Doug Scott

9.3

Deep ruby color. Nose is ripe plums and black cherry, licorice, wet sage. Chocolate. Full even tannins, toast, coffee, finish dried fruit, blueberry, still rich. Last bottle, last Selene. One of my favorite little learning trails. — 3 years ago

with Tracy

Tim Greutert

8.9

Pleasant. Nice nose and front. Trails off in the middle and finish, but still very pleasant. — 4 years ago

Adam Usdan

8.9

Great first taste but trails off. Very enjoyable — 6 years ago

Max Schector

8.9

For the price, there isn’t much to complain about. Great oakiness and subtle spice off the bat- there no hiding the aging in this wine (even for a 2017). Great ripe cherry notes, trails of dried fruit. Great body that doesn’t over stay it’s welcome. — 6 years ago

Vasanth Balakrishnan

8.9

Quffable, complex #maulevalley #pinotnoir. Lush blackberry nose, delicate body with robust acidity, some coffee notes and peppery spice on the finish which trails off gradually. The only faults here are grippy tannins that are inelegant on such a long finish. For $9 at Costco, I can’t imagine a better QPR Pinot out there. I rolled the dice on another 92-93 Suckling rating special and came up with a winner. — 6 years ago

Max Schector

9.3

A beautiful wine. Subtle baking spice, with beautiful dark berry notes. Oak and vanilla trails. Nothing over the top, great balance throughout. Little on the pricey side- but I think it’s worth the money. — 7 years ago

J. Kim

9.0

The aroma is very average, but the mineral volume elevates it to an excellent wine. Unlike most Aligote it feels like it comes from a serious terroir. The fruit purity trails those of Fichet, Arnaud Ente and Chevillon. — 7 years ago

Paul Reynolds

9.0

Incredible nose of blackberry jam, and soft on the palate. Tannins are light but there is a bitterness that trails at the end of the sip. Slightly spicy undertones, would pair this with bbq or Mediterranean. Loved it! — 3 years ago

William Paley

9.6

fig, overripe pear, tar, bodhisattva tears, herb trails, prune pit, apricot skin, clove afterburner. verdi outbursts and ramekin brûléed fruit. — 4 years ago

with Jess

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The 2018 Flaccianello della Pieve is another stellar wine from Fontodi. It is the richest Flaccianello ever made (in terms of dry extract), with elevated acidity that trails the 2016 by just a touch, but it does not taste like that at all. Dark cherry, violet, lavender, spice, mocha and graphite build with a bit of time in the glass. Like the Sorbo, the 2018 Flaccianello is not a wine of size, as in most previous years, but rather a wine that exudes vibrancy, energy and class from start to finish. I absolutely loved it. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, September 2021)
— 5 years ago

Max Schector

9.0

Great wine for the price. Has a great depth for such a young year. It’s a 2018, but has the character of a 6+ year old wine. Dark berries and cherry notes. Cinnamon and cardamom trails. I’m very impressed. I’d buy this again. — 6 years ago

Bryan Martin

9.2

Very good, easy to drink. Full body and fruity — 6 years ago

with Antoinette

Nancy Clayton

9.1

Confluence Tandem Weekend. Easy table wine, slightly sweet — 7 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.2

Balanced intensity. Nice spice edge. Tobacco drenched in dark tart cherry and huckleberries ....I think. 😄. I just threw that one in because it was on my mind. We were eating huckleberries on our trails hiking Idaho this weekend. 👍 — 7 years ago

with Tammy

John Tan

8.9

Wildcard. Prob my fav cuvée from Julien. Tasted aged even tho it’s a 21. Flowery quality to it, like roses, potpourri.

[2019 Vintage:] “A captivating, translucent ruby red hue. Even on the nose alone, there is already a suggestion of ripeness, yet it is utterly enveloped by fragrance: white flowers, grapefruit, cherry, even stony minerals. Really classy and effusive, replete with sapid pinot-esque flavours of enviable concentration. The vintage is quite magical here: all pure, palate-staining but also inexplicably airy in the mouth. The mouthfeel is silky, culminating in a persistent, gentle and thoroughly sweet-fruited long finish held together by an invisible frame. Like the ethereal cuvée Auguste, trails of crushed flower petals replicate and repeat on the lingering finish.” AC
“Guillot brings a unique perspective to gamay—not quite Burgundy, not yet Beaujolais—not only in his Mâcon Rouge and Mâcon-Cruzille, but the mysterious, radiant, field-blended Cuvée 910.” Jon Bonné — 3 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.1

An 8 year old Chianti that had fully transitioned to secondary and tertiary notes of earth, cigar box and old weathered leather. Not a single fruit note. Fun and easy to drink as we were exploring the trails we had freshly cut into the mountain side and with our last home grown to tomatoes on the bruschetta’s. — 5 years ago

with Tammy

romo

9.2

Solid cork. Correct aromas and pleasing Pauillac mid-palate. The Finish trails off with little energy. Still fun. — 6 years ago

Joshua Clemence

9.0

Ran 10 miles today on the trails with Rob, drank 10 miles today 🥊 — 6 years ago

Mark Head

9.5

Tannins have given way to a tight core of dried cherries and berries. Some graphite notes. The finish trails off slowly. A much better bottle of wine than I expected given the age. — 7 years ago

J. Kim

8.9

Very good, trails just a little bit in the purity and refinement to Fichet, Ente and Roulot and rivals Javellier, Jobard and Mikulski in intensity and restraint and surpass almost everyone else. — 7 years ago