Raymond Hill
Kumeu River
Hunting Hill Chardonnay 2019
Domaine Raymond Usseglio & Fils
Cuvée Girard Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend 2023
2023 vintage. 2.18.26. — 2 months ago
Philip Togni Vineyard
Tanbark Hill Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
Tight, structured, took over an hour to really open up. Crushed raspberries, balsamic. — 3 months ago
Chalk Hill
Estate Red Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2021
Drinking alongside the Sliver, the ‘21 Chalk Hill comes across as richer and more extracted, offering dense layers of blackcurrant, blackberry paste, dark chocolate, and roasted herbs. The palate is deep and mouth-coating, showing ample oak sweetness and firm tannins, but the concentration slightly outweighs its sense of balance. Power and ripeness dominate, giving a bold, muscular Bordeaux style expression. — 3 months ago
Dupont-Fahn Raymond
Chaumes des Perrières Bourgogne Blanc Chardonnay 2023
This is the closest I’ve ever come to Coche-Dury in a glass without actually drinking Coche-Dury. Same electric mineral snap. Same charged, high-tension citrus and stone. Same feeling of a white wine lit from within, like the whole thing is running on buried voltage. I am now on a mission to find this wine, because once you taste a Bourgogne Blanc that opens a little side door to Meursault heaven, you do not just shrug and move on. — 8 days ago
J. Rochioli
Little Hill Pinot Noir 2018
We had a vertical tasting of 2018 and 2020 Little Hill Single Vineyard PN. Both have similar bouquets and palates. Black cherry and minerality. 2020 is a little more floral. 2018 has a more darker tone; and that is good. Both have nice mouthfeels with smoothed out tannins. 2018 is a little more velvety. Both very good. It seems these PN need more time in the bottle — 2 months ago
Colgin Cellars
Tychson Hill Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Inky cab with purple-tinged blood blackness from rim to rim. Glass painter with star bright reflectivity. Viscous Frankenstein hair tears over glacial-carved canyon. Nose of black cherry, raisinated currant, light toast, lighter pepper, carnation, violet, licorice, blackberries with honey. Mouth-coating with a luxurious mouthfeel showing silky tannins with a modicum of grain. Cassis, graphite, baked blueberry, black currant. Sustain. Bold and unabashed.
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B.R. Cohn
Olive Hill Estate Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2011
Great wine. Elegant dark fruits. Rich. — 18 days ago
Stony Hill
Napa Valley Chardonnay 2011
This wine is testimony to great California Chardonnay that is also rare in style. No oak not malolactic fermentation. Hence the longevity. This 2011 is showing a bit of age with a deeper straw color than previous bottles from the same year. Still, only a hint of oxidation in the glass and on the nose. The pear and quince have evolved to a bit of caramel and butterscotch. Delicious to drink and I admit this might be the upper limit. I will drink remaining 2012 and 13’s in the next few months. — 2 months ago
Bob McDonald
This is the 2019 Hunting Hill, same vintage as the recently tasted Kumeu River Coddington. The Coddington remains the more opulent of the Kumeu cuvées. A mouth watering salinity. In this one. As Bob Campbell MW said, this is a Burgundian style (lacking the stone fruit of the Coddington). Although several previous vintages of Mates Vineyard have proved, at least to my palate, that it is the premium Cuvée. — 10 days ago