| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2016 Matzinger Davies Grenache GorgeousColumbia Gorge more |
5/6/2024 - Giggs wrote: 89 pointsGrape Nerds, pencil shavings, canned prunes. Complex, charmingly austere, if flabby. |
| Red |
2008 Penner-Ash Pinot Noir Pas de NomWillamette Valley more |
5/1/2024 - Giggs wrote: 93 pointsRumors of its death are greatly exaggerated. Yeah, it’s mature, but not sure I’d say fading. Heavily oaked and the oak is fully integrated, presenting as chocolate and mesquite, with big notes of blueberry/blackberry compote. Not the first word on complexity—this is all about fruit power and mouthfeel. Now-2027 |
| Red |
2018 Pax Syrah North Coastmore |
4/23/2024 - Giggs wrote: 90 pointsSmoked meat, olive juice, a natural freshness to the berry fruit that gives a freshly pressed impression. It's a simple, everyday style yet with surprising nuance and complexity. |
| White |
2014 Domaine Ostertag Riesling Clos MathisAlsace more |
4/23/2024 - Giggs wrote: 92 pointsAnne Krebiehl’s excellent review from 2016 in WE is dead on. Apples and citrus. Now the herbal character on the nose presents as freshly cut weedy grasses, and there’s a mature, beeswax component to the palate. Years of life left. |
| Red |
2009 Soter Pinot Noir Mineral Springs (White Label)Yamhill-Carlton more |
4/20/2024 - Giggs wrote: 93 pointsThis is great winemaking in a high-yielding vintage. Obviously the concentration isn’t that of a better vintage, but oh man this is balanced and precise and keeps getting better each glass. Wonderfully delineated flavors, archetypal of Willamette Valley Pinot Noir: brown earthy spices, cola, red apple skin, slightly sour cherry, wild raspberry, pastille candy. Super-fine tannins and still plenty of acidity to go four or five more years. Now-2029 |
| White |
2022 Timothée Delalle Le Moulin DoréVal de Loire Chenin Blanc more |
4/18/2024 - Giggs wrote: 92 pointsTons of mineral on the nose, like a pungent, natural-springs level of salty rock mineral. Palate has lychee, sweet corn, maybe some white pineapple but not tropical. Laser focused acidity on the back end. Fantastic complexity for the price point. |
| Red |
2016 Copain Syrah Brosseau VineyardChalone more |
4/16/2024 - Giggs wrote: 92 pointsLovely wine that does a good Northern Rhône impression. Nose of freshly picked white and purple flowers, blueberries, wet stone and clay, and a meatiness between bacon and salami. Tons of acidity almost overwhelms the palate, but the sweet floral and blueberry character carries over. I’d suggest at least a couple more years for the acidity to relax and drink 2026-2036. |
| Red |
2002 Kilikanoon Shiraz Green's VineyardBarossa Valley more |
4/14/2024 - Giggs wrote: 95 pointsClassic Barossa nose, ripe blackberry, baker’s chocolate, brown sugar. Tannins fully resolved. Just great. |
| Red |
2016 Terre di Serrapetrona Vernaccia di Serrapetrona RobbioneVernaccia di Serrapetrona DOCG Vernaccia Nera, Grenache more |
4/11/2024 - Giggs wrote: 91 pointsVery classy wine, very Marche in character. Pink bubblegum, mulled red plum, clove, and chocolate-covered almonds on the nose. Medium-bodied palate, Kirschwasser, rawhide, orange peel, fine tannins. |
| Red |
2015 Schild Estate Shiraz Ben Schild Reserve Barossa Valleymore |
4/9/2024 - Giggs wrote: NRNow it’s starting to decline. |
| White - Sparkling |
2021 Neu Cellars Riesling SparklingOld Mission Peninsula more |
4/7/2024 - Giggs wrote: 84 pointsOn-lees, burnt orange color, tart pet nat style, cider notes, fierce acidity. |
| Red |
2019 Sokol Blosser Pinot Noir Estate Dundee Hillsmore |
4/6/2024 - Giggs wrote: 93 pointsThis is a fantastic young wine. Nose leads with an almost liqueur-like black cherry, red apple skin, allspice, and finally a twiggy/wet leaves note. Palate has so much concentration and balance: black cherry, maybe some raspberry with an earthy forest edge, subtle and integrated oak treatment, good acidity. I’m sure this will drink nicely for its entire lifetime, but it’s really asking for 5+ years in the cellar. Lucky you to have a bottle around 2029-2033. |
| White |
2016 Domaine de la Taille aux Loups Montlouis-sur-Loire Clos de MosnyChenin Blanc more |
4/5/2024 - Giggs wrote: 94 pointsThis is insane! Slightly reduced/honeyed pineapple, apricot, and lime give it a waxy, tropical sweetness, with salty sea shell and grass clippings adding to the fascinating complexity. The lime/citrus acidity overwhelms the finish and leaves a chalky mineral aftertaste. Given the acid, this surely has many more years ahead of it, 5 years at least. |
| Red |
2018 Cruse Wine Company Tannat Alder Springs VineyardMendocino more |
4/2/2024 - Giggs wrote: NRMaybe a little acidified? |
| Red |
2017 Zorzal Eggo FrancoTupungato Cabernet Franc more |
4/1/2024 - Giggs wrote: 89 pointsLovely wine with restraint, balance, and all the hallmarks of Cab Franc. Finishes a bit flabby. |
| Red |
2012 Soléna Pinot Noir Domaine Danielle LaurentYamhill-Carlton more |
3/31/2024 - Giggs wrote: 91 pointsNeeds a few more years for the oak to fully integrate. |
| Red |
2013 Trisaetum Pinot Noir Coast Range EstateYamhill-Carlton more |
3/29/2024 - Giggs wrote: 90 pointsSplash decanted and back into the bottle, then it took three hours before it suddenly went from quiet and weedy to brawny with brown sugar-edged black cherry. An interesting wet paint note on the nose. Keeps getting better and better with more air, adding more sweetness to the fruit. It definitely has a touch of sour-fruited character of the rainy 2013 vintage, but there’s enough quality and complexity to balance it out. Mature but doesn’t act like it will be declining anytime in the next few years. |
| Red |
2018 Trisaetum Pinot Noir Ribbon Ridge Estatemore |
3/27/2024 - Giggs wrote: 91 pointsNose blends brown earthy spices with sweet perfumed florals and raspberry-cherry. Kinda has this soapy character that smooths out the underlying texture; I think the soapy note is the acidity that still needs a few years to relax. I’d guess peak around 2028. |
| White |
2018 Audeant Wines Chardonnay Seven Springs VineyardWillamette Valley more |
3/24/2024 - Giggs wrote: 96 pointsThis is world class. So much matchstick and gunflint creating a pungent minerality that almost comes across as spicy, plus delicate Meyer lemon cream, vervy acidity, and oak effortlessly integrated in the background. It’s a special wine. |
| Red |
2016 Alois Lageder NATSCH RömigbergVigneti delle Dolomiti IGT Vernatsch, Schiava more |
3/23/2024 - Giggs wrote: 91 pointsFascinating wine, extremely high acid, light body, opens up with air to reveal wild strawberry, just ripe enough. Acts like a cooler-climate Piemontese wine. |
| Red |
2013 Torii Mor Pinot Noir Olson Estate VineyardDundee Hills more |
3/22/2024 - Giggs wrote: 90 pointsSour-fruited like many of the 2013s. Nice texture, though not much depth. |
| Red |
2012 Storybook Mountain Vineyards Zinfandel Estate ReserveNapa Valley more |
3/22/2024 - Giggs wrote: 93 pointsAll the other reviews really nail it. Great wine. I’m not sure I’d guess Zinfandel right off the bat, but it’s definitely Napa. Reminds me of La Jota Howell Mountain Merlot in style: lush fruit, lots of acidity, wild/austere tannins. |
| Red |
2019 Lapostolle Carménère Cuvée AlexandreApalta more |
3/18/2024 - Giggs wrote: 89 pointsVery solid as usual for this bottling. |
| Red |
2018 Milbrandt Vineyards Malbec The Estates Wahluke Slopemore |
3/17/2024 - Giggs wrote: 84 pointsToo candy sweet and lacking a sense of place like so many Washington wines. The nose is more restrained and sophisticated than the palate. I’d love to ask the winemaker about picking a little earlier. If feasible, I can imagine trading some sweetness for more acidity would be beneficial. |
| Red |
2010 Rubissow Merlot Mt. Veedermore |
3/16/2024 - Giggs wrote: 87 pointsAwesome right out of the gate but quickly declines with air. Had the exotic red currant, mint, and mature chocolaty oak combo but evolved into more V8/tomato. |
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