KP

9.0

Interesting because it has a floral nose but I get pepper and tobacco with long velvety finish ending in chocolate. Medium to light tannins. This is a fun one. — 7 days ago

Brian Hearty

9.2

2021. We loved this lighter bodied, lower abv Zinfandel. The tart red fruits made a perfect match with both a kale salad with dried cranberries and with pasta and spicy sausages. — a year ago

Cecil Ramirez

9.0

2014 vintage. Deep ruby color w brick highlights. Full bodied, satin mouthfeel, soft tannins, long lingering finish. Notes of dried plum, raspberry, fig, herbs, cocoa. — 5 years ago

Kathryn Dirks

9.0

Bright, acidic, Fun Dip fruity, maybe some effervescence? — 5 years ago

Nick Brandon

9.1

Dark, inky crimson with a pale rose rim.
Bouquet of a forest of brambles and vegetables.
A sort of salinity sits in the center of the flavor, rounded out by other mineral complexities. The finish is medium-long with some acidity. — a month ago

Michael Chelus

8.9

Cherry, raspberry preserves, mocha, currant, dark chocolate and oak. Full-bodied and soft tannins. — 2 years ago

Katharine Bodan

10

Lots of cherry. Beautiful, easy drinking right out of the bottle. — 4 years ago

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Kevin Mullally

9.0

Super interesting. Cinnamon. Not crazy oaky/baking spice like most cali cab. — 8 months ago

Austin Hohnke

8.9

Dark fruit but only 12.1% abv. Lots of wild blueberry and mulberry character. Fine tannins and an enjoyable juiciness. My first Charbono and it ain’t a no-no. — 9 months ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.2

I’m not a “natural wine” devotee necessarily, but I am a Martha devotee.

Out to The Meadow is almost always one of my favorites in her line up. Chenin driven, this wine shows the variety’s funkier side on the nose (honeysuckle, wet wool, hay, gray stones). On the palate, it balances sweet (honey, honeysuckle) and sour (incredible tart, barely ripe green apple, white nectarine); fruity, vegetal and just the right amount of bitter (at least for those of us with an bias towards Italian whites) with Vermentino’s unmistakable salty fennel/herbal/grapefruit pith on the finish. Have no idea what “green hungarian” and “chasselas doré” add to the blend, but I trust the master and her modern interpretation of what a century old California field blend would have looked and tasted like. — 2 years ago