Christian Fischer

9.1

Much better than the ones I had last year. Came together better than I had feared. Pretty solid wine and at the $65 paid not a bad deal. No longer regretting buying a few; this wine will be good to drink for the next 5-10 years — 9 days ago

Haley Yeomans

9.0

Bold, smooth, flavor has depth — 2 months ago

Jeremy Zuber

9.0

Nice and light. Buttery. Notes of green apple. — 2 months ago

with Cara

Chris A

9.1

Bright red cherry fruit, super smooth on the palette and an outstanding finish. A sterling example of a grand French Pinot Noir…Viva la France! — 4 months ago

Conrad Green

9.1

Honey and sweet lemon. Lush and oily. Pretty and long. — 16 days ago

with BOT and Paul

Tom Garland

9.4

Spoto Wines Tasting Dinner

APPETIZERS:
Truffled Trout Roe, Brioche Soldiers
Sterling Caviar, Brick Pastry, Cauliflower
Fresh Shucked Oysters, Ponzu Mignonette
Champagne

DINNER:
Series of Small Bites to Excite Your Palate..
2018 Spoto Russian River Pinot Noir

Artichoke in Various Forms, Fennel, Barigoule
2018 Spoto Oakville Godfather Red

Acquerello Aged Carnaroli Risotto, Morel
2018 Spoto Oakville Cuvee Christiane

Wagyu Rib Eye, Black Truffle, Butter Potatoes
2002 Spoto Family Reserve Cab (Father &Son)

Dark and Milk Chocolate, Cocoa Nib, Berry
2007 Spoto Syrah Port

ADDITIONAL WINES:
2009 colgin estate
2013 Sine Qua Non le supplement syrah
2005 kongsgaard syrah
2007 screaming eagle 2nd flight
1999 spottswood cabernet — 2 days ago

with Brenda

Ann Kunes

9.0

2018 - nice, robust but not overwhelming. Repeat — 3 months ago

Grant & Jullie

9.0

Smells of intense dark fruit, plums and blackberries immediately, with oak following and alcohol also. Tastes of plum and blackberries along with vanilla notes. A lot of heat from the alcohol. Think this will be better after a few more years. — a month ago

Katie

8.9

5/8 laignappe pre dinner drink. Tasty dry short finish — 2 months ago

Severn Goodwin

9.2

Nose has plum skin, crushed blackberry, spring violets, cedar shavings, chocolate powder and dry leaves.

Palate has roasted sweet red pepper, dehydrated blueberries, chocolate covered prune, over-ripe plum with faded tannins. Patience always wins.

Cork pulled for slow oxidation at 6H, then 2H decant. Noted improvement as the bottle airs, still lots of life ahead.

A perfect finale to our older Sterling Merlot's, just one remains, an older obscenely large format bottle. We sold off almost all our Sterling collection (Cabernet) earlier this year, I'm meh about the transaction, but we were can't drink it all. Someone will be quite happy, aside from us.

Paired to medium-rare strip steaks (Kinderhook Farm, Valatie NY) and roasted vegetables with bacon. Satisfying. — 3 months ago