| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| White |
2013 Kistler Chardonnay Kistler VineyardSonoma Valley more |
10/17/2022 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 93 pointsThis was our last bottle. I was still great! Oak with almonds and peach. Medium to full bodied and very well balanced from beginning to end, with a medium length finish. |
| White |
2018 Martinelli Chardonnay Charles RanchSonoma Coast more |
9/21/2022 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 92 pointsGood balance & full bodied. Always a nice wine |
| White |
2018 Sea Smoke Chardonnay Sea Smoke Estate VineyardSta. Rita Hills more |
9/7/2022 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 93 pointsAged in French Oak. Nicely balanced with a little butter. Medium -full bodied. Great Chardonnay! |
| Red |
2018 Cornerstone Cellars Merlot Oakville Stationmore |
9/7/2022 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 92 pointsThis still needs a few years, but it was excellent. |
| White |
2018 Martinelli Chardonnay Martinelli RoadRussian River Valley more |
3/18/2022 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 93 pointsI always enjoy Martinelli |
| Red |
2017 Rocca di Montegrossi Chianti ClassicoChianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese Blend, Sangiovese more |
3/18/2022 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 90 pointsStill a little tight, but shows good promise. |
| White |
2010 Faiveley Mercurey Clos Rochette BlancChardonnay more |
10/2/2021 - AlphaL Does not like this wine: 86 pointsIt was probably passed time to drink. I poured it out. Jan thought it was actually back of the palate while I thought it tasted like high viscosity water. |
| Rosé |
NV Caspian Cellars Rose of Pinot Noir Eye of the TigerWillamette Valley Rosé Blend more |
7/15/2020 - AlphaL wrote: flawedwaited too long to open this bottle |
| White |
2012 Pahlmeyer Chardonnay Sonoma Coastmore |
4/5/2020 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 93 pointsThe wine was great!! All I can say is we are starting to drink our wines while we self isolate. We were on international flights trying to get home from NZ to the US last week. I guess I should keep the bottle. |
| Red |
2010 Cornerstone Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountainmore |
10/28/2019 - AlphaL wrote: flawedThe bottle was slightly corked, so I can't give it a rating. |
| Red |
2005 Souverain Merlot Alexander Valleymore |
3/3/2019 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 89 pointsAccording to CT it should have been consumed by 2009. We just opened it and it was very good. I was surprised, it had great color, good nose and finish. Even inexpensive wines can last if properly stored and when drank, can taste a lot better than their initial rating. |
| Red |
2012 Cornerstone Cellars Pinot NoirWillamette Valley more |
1/19/2019 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 92 pointsIt has been three years since we tried a bottle. It was even better than 2015. It was a nice deep red with black cherry, blueberry and blackberry on a strong nose. It seemed to have a little more body than I remembered last time. It still had a good balance of acid and tannin with a nice finish. We served it along with a Sea Smoke. |
| Red |
2014 Sea Smoke Pinot Noir SouthingSta. Rita Hills more |
1/19/2019 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 92 pointsWe can't wait for another allocation. Always a great wine. |
| Red |
2014 St. Supéry Cabernet SauvignonNapa Valley more |
12/31/2018 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 90 pointsSt supery 2014. It is not an expensive wine and I was impressed with this at the $30 price point. The color of this particular bottle was nearly as dark as a Petite Sirah. The bouquet was dark cherry, chocolate and tobacco. It was a little jammy which was part of it's full body. It had nice tannins running over the palate but not a lot of acidity. Mid palate was with more dark cherry and a little chocolate. The finish was medium. A really nice every day wine. I will have to buy some more to see if they are the same or I somehow got a different batch. |
| White |
2015 William Hill Winery Chardonnay Napa Valleymore |
12/29/2018 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 89 pointsPretty good for this price. The color was very light and it was mid bodied, a little fruit and fairly balanced with slight oak and butter. The finish was fairly short as well. |
| Red |
2010 Cantina Terre Del Barolo BaroloNebbiolo more |
12/29/2018 - AlphaL wrote: 85 pointsThis was a very simple wine. I never know when I buy this price point, but I like to take a chance and try different ones hoping I will find a good Barolo at a good price. There was nothing really wrong with it but it did fall apart the 2nd day (most we open never make it several hours, much less days).This Barolo was very light with very little nose. Mid palate was about the same- not much to write about. The finish was short as well. |
| White - Sparkling |
NV Veuve Clicquot Champagne BrutChampagne Blend more |
12/24/2018 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 90 pointsI started drinking wine in the 70’s and have tasted a lot of vintage and non vintage champagnes over the years and there are plenty better and many, many worse, but for the price point, it is one of my favorites. As one person said, “it is like coming home”. I know what it will taste like and it is perfect for a group of friends who have different tastes. This Veuve had a nice amount of bubbles that flowed straight to the middle of the glass. The color was a pale amber and the nose was citrus fruits like lemon and grapefruit along with green apples. Baked yeasty bread also came through. Mid palate was a little fruit and a little toast. The finish was nice and mid length. |
| Red |
2014 Penner-Ash Pinot Noir Shea VineyardYamhill-Carlton more |
12/24/2018 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 91 pointsWe had this with many wines at a Christmas Eve dinner with friends. It was medium bodied and had a slight perfume nose with red fruit and some black tea. The color was a light ruby and it was well balanced with tannins and acidity. Dark cherries, earthy pepper a little mushroom was mid-palate. It had a medium-long finish. A very good Pinot that will pair with many foods. |
| Red |
2016 Belle Glos Pinot Noir Las Alturas VineyardSanta Lucia Highlands more |
12/24/2018 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 91 pointsA very nice nose with dark candied cherry and plum. The color was a nice dark purple and it was full bodied and jammy. It is definitely a “new world Pinot” and not old style, but as Bodyfxr said, when you are in the mood for it, it is very good. It was not as complex as a lot of Pinots, and the finish was medium. In a blind tasting, I think I would pick it out as a “new world Pinot”. I like to drink this style alone since it can overpower some foods, but we had this one with many wines for Christmas Eve dinner with friends and it went well. |
| White |
2014 Franciscan Estate ChardonnayNapa Valley more |
12/25/2018 - AlphaL Does not like this wine: 84 pointsIt was medium bodied with a pale yellow color. The bouquet was somewhat floral with honeysuckle and somewhere between mild citrus and orange blossom. I don’t remember Franciscan having so much oak. This was not balanced and had too much tannin with more oak coming through mid-palate. The finish was short, but not short enough to stop the bitter aftertaste of oak. I could not identify this as a bad bottle, just not good wine. We were planning on having this with a chicken and crab dish Christmas, and walked to the beach to view sunset with a glass before dinner. We ended up pouring it out and opening a bottle of Nickel & Nickel Chardonnay. I have a few more bottles of 2014 Franciscan but will wait to try them until I forget what this bottle tasted like. If they are better, I will do another note. |
| Red |
2008 Pietroso Brunello di MontalcinoSangiovese more |
12/13/2018 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 89 pointsPretty much like it was last time we tried it.10/1/17 |
| Red |
2011 Marchesi di Barolo Barbera del Monferrato Maràiamore |
11/9/2018 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 89 pointsIt is much better than my original note on 3/1/13 and the effervescent quality has been gone from every bottle since then. |
| Red |
2013 Occidental Pinot Noir SWKSonoma Coast more |
12/4/2018 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 92 pointsVery nice Pinot Noir- medium to full bodied with raspberries and dark fruit on nose as well as a little earth. Mid-palate is a little vanilla, slight oak and Carmel. The acidity and tannin creates a nice balance. The finish was medium. This should be even better in a few years. |
| Red |
2015 Antinori Chianti Classico PèppoliChianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese Blend, Sangiovese more |
10/10/2018 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 89 pointsI actually liked this wine. It was much better than I thought it would be. I normally like a more full bodied Chianti and it may be a little light for some people. It was mid ruby colored with medium legs. It had blackberry, black currant (cassis) and a little earth on the nose. The taste was a light Sangiovese with a little earth, herbs and leather. The body was light/medium. The wine had a slight coarse texture and low but acceptable acidity. The wine could have had a longer finish. I had never tried this wine and we drank it alone before we went to a seafood dinner. I want to see how it will hold up with food and time, so I will buy several more. |
| Red |
2009 Windsor Sonoma Pinot Noir Russian River Valleymore |
10/5/2018 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 90 pointsThis was pretty much the same as my last note in 2017. Too bad it was my last bottle! |
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