Carter White

8.9

Light and juicy berries, good quality but not really my style. — 4 months ago

Doug Powers

8.9

Big, rich, maybe just a little too ripe (as @Tom Casagrande pointed out in a note about an earlier vintage), but still a nice, solid, old vine field blend, Contra Costa County history!! — a year ago

with Jim

Kristen Grimes

9.6

Very fruity. Black cherry and blackberry aromas and some notes of cinnamon, then balanced fruit and baking spices that tingle the tongue and linger on. What Goes with That: Fall Sweets Class, pairing: pumpkin pie. — 2 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.2

Fresh dark cherry juice with earthy undertones. Wonderfully integrated soft but present tannins giving it a soothing finish. A Bordeaux blend from Hawkes Bay. Brought it home three years ago or so, when one could still travel around the world to places without limitations. — 3 years ago

with Tammy

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

Bruce Phillips and his wife were pouring their 2021. Talked w/ him at length. Very nice couple.

The 2021 showed well young with room for improving with 10-25 years in bottle and beyond. It showed some evolution, wasn’t all primary. Elegant, very well balanced with excellent structure and finish. Drink 2033-45 properly stored.

The general Napa consensus on 2022 vintage will be a story of did you pick before or after the 6 days of extreme heat during the harvest window. One producer told me his would add 5% of 2023 to some of his 2022’s, which is allowed. He mentioned that he was going to add 15%. But, I think he just misspoke? Get ready for an amazing 2023 vintage from Napa. It was a cooler, not hot-hot, which was a near perfect growing season for long slow even ripening. Some say a vintage of a lifetime and others would only say exceptional.

The Saturday-Sunday Pavilion tasting at Pebble Beach Food & Wine is an excellent four hours to taste a lot wine, taste curated dishes from chefs from all over the country and meet the people behind the bottle. These short ribs were one of the top two or three things I tasted at the Pavilion Saturday. — 7 months ago

Dave Boyer

9.1

Excellent sun from Nicholas — a year ago

Andrew Formi

9.2

An old friend visited me ! — 3 years ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.4

Beautiful label with original artwork. Aged well. Color is still very dark. Smells meaty. Floral too. Hints of violets. Berry melange. Flavors are dense and very tannic. Fairly complex and very chewy. Clean and clear with the lovely flavors. Plenty of savory and licorice-y stuff. This is Petite at its best and it’s still going strong 14 years on. — 9 months ago

Doug Powers

9.0

Nice red and black fruits, good weight and depth, solid old vine Mataro!! — a year ago

with Jim

Gene Buonviri

9.1

A dark red blend from three Chiles Canyon vineyards. Blackberry, cherry and raspberry flavors with hints of bay leaf and clove. Excellent pairing with fresh caught Dungeness Crab. — 3 years ago