5/20/2024 - rgawlowski Likes this wine:

Very nicely aged, seems in the latter stage of the window; some brick in color, nice nose, some acidity and smokiness; very subtle and elegant; great value Brunello.

5/20/2024 - Amerique wrote:

Rich, delicious dark strawberry fruit with slight blood orange flavors, excellent structure, ample finish, wished wine was rounded, fuller, and longer on the finish, still very good

5/20/2024 - Minnesota wrote:

Quite lovely. In prime drinking window.

5/20/2024 - Minnesota wrote:

Seesaw. Back to pleasant experience. Seems great bottle variation.

5/20/2024 - Dave Dewar wrote:

Ready to go. DIAM 5 cork so drink by 2026.

5/20/2024 - Chris&Helen wrote:

Paired with oysters

5/20/2024 - waliles Likes this wine:

Tastes wonderful in it's own and with lobster ravioli.

5/20/2024 - csnash22 Likes this wine:

Pale yellow color with medium(+) intensity aromas of buttery stone fruits, apples, and toast with a hint of hay. Dry, with medium alcohol, medium body, and medium(+) acidity. This wine has medium(+) intensity flavors of buttered peaches, apples, tart pineapples, with a medium finish. Very enjoyable wine.

5/20/2024 - Cacio Pepe wrote:

Sweet tobacco notes, black currant, plum, cherry kirsch, raisined, black liquorice, spicy and herbaceous, slightly hot on the nose, speaks to the warmth of the vintage. Tannins are still quite grippy, drying, a lot left in the tank. This is old school Bordeaux.

5/20/2024 - Asull2k wrote:

Decanted portion with stir and it opened around 1-2 hours. Vacuvin’d the rest, and PnP on day 2 and 3. Opened after 1 hr. Very deep ruby and medium purple color.
👃🏻 black cherry, blackberry
👅 black cherry, black pepper, hint of licorice, and earth, 30-33 sec finish
Reminded me of Gianfranco Es. Dense, cabernet-like zinfandel blend, high 15.2% ABV. Nice pairing with grilled chicken and pasta.

5/20/2024 - vizcacha wrote:

Pale lemon. Medium- aromatic intensity. Lemon. Oyster shell. Green apple. Grass. Bread dough. White peach. Tarragon. Jasmine tea. Dry. High acid. Light body. Medium alcohol. Medium+ intensity. Palate is very tart with lots of green apple and lemon. Medium finish.

5/20/2024 - EMTAME wrote:

Fantastic bottle of mature HSS opened for our 30th anniversary. Really, it was a great wine that suffered by being served after a 2013 Carter Three Kings To Kalon cab that earned my highest score ever (98).

4/20/2024 - Wine Gent Likes this wine:

Good vintage.

5/20/2024 - Lights2012 wrote:

Great with spaghetti and meatballs

5/20/2024 - trequer Likes this wine:

The wine looks purple colored. The legs are medium. There is heavy sediment in the bottle. It smells like strawberry, blackberry, blueberry, cranberry, black currant (cassis), red currant, prune, mineral and mushroom. It tastes like strawberry, blackberry, blueberry, black currant (cassis), vanilla and lead pencil. The body is medium. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.

5/17/2024 - xwine wrote:

Quite nice. I think it could use another couple of years in the bottle.

5/20/2024 - lolo66 wrote:

very pretty cherry notes- some funk on nose - almost a medicinal note that hoefully will blow off - but i enjoyed this

5/20/2024 - Bubblesearcher23 Likes this wine:

Deep garnet color. Aromatic cherry, rose, forest/greenery, orange zest (almost like an orange liquor), perhaps lacking a bit of definition and power but very intriguing. The wine shines on the palate, with sweet cherry, black current, bitter orange, a hint of vanilla on the finish. Perhaps a bit closed and may do with a few years for the next try. 92 with potential to go higher.

5/20/2024 - RobbieC Likes this wine:

Drinking well now.

5/20/2024 - nefarm wrote:

Leaked

5/20/2024 - rbfleming Likes this wine:

I expected it to be good but even so I was pleasantly surprised. Plenty of fruit but with a lively acidity. It continues to age well.

5/20/2024 - Sijan wrote:

Opened up after several days, recommend decanting. Classic notes of cherry and cedar. Great QPR!

5/20/2024 - Burgnick Likes this wine:

In magnum. Good freshness with brioche, nut fruit and cream. Enjoyable. 91-92

5/20/2024 - FoodAndDINK Likes this wine:

We first encountered this wine at one of our favorite Italian restaurants and loved it. Since then, we’ve bought a few bottles for home enjoyment and gotten several family members hooked as well. 100% Sangiovese, this is a young, light, and fruity expression. Much better, in my opinion, than similarly priced Chianti Classicos. Just enough tannin, nice integrated acidity, really just a smooth, pleasurable Italian red.

5/20/2024 - fournelm Likes this wine:

So I have spent a bit of money constructing a temperature controlled wine cellar and have stored this wine for 11 years @ 55F. I find it very mellow but having a depth of character which still presents fruit albeit not as intense as tasted several years ago. What is gone is the tannic acidity of youth, revealing a balance that perfectly accompanies a charcoal grilled rib-eye steak and the accompanying sides. Unavailable in most any restaurant, we should celebrate the patience of proper provenance to allow such wines to be appreciated.

5/20/2024 - mbronstein101 Likes this wine:

Mellow, blackberry and peae

5/20/2024 - Martin Redmond wrote:

Ballet slipper pink with salmon reflection and red fruit, ruby grapefruit, melon and dried herb aromas. On the palate, it's very fresh with and persistent with strawberry, cherry, quince paste and melon flavors with a medium plus accented with a saline minerality

5/20/2024 - kitkat4 Likes this wine:

Always fantastic. Great across both nights.

5/20/2024 - Joeyskills wrote:

Started off a bit closed, then opened up after an hour and had a very pleasant honeysuckle note. Probably wouldn't hold much longer.

5/20/2024 - mywine1350 Likes this wine:

Smooth easy drinking, good with pizza or pasta. Had with lasagna.

5/16/2024 - thejamer Likes this wine:

Solid wine, but probably a bit over the hill. Nothing to note. I have one more bottle. Perhaps it will prove more interesting.

5/20/2024 - robertp57 Likes this wine:

Excellent. Very food friendly, acidic without being tart, herbal, citrus, very pleasant. And a sentimental favorite, since I've visited Weissenkirchen and the Wachau Valley where this was made. What a great wine region and a very good wine.

5/20/2024 - 1saxman Likes this wine:

Outstanding Sonoma Coast Pinot, flush with red strawberry, 5 spice , long finish-wonderfully balanced-drinking beautifully

5/19/2024 - d'Artagnan wrote:

Bue à Québec en famille, avec une impression similaire à la précédente.

5/20/2024 - mattmyersnj Likes this wine:

very good version of their Bordeaux style blend
dark fruits cassis vanilla oak cacao
and green peppers from the cab franc
very solid and great producer when we visited their winery

5/20/2024 - prasm Likes this wine:

PnP, consumed over 2 hours. Appearance: Clear, medium lemon-gold. Nose: Clean, medium+ intensity with developing aromas of cantaloupe, ripe pear, lemon oil, and hay with subtle licorice notes. Palate: Dry, medium acid, medium+ intensity, medium body with a creamy mouth-feel, 14.1% abv with developing flavors of pear, melon, and licorice with a medium+ finish.

Balance: Excellent
Length: Excellent
Intensity: Excellent
Complexity: Very Good-Excellent

Who says Sauvignon Blanc can't age? This 7 year old version is drinking wonderfully this evening. Showing some development, but still has a solid acidic backbone and plenty of fruit. Can drink now or over next 2-3 years.

5/19/2024 - Brain Capers Likes this wine:

The wife made a lovely soup de pesto, anchored by Rancho Gordo flageolets. With a quick chill, ‘Faun’ was a lovely choice, very nice Zin, that has the same dimensions (ha, can a wine have dimensions?) as a good Beaujolais. Went very nice, Yum

5/20/2024 - 2loyal Likes this wine:

Fantastic QPR. Notably improved since I drank my first bottle (clearly too soon) four years ago. My wife even appreciated this, and she's no CA Cab fan these days. Wish I had bought more.

5/20/2024 - lalalalala Likes this wine:

Opened it in a restaurant in Nuits. Althought it's a 9-year old wine, it showed little evolved sign. Still very youthful. Decanted half of it for 2 hours. Started to show something: ripe lemone zest and some floral notes. On palate it was defintely a tasty wine but not much layers were shown.
The second half of the bottle was kept for 10 hours with cork on. It was defintely sublime for the first pour. It felft like a basket of orchard fruits with ripe citrus mixed with some stones. The floral characteristics are more precise: bit of honeysuckle and gardenia. On the palate, it gained more weight. The acidity is powerful but has some roundness in it. The finish has some sweet sensation on it.

5/20/2024 - blanquito wrote:

Needs a few minutes to blow off some spritz and this stuff is on! Scents of ripe black cherries, zesty saison, wet gravel, and sweet fresh-crushed slightly savory herbs. Bright and light and snappy on the attack,

5/20/2024 - Delli wrote:

Purple and inky. The appearance suggests more than 13.5% alcohol. The nose is dominated by rich vanilla. The palate is dark fruit with some tart notes. Muddled fruit finish. Modest structure and understated acidity. 5+12+15+7=89

5/20/2024 - jonahfactor Likes this wine:

Young and primary after an afternoon-long decant. But, oh, the potential ahead. Almost black in the glass, this releases a black-and-red-fruit-basket aroma and lush berries on the palate. There’s oak in there, but, my, how well integrated it already is. Big and balanced, this might be one of our favorite Syrahs from the numbered series. We’ll wait on future bottles and stash the others in the cellar. Drink 2026 to 2036. Outstanding

5/20/2024 - hermitkingdom wrote:

Deep garnet in glass. Nose of alcohol, hint of oak spice. Red/black fruits on palate, slightly hot at end. Tannins integrated. Ok, but nothing special.

5/20/2024 - Jacks Wine wrote:

Pretty flat and uninteresting

5/20/2024 - MikePass44 wrote:

Aromas of wet gravel, fresh dill, grass, grapefruit, fresh rain. Lots of grapefruit on the palate, lemon curd, wet stone. Really impressive depth of flavor, big weight, high acid, lengthy finish. Excellent.

5/20/2024 - Martin Redmond Likes this wine:

Medium garnet color with black and red fruit, cigar box, spice, vanilla violets, and hint of graphite. On the medium-bodied with firm velvety with medium-acidity. It shows cassis, red currant, black cherry, graphite, vanill and subtle spice flavors. Long finish. Blend of 61% Cabernet Sauvignon/27% Merlot/8% Petit Verdot/4% Cab Franc

5/20/2024 - Jacks Wine wrote:

Flat. Bad taste. Dumped out

5/20/2024 - randypowers Likes this wine:

been getting for years it is a good simple wine for a white wine food night

5/20/2024 - Condrieu82 Likes this wine:

Pitch dark in the glass, with a nose of sweet plums, blackberries, vanilla. Medium+ acidity, medium tannins to nicely balance that; black fruits - plums and dark cherries - light peppery notes, clove, smoky notes - classic Mourvèdre flavors; ending is medium-long with notes of spice and oak. A decent wine, good for food. Monastrell.

5/20/2024 - Rossdhu House wrote:

Consistent with my previous note however, this bottle is a little less integrated with pronounced alcohol on the finish.