Paula Duarte

9.0

Deep rusty garnet color. Smells like smoke and black licorice. Notes of tar and cherries. Tart, peppery aftertaste. Develops cranberry notes. — 8 days ago

Katherine Kutner

10

2022 at Joss Cafe — 6 months ago

Byron C Mayes

8.9

Dark reddish purple with near black core. Inviting nose and medium full palate of ashy blueberry, red blackberry, and high-cocoa dark chocolate. Dusty, medium plus tannins present (but not assertive) from entry. Medium acidity wrapped up in it all, and a lengthy finish wraps it all up. Classic California PS with enough stuffing for the connoisseur, but still enough approachability for the novice. Drink now through 2030. — a year ago

Tom Kohli

8.9

Excellent- a little heavier than most. Would buy again. — 13 days ago

Ezekiel James Hampton

9.2

2002. Wow. Beautiful and elegant. Only 10% abv according to the label but I’d guess higher. Petrol, honey, Corn Pops cereal, dill, mandarin oranges, golden raisin. This is amazing. — 6 months ago

John Tan

9.4

Imperial Treasure at GWC. Grassy, green nose. Orange rind. Slightly medicinal. Sweet core of fruits.

The 1981 Monte Bello is also fully mature, and it's a pretty wine, though it won't go down in the history books as one of the benchmark vintages. Offering up notes of dried currant fruit, orange rind, medicine cabinet, cedar and spice, its aromas are subtly informed by the signatures of Brettanomyces. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, bright and chalky, with tangy acids and an evolved but sweet core of fruit. While it was overshadowed by greater years at this tasting, enjoyed on its own the 1981 is a complex wine with plenty of Monte Bello character. But now is definitely the time to drink it. It's a blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Merlot that attained a mere 12% alcohol. RP88, drink 2001-2020 — 2 years ago

Chase visser

9.2

Dirt cheap and good. — 25 days ago

Brady Johnson

8.9

Our house favorite! — 20 days ago

Devin Brown

9.0

The description: The 2022 Pinque has classic strawberries and cream characters along with watermelon and a touch of Szechuan pepper. The 2022 vintage was warm and dry and correspondingly this wine is relatively low in acid making for a very smashable wine, although like all our wines there is plenty of subtle complexity to delight the taster. Enjoy! The opinion: in total agreement.

— 6 months ago

K. Syrah

9.4

2016. It’s Tignanello, man. Still very young but so concentrated and smooth. Bit oaky - sure this will be a 95+ pointer when the oak melts off and tertiary flavors appear. $100 BK, $120 most other places. — 3 years ago