Las Jaras Wines

Glou Glou Venturi Vineyard Charbono

Devin Healey

9.3

@Dave Mayers this is a major slurper wowie wow — a day ago

Lioco

Sativa Mendocino Carignan 2017

Taylar Hart

9.0

Would have given it maybe an 8.5 on night one. Just had one glass and it was only OK. A little sharp. It really opened up by night two and I felt like it had more flavor and character. — 2 months ago

with Kelvin

Anthill Farms

Tina Marie Vineyard Pinot Noir 2016

Mark Rosse

9.3

Consistency my favorite of the Anthill’s wines — 4 months ago

Ira liked this

Porter Creek

Old Vine Mendocino County Carignane 2018

Stephen Mathews

9.3

I agree with some of the statements below, great wine but I don’t think it’s 100% Carignane — a month ago

Ron and Kyle liked this

Idlewild

Flora & Fauna Barbera Blend

Jessica Steinberg

9.3

Drank at Lila Lyla with the crispy duck lasagna — 2 months ago

Pax Mahle Wines

Alder Springs Vineyard Syrah 2011

Vanessa

9.3

Hello, California Syrah!!

From everything we’ve read, the Alder Springs Vineyard sounds like a truly majestic place.

It’s isolated in an undeveloped part of northern Mendocino County, situated in California’s North Coast region, where the steep and rugged terrain meet sweeping views of the ocean, bordered by rivers, redwoods, and snowcapped mountains… elevation stretches up to 1,800 feet above sea level.

It’s no wonder so many acclaimed producers, like Pax Mahle, source their fruit from here, where vines are sustainably farmed and cared for by Stuart Bewley. We were fortunate to visit Pax in Sebastopol in 2022, where we picked up this 2011 Cahto Ridge Alder Springs Vineyard Syrah. We’ve been waiting patiently to taste it. And here we are.

100% Syrah. Whole cluster fermented. Aged 12 months in neutral French oak barrels.

This wine is deep ruby trending towards garnet. The aromas are concentrated with ripe boysenberry, black cherry, blackcurrant, next to violet, black peppercorn, licorice, cured meat, peat moss, smoke, clove, leather and olive notes. On the palate, it is dry with medium (+) acidity, a medium (+) body, high alcohol (14.6% ABV), medium (+) fine-grained tannins, and a long, elegant finish.

It’s both elegant and wild all at the same time and we love it.

Cheers! — 3 months ago