| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| White |
2017 Sandhi Wines Chardonnay BentrockSta. Rita Hills more |
4/15/2023 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 93 pointsMy last bottle (prior one was 9/2021). Acid is now fully integrated, and oak is largely unnoticeable. It’s still crisp but silky, multi-layered, and complex. Notes of lemon, lemon curd / meringue or some type of creamy lemon, and so much more that I can’t identity. This is a fabulous wine that’s great on its own or with food. Wish I had more. |
| Red |
2016 Bethel Heights Pinot Noir Casteel ReserveEola - Amity Hills more |
12/31/2021 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 92 pointsNot sure where to begin here. This wine is delicious, with amazing complexity. It needed an hour plus in the glass before it really came together, and the flavors continued to grow and evolve throughout the evening. Broad and deep palate of blue and black fruits with just a hint of earth underlying it all. |
| Red |
2018 Whitcraft Winery Pinot Noir Kick-on RanchSanta Barbara County more |
4/23/2023 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 92 pointsI largely agree with @Rawdealbuffy. Closer to deep pink than pale ruby in color, with notes of fresh strawberries, a bit of candied strawberry, and underlying notes of earth or mushrooms. Moderate plus complexity and finish. Lighter and easy drinking, but there's a lot going on here. |
| Red |
2017 Whitcraft Winery Pinot Noir Kick-on RanchSanta Barbara County more |
12/18/2021 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 92 pointsFirst, gotta love Drake & Chris. They're the only people I know who will be precise enough (and honest enough) to label a wine as 12.42% ABV. |
| Red |
2017 Anthill Farms Pinot Noir Comptche Ridge VineyardMendocino County more |
6/30/2023 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 92 pointsReally delicious, hampered IMHO only by a (perhaps) slight lack of flavor intensity. I bought a bunch of these on super sale and am loving them. Needs a good hour plus to open up, then soft and velvety mouth feel with a melange of flavors including wet earth, spice, savory notes, and maybe some red fruit and sour cherry. High acid, but not alcohol. Elegant, with good flavor distinctiveness, even though I can’t name them. Drinking very well right now. |
| Red |
2014 Sandhi Wines Pinot Noir RinconadaSta. Rita Hills more |
12/13/2021 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 91 pointsDelicious. Complex, funky (in the best pinot way), with maybe a hint of cola. Wish I had more. |
| White - Sparkling |
2012 Pere Mata Cava l'Ensamblatge Gran Reserva Brut NatureMacabeo-Xarello-Parellada Blend more |
2/24/2023 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 91 points50% Xarello, 25% Macabeu, 25% Parellada co-fermented primarily in stainless steel. Disgorged 12/2021. Needs 30 minutes to open up, then strong notes of limestone and chalk — basically very minerally — with some lemon and maybe Meyer lemon and other citrus flavors. Amazing complexity for $22 or so. Wonderful wine. |
| Red |
2017 Marcel Lapierre MorgonGamay more |
3/27/2022 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 91 pointsIn a great place now. My last of 6 bottles, and probably the best. Really nice; wish I had more. |
| Red |
2016 Belle Pente Pinot Noir Belle Pente VineyardYamhill-Carlton more |
7/30/2022 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 91 pointsDrank my second of four bottles tonight, and it’s much improved from prior review. Flavors are now all balanced, although perhaps a bit muted. No detailed tasting notes, but it was quite delicious. Drink or hold. |
| Red |
2017 Lingua Franca Pinot Noir AVNIEola - Amity Hills more |
4/13/2022 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 91 pointsThis wine is SO delicious. It's complex, with a long finish. No detailed tasting notes, but the aromas and flavors kept evolving throughout the evening. It's really an amazing wine (and amazing value) for ~$35 -- I wish I had more of this vintage. |
| Red |
2017 Storm Wines (California) Pinot Noir Donnachadh VineyardSta. Rita Hills more |
7/30/2022 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 91 pointsGood pinot funk on the nose. More rich / sweet dark fruit notes, yet not over extracted. Very tasty, good complexity and finish. |
| Red |
2018 Lucienne Pinot Noir Doctor's VineyardSanta Lucia Highlands more |
7/6/2022 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 91 pointsSpicy, with some pinot funk and good fruit. I only got moderate plus complexity and finish, but the 14.5 octane really holds it back for me. Pinot shouldn't be that high. |
| Red |
2010 Runnymede Estate Pinot Noir Vintage WidowMarlborough more |
2/17/2017 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 91 pointsRating number is arbitrary. Nice amounts of 'funk'. Delicious, well-balanced, moderate to moderate plus complexity. Excellent wine overall. |
| Red |
2016 Lingua Franca Pinot Noir EstateEola - Amity Hills more |
4/22/2023 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 91 pointsI have to respectfully disagree with @JClark6. Let it open up for an hour, and it shines. Red and blue fruits layer over earth and forest floor. Well integrated tannins, moderate alcohol, moderate plus complexity and finish. For under $40 on sale or special deal, this is a very nice wine, and drinking beautifully right now. |
| Red |
2018 Castello di Bossi Chianti Classico Gran SelezioneChianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese Blend, Sangiovese more |
11/17/2023 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 91 pointsCertainly a nice wine, but I don’t get the effusive praise some critics have given this. Maybe it just needs more time? |
| Red |
2018 Domaine Thillardon Moulin-à-VentGamay more |
6/23/2023 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 90 pointsDelicious! No detailed tasting notes, but drinking beautifully right now. Wish I had more. |
| Red |
2020 Château Thivin Brouilly ReverdonGamay more |
7/10/2022 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 90 pointsThis is my third vintage of Reverdon, and I love it. Bright, fresh, and easy drinking. This is the epitome of summer to me. Works great with Margherita pizza plus corn on cob, or salad, or almost anything else. It’s one of my favorite Beaujolais. 3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2018 Dominique Piron Morgon Côte du PyGamay more |
10/17/2023 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 89 pointsI don’t normally give scores, but I feel the need to reinforce the 89 score on this wine. It’s perfectly pleasant, if unremarkable. A textbook 88 or 89 IMHO. |
| White |
2014 Array Cellars Chardonnay Dijon Clone Otis Harlan VineyardYakima Valley more |
5/18/2023 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 89 pointsAlso a $13 FP deal, and it absolutely is a deal. This is my first Array wine. Very spicy and a richness that comes with age. Yes, the acidity is fading somewhat, but it’s still interesting (very spicy for a chard) and has a lot going on. Worked well with Thai curry. I’ve also got some 2013 Nina’s Reserve that I’m now anxious to try. |
| Red |
2013 Monteraponi Chianti Classico Riserva Il CampitelloChianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese Blend, Sangiovese more |
12/25/2023 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 89 pointsNeeds 90 minutes or so to open up. Good acidity, moderate plus intensity fruit flavors, some oak and soft but still slightly gnarly tannins. Pretty good Chianti (this is much more drinkable now than my previous bottle a year or so ago), but still a little thin in the middle and not much finish. I kept wanting it to be just a notch better than it is. May continue to improve with additional age though. |
| Red |
2011 Cantina Sociale Cooperativa Copertino RiservaNegroamaro more |
2/2/2024 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 89 pointsI know that in an absolute sense this is not an exceptional wine. I’ve had other Negroamaro’s with greater complexity and flavor delineation. But it’s a very good wine, and I loved it from the start. Back about four vintages ago, this was my first Negroamaro. I was mostly drinking new world wines then, but I loved this from the start. It was shockingly different, but something about it just grabbed me — that mix of fruit forwardness backed up by lots of Old World funk — and a great value. I guess I’m still emotionally attached to it. |
| Red |
2016 Et Fille Pinot Noir Kalita VineyardYamhill-Carlton more |
8/2/2021 - Big Juicy Red wrote: 89 pointsNice moderate intensity aromas with a bit of pinot funk, but that didn't really carry through to the taste. It was more fruit driven, but dark and more extracted fruits -- dried blackberry, dried cherry, etc. Over all it was a bit too 'fruit juicy' to me. Not my style. No wonder it's on sale everywhere (retail, LastBottle, etc.). |
| Red |
2018 Domaine Thillardon Chénas Les CarrièresGamay more |
1/30/2022 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 89 pointsWine is slightly cloudy. Color is pale purple with hints of rust. |
| Red |
2018 Melville Pinot Noir EstateSta. Rita Hills more |
11/2/2023 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 89 pointsOn the bigger, heavier side. Only 13.9 ABV, but seems higher. Not super complex, nor great flavor intensity. Ok for the deal I got, but probably wouldn’t buy again at current (higher) prices. |
| White |
2019 Viña Nora Albariño Rías Baixas Noramore |
3/18/2021 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 89 pointsSomewhat surprisingly this needs 30 - 60 minutes to fully open up. Nose of lemon with a hint of grapefruit and fresh cut grass. The taste is congruent, with a bit of peach atop a salty/mineral-laiden core. High acid, good structure with bright, fresh, clean flavors. Moderate complexity and moderate plus finish. |
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