Conrad Green

9.7

Plush, lush. Rich fruit and great pose. Velvety texture, dark plum and black cherry. Floral notes and a gorgeous soft intensity. Long and textured. Delicious — 2 days ago

Mike McGovern

9.6

Texas pose-Xmas 2025 listening to the ABBA Gold Record with Aido. Gift from PwC. Amber particularly enjoyed it. — 7 months ago

with Amber

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.5

Clean and crisp. Eureka lemon. Hint of Kerosene. Lemon Oil. Excellent minerality and pose. Hint green apple. Touch herbs on the back palate. Young. Drink now or don’t touch for a decade. If you have the patience. Obviously i don’t it’s just too good. — 2 years ago

Romain Fitoussi

8.9

Cherry dress, charming nose of the Burgundian PN between strawberry, cherry, mushroom, cloves; discreet breeding tip between vanilla and tobacco. In the mouth it is lively, with a mineral marker that imposes itself. Semi-Light body that comforts the breeding tannins. Chanson lays the foundations of Burgundy in what is most essential, magnifying the PN. Easy to drink, elegant. 2019 at its peak.

Robe cerise, nez charmant des pinots-noirs bourguignons entre fraise, cerise, champignon, girofle, pointe discrète d’élevage entre vanille et tabac. En bouche c’est vif, avec un marqueur minéral qui s’impose de lui-même. Corps demi-Léger confortant les tanins d’élevage. Chanson pose les bases du Bourgogne dans ce qu’il y’a de plus essentiel, magnifiant le Pinot-Noir. Facile à boire, élégant. — 3 years ago

Ming L

9.1

Delicate nose of blackberry, cassis, fall leaves with nuances of violet and cigar box. The juice waltzes with pose and grace. Elegantly sculptured medium to full body with lush texture and silky tannins. Harmonious palate.

This 2nd wine of Gazin is still very youthful but showing the pedigree. It will be outstanding in 10-15 years. — 5 years ago

Kelly Seiler

10

3rd generation women wine makers. Owner was a ballerina and all wines are named for a pose. Natural wine. Lovely and tart. — 7 years ago

Nick Ferrall

9.1

New world Albariño without losing any old world texture and depth. The nose jumps out of the glass soon as you pour it, and holds a surprisingly lean pose for the % level and rounder mouthfeel. — 8 years ago

with Dash

Warren Sapp

9.1

Strike the pose! — 9 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.1

4 bottles within a week. Corks are in trouble they all seeped. Their top bottling in 2009 one barrel made / 60 year old vines / clone no idea? Still quite tannic. Needs 1 hour to open up before that flat/dull. Raspberries, tart cherry, red currant, chalky. Less complicated compared to 5 years ago some bottle variation. My strong advice - drink now (I re-corked 2 for 2029 for science). But honestly this is beyond its prime! OK gains significant elegance and pose after 2 hours of air. So yes still good but tough to figure out - and recommendation still the same drink up! May be folks luck out on the upside. — 4 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.6

2018 vintage. Last tasted 04.08.23 (9.5), 12.01.22 from a 375ml (9.5) and upon release 06.07.21 (9.5). Decanted and tasted after 45 minutes. Mysterious, dark-fruited and dusty nose. Medium body with excellent darkness of night color. Previous baby-fat overtures approximately 90% gonzo. Slimming down and getting more toned. In a state of transition with undeniable tension that can easily be misconstrued as underperforming. Last wine I tasted that was under this sort of metamorphosis at this level was the 1996 Pichon-Lalande about 1.5 years ago. Such a privilege to experience world-class wines in such a vulnerable moment. Everything is laid out bare/naked before you and you can see where the wine is headed and whether it will be following a trajectory that agrees with you. Definitely unusual to find this occurring in a wine this youthful but the 21st Century is smashing the old 20th Century clay tablets and digitizing. For most wine enthusiasts sampling this wine now, expecting some disappointment in the scoring. For myself, this is currently in the perfect symmetry of past, present and future. Will it show critically better in the future according to the accepted trials, palates, judges and juries? Probably. Will they experience the potential, doubts, insecurities and questions? Doubtful. This kid stays in this exact picture for another 2-4 years imho before striking another pose and I would love to taste this again during that time frame. An above and beyond thank you to FLB (Friday Lunch Bunch) regular Todd. 08.15.25. — a year ago

Stephen Redenbaugh

9.2

Wow! This sure doesn’t taste “New World” ...clean, crisp, almost tart...stone, sea spray, saline, lemon pith, something subtle and savory like rosemary or basil. Intense complex finish where the weight shows itself and strikes a pose. Impressive evidence for Willamette Chardonnay’s importance. — 5 years ago

Ellen Clifford

9.0

Classic side pose (my left side photographs better) and added earring fun. Classic Italian grape added Lodi fun. I’m verily into it. One must mix things up. Studying Champagne pest-fighting technique earlier I learned that “sexual confusion” is the new pesticide there (this is not a joke) so maybe varietal location confusion is the new vaccine? I wish.
Anyway this also has about 12% Petite Sirah and also was in some new oak and is indelibly new world in a way I like. So much cola and vanilla and deep ripe red cherries but something. Some kick. Some oomph. That would make me say...not a pinot noir? If blind tasted.
I dunno it is yummy and apparently there is a guy who comes to the Oak Farm (shoutout to them having a woman winemaker on team) tasting room every day-ish for lunch who has a glass of this and takes the rest home. I wouldn’t mind more. More earrings. More wine? Okay — 6 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

On the nose; ripe, ruby, dark currants. Blackberries, black raspberries, black plum, plum and blue fruit hues. Sweet dark, rich soil and tarry notes, black licorice, some pepper, light herbaceous notes, spice and dark fresh lavender and violets.

The body is medium full. The tannins are firm, sticky and a touch meaty. Dark currants, blackberries, black raspberries, black plum, dark cherries with strawberries haunting in and out on the palate. Dark rich soils, sweet tarry notes, black licorice, medium dark spice, cinnamon, clove, cinnamon, vanilla, soft leather, touch of herbaceousiness, tobacco leaf, crushed dry rocks, loamy dry soils, dark fresh red florals with violets. Round beautiful acidity and a rich, elegant, polished finish.

Photos of; a beautiful shot of the coastal range, road sign with the latitude location of their vina, my wife’s Hollywood pose after she has done two Viña tastings and the sheep animals in their lobby. — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

This was rich and delicious. It was fair enough for Suckling to pose the question “Is this the best NZ Pinot so far”? Ticks all the requisite boxes - ripe red and black fruits, a creamy texture, a nice garrigue herbal note. This Pinot lives up to the gorgeous site - one of the most awesome views you will see from the top of the vineyard over Lake Wanaka. Most impressive. — 6 months ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Very cool and rounded. Slate and pear and fine acidity. Great pose and subtlety. Resolved and delicious — 10 months ago

with Bex

Conrad Green

9.0

Ripe and lush in the nose. Golden in color. Nice resolved fruit with dried apricot and an orange peel hint. Good pose and balance still. — 2 years ago

with Paul and Ara

Riccardo L.

8.9

Beautiful wine for a casual dinner - nothing special but doesn’t pose as such. Just does what it’s supposed to do. A good blue collar wine. Mineral tones reminiscent of a Taurasi - an elevated aglianico. — 5 years ago

Fredrik Finn

9.3

Located in Sierra de Gredos, west of Madrid, Bernabeleva is a driving force of the ”new” Spanish wine movement that is getting well-earned attention from the wine world. The Garnachas of Gredos pose with a unique expression, marked with plenty of freshness and ”minerality” due to the high altitude and the granite soils.
The Vina Bonita, Bernabelevas top wine, comes from 2.8 ha single vineyard with 80 year old vines. Fermented in Wood with long maceration, matured on French barriques for ”as long as necessary”. Only 900 bottled produced of the 2016 vintage.

The wine is an act of elegance, a true showstopper concentrated red berry fruit with red florals and a balsamic-herby almost orange like lift, followed by a pronounced earthy and stony minerality.
A fresh acidity and slight lip gripping tannins with a very fine, almost powdery texture, a tactile sensation and strong fatigues drives the mineral, red fruited palate which breach across the palate in a long and expansive finish.
— 6 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.3

This beautiful Rioja rosé strikes a pose of vibrant salmon in the glass. It's got a beautiful nose, too, rich with cherries, strawberries, greens and flowers. On the palate, light fruit leads, with a backbeat of savory herbs coming through. Acidity is zippy, but not overpowering, while the finish is medium and very pleasant. — 8 years ago

Justin Gilman CSW, CSS

9.3

Domestic #Chardonnay #wine striking a pose of #Chablis.

Minimal intervention to the extreme. Superior balance. Reminiscent of Chablis. Bright gold color. Tangy acid, sharp TA. Lasting finish. Opened 7/20/17 — 9 years ago