Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

vintage 2019 | Tasted this wine two times blind in three days, there must be bottle differences. Two days ago the wine was stubborn and in disbalance. Now the smell is mesmerizing and the taste is supple with lovely red cherries. — a month ago

Collier S. Wiese

9.2

Quintessential to the history of South Dakota was homemade rhubarb wine! This is a great representation of what tartness can do to balance the sweetness inherent in some of the non-grape wines. Like the tart cherry wines of Michigan, this is iconic of South Dakota. Love it! — 4 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2010 / It can be uncompromising harsh, Cabernet Franc. When young. It can be delightful elegant and charming. When aged. I love the grape with its successes in the region Loire. This one is even now dusty stubborn direct out of the bottle. But gains charm with every minute. Fine spicyness. — 6 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.4

Pop n pour. Reticent and stubborn upon opening. Revisit tomorrow.

On day two: balance is much better, the wine shows less stubborn and moody, dark fruit enters the spectrum.
Up two notches. — 7 years ago

Marconnie

9.0

Fun wine to start the Holiday. Kick ass label. Totally didn’t get the name until it was explained to me. May have been a blonde moment. Very dark red with blackberry jam. — 8 years ago

Dan Olson

9.0

Big ass red. Great for drinking on its own — 8 years ago

leon egozi

10

Bad ass as @MartinRivard would say.
Thats the 14! — 9 years ago

Neil Valenzuela

9.0

Deep ruby color. Aromas of strawberry, huckleberry and black currant. Nicely balanced and well worth the price.

🍇Cab, Cab Franc, Merlot & Petit Verdot.
— 8 months ago

with Chad

Ivor

9.1

These 10s keep on going remaining quite stubborn. Young and tight impression not giving much on opening. Evolves after an hour in a classic medoc. All blackberries and fresh plums, cigar box and pencil shavings. Chewy tannines and a pretty long aftertaste. Could even use a few more years.. — 5 years ago

Miranda Cherry

9.3

Very yummy!! — 7 years ago

Mike Swann

9.3

Knew that ass was real when I hit, it bounce back. — 7 years ago

with KBM

Matt Nason

9.2

Ripe plum, cherries, eucalyptus notes, very bad ass. 👊🏿. — 8 years ago

Kirk F

9.0

Birth year bottle for our first born daughter, Haley. Celebrating her graduation from Iowa State this weekend and her achieving gainful employment one week from tomorrow. The cork was stubborn but eventually cooperated, and we decanted and filtered the wine. Tart cherry the first sip, wondering if we needed a backup. Beautifully brick coloring and the sharp edges are rounding out and now we’re getting a smooth mid palate of dark berries and spice leading to a bright finish. And a bright future! 👍🏻🍷👩‍🎓. Cheers! — 8 years ago

Conrad Green

9.6

Very intense. Powerful gunpowder, flint, lime. A dazzling and broad midpalate. Really juicy and focused with none of the over-ripeness you sometimes see in 05. Killer. No signs of premox and will probably kick ass in 20 years on this showing. — 9 years ago

with Naoko and Larry

David Koenen

9.2

Earth, wood, tobacco, sun dried tomato, oak, coffee, pencil lead and lovely balance to top it off. True to type! I’m quite surprised, since this used to be stubborn years ago, and I was wondering if it had enough substance to go the distance. It does. — 3 years ago

Wil Chow

9.0

Daaaaammmnnn this is 🔥!!! Gots all the signatures of a big ass Cali cabs, but like I dunno, sophisticated and demure. All those ripe lush fruity juiciness was just so perfectly interwoven with cocoa coffee graphite and lightly crushed herbs all with jusssst the right amount of oakiness <chef’s kiss> — 6 years ago

Grace Blea

8.9

Complex, slight sweetness, fairly dry, enjoyable — 7 years ago

Michael Seely

9.5

Spank my ass and call me Sally, I love me this wine!!!! Simply a perfect zinfandel. Decanted for an hour, spices galore! — 8 years ago

with Jeff and Joe

Marshall Todd Herron DPM

10

Holy Cow. THE PROS ARE NOT ON MY PALATE RATING!!!!!! This is the best of the three. No, its not my third full glass of wine. I have now sampled 1oz of each wine. This is Mount Peak Winery’s 2014 Rattlesnake! This is 100% Zinfandel from Sonoma. From the highest point on Monte Rosso Vineyard, where actual rattle snakes can be seen on the vines, Rattlesnake is my favorite of the three - Sentinel and Gravity being the other two. The bouquet is fig pudding! The initial palate is loaded with dark fruit including blackberry, ripe fig, dark currant, blueberry, and black cherries. Then comes the chocolate and spice!!!!! Love the spice. It is not too much nor too little. The finish is also smoky and dry as any wine I have ever had!!!!! Ill take that glass of water now. I love this Zin!!! Okay... the Gravity is just as good. If you like spice- Rattlesnake is it, but if you like dark fruit as the leading flavor, you will love Gravity! But heck the cab is kick ass too!!!! — 8 years ago

Stephen Redenbaugh

9.4

What an absolute pleasure. Subtle citrus and pear notes on the nose. An absolute billowing of stubborn, pinprick bubbles. First taste is preserved lemon.. almost off-dry. Then the acidity carries the day. Just when you think I’ve never tasted anything quite like this... the exquisite finish blooms into a gentle “poof”... and it’s gone. Until the next sip. High praise for a $60 dollar bubbly! — 9 years ago