Phantom Bay

Domaine Eden

Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

2019 vintage. Less body (light-medium vs medium/medium heavy) than the 2018 effort. Absolutely phenomenal nose. Wowza. Starts off decently demonstrative, then dovetails into Subtletown. Catching this on the relatively youthful side so anticipating variability/changes but drinking beautifully now for the price. You could easily throw this into a Bordeaux tasting and get away with it. Full disclosure...massive Mount Eden honk but a Domaine Eden (2nd label) sceptic. Laying on the horn here as I did with the 2018. Beep beep n beep beep, beep beep n beep beep, yeah. 5.5.24. — 15 hours ago

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Kathryn Kennedy

Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Deep ruby color. Aromas blueberry, asphalt and RC Cola. Soft, gorgeous wine, full of blue fruits and delicate tannins- superb!! — 17 days ago

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Sandlands

Contra Costa County Carignane 2020

First pour of the vintage for me. Smells like I just pulled fresh table grapes off the stem. Initial flavors of red fruit herbs and something floral, followed by unripe plum and cola. Light bodied but medium pigment extraction. After sixty minutes, flavors integrate. — 5 days ago

Ira, Ted and 2 others liked this

Wente Vineyards

Southern Hills Livermore Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Surprisingly good and well balanced with lots of oak and finish — 20 hours ago

Ridge Vineyards

Monte Bello Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

John Howard
9.4

So good. Leaner vintage. — 6 days ago

Scott@Mister, Raul and 11 others liked this

Rhys Vineyards

Family Farm Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021

Dark ruby. Nose is mellow on first open. Palette is excellent. Deep stewed fruits, acid, and tannin coming through on the finish. Really like this — a month ago

Scott@Mister, Ed and 3 others liked this

Oyster Bay

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022

Classic NZ label. Smells funky. Lawn just cut or a piece of fresh grass in the teeth. And lemon citrus peels. Flavors are complex and very audacious. Bombastic even. Plenty of citrus, but something else as well. Shells? Like the calcium carbonate in those. Also big gooseberries. This is a good example of how NZ Sauv Blanc differs from the other styles out there. This wine packs a punch. — 5 days ago

Ceritas

Trout Gulch Vineyard Chardonnay 2019

Delicious. Flinty, full, dense, lovely finish. Very nice. — 9 days ago

Bob, Ira and 2 others liked this

Rhys Vineyards

Horseshoe Vineyard Pinot Noir 2013

Plenty of secondary notes at 11 years of age. Drink up if you have them. — 22 days ago

Paul, Shay and 3 others liked this