Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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Red |
2012 Round Pond Estate NebbioloRutherford more |
4/25/2021 - erb Likes this wine: 92 pointsDrank after first pouring the 2006 Nebbiolo. Black fruit and red fruit galore. Neutral tannins and nice acid. Is drinking well now. |
Red |
1997 Valdicava Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Madonna del PianoSangiovese more |
8/2/2020 - erb wrote: NRBeautiful flavors of prune and dark berries. Lots of sediment but it is a 1997. Long finish and still quite complex. Did not decant -poured straight from the bottle. Great bottle! |
Red |
2007 Louis Latour Beaune 1er Cru PerrièresPinot Noir more |
2/18/2016 - erb Likes this wine: NRMuted dried fruits and minimal earth finish. Definitely drink now. Won't last much longer |
Red |
2006 Ken Wright Pinot Noir Freedom Hill VineyardWillamette Valley more |
6/15/2014 - erb wrote: NROn the nose juicy dark cherry, dried pine needles, cola and pipe tobacco. On the palate, the tannins in previous notes have been mellowed out and the balance between tannins and acid is perfect. Finish is medium long and all fruit. |
Red |
2009 Antinori Villa Antinori Toscana IGTSuperTuscan Blend more |
2/26/2014 - erb Likes this wine: 86 pointsNose was powerful with cherry, currants, and red plum. Vanilla, shiitake mushrooms and cigar box. Really let down by the palate. With so much going on in the nose the palate was just meh. Chocolate covered cherries. |
Rosé - Sparkling |
NV Delavenne Pere et Fils Champagne Grand Cru Brut RoséPinot Noir more |
1/25/2014 - erb wrote: NRRaspberries and strawberries on the nose with a pleasant flavor of creamy brioche on the palate. |
Red |
2010 Romain Duvernay CairanneRed Rhone Blend more |
1/25/2014 - erb wrote: flawedOverwhelming taste of bandaid. Brett made this wine almost undrinkable. |
Red |
2011 Biggio Hamina Cellars Pinot Noir Willamette Valleymore |
1/15/2014 - erb wrote: 91 pointsTart cherries and fall leaves on the nose. Palate cherries turn to plums and earth is more pronounced as crushed forest floor. Very Burgundian style and pleasant. |
Red |
2010 Beni di Batasiolo Langhe NebbioloLanghe DOC more |
1/17/2014 - erb wrote: 81 pointsNot much going on here. Red cherries on the nose some red earth on the palate. |
Red |
2011 Casarena Sinergy ReservaMendoza Red Blend more |
1/5/2014 - erb wrote: NRUncomplicated and easy drinking. Red cherries, red plum. Medium finish, med high acid, med tannins. Earthy finish with hints of tobacco and cherry tree bark |
Red |
2006 Showket Vineyards Cabernet SauvignonOakville more |
12/15/2013 - erb wrote: NRDrinking really well. Black fruit vanilla and baking spices. Well balanced and nice long finish of cigar box Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
Red |
2009 Xavier Vignon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée AnonymeRed Rhone Blend more |
10/30/2013 - erb Likes this wine: 93 pointsBeautiful wine. Deep purple color with blackberries, graphite and forest floor on the palate. Great long finish 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
White |
2010 Domaine Barmes-Buecher Gewurztraminer Herrenweg de TurckheimAlsace Gewürztraminer more |
10/28/2013 - erb Likes this wine: 93 pointsOff dry. Floral nose of honeysuckle and apricot with lychee and salted honey on the palate. Lots going on with this wine! |
Red |
2010 Romain Duvernay CairanneRed Rhone Blend more |
10/21/2013 - erb wrote: flawedcorked |
Red |
2011 Greywacke Pinot NoirMarlborough more |
7/26/2013 - erb Likes this wine: 95 pointsRuby red color with med - concentration. On the nose: plum, cherry pits and lots of violets. Eucalyptus and cedar that carry over to the palate along with black currants, anise, leather and forest floor. Finish was nice and long. Tasted along side Kim Crawford Pinot - Greywacke was much more complex and had a lot more going on the KC! |
Red |
2006 Watkins Family Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Nuns Cliff VineyardSonoma County more |
6/8/2013 - erb Likes this wine: 93 pointsBlack fruit on the nose with Plum, cassis, cedar and chocolate on the palate. Well balanced and drinking well. |
Rosé |
2012 Honig Cabernet Sauvignon PinkRutherford more |
5/16/2013 - erb wrote: 82 pointsOff dry rose. Watermelon and Strawberry but missing the crispness I perfer in my rose |
Red |
2008 Reynolds Family Winery PersistenceNapa Valley Red Blend more |
6/20/2013 - erb wrote: 82 pointsNose was pleasurable but did not translate to palate. Good drinking wine but drank more like a $18 bottle and not the price range it often sells in. Possibly dying? |
Red |
2010 Adaptation Cabernet SauvignonNapa Valley more |
7/3/2013 - erb Likes this wine: 92 pointsGood Balance. Black cherries with violets on the mid palate. Smooth finish with some chocolate and anise. |
Red |
2010 Xavier Vignon Côtes du RhôneRed Rhone Blend more |
4/16/2013 - erb wrote: 82 pointsOpened and poured: Nose - faint cherry and blackberry once on palate all I tasted was smoke and game. Wine NEEDS food to balance out tannins and smoke. Tried on day two and tannins have mellowed out some. |
Red |
2007 T-Vine Cellars "T" RedNapa Valley Red Blend more |
4/14/2013 - erb wrote: NRNice blend. Jammy raspberry, blackberry. Great long finish |
White |
2011 Domaine Dominique et Janine Crochet SancerreSauvignon Blanc more |
4/9/2013 - erb wrote: 85 pointsCanned green peas grilled lemon rind, not much fruit. chalky limestone finish |
White - Sparkling |
NV Perrier-Jouët Champagne Grand BrutChampagne Blend more |
4/15/2013 - erb wrote: 84 pointsGreen apple and lemon/lime with lots of well balanced lees quality. Med+ finish of crushed seashells |
Red |
2010 Three Wine Company Mataro Spinelli VineyardContra Costa County more |
3/31/2013 - erb Likes this wine: 84 pointsI agree with other reviews that the wine is young. Initially tasted without food and found the tannins to be mellow and the palate to be heavy on the earth. Decanted and sipped with steak dinner and found the wine to be very pleasant. |
Red |
2009 Langmeil Grenache The Fifth WaveBarossa Valley more |
2/5/2013 - erb Likes this wine: 94 pointsLots of ripe black berries - raspberries, black cherries and plum on the nose. Black pepper on the nose and the palate with some coffee on the finish. Finish is long and complex -- fruit, violets, sweet pipe tobacco, hazelnuts, coffee beans all finished off with a hint of citrus (lime?). |