Nick DiSanto

9.2

Wintergreen with Brian and Amanda 3-22-26. WRW David recommended Brian loves — 3 months ago

President Obama

9.4

Not bad for the wintergreen gas station — 4 years ago

Manchester Sheldon

9.0

Barest hints of soft wintergreen, light eucalyptus, and menthol. Very clean and polished. — 4 years ago

Dasha

9.3

Fresh, silky, elegant. Black cherry, alpine raspberries, eucalyptus/wintergreen, sweet tobacco, sassafras/quinine, bittersweet chocolate, marjoram/sage. Elevated acidity. With dry aged ribeye, but even better with cheese plate and saucisson sec. 13.5% — 5 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.1

On the first night the mint leave/wintergreen aspect was overwhelming and weird. So I put it back in the fridge. On night 2, it’s calmed down and is quite nice. Still some intense sweet green herbal notes on the nose, but also showing fresh-sliced stone fruit and crushed rock notes. Quite flavorful, with same amalgam of herb-fruit-rock in the mouth. Juicy, and with good acidic tension. Surprisingly good, especially since I’m generally critical of Italian whites. — 6 years ago

Brent S

9.0

Some wintergreen in there. — 6 years ago

Nikki Goddard, DWS

9.1

Sour cherry, dried strawberry, rosewater, dried savory herbs, wintergreen, cured meat. Pretty, elegant, and lively; velvety-smooth. Delightful and easy to like. — 7 years ago

with Emmett

Hum

9.0

Wintergreen and tea berry on the nose with a touch of cherry lozenge; sanguine and herbal on the palate with a touch of charred orange. Light and racy. — 7 years ago

David Shaw

9.2

Purple red, highly extracted pigment. Red fruit, raspberry aromas, raspberry, plum, cola, herb flavors, mint and wintergreen finish. Aftertaste of medium seed tannins and some chewy skin astringency. Ageworthy. Vintage after vintage, one of my favorite Washington state reds, if not my favorite — 3 years ago

Shay A

9.1

I’ve been wondering when to open this wine, and when a local group decided to do a Pinot theme blind, I thought this would be a fun contender.

My second time with this wine in the last year, and I remain impressed at how this 13yr old Alsatian Pinot is holding up. Translucent ruby in the glass. Doesn’t seem to show much bricking, actually. Aromatically, it’s bretty…smells more Bordeaux like than anything else. Leather, herbs de Provence, underripe black cherries. The palate shows a small bit of carbonic character (not with the bubble gum vibe, but more of that cru bojo wintergreen profile). The fruit shows a faded/muddled profile due to the age, but there is plenty of dirty raspberry, black cherry and a savory red clay like note. Good acidity still. While this is on the downside, I’m hard pressed to say this is way over the hill. It’s actually a really fun and delicious wine to enjoy over an evening (especially with food). — 4 years ago

John Bratincevic

9.0

Nose: dark cherry, jello, cedar, raspberry, wintergreen, eucalyptus, laffy taffy, a spice chest. Taste: light, smooth, pine, eucalyptus, tobacco, licorice, a little sweet, but a lot less fruit than the nose. Light-medium weight. Elegant. Not my preferred style, but a great example of what it is. Not worth $16 to me (my taste), but still a decent value if you like the varietals and style. — 5 years ago

Michael Herzog

9.0

Plum, oak, wintergreen, and a little dusty on the nose. Decent amount of wood on the palate, but not over the hill for a 2009 and still has some nice polished tannins. — 6 years ago

Shay A

9.3

Though not the same as it was pre-COVID -19, a handful of us were able to gather (while keeping our distance) to celebrate being back together and opened some fun wines to share. Wine is always better with good company.

From the 2018 Cayuse Ex-cellar sale. Followed over two days.

The oldest Cayuse I’ve had to date and a testimony to the quality and longevity of these wines as the wine was drinking beautifully. This sat with the cork removed for about an hour before it was tasted the first time. Aromatically, the Cayuse funk was just barely there (I’m assuming a combo of age as well as less use of whole clusters/stem back during these vintages), but even just a touch of that funk is enough to reel you in. Iron driven, teriyaki, stewed tomatoes, and dark cocoa dusted dates. It has a semi muddled profile on the palate but the acidity is still keeping this lively, and it went from black cherry dominant in day one to a darker, roasted black cherry/underripe blackberry flavor on day two. Olive and truffle mushroom on both days, but day two had a distinct sage/wintergreen type note at the finish. Complex, integrated, and delicious. Thrilled to have been able to acquire one of these, courtesy of @Bill Bender — 6 years ago

with joe, Dan and 2 others

Loren Grossman

Vintner Wilde Farm Wines

9.2

Very fresh and still extremely firm. Cedar, cacao, smoke, wintergreen. Really does well with air. Screams Oakville in all the right ways. — 7 years ago

John Bratincevic

8.9

NOSE: Melon, flower nectar, lychee, papaya. Distinct mint - Wintergreen (??). A little pine sol. Huh! Smell keeps changing, a lot going on here.

TASTE: basically as it smells … tropical fruit and flowers with a dash of pine sol and mint. There’s almost an artificial sugar taste … mouthwash-like. Weird! 89. — 4 years ago

John Bratincevic

9.2

Nose: so good. Herbs, wintergreen, blackberry, leather, sweet tobacco, a little cooked meat, forest floor, a little coffee (medium roast!). Wonderful.

Taste: as it smells. Medium weight, cedar, herbs, forests, bitter coffee (light roast now), smooth. Delicious stuff. There’s a lovely juiciness that lingers - surprising for something 10 years old. 92-93. — 4 years ago

David Kline

9.0

Wintergreen fresh nose with clove and ginger, peppermint and chocolate, peppercorn and mint. Bright and pine-y.
Cinnamon heat, Barolo tar and roses, clove and orange citrus, ginseng sweetness, and cinnamon oil with frankincense aspirations. Gorgeous seasonal offerings that warm the body and soul.

#barolo #barolochinato #chinato #piemonte #christmaswine #spicedwine #nebbiolo #carantita #cocchi #cocchichinato #barolochinatococchi — 5 years ago

Dr. Owen Bargreen

9.3

Now at the ten year mark, the 2010 ‘Romas’ by Clarendon Hills, is really hitting its stride. Right away the red florals and cigar box tones entice, giving way to layers of pretty red fruits and shades of wintergreen that all march in unison. The palate is plush but also quite vibrant, with a great veil of tension. Ripe red currants and blood orange zest tones mingle with creosote and bing cherry cordial on the palate. The freshness and viscosity is seriously good here, as is the silky texture. Performing marvelously at the ten year mark, the 2010 ‘Romas’ has another decade of life ahead of it. Drink 2020-2030- 93 — 6 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Sick, dramatic nose, wintergreen, herbals you the wazoo, spice, flowers, pink grapefruit, almost a greenhouse effect on the nose, sickness. Some faint Riesling stoniness. Smells like a JR Tolkien scene. Insane inner mouth aromas. So dense, so chewy, so mineral, so dry. Lovely dry extract and purity. But also gentle and so so so mineral. I don’t think there is any fruit. And that’s a good thing. Long, meandering, finish with sick purity, and length. Chewy. So complex. Ethereal. — 6 years ago

Chris McClellan

9.3

Wow...dark blackcherry, some blueberry, ripe and aromatic with slight wintergreen, bell pepper, vanilla, blackberry liqueur, baking spices, tannins and acid still holding on...but it’s definitely time to drink this!! Amazing finish..paired with nothing but itself! — 7 years ago