Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2022 vintage. Medium body. Some dirtiness but finishes on the pretty side of the Grenache ledger. 3.23.26 — 3 months ago

Jake Hajer

9.1

A beautiful if lean Chardonnay that really needs a few years before opening. My wife didn’t like it and European with a European palate. Mineral, slate, smoke, orange pith, unripe pomegranate. Give it a few years and caramel will emerge and it will be beautiful. — 8 months ago

Kapyrick Wine

9.2

v17. Very good!! Big and bold. Soft, toast and dried herb nose. Round deep, black cassis, blackberry and soft plum fruit. Smooth, chocolate and tight leather finish. Nice! — a year ago

Brandon Boesch

9.4

Great wine! Tons of spice and pepper, there’s a meaty flavor, tart berries, great finish that brings you back for more. — 5 years ago

Miriam De Lyon

9.2

Lovely; balanced. — 5 years ago

with Nikki

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9.3

The 2018 Pinot Noir (Santa Barbara County) is an absolutely gorgeous appellation-level wine. The purity of the flavors alone is just stunning. Sweet red cherry, mint and blood orange take on shades of translucence. Light on its feet and yet beautifully layered, the 2018 has so much going on. It is an elegant and alluring wine from the first taste. Vineyard sites are Radian, Spear, La Rinconada and Sanford & Benedict. Don’t miss it. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, August 2020)
— 6 years ago

Jay Eagan

9.2

First wine of the day - beautiful winery and property with the winemaker doing tastings. This Syrah is a lean red currant driven wine - very nice. — 6 years ago

with Kristine

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.8

Faint - Dijon mustard. I rated this vintage many many times. Very pale. Drink up really. At its peak - this is awesome but will not get better. Quite oxidized. Profound orange 🍊 notes / Inter-dispersed with fading dark cherry. Incredible well balanced at this point. „Tip of the spear….“. Super complex back palate - what the hell is this? Tumeric, ….boy am I glad i have an Argon line at home to be able to taste this for days. Last bottle. — 4 months ago

Ken Venezio

9.2

Loads of cherry on the nose. Plum, cranberry and raspberry on the palate. Shows a desirable tartness and full mouth feel throughout the finish. We loved visiting the winery and love this 100% estate single clone Pinot. — a year ago

Ryan Taylor

9.7

Great acid, lemon and Granny Smith Apple. — 4 years ago

Kendall Johnson

9.2

Deep, sweet berries #familytime — 5 years ago

Andrew Belzer

8.9

Leather, cigar box, with some acid and sling bitterness on the finish — 6 years ago

Hanibal

9.5

Every time i drink the 90 clinet i am flabbergasted...the wine has so much complexity and length to spear. This was again memorable — 6 years ago

Jay Eagan

9.2

If you could put lemon meringue and malo fermentation you have the nose. — 6 years ago

with Kristine

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.4

Upon opening unreadable, tart and harsh. Needs about 2-3 hours to open up. Super earthy. Tons of sediment. Very herbaceous. Black forest thyme. Black cherry. Elderberry galore. A tour de force really. Still a ton of tannins - to much? Give it 5 more years? A wine on the edge - tip of the spear. As some of these high end E & M‘s are. I like their wines but not fully convinced of the 2015‘s. Same as with the 2015 Burghs. The hype might not pan out. 24 hours later - this wine needs potentially 10 more years of age - hard to say - mellowed out - orange zest, port wine characteristics, cranberry - still a little rough but for the E&M fans a treat. — 6 months ago

Ken Venezio

9.1

100% Clone 943 Pinot Noir. Black cherry, some blueberry and black plum. Subtle and balanced. A bit of spice on the finish. Loved the winery and you'll love the 2022 clone 943. — 10 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2020 vintage. Splendid nose and excellent color. PNP. Medium heavy body. Massive attack of blackberry and plum at the tip of the blue lines spear. A mega-fave St. Emmie producer in the $35-$40 strike price. Fleshy now and wish I had enough storage/discipline/ca$hi$h to park a couple of cases straight into darkness for a decade plus to trace performance/unfolding/defensive posture. Alas, I am undone. 12.10.24. — 2 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.3

Excellent, but will get better with a little more time in the bottle. — 5 years ago

with Vanessa

Rich Huber

9.5

This is obviously a young wine. But with that said, it’s like no other Pinot you will ever have. Buttered toast with jam on the nose and a nice balance of fruit on the palate. The wine lingers in you mouth and finishes dry. — 6 years ago

Jason Keefer

9.2

Fantastic! Great minerality, acidity, structure and balance from a region that typically grows chard. Really impressive results from this small producer! — 6 years ago

with Natasha