"Odedi"

9.1

Reddish/ purplish in color with light intensity.

Soft on the nose and medium in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing red currants, cherries, earth, black coffee, light oak, spices, herbs and black tea.

Medium plus on the finish with soft tannins and tangy raspberries.

This is a very tasty Pinot Noir from Oregon. Elegant and nicely balanced with a soft mouthfeel.

This Single Vineyard Pinot Noir is complex, spicy and entertaining.

Wine Enthusiasts 92 points. Wine Spectator 88 points.

Still young and needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly, and will continue to age nicely in the next 7 to 10 years. A little longer for this Magnum.

Good by itself as a sipping wine.

100% Pinot Noir grapes were grown on volcanic soils from 25 year old vines. Drunk from a Magnum.

13% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$85 (750ml). — 3 months ago

Shawn Thompson

8.9

An intoxicating nose of cherry cola, eucalyptus and Ecuadorian chocolate. Juicy palate exudes raspberry, black fruit and sorel with bell pepper. Stunning BC wine. — 5 years ago

Jason R

9.3

Excellent cab not too heavy — 7 years ago

Janna Coker

9.0

Palmetto Bluff trip at Buffalos. Very easy drink. Had the whole bottle. — 7 years ago

Stef Leung

9.2

Delicious! But do not pair with spicy food — 8 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

9.4

Over the course of a few hours, this wine has transformed from a pillar of austerity to a thing of beauty. A riper expression of Sagrantino, the delicacy of flavors - dried rose petal and lavender - prove a fascinating juxtaposition to the firm backbone of tannin that grows chalkier and more brittle with time in the glass. Kirsch, graphite, and rosemary. — 8 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

9.4

Domaine de Terrebrune's Bandol Rouge tastes of the arid landscape from which it is born. Aromas of rosemary, garrigue, fennel, and dried violet waft from the glass, before presenting a pure, stoic pillar of more earthly flavors on the palate. Terrestrial and ethereal at once, Terrebrune embraces both Bandol's more regal and gratifyingly rustic characters. 85% Mourvèdre, 10% Grenache, 5% Cinsaut. — 8 years ago

Jen Boland

9.9

Delightful red blend. Light and refreshing with plenty of depth. — 4 years ago

Kamall

9.1

More minerality then the Happy Canyon. Lovely SB — 5 years ago

Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7

9.5

Just in from Jersey, $22.00 no tax free shipping. Buy it by the case all day long. Skip the Bevan & buy this
Retail notes,

There’s a sweet-spot for domestic Sauvignon Blanc found in a special part of Bennett Valley that experiences a strong maritime influence as it flows through the Petaluma Gap to Sonoma Mountain. Within that funnel of cooling coastal air, the Dry Stack Vineyard is in a prime location at 550 feet elevation at the base of Mt. Taylor. I’m continually drawn to Sauvignon Blanc from Dry Stack and the vineyard produces fruit with detailed notes of fresh guava, rocky minerals, ripe tangerine and mineral infused citrus. You might be familiar with Russell Bevan’s version from Dry Stack, and Grey Stack has been a pillar on our tasting list in Yountville.

With Grey Stack, everything begins in the Vineyard with exceptional quality fruit, but from there, the wine is given a voice by winemaker Patrick Sullivan, whose experience includes making wine at Peter Michael, Paul Hobbs, Lewis Cellars and Rudd. This is absolutely one of the finest examples of California Sauvignon Blanc with its superior focus and incredibly vivid, distinctive flavors. If you love Sauvignon Blanc, or better yet, even if you don’t… Try this one and you’ll probably never look back. — 6 years ago

Paula Strebig

9.0

Lovey pale gold color with a hint of leaf green. Medium body, Pear and honeysuckle on the nose. Pit fruit, floral notes, & mild juicy acidity with subtle, unidentifiable minerality on the finish. (Grilled rubbed pork chops, cauliflower pearls, w/ truffle & asparagus cream sauce) — 8 years ago

with Tim

Bryce Wiatrak

9.5

Founded by brothers Thomas and Leonard Pennachetti, Cave Spring has become a benchmark estate for several of Niagara's core varieties. My favorites, however, are their Riesling. Their CSV, coming from the oldest blocks of Cave Spring's estate property on the Beamsville Bench, represents the pinnacle of their dry Rieslings. Intensely concentrated, with a pillar of acidity and gripping stony flavors, the wine finds a taut balance between its nervy salinity and pure apple and pear skin flavors. — 8 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

9.5

Marco Abella's top Priorat wine actually leads with Cariñena before Garnatxa, with David Marco asserting that Cariñena is the more powerful and more mineral of the two grapes. Rocky, craggy and saline, the wine's savory edges mimic the steep terraced slopes from which these wines are born. The 2012 Clos Abella finds a concentrated pillar of kalamata, prune, rosemary, smoke, and other flavors evocative of the Mediterranean coast. Stoic and lengthy, the wine has many stories yet to unfold. — 8 years ago

Scot Walker

9.0

Fruit forward, very smooth, low tannins with moderate acidity. Red fruit in the palate with maraschino cherries and red currants. Went well with an early spring al fresco dinner on a river bluff. — 4 years ago

Jeanine Ryding

9.5

1999 vintage enjoyed in August 2021 on 30th anniversary. Soft, round. Tobacco and plum. Grateful for this gift from Cory Gott, who managed this at Rombauer. — 5 years ago

Nina Zie

10

Juicy but dry. — 6 years ago

Al Shikoh

9.0

medium golden yellow; muted, lemon zest, wet stone; saline, stone fruit; medium bodied, good acid backbone, 14.1% ABV; sourced from vineyard on bluff 5 miles from Pacific Ocean, whole cluster pressed and fermented in seasoned French oak, made by owner/winemaker Kurt Beitler, grandson of Charlie Wagner and nephew of Chuck Wagner co-founders of Caymus Vineyards; $45 — 7 years ago

Julie Grogan

9.3

A little more sweet than I usual take an off dry... but sweeter the better seems to be taste that midwesterner prefer. A delight riesling- esque wine that has a lot of floral aromatics and some honeyed characteristics. A lot of apricot and ripe yellow stone fruit flavor. Had a taste this evening but saving for tomorrow's dinner of bratwursts. Would pick this easily over some of the nationally marketed and sold rieslings. — 7 years ago

Dave Loretta

9.5

‘007 Bright, Savory, Brilliant. Will miss the dragon label. — 8 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

9.4

From the same appellation boundaries as Banyuls, this Collioure wine is a stunner. While a bit reductive when first uncorked - it’s stoic, structured and remarkably complex - a pillar of inky anise, leather, cayenne, rosemary flavor. Spice and garrigue meet blackberry liqueur on the lengthy finish. It’s the classic combination of rusticity and elegance that southern France does so well. 80% Mourvèdre, 10% Grenache, 10% Carignan. — 8 years ago

with Emily