaming it on me decanting previous bottles of selfsame but not this one. How to lose a wine in a second. My bad. Call me the same name as Steve Martin's dog in The Jerk. Grrr. — 2 years ago

DomDoc

9.3

Read the reviews on the 2017 and was intrigued. Opened in the morning and sampled throughout day while raking leaves. Finished at dinner. The wine is precise, balanced and interesting. The tannins dominate and are refined, supple and then linger. The fruit is primarily plum with cherry. Tobacco comes a bit later. No clues how this will evolve but. note to self, wait till 2024 or later to rake the leaves again. — 5 years ago

Annjana Ramesh

9.1

Light, easy to drink. Good with cheese and chocolate — 7 years ago

Tracy Byrnes

9.0

Beautiful Okanagan fruit. Earth first. This needed decanting but really opened up quickly. — 7 years ago

Roman Sukley

9.9

2012 Cayuse "Bionic Frog" Walla Walla Valley Syrah. In honor of my finally having made the grade to be blessed to receive a Frog allocation from Mr. Baron, I thought I’d celebrate by pulling the cork on this beast which was gifted to me by the most generous and revered wine Connoisseur, the man with the palate I so very much respect, the Rake of the Left Coast, the right honorable Mr. Bill Bender (@Bill Bender) First off, I find the Bionic Frog in general to be one of the most hedonistic, completely over the top and playful expressions of Syrah on the planet which of course, places it squarely in my wheelhouse. Still the most unique wine in the Cayuse lineup, and arguably one of the most sought after Syrah’s around. And now on to this vintage in particular, which none other than the esteemed Jeb Dunnuck(the one reviewer who I find to have a palate most closely aligned with my own) described with the enticing phrase “flirts with perfection.” Opaque, impenetrable ink blue in the stem. Wild, typical stoney Cayuse aromatics of black olives, bacon fat and dark fruits with notes of violets and lavender. A combination savory/sweet palate with olive tapenade, mushrooms and tar combined with sweet black plums and blueberry compote. Super rich, lush mouth feel. Dense concentration. Amazingly pleasing salinity on the lengthy finish. A full-throttle Porsche Cup Car lap of Road America, complete with The Kink, wine experience. (A track day we need to reprise soon Chuck). Sensory overload in the best way possible! The Frog knows! — 8 years ago