| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2017 EMH Cabernet Sauvignon Black CatNapa Valley more |
4/19/2024 - blank blank wrote: NRThis was a very nice Calistoga cab - ripe fruit but everything else in balance, and the fruit hadn't been hung too long but retained real skin tannin and true cab character. Reminded me of Montelena from 20 years ago. Good wine! |
| Red |
2015 Château Clos de SarpeSt. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/16/2024 - blank blank wrote: 85 pointsVery, very, very ripe and raisin-y; a Bordeaux for modern Napa lovers. |
| Red |
2020 Georges Noellat Côte de Nuits VillagesPinot Noir more |
2/11/2024 - blank blank wrote: 88 pointsl |
| Red |
2019 Domaine Auguste Clape Côtes du RhôneSyrah more |
1/17/2024 - blank blank wrote: 86 pointsVery bretty, with almost a light fizz because of happy yeasts. Unclean and not tasty. |
| Red |
2018 Red Car Cabernet Sauvignon Mohrhardt Ridge VineyardFort Ross - Seaview more |
11/9/2023 - blank blank wrote: 92 pointsHey - this is really f-ing good. I was worried it might be some weird experiment in green-ass Cabernet, but it’s fully ripe (I wonder how late this was picked?!) with no pyrazine. The fruit is in the redder side of cassis but still full and not shrill; the tannins are fine and ripe; there’s a kiss of new oak but not much. The pH is low - this is mouthwatering - but the surprising ripeness of fruit easily balances it out. Great concentration for a wine that’s so fresh. Very unique. Great QPR, even at a >$50 price. |
| Red |
2010 Maison Roche de Bellene Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux MontsPinot Noir more |
11/4/2023 - blank blank wrote: 92 pointsSuper burg at early maturity. Still very fresh and tight, but with a gorgeous red fruit / five spice bouquet. Just a hint of tertiary going on, but this is fresher than many 2016s I’ve had this year. Grippy on the finish and good acidity; this will be a distance runner. Touch of brett, but not objectionable. Yum! |
| Red |
2018 Di Costanzo Cabernet Sauvignon Farella VineyardCoombsville more |
11/1/2023 - blank blank wrote: 93 pointsI don’t remember how I bought this wine, but it’s excellent, and I say that as someone with an old world palate. It has a touch too much alcohol - it’s really best at cellar temp - but it’s no spoof bomb. Reminds me of Clos Rougeard, in that the fruit is dense and ripe but there’s plenty of tobacco and violets and green pepper too; this doesn’t shy completely away from the pyrazine, which I love in my Cab. Cedary and dusty on the finish, nice acid, plenty of tannin but in balance with the fruit. There’s a touch of dark oak but it’s not at all over-bearing. Really great and decidedly gesturing toward the cool side of Cabernet. |
| Red |
2016 Once & Future Wine Frances Cuvée Bedrock VineyardSonoma Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
10/12/2023 - blank blank wrote: 90 pointsIt's sort of a shame Joel Peterson doesn't make more wines from Bordeaux grapes because he's just as good at those as he is at Zin. This is big and tannic, but the tannins are fine and not, at this age, out of balance with the fruit. It's a touch stewed (and for my palate, pretty much every wine, regardless of varietal, has a bit of that out of Bedrock), but its got good acid, lots of cassis and herbs, no noticeable oak, and is generally just a very good example of a Sonoma bdx blend. Good QPR, too. |
| Red |
2021 Arterberry Maresh Pinot Noir Maresh VineyardDundee Hills more |
10/11/2023 - blank blank wrote: 90 points2021 Oregon Pinots Blind: My 3rd, group's first. Exceptionally well-made. Tart cherry, a hint of stem (but judicious), denser than some of the other wines, fine tannin, good acid. Not exciting for me - a bit simple - but this is a very correct, very enjoyable pinot. |
| Red |
2021 Martin Woods Pinot Noir Hyland VineyardMcMinnville more |
10/11/2023 - blank blank wrote: 91 points2021 Oregon Pinots Blind: My first, group's 5th. I can see why the others didn't like it - this wine had a very strong smoky oolong tea character, incredibly distinctive. One of the naysayers described it as "old books". But as I found many of the wines in this tasting too simple, for me this tea-character added some much needed complexity. Tea, roses and red fruit on the nose, silky finish, less drying tannin than many of the other bottles here, fresh, light to medium bodied but good concentration. Well priced, too. |
| Red |
2021 Goodfellow Family Cellars Pinot Noir Heritage No. 19 Whistling Ridge VineyardRibbon Ridge more |
10/11/2023 - blank blank wrote: 90 points2021 Oregon Pinots Blind: My 2nd, group's T3rd. This was better earlier in the evening, with a waxy red fruit nose, some darker stuff too, that was a little less shrill than the other wines on the table other than the Cameron. This was one of the two wines with a strong "tea" character - are there Coury clones in here? Salty, plenty of tannin - more than the other wines - but it's fine tannin. Good acid. A very nice Pinot! By the end of the evening, this had developed an unappealing cough syrup character on the nose, so a couple of points off for that, but I would be interested in following this as it aged. |
| Red |
2021 Patricia Green Cellars Pinot Noir Coury Clone Hyland VineyardMcMinnville more |
10/11/2023 - blank blank wrote: 88 points2021 Oregon Pinots Blind: My 4th, group's T3rd. Like the McKinlay, this is a tick darker fruited than the 'reddest' wines on the table; notably less sweet than them, too. Very savory, better concentration than many other the other wines; though its only medium bodied and has good acid, it has a surprising amount of astringent tannin that I didn't love - a touch rustic on the finish, almost like black tea. Very good nonetheless. |
| Red |
2021 McKinlay Pinot Noir EstateChehalem Mountains more |
10/11/2023 - blank blank wrote: 87 points2021 Oregon Pinots Blind: My T6th, Groups 2nd. On retasting I think I underrated this. Decidedly a tick darker fruited than most of the wines from grapes grown on Jory; this is more savory and complex than many of the other wines on the table, with good concentration despite its mouthwatering acid. This didn't excite me but it was very well made and exceedingly close in style and value to a Bourgogne at the same price point. Would be a terrific ringer in a value Burgundy tasting. |
| Red |
2021 Kelley Fox Wines Pinot Noir Maresh Vineyard Star of Bethlehem Flower BlockDundee Hills more |
10/11/2023 - blank blank wrote: 87 points2021 Oregon Pinots Blind: My T6th, Group's 6th. Keep in mind I am a lover of light reds, I drink Trousseau and Poulsard and Rossese regularly so I am not unfamiliar with this sort of wine. |
| Red |
2021 Cameron Pinot Noir ReserveDundee Hills more |
10/11/2023 - blank blank wrote: 87 points2021 Oregon Pinots Blind: Group's 7th, my 5th. By FAR the darkest and most opaque wine on the table; I assumed this was the sole willakenzie-grown wine on the table but in retrospect it makes sense this was the Cameron; darker fruit and more ripeness and concentration than the rest of the table; just a hint of brett/reduction but not that noticeable except when first opened; very similar to a high quality Sonoma Coast pinot; quite different from the Cameron SVD bottles I've had over the years, much more overtly New World; a good wine but not to my taste. |
| Red |
2021 Goodfellow Family Cellars Pinot Noir Heritage No. 18 Temperance HillEola - Amity Hills more |
10/11/2023 - blank blank wrote: 83 points2021 Oregon Pinots Blind: My 8th, group's 8th. A couple in our group liked this, but the majority had this 7th or 8th. The most candied of the wines and a strong resiny note of green stem - this probably should not have been stemmed as much as it was. Very weird, sugary, chemically. Not a good wine, I would have sent back at a restaurant. |
| White |
2021 Domaine Berthelemot Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Abbaye de MorgeotChardonnay more |
8/25/2023 - blank blank wrote: 92 pointsAnother terrific 2021 - fresh, green, appley, but with tons of dry extract and structure. Judicious oak. Exactly what I like my white burg to taste like. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
1986 Müller-Catoir Mußbacher Eselshaut Rieslaner TrockenbeerenauslesePfalz more |
7/31/2023 - blank blank wrote: 93 pointsThe color and viscosity of motor oil; but when you taste it is remarkably fresh - lemon and dried apricot and overripe peach and salted caramel. It doesn't scream botrytis at all - maybe a touch? - and the acidity is as good as any rieslaner, piercing and mouth watering even at age 37. What. A . Wine. HGS never fucking fails me. |
| Red |
2019 Whitcraft Winery Pinot Noir Clone 459 Pence RanchSta. Rita Hills more |
7/23/2023 - blank blank wrote: 86 pointsWhile generally a light, lively, red fruited example of a freshly-styled CA Pinot, this suffers from a strong and obvious underripe stem character that tastes of pine resin and mars what would be an otherwise excellent wine. |
| Red |
2015 Lamé Delisle Boucard Bourgueil MartinièreCabernet Franc more |
7/20/2023 - blank blank wrote: 91 pointsThis is excellent; clean of brett; dense, tannic, but still freshly acid, lively, lots of pure red fruit, and tons of tobacco leaf cab franc character with just a hint of pyrazine. A ton of wine for the money! |
| Red |
2012 Bernard Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin 1er CruPinot Noir more |
7/14/2023 - blank blank wrote: 93 pointsSuperb, in an extremely old school way that is damn near extinct. Dark, licorice scented, tannic, gamey, powerful, but with a core of sweet fruit and a floral character that comes out with air. Just a hint of stem at this point; nicely integrated. The oak is fully digested, too. A big bad burgundy the way they used to make ‘em. |
| Red |
2010 Château Grand-Puy-LacostePauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
6/22/2023 - blank blank Does not like this wine: 83 pointsThis is the fourth time I’ve had this wine and it’s just getting worse with age. Overextracted, dark, monolithic. I’d say it’s shut down but it’s also getting surprisingly tertiary for such a relatively young BDX, with lots of soy / roasted notes. From a nadir in BDX history and it shows. I love GPL but I hate this. |
| Red |
2020 Ridge Zinfandel JimsomareSanta Cruz Mountains more |
6/6/2023 - blank blank wrote: 90 pointsClean, fresh Zin, with textbook dark bramble fruit, Ridge/SCM acidity, and well-seasoned American oak. Much lower alcohol and generally tastes earlier picked than other recent vintages of Ridge Jimso; I think this is the better ripeness level and suspect its closer to what the great Jimsos of the 80s/90s were picked at, based on some bottles over the past few years. Nice wine! |
| White - Sparkling |
2014 Marguet Champagne Grand Cru Les Saints RemysPinot Noir more |
6/5/2023 - blank blank wrote: 86 pointslike many others i found this wine extremely difficult. A weird combo of high lemony acid but also ripe, almost sur maturite fruit. A textbook example of the problem with zero dosage champagne; this would've been so much better and more transparent if picked a little earlier with fresher fruit. |
| Red |
2017 Château Léoville BartonSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
6/4/2023 - blank blank wrote: NRI think this is a bit too extracted and oaked for what the vintage offered, but it’s still a lovely wine. |
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