Brad Gianiny

9.2

Great WTSO cab — 5 years ago

Daniel Ciolek

9.0

Robert Stormy Cabernet is one of my favorite offerings from WTSO. Every vintage has a pleasant nose, smooth fruity front and finish - Not your typical Napa intensity but superb value for the price. — 5 years ago

Chris England

9.0

For £40 this is a decent Margaux in a top year that’s drinking great already but will still improve 😉

📍 Chateau Desmirail 2010

🏵 90 points

🍇 60% Cabernet Sauvignon & 40% Merlot

🍷 Opaque deep ruby

👃 Damp soggy earth, squished leaves & rock minerals through dark plum & blackcurrant w/ mocha, red liquorice, herbs & broken pencils

👄 Med body of creamy smooth mocha & liquorice infused dark plum & blackcurrant w/ a slight dry mineral storey backbone

🎯 Med+ dark plump earthy fruits finale w/ a dry stoney mineral mocha liquorice linger
— 6 years ago

Neil Valenzuela

8.9

Interesting mix:
65% Petite Sirah, 20% Grenache, 12% Tempranillo, 3% Viognier
Loads of red and black fruit, powerful fruit flavors, light aromatic finish. — 5 years ago

Jimmy Hilton

9.3

WTSO $20. Needs a few to open. A little bit dry, great nose, great fruit, and is total velvet on the tongue. — 5 years ago

Larry Wood

9.4

Ok ok.... it’s been a while! Maybe this is a holiday affair! I cheat on France when I’m away, shush, she’ll never know. I’m 40,000 feet/11k in meters high on Virgin Atlantic Wi-fi (this is clearly the future). ‘The Storey’
I bought two within the last two weeks. Bought and opened on recommendation (local wine shop in the village). The looks - label old skool European, 15%+ dark and stormy. I drank both bottles at two diffident occasions and felt the same emotion (bit 80’s I know)...... skiing in Whistler, snowy night with Mrs W. Kids sleeping and a plate of plastic North American cheese. Don’t be angry, I loved it. There are wines to be drunk in winter and there are cold wines. This one at room/blood temperature (27c/80f) with 40mins breathing time and it just floored us. I want to point out this wine is not a quick drink. I bolt red like blueberry/cranberry/black currant juice but it just wouldn’t be rushed. Smooth and I mean smooth. Salty, Carmel and Brandy/almonds....... No other description will describe. It’s just like maple syrup in consistency. It snowed outside but it shon in the glass. Second date: New Year’s Eve, -13 outside. 4 other people I didn’t really know on an impromptu dinner. We ate, drank and talked (I talked rubbish but I’ll never see them again) then it came time for the cheese board. The wine was too cold when we arrived. It was too cold for starter and mains but 3hrs in, opened and primed it was sit you down amazing (again). A NYE to remember. Don’t take it from me, ask the nobodies I’ll never see again. I thought maybe I’d/we’d just had a moment the time before but it’s that good (it really was). Don’t take my word for it, try it alone or with strangers but make sure you drink it slooooooooowly — 7 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.0

Easy to drink with typical stone fruit and balanced oak. Good quality and consistency for the millions of bottles they make from mainly Riverland fruit. I remember seeing a 4 storey high neon sign in Times Square some years ago and it confirmed to me how the Casella Family had cracked the American market. — 5 years ago

Wulf Losee

8.9

Leather and dry oak boards on the nose. Strawberries and violets on the front. Light tannic structure with just a hint of grapefruit high notes at the end. A very pretty wine! — 5 years ago

Adam Foutz

9.5

A great “bold” Pinot from the RVV, hard to best at the $20/25 price point picked up in downtown Healdsburg! — 7 years ago

Brendan OConnell

9.5

Great Syrah. — 7 years ago

with Geoff