Ed Chin

9.5

Burt Williams last wine ever made. Still youthful and balanced. The oak was well integrated unlike the WS that Bob made. I wish I had another bottle. — a month ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

Bruce Phillips and his wife were pouring their 2021. Talked w/ him at length. Very nice couple.

The 2021 showed well young with room for improving with 10-25 years in bottle and beyond. It showed some evolution, wasn’t all primary. Elegant, very well balanced with excellent structure and finish. Drink 2033-45 properly stored.

The general Napa consensus on 2022 vintage will be a story of did you pick before or after the 6 days of extreme heat during the harvest window. One producer told me his would add 5% of 2023 to some of his 2022’s, which is allowed. He mentioned that he was going to add 15%. But, I think he just misspoke? Get ready for an amazing 2023 vintage from Napa. It was a cooler, not hot-hot, which was a near perfect growing season for long slow even ripening. Some say a vintage of a lifetime and others would only say exceptional.

The Saturday-Sunday Pavilion tasting at Pebble Beach Food & Wine is an excellent four hours to taste a lot wine, taste curated dishes from chefs from all over the country and meet the people behind the bottle. These short ribs were one of the top two or three things I tasted at the Pavilion Saturday. — 7 months ago

Tom Elliot

Founder Northwest Wines

9.0

Quite decent without extra details. — 2 years ago

Michael

9.2

Full bodied - honeysuckle, honey dew. Delicious — 2 months ago

Irish MASMS

9.4

Nice viscosity
Sweetness — 5 months ago

Jan de Weerd

9.3

Started out as a nice crisp fresh wine with notes of honey dew melon and lemon evolved over the course of an hour to near medium body with layers of more intense flavors of apricot and honey comb. Really good. — 10 months ago

with Tammy

Brett Rogosin

9.3

This is beautiful. The nose lasts long and smells thick with rose, dry dirt, potpourri, dark ripe fruit. There’s still pretty grippy tannin structure and acidity that makes your mouth salivate and desire more. The rose really comes out on the palate, maybe a touch of lavender, moist funky dirt, ripe mulled blackberries. The finish is long. The ripeness of the blackberry really hits right at the finish and hangs on. Give this a bit of a decant, at least 30 minutes. I want more, but have none. — 3 years ago

Joe Fischer

9.2

Aging nicely with a reddish brown color. Very cherry, mint, and mushroom aromas. On the bud, smooth with a nice finish of cherry, strawberry, and a subtle spice note. — 4 months ago

Joe Lyons

9.3

Now this is a great Pinot! Cherries, Raspberries, great earth tones mushrooms just beautiful has years to go!!! — 8 months ago

Jeremiah Diaz

9.0

Pale straw color; passion fruit, white peach, and lime zest on the nose; high acidity; tastes like honey dew, jasmine, and lemon with a long finish. Nellie says it's ok. A little too acidic for her. — a year ago

with Nellie