Ben Wald

9.5

Glorious 18 hours after a rain dirt floor nose with some early in process stewed fruits. Doesn’t need food but if you do have food, needs a well prepared steak or other protein with strong legs. — 14 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

8.9

2019 vintage. Tasted via Coravin. Medium/medium-heavy body. Improved nose vs the side-by-side tasting of the selfsame 2018 vintage. Modicum of mid-palate and back end flourishes but not nearly enough to warrant interest. 08.15.25. — 7 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2019 vintage. Light-medium/medium body. Surprisingly approachable for a 2019 Barolo. Big spice box finish at $35.10 USD resto cost. Feel like this will add a modicum of body in the next year or two. Always nice to find substantial Barolo under $45. Picked up a case. 04.30.25. — 10 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

8.9

2019 vintage. A modicum of frontal palate richness to excite and stir the blood. For the price and vintage, not close to approximating quality/QPR in the BDX region but, with the name, don't suppose they have to. 8.14.24. — 2 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2023 vintage. Tasted with the winemaker-Jess. Hadn’t seen this vineyard in a spell. Full, rich nose and first flavor impressions. Smooth, lengthy finish with a modicum of dust/earth. 2.25.26. — 8 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2014 vintage. Last tasted 07.04.25 (9.3) and 01.30.25 (9.3). Decanted with some sed and tasted after 30 mins. Consistent with previous tastings in 2025. Hint of richness up front, then very businesslike afterwards. Fairly dry but began to fold a modicum of fruit into the proceedings a spell ago. Quintessential, affordable BDX with a decade of service tendered out in the boonies but back in town again and starting to hit the hot spots. Lean but not mean. Strike up the conversation in the next year or so and you two just might hit it off. 09.25.25. — 5 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.1

2023 vintage. Medium body. Dark fruit mated with grip. Good balance with a modicum of richness at the start. Resto cost $15 a bottle on 3 cases. This is easily the most ridiculous, cheap chicken, Napa Cab offer I've come across in a decade. Word in the barrel room is that this is declassified juice from a major Cabernet player/participant that can't be tied into this effort. Tasted their Sauvignon Blanc (and I intently dislike SB) as well and it rocked for a similar price. Approx 5k cases of this Cab made so you might actually come across it. if you do, grab a case. 03.21.25. — a year ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

2009 vintage. Completely unfamiliar with this producer (which I love new producers). Opened but not decanted. Age appropriate color. Variety of tea scents in the nose muddled with a modicum of drought dirt/earth. Light body. Tasted 20 minutes and 1.5 hours after opening. Total transference of the nose into the flavor profile-no surprises. Wine seemed to gain more strength/concentration of finish and dirtied up a tad but not more body or complexities. Doubtful another hour open/more air would have unlocked an achievement or improved the standing in the community. Will say it was a pleasure tasting a Vosne-Romanée vineyard with some age on it that was on the lighter side of the ledger vs the usual super intense. 11.28.25. — 3 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2012 vintage. Nearly perfect fill and cork. Decanted with infinitesimal sed. Aggro rhubarb and cranberry nose. Tasted 30 mins, 1 hour and 3 hours post-decant. Medium body. Excellent focus/concentration. The rhubarb and cranberry still chilling along with a modicum of lemongrass (?!?!) and dark cherry. Lengthy finish redolent of artificial strawberry/strawberry Jolly Rancher candy. Bit of a bucking bronco versus finesse and souplesse. 08.01.25. — 7 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

1982 vintage. Last had on 3.1.23 from a magnum (9.4). Top shoulder fill and 100% saturated cork. Subtle nose. Not decanted. Tasted after one hour and two hours open. Color more vibrant than expected. Lean and Beychevelle thin as always. Dusty. Earthy. A modicum of plummy/kirsch flavors. Fading sense of harmony and descending from the top of the bell curve at an alarming rate. If ya got ‘em, drink ‘em. In maggie or even larger format, it wouldn’t be improving so hit in the next handful of years. 11.01.24. — a year ago