| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2020 Alban Vineyards Grenache Alban Estate VineyardEdna Valley more |
4/3/2024 - jhieb Likes this wine: 93 pointsA great expression of Cali Grenache. Cherry dominates the flavor profile, with spice and light earthy notes. Definitely not a huge jammy Grenache...beautiful and reserved. More European in style. Good stuff. Much lighter than Pandora, and it will be great to see this age more. |
| White |
2020 Luigi Bosca Torrontés Finca La LindaLujan de Cuyo more |
3/31/2024 - jhieb Likes this wine: 91 pointsAn intuiting white with lemon and herbal notes. Fresh and light in the mouth. A great value |
| Red |
2017 Bethel Heights Pinot Noir The Cauldron EstateEola - Amity Hills more |
3/31/2024 - jhieb Likes this wine: 93 pointsElegant |
| Red |
2022 EnRoute Pinot Noir Les PommiersRussian River Valley more |
3/30/2024 - jhieb Likes this wine: 91 pointsA little tart and tight, which is not a shocker for a young RR Pinot. Cherry and raspberry dominate the profile, and the Russian River spice and floral characteristics make this interesting. |
| Red |
2015 Antica Terra Pinot Noir BotanicaWillamette Valley more |
3/29/2024 - jhieb Likes this wine: 96 pointsSo, so good. If only the pricing hadn't almost doubled. |
| Red |
2019 Wren Hop Pinot Noir Night LightRussian River Valley more |
3/26/2024 - jhieb Likes this wine: 96 pointsIt needs to open, then wow. |
| Red |
2022 Kanzler Vineyards Pinot NoirRussian River Valley more |
3/24/2024 - jhieb Likes this wine: 92 pointsBeautiful |
| Red |
2018 Rhys Alesia Pinot Noir Anderson Valleymore |
3/18/2024 - jhieb Likes this wine: 92 pointsThe top shelf Rhys wines are great, and I had never tasted anything from the Alesia lineup. For the price, this is outstanding. This captures the great dark fruit of Anderson with some nice floral characteristics. |
| Red |
2021 Martin Woods Pinot Noir Jessie James VineyardEola - Amity Hills more |
3/18/2024 - jhieb Likes this wine: 91 pointsThis is my third tasting, and it is just shut down right now. I’ll sit on the rest for a few years before revisiting. |
| White |
2021 Alban Vineyards Viognier Alban Estate VineyardEdna Valley more |
3/17/2024 - jhieb Likes this wine: 94 pointsOnce again, a beautiful wine. We had an amazing Delmas viognier yesterday, and wanted to compare it to another outstanding Viognier. The Delmas had a wonderfully creamy mouth, and the Alban is more piercing and focused. Both fantastic. |
| Red |
2019 Guarachi Pinot Noir Sun Chase VineyardPetaluma Gap more |
2/5/2024 - jhieb Likes this wine: 93 pointsSun Chase is such a fantastic site. This may be the lightest Pinot I’ve had from this vineyard, but that is not a bad thing. Great silky fruit. I would definitely buy this again |
| Red |
2013 Quilceda Creek Cabernet SauvignonColumbia Valley more |
1/28/2024 - jhieb Likes this wine: 98 points4 hour decant. 2nd favorite wine in a blind tasting. |
| Red |
2013 Memento Mori Cabernet SauvignonNapa Valley more |
1/28/2024 - jhieb Likes this wine: 100 pointsMy #1 pick from a blind tasting with a '13 Scarecrow, '13 Quilceda Creek, '16 Revana, '19 V29, and others. |
| Red |
2013 Memento Mori Cabernet SauvignonNapa Valley more |
12/26/2023 - jhieb Likes this wine: 100 pointsAbsolutely stunning. Opened for 3 hours before drinking, and it was phenomenal over the next 2 hours. Definitely one of the best bottles I've had this year (compared to Diamond Creek "lake", Realm "Absurd", and Colgin). The 2012 was good, but this is through the roof. Lots of muscle, great mouth feel, and fantastic fruit. |
| Red |
2018 Cayuse Syrah Cailloux VineyardWalla Walla Valley more |
12/11/2023 - jhieb Likes this wine: 95 pointsSuch a great wine. This is right where a good Syrah should be: not heavy, great flavor and brightness. |
| Red |
2019 Hartford / Hartford Court Pinot Noir Arrendell VineyardGreen Valley of Russian River Valley more |
12/10/2023 - jhieb Likes this wine: 96 pointsWe visited Hartford a few years ago, and I asked what their best Pinot was. They said "Arrendell". Can I taste it? No. Can I buy it? No, it's sold out. ...do you have any larger format bottles available? ...we have two magnums. This is the first of those mags and it is a beauty. Plenty of acidity to lay this down for the long term, but a hearty stunner today. |
| White |
2021 La Closerie Imaginaire TouraineSauvignon Blanc more |
12/2/2023 - jhieb wrote: 87 pointsOf six bottles, the first two were corked, and this bottle was not normal but not necessarily bad. All have been darker in color and had more apple notes than the initial bottle I enjoyed at a friend's house from the same vintage. |
| Red |
2020 Saxum Broken StonesPaso Robles Red Rhone Blend more |
12/2/2023 - jhieb Likes this wine: 94 pointsI prefer the older vintages where Syrah played the leading role, but this is still a bold structured wine. |
| White |
2020 Cà dei Frati Lugana I FratiTurbiana, Verdicchio more |
10/8/2023 - jhieb wrote: 90 pointsWith time, this has started to get a bit sweeter. |
| White |
2020 Delmas Viognier SJR VineyardThe Rocks District of Milton-Freewater more |
10/8/2023 - jhieb Likes this wine: 93 pointsBeautifully made. I'm a fan of French Viognier, which this is not, but this has a lot of wonderful and subtle nuances. I do love the label design. |
| Red |
2019 Vineyard 29 Cabernet Franc 29 EstateSt. Helena more |
10/8/2023 - jhieb Likes this wine: 95 pointsI've always (since '07) loved V29's Cabernet Franc. For the money, this is a wonderful wine with big expressive fruit. |
| Red |
2021 Walter Scott Pinot Noir Koosah FarmEola - Amity Hills more |
10/8/2023 - jhieb Likes this wine: 96 pointsWe tasted this from barrel last summer, and this is the first bottle we opened from this vineyard. A bit reductive, with a bit of funk and gunpowder out of the gate. An absolutely wonderful wine with a lot of fruit and non-fruit characteristics. This is my favorite of the bottles we've opened. Well done! |
| Red |
2001 Martinelli Pinot Noir Blue Slide RidgeSonoma Coast more |
10/8/2023 - jhieb Likes this wine: 94 pointsAt 15.2%, this is a tank. It is starting to show a little age, but is outstanding. Would I know this is a Pinot? Not sure. It is that big. Over three hours, there was very little change in the flavor...which was huge. Very fun at the 22 year mark. |
| Red |
2001 Lewis Cellars Cuvée LNapa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon more |
10/8/2023 - jhieb Likes this wine: 95 points22 years and still doing great. No brown edges, just a well made fruit driven tank of a cabernet. Lovely stuff. |
| Red |
2014 Antica Terra Pinot Noir AntikytheraEola - Amity Hills more |
6/25/2023 - jhieb Likes this wine: 98 pointsWow. I haven’t had this in a while and I was blown away by just how good it is. |
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