Des Adams

10

No need to aerate. Beaver lake beer wine and spirits "cooking" wine sale $5 — 8 months ago

Johnno Harris

9.7

Stunning mod Oz Chardonnay. Beautiful core of ripe white and yellow stone fruits, with creamy, mealy middle to back palate. Impeccable acid,oak, fruit and lees balance. Outstanding wine. 🤤🤤👌🏽👌🏽 — 3 years ago

Jean

9.0

Smooth and easy to drink. For the price point it was a great value. Got it on sale at total wine. Had complex flavor highly recommend. Good bourbon — 5 years ago

DAL 9000

9.3

Light straw color. Bouquet of light minerals. Creamy upfront with muted citrus and minerals in the middle and back. An interesting grape. At West Center Wine dinner — 5 years ago

DAL 9000

9.0

Mild dark berries on the nose. Old world dusty berries in the middle with with a dark berry finish. — 6 years ago

Big Wave Dave

9.3

Pale gold. Crisp, smoky, reductive nose. Complex delicate but also assertive on the palate. Pineapple/tropical notes, with an undertow of flint, lemon, and oaky vanilla. A beginning, middle, and end. Super fine, complex, and very long. — 6 years ago

with Racquel

David Benway

9.3

Brilliant stuff — 6 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.2

Lot of Syrah went down tonight. On the table of about 7 West Coast Syrah, this one was definitely the most fruity. Black fruit, plum, fig throughout the front and middle. Finishes with some spice. More of a baking spice with a hint of black pepper. Hardly any funk on this wine whatsoever. This wine is dense. Full-bodied. Fair amount of tannin on the finish. When consumed alongside an herb braised pork and some hot cherry peppers, this wine kinda dies. The Walla Walla Syrahs push back! — 7 years ago

with Dan and Shay

Diane Is Moving To CellarTracker

9.8

From Williston Park Wines and Spirits. Big jammy cherries, subtle spice, vanilla and chocolate swirl soft serve lol — 10 months ago

Jay Kline

9.4

Cascina Ornato is located in the southern portion of Serralunga d’Alba, right along the ridge. The elevation is higher here and the Ornato MGA falls to the west and south from there. Ornato is nearly a monopole for Pio Cesare would it not be for a couple of parcels that are controlled by Palladino. This bottle of the 1982 was generously provided from the cellar of a good friend; it was opened and enjoyed over two days. On Day 1, half the bottle was poured into a decanter and served immediately. The color was a slightly hazy garnet with an orange rim. On the nose and the palate, the wine came across rather tired. It wasn’t dead…and it definitely wasn’t vinegar, it just was...a bit dull. Since there were other wines open that were showing very well, we let it sit. At the end of the night, we poured what was left back into the bottle and I elected to take it home; hoping that it might wake up overnight. On Day 2, the wine had transformed. The color had deepened and everything had brightened up! The nose is loaded with tar, desiccated red fruits, sweet pipe tobacco accompanied by porchini, forest floor and dried, cracked leather ball glove…like after pitching 6 innings of baseball in the middle of July (IYKYK). On the palate, the wine is dry with surprisingly vigorous structure! The tannins are more pronounced than they were the day before and there’s also great acid to give everything a buoyant lift and some youthful energy. The fruit and non-fruit notes from the nose are confirmed with an added element of red rope licorice. Somehow, this is younger today than it was yesterday. At forty years old, this bottle clearly needed time to stretch its legs. Drink now with several hours of air but remarkably well-cellared examples could last for many more years. An illuminating experience in so many ways!

Something worth noting: Pio Cesare did not begin bottling single-cru Barolo “Oranato” until 1985. Curiously, this bottle was labeled “Vino da Tavola del Piemonte”. I reached out to Pio Cesare in hopes of getting some additional information and they were very kind to share some helpful detail. It turns out this bottling was an idea from their former importer, Terlato, with grapes for this wine sourced by Cascina Ornato. It was a traditional blend of Nebbiolo and Barbera! A long time ago they had a small amount of Barbera planted there. Now, Ornato is more or less 100% Nebbiolo. The “Vino da Tavola del Piemonte” was a sort of predecessor to the “Langhe Rosso” designation since there were not many appellations back in those days. The more you know!
— 3 years ago

Jon Robinson

9.6

Absolutely delicious. WON. Juicy with racy acidity. Hopefully this style will come to represent the future of pinot noir from the west Sonoma Coast. Last night tasted with Aubert UV-SL and Ferren Silver eagle also from 2017. Stylistically, the heavier higher alcohol Aubert and the Ceritas couldn't be more different with the Ferren somewhere in the middle. The group was split between the Ferren and Ceritas as the favorite but all agreed that all the wines were excellent. — 6 years ago

Landon McClellan

9.0

Nose: peanuts! Balanced sweetness (6/10). Complex spice through the middle. More forward complexity. — 6 years ago

with Tyka

Bob McDonald

9.6

Dense Crimson. The nose of this wine is like walking into a Spice shop in the Middle East. Clove , Aniseed, Salami, Bergamot, Earth and Mineral- needless to say an interesting nose. Leads to a similar interesting savoury complex palate. I have never rated Syrah/Shiraz from the Margaret River but this was quite exceptional. This wine won the 2011 Visy Trophy for best Australian Shiraz. I had bought a dozen - sold 4 to a friend and this was the last and best of the 8. Up with the quality of a good Cornas. Will look for more from this small producer. — 6 years ago

Bart Bartlett

9.0

This is a phenomenal, well balanced blend. It actually starts with with a dark chocolate, graphite taste that gives way to the dark fruit middle. The end is ink. It's more complex than most Pinots. — 3 years ago

with Jennifer

Rob

8.9

Solid standard gin, bit of sweetness — 4 years ago

DAL 9000

9.3

Deep inky color. Dark berries bouquet and initial taste. Jammy and dark berries in the middle and finish. At West Central Wine dinner. — 5 years ago

DAL 9000

9.0

Light straw color. Muted citrus upfront with a buttery oak middle and finish. Creamy. At West Central Wine dinner. — 5 years ago

Jerry Raphael

9.0

Campfire is one of my favs. I liked the earlier bottlings (Batch ISH-14) better as there seemed to be a bourbon start, a rye middle and a nice peaty scotch finish. The more recent bottlings seem to be more integrated. — 6 years ago

with Barbara

Tom Garland

9.5

2014 - year of the horse

Double decant and pour. A medium dark ruby red color. Buckle up, your going to enjoy this ride. On the nose: sweet raspberry, forest floor, some vegi, slight menthol, with a little cinnamon. Taste: black cherry, gravel, minerals, currents, with a smokey graphite long finish. A rich, soft, savory mouthfeel (this is no cherry cola Russian River bomb).

West slope is a limited production wine from the middle portion of the west slope block in their Carneros vineyard...get some if you can and give it some time in the cellar.. — 6 years ago

with Brenda

Severn G

9.3

Nose has ripe blackberry, mashed blueberry, light cedar, spring voilets and tanned leather.

Palate has rich (!!) chocolate covered blackberry, mullberry, blueberry seeds, blackberry jam, moist earthy loamy soil and wet sand.

In a very nice spot tonight after a 4-hour decant. A perfect pair alongside local, grass-fed beef patties on a super hot grill, great crust and warm middle.

Also a great accompaniment to Robert Glasper's newest project, R+R=Now, Collagically Speaking, a great West Coast style jazz album, keeping with the Glasper-style, but adding some serious players surrounding him. On Blue Note for this release, so serious respect from the industry. — 7 years ago