Patrick O Driscoll

9.5

Soft and supple enjoying it with some cheese and condiments. — 7 years ago

Jessica Schunk

9.2

Ate with jalapeno Havarti cheese. Delicious. — 7 years ago

Jeff Orlowski

9.0

Full body, dry, prominent tannins, long finish. Tobacco, coffee, and black cherries. Went well with a blue cheese crusted filet. — 7 years ago

with Michael and Joe

T. Berghaus

9.3

Blue Cheese and Loupiac - best mariage — 7 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Giants pre-game festivities. Previous notes apply. Good with our cheese course starter.

@Sofia Jalilie is a 9.4 on the Sierra Mar.

@H.B Treadway Hope you grabbed a case of the Sierra Mar. — 7 years ago

Paul K

9.1

Nose is cedar, herb, and leather. Medium body. Raspberry, red currant, and dark chocolate with really nice tannin throughout. Long finish is currant and cranberry. This wine is delicate. Overpowered by aged Gouda. Drink with Brie and French bread.
I pulled a classic and was just a bit disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, still great, but for the anticipation... I have one more bottle that I’ll wait a long time and hope there’s a big payoff.
Interesting note, the 2013 Heitz Cellar in the background was remarkably similar in fruit, weight, and profile. 1/3 the price and I’m giving it a 92. — 7 years ago

Matt Ward

9.0

Fresh, very well balanced. Went really well with the Salmon main and goats cheese, honey and and candied walnuts for dessert. — 7 years ago

with Yohanna

Lawrence Asrikin

9.4

Leather, vanilla, cheese rinds, and petrichor notes. Opaque colour with a little bit of sediment on the appearance. Tannins has softened to a nice velvety texture on the palate. Tasted a half bottle so it probably aged a bit faster than a standard. — 7 years ago

Paul J

9.2

One of my top Finger Lakes Riesling’s!

Nice balance of sweetness and tartness. Paired well with shrimp cocktail and cheese.

Could use a little more “umph”, but was very elegant nonetheless. — 7 years ago

with Brooke

Daniele Cuzin

9.3

Had the 2009 vintage at dinner with friends in K. Paired with cheese and then a dessert of fresh raspberries from G market and raspberries sherbet from Y. Glacier. — 7 years ago

Arecibo Message

9.9

Effervescent, fruity. Just not unusual necessarily. With Laura Chenel black truffle goat cheese and crackers in bed while watching gymnastics at St. Orres. — 7 years ago

Andrei Shustov

9.5

What a spectacular vintage of a great wine!! 5-cheese collection brought whole experience to a magic level. — 7 years ago

with Meagan

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2018 / Thanks! winefriend @Jaap Cuijpers knows that I like very curious grapes and he introduced me to Incrocio Bruni 54. There are only 32 acres vineyard with this grape, a crossing from sauvignon and verdicchio bianco. The wine is from the Marche region. It went excellent with a piperade of vegetables and baked flounder (Fr: limande Nl: schar) and a selection of goats cheese. — 7 years ago

Eric

8.9

Took two days for the beauty of this wine to arrive. Day one was tight, tannic and too early. Pair with a gorgeous, ripe brie and sit back to some Jeff Lynne and enjoy. — 7 years ago

with Lisa

"Odedi"

9.2

Dark ruby in color with a wide brick rim.

Strong nose of black plums, cherries, cloves, light vegetables, oak, light tar, dark chocolates, coffee, earth, leather, light vanilla, light vegetables, wood and black pepper.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity and nice legs.

Dry on the palate with blueberries, cherries, sweet raspberries, tobacco, spices, peppercorn, chocolates, tobacco, herbs, vegetables, wood, light cloves and tar.

Medium on the finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.

This Italian Brunello is drinking very nicely now.

Well balanced with a great mouthfeel and nice complexity. This 12 year old is peaking now.

Needs 3 hours to open up properly and show the complexity. Do take your time with it, as it is well worth it.

A very nice wine to sip on, and share with friends and talk about. Good with food as well. I paired it with a charcuterie board of meats and cheeses, and light appetizers.

Robert Parker 91 points. Wine Enthusiasts 92 points.

100% Sangiovese grapes, were aged for 24 months in Oak barrels.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$85. — 7 years ago

Ben Edwards

8.9

Clean red fruit without much else. Light, stony, earth, and a mild finish. Relatively full, otherwise, and a nice bottle for cheese and berries. — 7 years ago

Kirk Coburn

9.3

great afternoon red with charcuterie and cheese — 7 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.3

Has been almost five years since I have revisited one of these. Still have one more left. The nose on this wine has a lot of dried wildflower, kirsche. Entry is cherry liqueur, mint, wildflowers. Middle gets a cherry cola note, hint of bacon fat and mushroom. Finishes with quite a bit of acidity and went insanely well with Rosemary asiago cheese. Still drinking very well! Has a few more years left I believe! — 7 years ago

Robin Powell

9.0

Black currant, light tannins, blueberries. More tannin thank I like by itself, but paired with a good cheddar cheese was amazing. — 7 years ago

Anne Kjellgren

9.6

Beautiful jammy port. Paired with 3 kinds of cheddar and complemented beautifully. Later, paired with chocolatey Pots de Creme. Amazing! — 7 years ago