Erik Longabardi

9.3

Purity @Lyle Fass you have a knack for finding genius — 2 years ago

S.S. Mandani

8.9

The Swiss Army knife my father gifted to me in 2002 on a trip to Niagara Falls has been a prized object in my life. From etching initials into tree bark to camping to building furniture to opening bottles of wine, this glorified knick knack has transcended that category for me and will always have its place on my desk wherever I may be.

Rich and creamy bouquet. Black pepper and vanilla and unusually, goat cheese.

Light in terms of tannins, but a medium to high acidity makes this stand out. Intense red cherries. Packs a punch berry fruit up front, the acidity rushes in at the midpoint and then ends with a slight, yet welcome, astringent note. — 6 years ago

Donald Williams

9.3

Jeff has a real knack for Spanish varietals. — 8 years ago

with Bonnie

Christopher Losa

Owner/Wine Director Bar Bambino

9.2

drink more wine imported by José Pastor. the man has a preternatural knack for bringing in the coolest juice evah! this one will shred every misconception of Verdejo plonk you have. — 8 years ago

Ted Corvey

9.1

Thanks @Scott Petrus for the rec, your palate and knack for crazy value never ceases to amaze. Great follow. This wine punches above its weight class, great QPR. Earthy red fruit and savory spice notes from start through lengthy finish. — 9 years ago

David Koenen

9.1

Beautiful. Honey, sweet (but not too sweet), stoney slate, seductive, has some real good 'knack'. Fresh, thick, long. The chicken korma matches perfectly. — 10 years ago

Carlos Gonzalez

9.3

Very floral nose almost cherry cola. Seamless on the palate well balanced. You can just tell whoever made this wine has a knack for it. — 11 years ago

Adam Kincaid

9.1

Birthday Pinot for Jill. A really wonderful bottle with great expressions of all its profiles. Bright red and light. Has a strong knack for cherry cola, dark plums and wonderful spices. Just a bit heavy, but typical Carneros. — 4 years ago

with Jillian

Jay Kline

9.4

This was a blast from the old Grateful Palate days; one of those producers, in that somewhat infamous book, that flew under the radar. Rob Gibson, a self described “dirt man”, made his name at Penfolds where he spent over two decades, which culminated with him leading the viticultural team that identified the best Shiraz for Grange. With his experience and knowledge, he has a knack for knowing where all the best sites are and it’s from these vines that his Old Vine Collection are made. This particular bottling uses fruit from some of the oldest Shiraz vines in Australia, planted in the 1860’s. Heck, even the “young” vines were planted in 1910! It’s almost needless to say that annual production is minuscule with only about 6 barrels made each year.

Popped and poured; consumed over two hours. The wine pours a deep ruby with medium+ viscosity and loads of sediment. On the nose, medium+ intensity with soft blue fruits, purple flowers, black pepper, sweet pipe tobacco, bacon fat, baking spices, and just a touch of eucalyptus. On the palate, there’s a bounty of blue and red fruits, some of them dried. There’s also blueberry pie, leather, tobacco, and baking spice. Tannin comes across medium and well integrated at this point. The acid is medium+ and gives the fruit the freshness and lift it needs. The finish is long, rich and velvety in texture. This is what I want out of an Australian Shiraz. I have two more bottles that I’m in no particular rush to drink but these are fabulous now and should be for at least another 5-10 years. — 5 years ago

Mike Mayer

9.4

Another example of how great the wines being made by Dakota Shy are. Todd Newman and Tom Garrett have a knack for making great wines. This Cabernet, even very young, sends a message to every other iconic Napa cabernet they have something to contend with. Lots of black fruit and blue fruit on the nose with incredible flavors of blackberries, plums, and currants. I love this wine. — 9 years ago

with Lisa

George Chen

9.1

Excellent balanced Pinot from NZ and not the typical fruit profile down there. Stellar winemaker who has a knack for finer or subtle handling than typical jammed efforts. Love it. — 9 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.5

Prager Gruner Veltliner Smaragd Achleiten "Stockkultur" 2015
Ironically the Bodensteins were in NYC while we were in the Wachau so we did not get to meet them or taste the 2015s. Prager has a knack for very balanced and precise wines deeply reflective of the best expressions of terroir in the Wachau. I was stoked to see this on the shelf tonight and had to open it.
"Stockkultur" means single stalk planting, exactly like you would see in the Northern Rhone. It's rare to see this kind of vine style in the Wachau, but was more common years ago. It's then no surprise to learn the 1 acre le dieu was planted in 1938 within the Achleiten vineyard.
We have an exceptional Gruner here, one of the best of the trip and rivaling Hochrain and Achleiten from Rudi Pichler.
A light to medium gold color. The nose was coiled tight revealing lime, green apple and stoney minerality.
The palate was more open, the juicy green apple and lime worked perfectly with the mouth watering acids that seemed well integrated. Medium bodied but so much density and dry extract. The finish was juicy as well, with purity, density and very good length.
#prager #achleiten #stockkultur #grunerveltliner — 10 years ago

A. R.

9.0

Interesting sulphur-free natural wine from a varietal I’ve never heard of (Mouchtaro) Nose of red fruits, baking spices. In the mouth, cherry and blueberry with medium acidity, medium tannins, medium/long finish. Quite good. — 4 years ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.0

@Delectable Wine I don’t believe the 21 vintage is technically a rosé (despite its almost transparent magenta color).

Anyhow, Chris Brockway has a knack for making “Hawaiian punch for grown ups wines” (and I mean this as a great compliment!) in that his wines are consistently & addictively drinkable in that fruity-glouglou-sorta-kinda-natty-but-clean-accessible way. They are wines one can drink at any occasion and that will please almost any palate, sophisticated or not.

This was one of the wines that stood out to me at the spring release this year. Trousseau with a little Zin blended in. Pomegranate, red plum, carbonic crunch, and a touch of volcanic ash spice on the finish. Fragrant and fresh. — 4 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.1

If you know this, you probably know the best place to taste Riesling in the Mosel. Ingrid's got a knack for spotting the local rising stars, so she often engages them to make wines for the store. Daniel's Krover Steffensberg feinherb's all finesse! Sourced from younger vines, minerally, tight. — 8 years ago

David Barker

9.8

Magnificent, full bodied, plush, decadent Aussie personalisation of a 'Super Tuscan' Cab Shiraz blend. Crafted by master winemaker Andrew Seppelt through Brett Hayes' pioneering newish kid off the block 'Hayes Family Wines'. Don't be fooled by the youth of Brett's venture, these wines display a history and heritage steeped in barossas's finest terroir, knowledge and nous. These are grapes from Barossa's hallowed Ebeneezer dirt, and Shultz vineyard dirt at that. But it's Andrew's knack for oeniological alchemy that extracts the finest from the blend, making a wine that is so plush, rounded and powerful it feels like donning your red velvet smoking jacket and sinking into a soft armchair in your best old slippers.
The only disappointing thing about this wine is that, in my humble opinion, it really needs a good 8-10 years of cellaring to reach its full potential. Have one now to enjoy it's youthful vibrancy and stash the rest of you can leave it alone!
I hear that this will be the only vintage blending both grapes from Barossa soil, so grab this unique vintage while you can. I believe future vintages with be Barossa Shiraz and Coonawarra Cab Sauv. The Aussie finest bride and groom upbringing of this pair. I can't wait to see what the future holds.
NB: the author is neither commercially connected to Hayes Family Wines' or receives free bottles to sample. All wine was purchased by the author. — 8 years ago

Anthony Biagi

Winemaker Hourglass, Owner Patria

9.3

Classic Thackery wine. Vineyard is situated between Abreu Madrona and spottswoode winery (spottswoode vineyard across street). Sean says he thinks it's Syrah, walked the vineyard and have seen a lot of Petite but what a site. Classic camphor tinged that screams thackery as the Eukalptus that covers his bolinas winery always finds its way in. He always had a knack for finding the best sites. Such an original — 9 years ago

with Benoit

WineMascot

9.3

2007, 14.7 is the most amount of alc. I have ever seen in his wine. But this thing is SPECTACULAR! He has a knack for making extremely elegant, yes elegant, Zin. Boysenberry, warm strawberry and a long fine finish. I would have never guessed it had almost 10 yrs on it. — 10 years ago

Nicholas Livingston

9.6

The Drouhin Clan have a knack for letting terroir speak -it is a great glass of wine and true to type. — 12 years ago