Paco & Co.
Clos du Val Wine Co.
Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon
Excellent nose and balanced. Great cab at The Restaurant at North Block in Napa. — a month ago
La Jota Vineyard Co.
Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 1985
Very intense pure fruit. Plum, pencil lead, iron. High in flavor and alcohol. Punchy. — 20 days ago
Bedrock Wine Co.
Dolinsek Ranch Heritage Red Blend 2021
The 2021 Dolinsek from Bedrock is super-bright, fruit forward and has an almost effervescent acidity. It’s a great food wine right now and probably great for some fall sipping in the upcoming weeks. — a month ago
Hakutsuru Sake Brewing Co.
Sayuri Nigori Sake
Sweet, milky, melon — a month ago
Clos du Val Wine Co.
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1982
Fresh and sweet. Plum and iron. Lucid and not too hot — 20 days ago
Jorge Ordoñez & Co.
#2 Victoria Málaga Moscatel
The 2023 Selección Especial Nº2 Victoria was sourced from a 1920-planted vineyard in Vélez-Málaga, Alta Axarquía, in the Sierras de Málaga. This late-harvest wine was aged seven months on the lees and bottled with 190 grams of sugar. Yellow in hue, it presents herbal aromas with peach and apricot notes and a faint hint of nard. Sweet and balanced on the palate, it offers an intense mouthfeel with a long-lasting savory finish. This is a delicate, well-crafted wine. (Joaquín Hidalgo, Vinous, September 2024)
— a month ago
Doug Powers
Very fresh, lively, primarily redfruited aromas and flavors, some spicy notes as well, super nicely balanced, great acid, shows admirable restraint, should age nicely midterm (5-10 years?), very good “entry level” Zinfandel, long finish!! I’d read that the 2023 Zins, grown in a relatively cooler year, had a very long growing season, with excellent acidity, and I’d say this shows all of those characteristics. Morgan nailed this, it was great to finally meet his “adult” version, my wife and I first met him about 35 years ago at a ZAP event at Ravenswood hosted by his father Joel. — 18 days ago