San Diego County, South Coast

Hirsch Vineyards

San Andreas Fault Pinot Noir 2010

Jimmy Hayes
9.3

This older bottle is showing so beautifully! Aging totally gracefully, still with life left ahead. Delicate, and flavors still leading with fruit. — 5 days ago

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Moraga Vineyards

Bel-Air Red Bordeaux Blend 2017

Luxurious red blend with fruit forward cherry, currant and vanilla. Finish not as complex as my favorite Napa Cabs or blends. Enjoyable. — 2 months ago

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Aequorea

Spanish Springs Vineyard Pinot Gris 2021

2021 Vintage. 14% ABV. Good acidity and fruit to go with cheese apps. Very nice wine. — 4 months ago

Sharon, Severn and 3 others liked this

Dirty & Rowdy

Enz Vineyard Mourvèdre

Super fun tasting through a selection of Dirty and Rowdy’s. While there wasn’t a bad bottle in this lineup, the 2017 Enz was lights out... Was a treat having the winemaker Hardy Wallace join us via Zoom. What we expected to be a 30min or so zoom call to walk us through the lineup turned into 2 hours of learning about the various vineyards Hardy works with and diving into his philosophy on wine. An afternoon I’ll never forget! Thanks Clare for making this happen! — 3 years ago

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with Clare and Jack
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David L

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Looked & sounded like a good time. Cheers
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Really enjoy their wines...how fun!

Sandlands

San Benito County Mataro 2021

Popped and poured, consumed over two days. Consistent throughout. The 2021 Mataro, San Benito County pours a deep ruby color moving toward magenta rim and a near opaque core. Medium viscosity with very light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine explodes with fresh, perfectly ripe bramble fruits: black berries and raspberries, purple flowers, black pepper, crushed rocky earth with limestone minerals and subtle warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannins and medium+ acid. The tannins are almost silky…but sneaky. Confirming the notes from the nose and the raspberries are even more obvious right now. The finish is long. This is an awesome Mataro that’s drinking really well right now and I anticipate a bright future too. Drink now through 3036. — 24 days ago

Douglas, Brian and 8 others liked this

Turley

The White Coat San Luis Obispo County White Rhone Blend 2002

Honey, almonds and butterscotch. At least 5 years left. — 4 months ago

Juan, Severn and 1 other liked this

Los Pilares

Grenache Carignan Blend 2013

Los Pilares San Diego County Red Blend 2013: Fresh. Natural. Extraordinary. Consisting of 50% Grenache & 50% Carignan, this was a light-bodied, extremely unique wine. Red fruits (cranberry & cherry). Plum. Earth. Short finish. For me, the wine was a bit thin on structure but very clean & natural tasting. This was my first San Diego County wine and it left me quite intrigued & impressed. Hoping to explore other San Diego wines in the near future. Cheers🍷 — 2 years ago

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Piedrasassi

Rim Rock Syrah 2016

This wine is all about black olive...never had a wine that has such clarity of flavour in one particular direction. That being said it definately not one dimensional and there is so much to enjoy. We had this with lamb but it could go excellently with anything with tomatoes or even heavier fish like cod or monkfish. — a month ago

Spencer, Austin and 11 others liked this
Austin Hohnke

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Love this producer. Sashi does a lot of work with Rajat Parr.

Williams Selyem

Vista Verde Vineyard Pinot Noir 2009

A vertical tasting of 12 Williams Selyem pinots from 2000-2013, all from the Vista Verde vineyard. My #1 was the 2009 vintage, which was “powerful” and “excellent” The group ranked it #3. — 3 months ago

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Williams Selyem

San Benito County Pinot Noir

Had the 2018 with Kristen and Al, super good light Pinot — a year ago