Ron R

9.3

I recently visited the brewery in Brooklyn, NY. They were out of my fave IPA, but this represents a reasonable proxy.
It’s a double, but the alcohol is submerged by a moderate citrus and sweet finish. This husband and wife partnership are doing good things. — 4 years ago

David Walthall

9.0

It was tight. Decant for 4 hours or out into a vitamix and pulse — 7 years ago

Geno Tomko

10

Tasted with Gianfranco Soldera @ Case Basse. A paradigm changing visit. I can say this with confidence, no other winemaker on the planet has their finger on the pulse like Gianfranco. A man who is 1000% invested in his land that produces profound sangiovese. — 10 years ago

Cameron Myhrvold

9.4

2001 Feudi Serpico
even though a 2001 this wine was super tight and closed. gigantic tannin structure and not much else. I quadruple decanted it and got a pulse. I put it aside for 24 hours and I had a beautiful living breathing wine. how crazultly is that. go knows when it will be ready to drink but I would guess another 10 years. if you are willing to open it a day or even two before you drink it you will be rewarded. that is the good news. — 10 years ago

Casey Stewart

8.9

Great nose. A little too tannic. Maybe just too young. Gonna give it some time. — 11 years ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.1

Ripe but with a strong pulse of acidity. Seems to be closed down at the moment showing mostly cranberry but it’s all there on the palate. Has that wildness and ethereality that’s so special when Breton is on. — 5 years ago

Shay A

9.1

Wednesday Wine Committee from this past week. A fantastic hosting by @joe leatherwood . 1 sparkler, 2 whites, 5 reds, 1 dessert wine. All tasted blind as usual.

Not familiar with this producer. Since I don’t have much context to go on, it’s hard to get a pulse on typical profile, but when comparing to the other 2000 Bordeauxs in the lineup, this seemed much older. Old baked fig, cocoa dusted dates, scorched black plum and pipe tobacco. Aged funk on the palate with leather, dried black cherries, and an herbal finish. A touch syrupy too. I called this old Brunello. — 6 years ago

with joe, Dan and 2 others

Casey Curbow

Sales Associate Windsor Wine Merchants

9.0

This was a fun one. Somebody called it Roman wine, 40 AD. Seems about right. Walnut, caramel, underlying dried fruit, with acid to keep its pulse. No blend, all albarossa. — 10 years ago

with Gerald and Ashley

Eric Guido

9.0

Full-throtal and unapologetic.... The nose is intense, with dark red and black fruit, licorice, coco powder, sweet herbs and exotic spice. On the palate, it displays an explosion of dark ripe fruits with a pulse of zesty acidity, as it travels quickly across the senses, and leaves a bit of heat in the close. The finish shows last notes of blackberry, cherry and licorice with a twang of bitterness on the back palate. — 11 years ago

Rob Moose

9.2

Hey 2011! Ya got a pulse! — 12 years ago

with Gabriel

William Paley

9.3

clarion call for consumption. deeply stony pez pulse. reminds me of a photograph of fire. — 6 years ago

with Jess

Andrew Lohse

8.9

Black fruit. Nice richness and structure with a strong pulse of acidity. — 7 years ago

Ron R

9.2

Wine snobs should look away...

Such a fun wine, particularly since we are not big on Malbec. It’s dark and forbidding. Decadent nose of blackcurrants and fig paste. Lithe on the palette. Good tannins with lively acidity, finishing sweet. The Wagners have their finger firmly on the mass consumers pulse. Great wine and background story. — 8 years ago

with Anne-marie

Kate Landman

9.2

Tangy sour cherry with an electric pulse (broke my buying freeze for this one) — 11 years ago

Christine Havens

9.1

I have long loved Dönnhoff, and will continue to extoll its virtues. The Nahe Oberhäuser Leistenberg Kabinett Riesling 2011 is simply put, a pulse-quickening example, with complex aromas of white flowers, Asian pear, shale, mint, and clover honey. On the palate, a tensile, arching backbone interlaced with peach pit and white grapefruit pith adds tension to shale-driven minerality. It's got a wholly appealing, racy, slightly bitter edge delicately rimmed in sea salt. In addition, fantastic length. — 11 years ago