Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2000 vintage. Mid-shoulder fill with top-notch cork. Decanted and tasted after 3 hours. Medium/medium-heavy body. Jello chocolate pudding nose. Chunky mix of dark and milk chocolate flavors in the frontal palate that picked up a hitchhiking, dark plum passenger in the mid-palate and cruised to the finish without any speed bumps. Tannins almost completely integrated. Smooth, rich, weighty, crowd-pleasing finish. Wanted a small, dirty dissenting opinion to further confirm the current harmony/vibe but none was forthcoming. So much life ahead. Zero rush to crush. 08.01.25. — a year ago

Ely Cohn

9.1

I opened this, then the Texas snow storms hit and crippled our energy grid. Consumed over a few days while sitting in my running parked car in my driveway. I was charging my cell phone, enjoying some heat and radio, and eating my dinners, plate resting in the passenger seat. All I could jot down - new leather and bright red cherries. — 5 years ago

Ed Chang

9.1

Nice way start off the first night at Bandon Dunes. Big fruit bomb — 8 years ago

with Ben

Anthony Lombardi

9.3

2015, vibrant, tense and full of depth. The Knoll train always has a passenger in me. The underlying acidity adds a texture and freshness that makes their GV quite special. — 9 years ago

Andy Presland

9.4

Excellent. Ripe, spicy black fruits with balancing acidity & well integrated tannin. Oak evident but very much a passenger. Just starting to develop tertiary aromas. — 10 years ago

Chris A

9.2

Specially sealed so you can enjoy bubbly at altitude (can't have the cork flying around the cabin - even if you want to point it at the annoying passenger with the extra large bag in the overhead bin). Nice and crisp bubbly from Luxembourg - just a shirt ways away from the champagne region itself... — 13 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2016 vintage. Second label with plenty of stuffing to warrant attention. Unexpected passenger fruit aboard alongside the expected tannic cargo. Great value if you can source it. Less than $30 resto cost and built to drink now or in a decade+. 01.30.25. — a year ago

PS Michaels

9.3

Last bottle. At a great mellow place now. — 4 years ago

AEL

8.9

Can't see it here, but a great, and creepy, label (yeti and a girl?). A ripe CA petite syrah, almost indistinguishable from a high end CA merlot. A heavy chocolate icing and berry nose, thick, almost crunchy on the palate with a long aftertaste. Good stuff. — 6 years ago

Lindsey King

9.1

In the passenger seat when the sun is sinking and warm four o'clock light is only catching your face briefly through small spaces between tall buildings. Not thinking about much, not needing to. Feeling the rocky lurch of an old, beloved car carrying you forward. Things are easy and momentary. Apple cider, sweet orange, walnuts, lees, dried leaves, little sparks. — 9 years ago

garry post

8.9

With Tim & Deb. Dessert. Damn good.

Rhubarb, raspberries, cherries, leather

Tim was a complete asshole that night... From a story about a stinky airplane passenger... — 9 years ago

Quinn Roberts

9.1

Passenger Pigeon wine! Thank you Greg. — 11 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.1

Loads of crushed limestone minerality intermingles with spicy, ripe cherry. Nice texture in the mouth. It’s got some tannic structure and acids to age a bit more but is drinking well now, particularly with food. Bone dry but with good intensity in the mouth. Little bit of animal fur comes in, with tons of crushed rock in the lead and some nice cherry fruit in the passenger seat. — 4 years ago

Brianna

9.2

Delicious — 4 years ago

Frank Kuo

9.2

Color of light pink wit some grapefruit note. Nose of roasted nuts, cherry jam, spice, some ripe fruit, like mango and banana, some interesting parley note, and indeed a bit flowering note. Taste is quite a surprise as flowering and honey notes dominates, drizzled with some subtle acidity, and the nuttiness takes the passenger seat. Aftertaste follows with some nutty celebrities acidly and zesty note. I am peer happy with her. — 8 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.5

Two notable history lessons could be taught with this wine. The first being how the elevation of Snipes Mountain was just high enough to preserve its geological record during the Missoula Floods which marked the end of the last ice age, about 10,000 years ago. The second being the story of Ben Snipes, the Northwest Cattle King. Chasing gold up the Oregon Trail, Snipes arrived in Yakima Valley in the 1850s and saw the potential for raising cattle, and would eventually build an empire of 125,000 heads of cattle. K Vintners Cattle King (which also includes some Upland Vineyard juice from Walla Walla) has been on a run lately, receiving 99, 98, & 99 points for their 2012, 2013, & 2014, respectively, from Jeb Dunnuck. This brings the ruckus. It’s like eating a blueberry BLT while going 100 mph in a 15 passenger van and listening to Queens of the Stone Age in Juárez. — 9 years ago

Mike Dombrow

Buyer Sunfish Cellars

9.5

Hang on St. Joseph on the passenger side
Open it up tonight the devil can ride — 12 years ago

Matthew Loso

9.5

Aged to perfection on my passenger seat. — 13 years ago