8/31/2023 - mdennison wrote:

Question :
How does this App come up with $77.00 “average value?”

I can’t find it that cheap anywhere.

7/8/2021 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

Now that is good stuff.

11/4/2020 - Tim Heaton wrote:

Sadly, wrung with too much VA

4/3/2021 - schwim Does not like this wine:

There are much better wines for the $100 price. I served this at a party and the party goers did not enjoy the wine.

1/19/2022 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

JUst a bet tart and ripe to it. It's not lame and smoky notes one taster.

10/14/2021 - Woodbridge Brad Likes this wine:

Really stellar

12/22/2021 - Shep LA Does not like this wine:

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1/25/2022 - rjquillin wrote:

Based on some reviews, snagged one to try out. Not seeing what some of the press is all about, but perhaps Mendoza Malbec just isn't in my wheelhouse.

10/5/2021 - Neecies wrote:

Surprised by all the positive reviews. Last night's bottle had the light body and acidity of unsweetened cranberry juice but not the fruit. It was herbal, savory and sour. I do love acidity but a counterbalance is required, and this didn't have it. It was hard to drink and I resorted to blending it with a fruitier, low-acid wine to create a complete whole.

2/14/2021 - Cuellar's Cellar Likes this wine:

a good bottle for what it is. obviously this is a MASS production wine. I dont like how it contains sulfates. Overall a good wine. Cheers

10/28/2018 - Frank Murray III wrote:

Opened and finished same day. Drinking pure, good depth of red fruit. In a good place now as the acid and fruit are both in synch. My final bottle.

9/20/2020 - rjquillin wrote:

Not quite sure what to think of this. Rectangular rather than the more common oval label, cork reads Yuan Family Estate, Year of the Dog. Decent red blend, but even at the GO price of $27 difficult to find the value. At 5 years, perhaps additional time well help. Did pick up two additional after sampling the first.

2/21/2019 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

Again, corvin has not done this favors.

12/25/2018 - radiolysis wrote:

Fresh, youthful, vibrant. Super complex? No. Super fun? Heck yes! QPR for days. Good bit of acid and tannin to be super friendly with food.

3/20/2017 - OHWINEGUY Likes this wine:

Nice dry wine with hints of cedar. Medium body opens up with spice and oak. Not sure it is worth the price.

1/14/2017 - gostl Likes this wine:

This is my fourth and final bottle. The first I had a while ago was meh... The second and third were much better. Now, having my fourth it is really singing. This is a good time for this wine IMHO.

8/17/2015 - rjquillin wrote:

Is the bottle variation really so great there can be totally contradicting TN's?
Apparently, or totally unreliable palates.

5/13/2016 - bigdomer wrote:

I thought this was terrible. Perhaps suffered some heat damage in transit, but the cork did not indicate any seepage. Tried two bottles side by side and concluded that there is no structure, little fruit and not much to be excited about. Gave the rest away.

1/31/2016 - Motz wrote:

Nice berry flavors somewhat muted by oak. Good acid, made in a crowd-pleasing style.

6/12/2016 - sbfern wrote:

The wine has medium acidity. It smells like blackberry, cranberry, almond, black currant (cassis), molasses, raspberry and cherry. The wine finishes medium. It tastes like black currant (cassis), Herbes de Provence, prune, walnut, gooseberry, molasses, raisin, butterscotch, black olive, strawberry jam and hay/straw. The wine looks crimson colored. The legs are fast. There is no sediment in the bottle. The wine has round texture.

1/7/2016 - Wicked Panda wrote:

It's a bargain basement French wine. Ok for the price, but spend a few dollars more next time

3/28/2015 - rjquillin Likes this wine:

Really should have gotten more before K&L ran out...

12/6/2015 - rjquillin wrote:

WB chatter of a $25 95 pt. CS prompted the buy.
Ok, but not a 95, at least not now.
Revisit in 10 years, and drink or dump.

8/26/2015 - steven.mendelson Likes this wine:

ETOH: 14.3%

Varietals: 80% cab franc and 20% merlot per this source - which also has a good review of the wine.
http://www.winewired.com/2015/06/dry-creek-valley-ava-pedroncelli-cabernet-franc/

Appearance: Rich full purple, not cloudy, rather a lovely sheen. The viscosity is lower than I would have expected.

Nose: Has a bit of the lovely light floral I expect, but is stronger and a bit syrupy sweet with some black or boysenberry notes (from the Merlot?). Overall pleasing, but not fabulous.

Palate: When first tasted it was somewhat raw. Now, after being open about 45 minutes, it is integrating well. Now it enters the front of the palate smoothly, becomes a little vague mid-palate, and goes down smoothly, but upon inhalation afterwards the front palate feels a bit unbalanced and tannic, not surprising considering it is a 2013. This is a bigger wine, less subtle and less elegant than the Amphora Cab Franc I had a week ago that was a 2009 (Amphora makes some excellent wines, I tried a lot of them last week and took notes, I should write them up). Of course the Amphora is $35+/-. Similarly the Ramazotti Cab Franc is light, ethereal, and elegant like the Amphora and about $40+/-. By the way, Ramazotti's Grenache is another lovely elegant wine, rather light on its feet, but so smooth.

Per the web site listed above:

The wine sees 15 months in new and seasoned American and French oak barrels (25% new French oak).

Note: Pedroncelli is an old Dry Creek producer starting in the 1920s. They usually make workmanlike wines that are better than many at their price points, with the typical Italian red flavor profiles that still existed in the 1960s and 1970s, with decent fruitness and somewhat strong tannins. This wine falls within that tradition. It is not the smooth, slightly sweet red blends that so many of the corporate wineries are producing to seduce the the children in their 20s and 30s, which I generally detest, tho that type of pablum is terrific for serving to guests who know little about wine. This is a genuine wine, solidly within the middle range Italian red style, and I expect it to improve for five to ten years, perhaps longer. I am not real experienced in 100% or high percentage cab francs, so I cannot really predict how long it will last, but I would imagine 10 years, potentially longer.

Conclusions & QPR: This is a genuine wine, solidly within the middle range Italian red style, and I expect it to improve for five to ten years, perhaps longer. I am not real experienced in 100% or high percentage cab francs, so I cannot really predict how long it will last, but I would imagine 10 years, potentially longer. I wish them the best of luck.
For a California wine the QPR is pretty high. . . worth buying a few to keep to see how they turn out by 2020 or later. I am giving it an 87 to 90 because I like some aspects of it and I am hopeful it will grow into its self.

8/9/2015 - Wicked Panda wrote:

I want more. It was way young. Needed a decant for almost an hour. In a 96!

10/19/2015 - rjquillin Likes this wine:

Outstanding QPR. I only wonder how this may have aged under a cork rather than a screw.

12/21/2012 - Sotto325 wrote:

A nice pinot style reminiscent of middle level Oregon wineries---not off center like CA pinots but not a true Burgundian offering either. New WOrld all the way,with bright lingonberry and cherry tastes, not much depth but good breeding

9/14/2014 - wirelesswine wrote:

I detected the faintest hint of spritz, otherwise seemed fairly simple. Will hold judgement for next bottle.

9/7/2014 - rjquillin wrote:

Grabbed my first of bottle of this to take to a no-corkage fee dinner at a local restaurant. Seems not to have been a good choice. Unfiltered, this didn't seem to like the ride and was just 'off'; perhaps a bit sour, acetyl? After a few days under Ar back at home, much improved.
Better notes with the next bottle.

8/6/2014 - rjquillin Likes this wine:

Poured at 1014 Swiss Hotel rpm/ww farewell supper

11/5/2009 - hello555 wrote:

Very young tasting.

2/7/2014 - sjhoffman Likes this wine:

Great value for the money 50/50 Malbec/Cabernet Sauvignon blend. Always a crowd pleaser. One of the best $15 and under wines you can buy!!!

10/17/2013 - jfarley3 wrote:

Good cab, but a bit tannic and rough. May get better with age. Has dark red color with blue fruit. Decent finish, but a little astringent- tough tannins.

10/29/2011 - St Paul Grill wrote:

- Ruby color and aromas of diacetyl (butter). It's somewhat balanced and has flavours of almond with a medium/full body. Flabby texture with a medium finish.

5/15/2013 - Ajrod27 Likes this wine:

Very nice nose of cherry, strawberry, tar, licorice, cedar and something floral. Tart cherry on the palate with some tobacco and leather on the finish. Very refreshing acidity and slightly bitter tannins. I'm in no hurry to drink the remaining bottles; I think they'll hold for a few more years

11/11/2013 - Richard123 Likes this wine:

Great pinot noir; a little closed perhaps, even after air, but still a nice tart cherry pop with a little dark fruit mixed in and some minerality to boot. No tannin, of course. Really good QPR -- drinkable pinot noir under $20 is very hard to find...

9/29/2013 - MarkMich wrote:

Had after a mag of 1973 Freemark Abbey Bosche. Did not take detailed notes but it was enjoyed by everyone at dinner. Recall nice fruit with tannins and acidity to last. I will buy more.

4/12/2013 - ChipGreen wrote:

Dark cherries on the palate with creamy vanilla oak, medium body and moderate tannins. I detected only the slightest trace of secondary fermentation upon PnP, it seems to have mostly resolved itself in-bottle and this wine is drinking nicely right now.

4/27/2013 - ucbeau Does not like this wine:

Too much brett at this stage. It overpowers the nose with aromas of band-aid and barnyard. Beyond that does like some interesting notes of blueberry and blackberry bramble, tar, and exotic spice. On the palate the brett is similarly manifest, distracting from the ripeness and peppery flavors that would otherwise show this to be a tasty wine.

5/11/2013 - merryberry Likes this wine:

Deep magenta. Blueberry pie, spice and oak nose. Medium to full bodied, blackberries, pepper, black cherries, cedar, sweet tannins, dark chocolate, a flash of heat, and a nice medium to long finish. This was much better on day 2, so be sure to give it plenty of air.