| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2019 Domaine de la Côte Pinot Noir Sous le chêneSta. Rita Hills more |
3/2/2024 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 91 pointsVery pretty Pinot from one of our favorite South Coast producers. The color is deep purple. Nose light, unassuming. Taste begins with a nice balance of fruit and acidity. Moderately complex flavors, mostly fruit with a bit of earth and hardwood. Medium finish. Just overall nicely crafted. |
| Red |
2003 Husic Vineyards Cabernet SauvignonNapa Valley more |
11/22/2023 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 93 pointsStill going strong 20 years in. Slight brick coloring but inky purple in the bowl. Plenty fruity and earthy aromas. Lush mouthfeel, tannins rounded but present. Pretty high alcohol level (14.5%!) but not overblown. Not going to win any awards for subtlety, but a very good well-aged wine and perfect with a hearty, beefy meal. |
| Red |
2013 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valleymore |
8/17/2023 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 92 pointsBlackberry bramble cassis caterwaul! Nice, still plenty tannins, rounded edges |
| Red |
2012 Goldeneye Pinot Noir Ten DegreesAnderson Valley more |
8/2/2023 - fredshouse wrote: 93 pointsLovely, bright, fruity, earthy, complex, profile pretty similar to when we tried it in 2017, very much in the zone here in 2023 |
| Red |
2013 Goldeneye Pinot Noir Confluence Vineyard Lower BenchAnderson Valley more |
7/4/2023 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 93 pointsGorgeous wine, bold fruit and subtle earthiness, mellowed with age into a lovely melange. Rewards time in the glass. |
| Red |
2006 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Winemaker Series Lot 1Napa Valley more |
1/31/2023 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 93 pointsPleasantly surprised by this wine! Deep inky purple with a complex nose of black fruits, tobacco and gravel. Huge burst of flavor in the mouth, balanced between fruit and earthy vegetal and tobacco notes. Not so refined, but exuberant and with distinctive character. Tannins nicely rounded and softened, but plenty of acidity carries it through to a long mouthwatering finish. |
| White |
2011 Stony Hill ChardonnayNapa Valley more |
11/1/2022 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 91 pointsIncredible deep golden color, bit past prime but still a lovely and pure expression of the Stony Hill vision |
| White |
2017 Calera Chardonnay Mount Harlanmore |
10/11/2022 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 93 pointsReally lovely all around! |
| Red |
2009 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon FayNapa Valley more |
10/10/2022 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 94 pointsMaybe the best FAY I’ve had the pleasure of knowing |
| White |
2019 Stony Hill White RieslingNapa Valley more |
8/30/2022 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 93 pointsExcellent Riesling from a favorite maker. Pure, delicate, perfectly balanced between lightly sweet fruit and firm acidity, with a nice mineral backbone. Really nice. |
| Red |
2009 Husic Vineyards Cabernet SauvignonNapa Valley more |
5/21/2022 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 93 pointsThis was in a very nice place, rich and fruit forward, mellowed tannins, characteristic chocolate syrup, mineral, long finish. Lovely. |
| Red |
2017 Domaine de la Côte Pinot Noir MemoriousSta. Rita Hills more |
3/26/2022 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 92 pointsThis Memorius has a light, earthy nose leading to flavors of lean, tight red fruit and complex spices, finishing long and tart. Lots of potential here over the next 5 years! |
| White |
2019 Domaine de la Côte Chardonnay JulietSta. Rita Hills more |
3/16/2022 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 93 pointsReally nice chard, crisp, pretty nose, nice fruit, not too oaky, good balance, med finish |
| Red |
2013 Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon EstateSt. Helena more |
3/6/2022 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 92 pointsWas curious to try this but should have waited another 5+ years. Plenty of lovely flavors developing, but the tannins are still too firm and sharp. |
| Red |
2007 Husic Vineyards Cabernet SauvignonNapa Valley more |
2/7/2022 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 93 pointsA lovely rich cab in classic Husic style. Deep purple, almost black color, with some fine sediment thrown. Dark fruit nose with clove, oak and wet stone. Blackberry, cherry, black currants, tobacco over firm tannins. Sensation of thickness, slightly sweet. Long resonant finish. Big but not overblown. A fave. |
| Red |
2007 Husic Vineyards Cabernet SauvignonNapa Valley more |
1/1/2022 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 92 pointsThis wine has a lovely deep inky purple color, throwing moderately heavy sediment in the neck. Nose of black fruit, cloves and roasted meat. Blackberry, black currant, orange peel, plenty of bright acidity and a touch of gravel. Tannins are rounded but firm. Syrupy thick feel we’ve come to expect from Husic’s cabs. Long tart finish. Not the most balanced wine, but very enjoyable. |
| Red |
2015 Goldeneye Pinot Noir The Narrows VineyardAnderson Valley more |
12/3/2021 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 91 pointsNice single vineyard bottling from Goldeneye. Lovely red-purple color. Nose of raspberry, gooseberry and autumn leaves. Full of bright red fruit and earthy gravelly tones, firm rounded tannin, moderate finish. Enjoyable. |
| Red |
2001 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Cask 23Stags Leap District more |
11/25/2021 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 92 pointsA nice older soldier tonight. 2001 seems so long ago… on opening, we find heavy crystalline sediment on the cork. Deep purple in the glass, no sign of bricking. Nose is fruity, dusty and clove. First impression, very mellow, tannins fully resolved, nice boysenberry and black currant flavors, with hints of autumn spices and gravel. After a couple hours the wine opened up nicely, aromatic and opulent, a lovely well-aged bottle. Probably a few years past it’s peak, but still excellent. |
| Red |
2015 Goldeneye Pinot Noir Confluence Vineyard HillsideAnderson Valley more |
11/3/2021 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 91 pointsNice nose of fruit and earthy tobacco-y funk. Flavors ok not great. Like it though |
| Red |
2001 Château La Mission Haut-BrionPessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend more |
10/30/2021 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 91 pointsThis nice bottle should have been in its prime… On opening the nose showed nicely but a strong acidic streak marred the flavor. After a loooong rest the acid calmed down and revealed a good, but not great, profile of dark fruits, aromatic spices and gravel. Plenty of life left and we enjoyed it, but it did not compare to some of the nicer bottles others have reviewed here. |
| Red |
2015 Sea Smoke Pinot Noir SouthingSta. Rita Hills more |
9/11/2021 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 92 pointsStill yum |
| Red |
2001 Twomey Merlot Napa Valleymore |
8/27/2021 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 91 pointsA nice old Merlot, one of the earliest bottlings from Silver Oak spinout Twomey. Initial impressions: substantial sediment, moderately brick orange color, with nose of dusty raisins and bell pepper. Plenty of fruit and acidity. After an hour of breathing, color is trending back to ruby, flavor is more complex, with black cherry, blackberry, gooseberry, aromatic wood, mineral; firm yet mellowed with age. Not perfectly integrated, but quite nice. |
| Red |
2016 Sea Smoke Pinot Noir TenSta. Rita Hills more |
8/7/2021 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 92 pointsIntense nose, all wet stones and gravel over deep red fruit. Rich blend of fruit, mineral and acid, slightly bitter austerity, a contradiction on the tongue. Long earthy finish. Quite interesting and nice tonight. |
| Red |
2014 Duckhorn Vineyards Cabernet Franc Napa Valleymore |
6/14/2021 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 92 pointsDeep inky purple in the glass, almost black. Aromatic nose of bruised black fruits and wet stone. Intense fruit and firm tannic structure with a strong mineral backbone. Long sweet and tart finish. Very enjoyable Franc, in good years, one of my favorite Duckhorns. |
| White |
2011 Stony Hill ChardonnayNapa Valley more |
6/5/2021 - fredshouse Likes this wine: 92 pointsPale golden honey in the glass, fruity nose, straightforward fruit flavors of apricot, apple, citrus, muted tones of gravel and stone. Long finish, somewhat sweet aftertaste. No butter ;-) |
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