Lisanne Nijenhuis

9.0

South African tasting — 2 months ago

Lisanne Nijenhuis

9.2

🥚 fermented — 9 months ago

leon egozi

9.7

Really nice tasting event with all of Melkas wine projects and Melka himself — 5 years ago

Connor Smith

9.1

Finger. Lakes. Saperavi.

If this ain’t American winemaking in the 21st century we don’t know what is! 🇺🇸🍷🇬🇪🍇

At least, that’s what we were thinking before reading up on Standing Stone and founders Marti & Tom Macinski. They actually first planted this fascinating Georgian grape here in ***1994*** (just 3 years after Georgia left the USSR, for those keeping score at home) intended for blending.

Increasingly impressed by the quality of the grapes, they offered their first varietal Saperavi in 2010 - as “The Dark Red”, since the grape name was as yet unrecognized by the federal government. Once it was, they became the first American winery to release a wine labeled Saperavi.

Fine tuned to the cold, high mountains of Kakheti in eastern Georgia, it makes sense why it would thrive in the Finger Lakes! The name Saperavi literally means “ink”, a sensible name for a grape with pitch-dark skin AND flesh! 🖤

Marti and Tom sold the winery and retired in 2017. But their enduring legacy may just be budding. We’ve heard of Saperavi planting projects underway in New York, Virginia, and Oregon.

Saperavi’s runaway affinity for the Finger Lakes may have been a bit of a happy accident, but the Macinskis deserve every bit of credit for thinking outside the box, putting it in motion, and bringing it to fruition! 🙌🙌🙌 — 6 years ago

Ming L

9.2

Aston was one of two Pinot projects by Schrader, Boar’s View being the other. I believe it’s now solely under TRB’s helm.

The winery makes just two bottlings: one mostly from sourced fruit, and this, from 100% estate vines. The nose offers ripe plum, cranberry, black cherry, cedar, a touch of baking spice, and steeped tea. The palate is generous yet lifted by bright acidity, with a hint of sweetness on the long finish. Should have 5–6 more years of prime drinking ahead. — 4 months ago

Aravind A

9.3

Pop and pour yesterday. Wow, so much better than a BB has any right to be. Starting to show the first signs of maturity: more honeyed nose, lemon oil, melon; this projects amazing depth. On the palate: fantastic acidity, silky texture, melon, grapefruit, wet stone, lemon oil. Everything lingers on the finish, which picks up with some soft pepper/spice. Fantastic, and I can't wait to see what my final btl looks like, with hopefully a few more years age. — 3 years ago

Anders

10

Mycket gott med toner av äpple, vanilj, grapefrukt, mineral och lite kryddighet. — 6 years ago

with Sara

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2018 vintage. Last tasted 8.26.22 (9.3) and 7.21.21 (9.3). Medium/medium-heavy body. Slightly less end palate lift than last two encounters and tasting like it is in that proverbial "state of confusion...er...transition." Would like to taste again and will give it 3-4 years before revisiting to do this justice. Pretty unified now without side projects and ancillary rabbit holes but something tells me this has another third act of mayhem and debauchery up its' sleeve. 07.09.25. — 5 months ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.0

I did a side by side tasting of all of the Moueix projects in Pomerol and St. Emilion (except Petrus) and this was our favorite and is wonderful for the price. It is smooth and elegant. — 4 years ago

with Rosario

Mary H

9.2

A lovely way to round out the tasting - dessert wine that concentrates and projects all of the underlying flavors and aroma to the fore and magnifies them. Honey, hay, prairie grass, and pineapple aromas. Very sweet, tastes like cobbler and sweet syrup. — 5 years ago

with Adrienne and Louis