Alexandra Gelbard

10

The best wine I’ve had in a long time. Bright, light, and simply delicious. Drank it late July 2022 at the BAAG with A and IAM on their respective visits. Sparks joy. — 4 years ago

Joe DAscoli

9.5

Excellent paired with steak at Sparks — 5 years ago

William Paley

9.5

i want it to always be 8:30pm in the summer. white pepper, dandelion leaf, green fruit, relaxes to beach plum and sparks. — 6 years ago

with Jess

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Nikki & Jeff Nelson joined together with Dragonette Cellars winemaker, Brandon Sparks-Gillis, & craft 2 very different small production Chards. Blend 2 stylistically different wines, from 7 vineyards, with little intervention, minimal oak, no additives just pure expressions of Chard! White Hill is more Chablis-like of the 2; aromas of stone and tropical fruits with citrus notes. On the palate peach, pineapple and ripe apple with citrus and mineral wrapped in generous acidity. Fresh, medium+ finish ending with citrus and mineral character. — 7 years ago

Mark Turner

9.8

I love this wine! Old world palate from the USA. Opened it an hour ago. Probably needs another two hours, but we are at Sparks in NYC. This is showing amazingly well. Incredible balance, great fruit. Soft finish. — 9 years ago

Michael Burlison

10

Found this Robert Foley gem at Sparks in Bryn Mawr. So fruity and delicious even right out of the bottle. — 9 years ago

Alia Connor

9.0

Wedding sparks — 10 years ago

carmen

9.3

refreshing yet funky medium bodied natural red with herbs and spices smoothed over with cherry and sparks of citrus — 4 years ago

Catherine Brunner

10

Sparks, savory, sexyyyyy as hell — 5 years ago

Willem Booij

9.2

Tasting with Eddy Faller: nice smooth and silky wine, some smoke in the nose and granite stone sparks. — 5 years ago

Michael Fiur

9.9

Sparks. Becker. Warren. — 7 years ago

Narun P

9.1

100% Syrah

Brownish, bricked, garnet. Semi transparent. Widened rim.

Superbly perfumed aromas of savory dark fruits - old leather, black pepper, dried rose petal, grilled teriyaki-marinated meat.

Not entirely completely resolved with some tannic structure lingering on. Red cherry, dried plum and blackberry. Lovely secondary characters firmly established with gamey profile, and ashy spices.

This is an absolute classic of a gem unearthed from the depth of the rather lengthy wine list at Sparks Steakhouse in Midtown East, NYC. 91. — 9 years ago

Velma Cooper

9.0

Velma had this 9 years ago

Joe Lucca

9.6

A mythical beast of a wine. Barely showing any signs of age; this 12 year old needs more time. Rose petals, toasty oak, and blackberry coulis on the nose. The palate is broad, and comes in waves. Black fruit, cassis, smoke, roasted beef fat, eucalyptus, bay leaf, baking spices, raspberry, blueberry jam. Teeth staining extraction. Mouth drying, textured tannins. This needs a dry aged prime ribeye. Finishes with some heat (15% abv) and green peppercorns. I haven't been to Oz in quite some time, but this sparks all the right sensory memories to remind me why it's a pleasurable place to be. Wish I had a case of this to work through over the next 2 decades. — 10 years ago

with Diana

Daniel M

9.2

What an intoxicating nose! There is strawberry and fig, there is blackberry and plum, there is garrigue and olive, there is a tiny touch of licorice too. Wow that's complex. The palate is very well made. There is a strong acid drive with a beautiful, blossoming fruit touch expanding as it goes, with blackberry and strawberry notes. There is a bit of weight and matter on the sides and a soft mouthfeel, almost like a cushion. The mid palate is a powehouse with a a nice tannins layer adding a bit of disruption on top of that cushiony mouthfeel. That continues in the finish for ever, with those fruity notes and that licorice, olive, garrigue combo that sparks joy with châteauneuf wines. You gotta love it! — 5 years ago

Raff

9.4

Pale yellow. Meyer lemon and ocean spray on the nose with a bit of brown sugar also. Pure electricity on the palate! Hits the tongue and sparks, the best lemon bars imaginable with notes of chalk, lemon grass, and a bitterness that reminds me of chioggia beets for some reason. Has a bit of hay that comes around also. Really different grüner, but so lovely and interesting. — 5 years ago

Erik Longabardi

9.5

Wow. Just a stunning wine. Nose is so lovely. In the mouth it sparks electricity on every single level. Rebuy. — 6 years ago

Lindsey King

9.1

In the passenger seat when the sun is sinking and warm four o'clock light is only catching your face briefly through small spaces between tall buildings. Not thinking about much, not needing to. Feeling the rocky lurch of an old, beloved car carrying you forward. Things are easy and momentary. Apple cider, sweet orange, walnuts, lees, dried leaves, little sparks. — 9 years ago

Chris England

9.4

For an off year this aged 02 £70 Figeac is a beauty

🍷 Garnet ruby w/ brick edge

👃 Farmyard through smokey oak into chomped spicy dark plums w/ soggy earth, leaves, minerals, pencil lead, gravel & flint sparks

👄 Med body of smooth creamy dark plum, crushed black berries w/ minerals galore, mocha & liquorice earthy tones

🎯 Long chewy dark earthy plum linger with flint licking mocha & liquorice — 9 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Mineral and Lemon pith nose. Really intense. Concentrated lemon mineral explosion on the palate. Juicy as heck on the fInish. Just sparks of the juiciness receptors. A great wine. Bought from Fass selections. — 10 years ago

with Lyle