Steve Mitchell

9.2

Nice Paso Robles Rhône GSM. Medium bodied,smooth on the pallet, medium tannins. Paired with a burger and fries. — 9 months ago

Teresa S

9.0

Super acidic but balanced and bright. Pairing well with street corn and Caesar salad. — 6 years ago

Erik Wochna

9.1

13' vintage — 8 years ago

Adam Wills

8.9

Caught in the rain, the sunshine is def slacking — 10 years ago

Steve Reiss

9.0

Excellent Paso blend — 10 months ago

Shay A

9.2

85 merlot/ 10 CabSauv/ 5 CabFranc

Pop and poured. Very pretty and elegant. Not a blockbuster vintage, but not a slacker in StEm. This Clos Fourtet isn’t flamboyant nor lean, but quite balanced. Deep ruby + purple in the glass, it looks as though it will be heavy and powerful, but it sports lots of potpurri, espresso, and inky black fruits aromatically all wrapped a delicate profile. Good weight on the palate. Very clean (zero Brett). This may lean slightly modern, but the tannin and herbal bite at the finish snap you back to France. Not surprisingly, the last glass was best. No rush here, but a quick dash of air opens the gates. — 2 years ago

Christopher Boyns

9.0

Very fruity and approachable, very ripe. Fruit driven. Body driven more by alcohol and tannin than acid. A very drinkable and delicious wine — 10 years ago

Peter Plaehn

9.3

That year's slacker. Only 99pts? Should've paid attention in class. — 11 years ago

Steven Heydemann

9.2

Love it when older bottles don’t disappoint. Not the 64 Monfortino, for sure, but not a slacker. — 2 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2018 vintage. Settling down a little bit since last visit 10.24.21. Medium/medium-heavy body. Starts off Napa, finishes Right bank. Velveteen and hazelnut nose. Slacker tannic presence. Still fairly flashy yet substantial-esp for the price. Tremendous value and drinking slightly better than nearly seven months ago. — 4 years ago

Edmond Bordelon

9.5

This time it is the real Patria Avoyelles...Thanks Paul T for pointing out my gaffe between the Patria Oakville Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon and this amazing blend of 56% Cabernet Franc, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon and 9% PetitVerdot! Not that the Cab was any slacker, but the Avoyelles is a noticeable jump in depth and feel across the tongue. Tony Biagi is killing it! — 9 years ago

with Katherine

Gae Saccoccio - NdC

9.5

Giovanna Morganti: Podere Le Boncie. She's a fine and set apart winemaker in San Felice/Castelnuovo Berardenga. Her house is the cellar, her mystic garden the vineyard where she does home-grown her own sangiovese grapes and few others local vine variety (mammolo foglia-tonda colorino canaiolo) allowed in the Chianti Classico Appellation, with such a filial piety and discipline as they were kids in a kindergarden. "Le Trame" is the name of her A rated eldest child, a magnificent utterance of Tuscany through the wine. Here's instead, her declassified sangiovese under the IGT umbrella (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) called simply, 5 - with a touch of self-irony - which in terms of grades at the School would be C or D. I do adore this "slacker" and strapping "5" for the harshness sour inborn at the wine, a spontaneous expression of a very acidic and stoney soil too! — 11 years ago