Brian Hearty

8.9

2021. A little brett on the nose when opened which slowly dissipated over a few hours. I enjoyed the funkiness and spicy dark fruit with Greek marinated lamb chops. — 7 months ago

Andrew Formi

9.2

Jack! 2018 — a year ago

Jonathan Wall

9.2

Straight out delicious Syrah! Can’t wait for another. — 5 years ago

William Paley

9.3

Tastes like a cigar box smells.....in a cedar closet. Super bitter barky aftertaste, and dirty swig-from-the-bottle fun after two days open. Something amazing from Lompoc. — 7 years ago

with Jess

David Lee

9.0

Bored of Sauvignon blanc? Try this. Has some body, funk and serious length. — 8 years ago

Kenny Baldridge

9.3

Perennial favorite. — 9 years ago

Andy Mc Nees

9.7

Wow this delivers. Must have some stems. Round tannins. Grip. But letting go at 10 years from harvest. Nose is complex. Fun. Finish is huge. Spike of acidity carries the mid pallet. 3 hour decant and counting only helping. Might be under rating this. Need. To. Find. More. — 9 years ago

Jonathan Wall

9.3

Very syrahy. Great with lamb biryani. — 7 months ago

Jenks

9.3

So good. Such a pure expression of Syrah. Similar to the Piedrasassi Syrah from the same area. Give me sub 13% Syrah all day. — a year ago

web bond

9.1

Beautiful wine. — 4 years ago

Martinez

9.2

Outstanding Syrah from Bien Nacido Vineyard in Santa Maria Valley, a site Rajat Parr has been exploring for a number of years (some, in collaboration with Piedrasassi) to craft a California Syrah to match the northern Rhône best ones (if you've read Rajat Parr's Atlas of Taste, you know he's obsessed with Thierry Allemand). Lively, balanced, delicious. — 7 years ago

Chip Krotee

9.0

Really good. Spicy and grips well. — 8 years ago

Pooneet K

9.0

Very interesting Syrah from the central coast. Very vegetal and almost medicinal nose; bit of a canned black olive quality (not in a bad way). Full bodied, dark and deep on the palate. Nice. — 9 years ago

Keiran Kennedy

Wine Director The Veritas Group, Australia

9.2

So nice. Big fkn full on banger. — 10 years ago

Chris Zitzman

9.2

The 2022 Piedra Sassi Viognier from the Santa Rita Hills- to no surprise- is a remarkably rich and full-bodied example of the varietal from out west. The nose is a powerful blend of kiwi, limestone, and other deeper earthy notes that I just don’t have the vocabulary to describe. Lots there. What I CAN say is that the palate and the finish as well round-out in a sumptuous and gratifying fashion. Not easy to make a Viognier like this outside of Virginia. Piedra Sassi has. — 9 months ago

with Beth

Austin Hohnke

9.2

Needs hours of air. Nose of olives, ripe grapefruit, garrigue, and red Twizzlers. Palate is zesty and juicy with underripe fruit. Should hold this peak for some time but hard to imagine this being better in 5-7 years. — 4 years ago

Aaron Rankin

9.2

Vin Santo style, 10 year solera, from Sashi Moorman. Love it. — 6 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.0

2 October 2018. The Usual, New York, NY. — 8 years ago

Aaron Kramer

8.9

This is a 50 50 blend of Syrah and mourvedre, the latter of which was added because it doesn't ripen as quickly, a problem the growers ran into growing Syrah on their soil.

It's a very dark, opaque, purple wine. The aroma is full, raspberry, tar, rose petals, vanilla. It's really tasty, chalky and b vitamins (which I like), bright, broad tannins (if that's a thing).
— 8 years ago

Richard Lewis

9.3

A touch funky on the nose, sour cherry and blackberry on the palate, quite tannic. As good as this is now, I might age it a bit. — 9 years ago

with Lynne