J gutz

9.7

Delicious! — 4 months ago

Stuart Pollack

9.6

A beauty. Sweet wine perfect with Thai food. Mix of white fruits all balanced together with peach, apricot, pineapple, and lychee notes. Intensely aromatic nose that could be smelled across the table. — 9 months ago

Vanessa

9.5

This wine is deep ruby with developing and robust notes of blackberry preserves, crushed blueberry, dried prune, fig paste, violet, cherry blossom, black licorice, anise, cedar, nutmeg, cardamom, allspice, pencil shavings, leather, tobacco, and forest floor.

On the palate this wine is dry. It has medium acidity, a full body, high alcohol, smooth, fine-grain tannins, and medium(+) intensity in flavors consistent with the nose. It’s bold, structured, perfumed…

With a long, elegant finish and impeccable balance, this wine is top-notch-delish! C’est magnifique!

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave, Hermitage, 2006, ABV 14%. — 4 years ago

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Gunja Gargeshwari

9.0

Pleasant - a palate opener for the night but not outstanding. — 5 years ago

Severn G

9.1

Still a decent bottle, prior notes apply. — 6 years ago

Shay A

9.4

The owners of Hobel Wines came to town and put on a nice tasting, while also detailing their history. Very nice people and wines. They make two wines, both Cabernets from Calistoga. TRB is the winemaker.

I preferred this over The Figure. This could be a dead ringer for a Rivers-Marie Cabernet. TRB signature style of showing the entire fruit spectrum...raspberries, black cherry, blueberries. Dark cocoa in the middle showing a finish that turned more herbal and savory. Really enjoyable. — 7 years ago

Richard Sohn

9.3

Fruity, floral. Notably sweet with minimal burn despite 50% abv. — 9 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2001 vintage. Sweet fill. Cork perfect (used a Durand) but more than a bit underwaxed so it was a positively Italian experience during the opening process. I trust those in the know completely understand what the hell imma talking about. Workout! Cork out in one piece and expected amount of sed. Medium body with overtures towards more. Blueberry, tobacco, plum and gravelly, wet earth impressions leading the charge throughout. Grippy tannins providing visible and raised guardrails during. A little editorial...the 2001's were generally emasculated/minimized after the supposed "vintage of the (which one?) century" in 2000. The 2000's have largely failed to deliver the anticipated goods whereas the "meh" 2001's (at vastly reduced prices from the 2000's) are rocking don't bother knocking now. Completely like the guy or girl that was always cute but totally caught fire after high school. A late(r) bloomer and completely underrated. This wine has an easy 20-spot of top-notch drinking ahead. 1.24.26. — 5 months ago

Jerry Raphael

9.0

Very smooth and easy to drink. Had some hard candy notes on the nose and taste. — 2 years ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.3

Completely unique. Rieslingesque in its fruit, minerality and transparency. With a rhone-like texture, relatively subdued acid and a tropical hint on the nose. Very interesting; a little too sweet for food right now. — 5 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.2

Light PN. Cranberry, cherry, minerally on the finish. Rather Burgundian. — 6 years ago

John Van Trijp

9.7

SQN Night! — 6 years ago

Erik Ullvin

9.2

Gott, men sött. — 8 years ago

Ericsson

9.7

Mariano García’s final vintage at Vega Sicilia. What a great bottle.

The nose opens with damp forest floor, leather, cedar, and quiet red fruit; subtle, reserved, endlessly composed.

On the palate, it’s silk laid gently over structure: dried cherry, tobacco, graphite, and savory earth carried by fine-grain tannins and measured acidity.

The finish reads like the final lines of a great novel: inevitable, complete, and exactly as it should be. And already, there’s a touch of nostalgia, because I don’t know when I’ll encounter something like this again. — 6 months ago

Baltar666

8.9

I don't know how it actually tastes on its own - made sangria with it using fruit/berries, mint, grenadine, and infused vodka. Delightful! $13 — 10 months ago

Michal Rosenn

9.1

dusty, plummy, ripe pinot that finishes with a peppy bite. really enjoyed this — 5 years ago

Michelle H

9.0

Lovely to drink with dessert. I taste pear, honey, and orange with tiny little bubbles. Sweet but delish! — 6 years ago

Richard Perlman

9.1

Better than it was two years ago — 6 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.0

Complete funk. Tons of herbs and a hint of fruit. It was a little too natural for my liking. — 7 years ago

speedy duncan

9.0

A toast to Mr. Benson — 8 years ago