1/21/2024 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

PnP at restaurant…waited 30min to start drinking and consumed over next 90 min with no fall off so probably no urgency yet to finish off your stock…

10/6/2023 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

Spectacular! Decanted 30min and then drank over 3 hours…might have started to tail off at the end, though, so might try to drink sooner rather than later…

4/25/2023 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

Wow…this is in a shockingly good place right now! Had at a restaurant starting to consume after a 30 min decant. Solid, but by the 45 minute mark it was fantastic! So not sure you really need to endeavor to polish off what you have left in the cellar this calendar year after all…

3/11/2023 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

Drank at restaurant over 90 minutes after 30min PnP. No apparent degradation during that time frame…it’s still hanging in there!

3/9/2023 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

Drank over 90min at restaurant after 30min decant. Could have used another 30min decanting, I’d say…

3/9/2023 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

Amazing. Drank at restaurant over 2hrs after 30 minute decant. Wonderful from first sip, but did continue to improve first half hour so perhaps it would have been ideal to try and drag out the introductory glass of bubbly another 15 minutes before giving up our ability to resist. No degradation over the two hours.

3/7/2023 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

Sublime. Enjoyed at restaurant over two hours after 60 minute decant. Still no degradation by last sip.

3/5/2023 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

Drank over 100 minutes after a 45 minute decant at a restaurant. Would have expected the need for a longer decant, but we don’t really remember it continuing to improve over the course of dinner.

3/3/2023 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

Smashing…absolutely smashing. 45 minute decant at restaurant and drank over 90 minutes.

4/23/2021 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

Pnp for 30 min at restaurant...first glass was absolutely amazing! Drank over 2 hours and while still awesome, perhaps lost a bit of hip tang by the end. So while not urgent, perhaps consider drinking...hmmm...by end of year....

1/30/2021 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

A real solid medium weight Bourgogne Blanc...excellent bang for the buck. Will buy more!

6/18/2020 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

Magnificent. Just magnificent. Intended to PnP to be on the safe side, but forgot and decanted...started drinking 30-40 minutes later and it was beautiful from the first sip. MAYBE started going downhill a bit after 3 hours, but started eating a few blackberries at this time so that might just as easily have been the cause...
Just to be safe will try another bottle before the end of the year, but if it was the blackberries, could have at least a couple years left in it...

6/16/2020 - neruda11 wrote:

Decanted 90 minutes and still took another 30 minutes before revealing itself. Drank over 2 1/2 hours and was still going strong to the last sip so definite life left...will open another in a year...

6/15/2020 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

PnP and started drinking after 30 minutes. Was nervous not enough time but was humming from the first sip. Hung in there but did start going downhill a bit after 2 hours. So might start having a bottle monthly. Think it was a good call NOT to decant

6/15/2020 - neruda11 wrote:

Decanted for an hour, drank over 2-3 hours...probably wasn’t until the last hour that it perked up. So am optimistic that indicates it isn’t in decline...will have another bottle sooner rather than later with a 2 hour decant and reevaluate...

6/11/2020 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

This beauty is still hanging in there quite admirably! Decanted for a hour and consumed over two hours...was humming from the the first sip through the last! So no great urgency, in my opinion, to drink up...but probably will bust open another bottle by end of the year.

9/7/2019 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

We thought we better crack open our last bottle when we saw the consensus drink-by date of 2017...honestly, we think it is still drinking fine! Not that we’d wait much longer if we had another bottle, just to be on the safe side. But a powerful Pinot, just the way we like it!

2/15/2019 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

Excellent...really in a good place and we see no reason it couldn’t make it another year, in fact. The whole Terre Nere stable probably our favorite Etna Rosso...especially QPR-wise.

11/14/2018 - neruda11 wrote:

Good...really good. Really, really good...but not great. Considering it was our very first bottle of Cayuse, perhaps simply our anticipation was too great and expectations wildly out of check. Maybe another year or two will make all the difference so will hold off and try it again next year...

10/26/2018 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

Mamma mia, sublime! First Huet sec we’ve ever had and we both have a new favorite white wine! Can’t wait to try another of Huet’s vineyards to compare!

10/14/2018 - neruda11 wrote:

Fair to middling...not bad but nothing to raise an eyebrow. Nothing I’d pour down the sink, but probably wouldn’t buy again.

9/22/2018 - neruda11 wrote:

Decanted and started drinking after 40 minutes. I would concur with a previous tasting note...good but not great. Was hoping for more but must also asterisk this review with the acknowledgement that we are not frequent drinkers of Grenache. Busted this out to see if we should continue purchasing now that the 2016 is available and I must say we will likely decline considering the price point.

9/22/2018 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

PnP...also still drinking quite nicely! A real solid value cellar defender...that just perhaps has earned a promotion into the front line of the actual cellar. Would buy another case.

9/22/2018 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

PnP...Excuse me...swist and pour...till drinking quite nicely! A real solid value cellar defender...that just perhaps has earned a promotion into the front line of the actual cellar. Would buy another case.

3/9/2018 - neruda11 Does not like this wine:

Fairly one dimensional...not that one should expect deep complexity in a Pinot Noir at the $16 price point, but there are better cellar defenders to be had.

11/2/2017 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

Mamma Mia...our first tignanello and it was amazing! And this was a straight PnP at a restaurant...maybe waited 20 minutes in the glass before starting to consume. The length went on and on...can’t wait to delve into the 2004!

10/21/2017 - neruda11 wrote:

Still hanging in there, in our opinion. Our last bottle PnP at a restaurant last night and it might have even been our most enjoyable of the five bottles!

8/22/2017 - neruda11 wrote:

Pretty darn good...not great or a great value, but would buy again.

8/1/2017 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

Very enjoyable! Nice and refreshing with that all important 'hiptang' my wife requires of her white wines!

7/9/2017 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

A fabulous wine...we really liked this quite a bit...with some serious hip tang on the finish!

4/13/2017 - neruda11 wrote:

A solid, mid-week wine. Nothing to bring to a shindig, but nice 'defender of the cellar'.

12/3/2016 - neruda11 wrote:

Ok...maybe some drop off now. Decanted at a restaurant for 30 min and drank over next 90. Was still a great wine in that 45-90 min decanted timeframe, but maybe some dropoff at that point. We will probably try to drink our last two bottles over the next year, but I should mention the somm thought it had a good two years at least still in it.

11/19/2016 - neruda11 wrote:

I'd agree...starting to head downhill. PnP...started drinking w/i 15 min.

11/10/2016 - neruda11 wrote:

Certainly a quality wine for this price point, but I'll definitely reach for Columbia Crest H3 in the future for a bargain cab.

11/10/2016 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

What a great value...can't be beat in the sub-15$ range, in my opinion.

11/10/2016 - neruda11 wrote:

Definitely a quality wine but at this midrange price point I'd go Novelty Hill for the win.

11/10/2016 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

Wife LOVES this wine! I'm not sure I am as enthralled, but I'd still give it a good 89...a real solid value no matter how you look at it.

11/10/2016 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

Revisited and 30 min after pulling the cork, it was drinking just fine. LOVE the value of this wine!!

11/10/2016 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

PnP and was drinking beautifully w/i 30 min. Definitely a go-to bottle for a really good wine that doesn't break the bank.

7/23/2016 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

The key is the wife liked it...and it is rare that she likes a white. So looking forward to trying the '15!

7/23/2016 - neruda11 wrote:

Nice! Still hanging in there just fine...opened and sat in the glass 15 min. No drop off over the 90 minute meal.

7/21/2016 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

VERY pleasantly surprising! The better-half, in particular, really like it...and if it ain't red, she usually wouldn't give it the time of day. Would absolutely buy more!

7/20/2016 - neruda11 wrote:

Pretty darn good...hanging in there nicely. Open for 30 min in the bottle before drinking with no dropoff over a 90 minute dinner.

6/16/2016 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

Really a super wine...decanted for MAYBE 30 min. and drank over 90 min. with no sign of drop off. Good for AT LEAST another year.

6/5/2016 - neruda11 Likes this wine:

Wife thought highly of this wine...and she is not really a fan of whites! I might not be quite as high on it, but no doubting it is a great value at 11bucks. Also not detecting any drop off...not sure this couldn't last til next summer...

6/4/2016 - neruda11 wrote:

A solid wine, but not sure this is worth 20bucks. At this point not sure I'd buy more but will reserve judgement til I have my second bottle.

1/29/2016 - neruda11 wrote:

PnP and started drinking after 30 min. Still hanging in their quite well...no fading over 2 hour dinner.

1/27/2016 - neruda11 wrote:

Adequate. Decent. Solid. Not bad. Decanted w/ a vinturi and started drinking after 30 min. Never got better, never got worse. Probably should try PnP next time...

1/9/2016 - neruda11 wrote:

Quite good tonight! Maybe the best this bottle has presented yet, so leads me to believe still at least a few years of life before starts regressing! PnP at restaurant...probably 45 min. before started consuming. No tailing off over the following 90 min...

1/7/2016 - neruda11 wrote:

Solid...solid...not bad at all, for the price. Needed a half hour in the bottle after opening to settle down, but at that point a pretty good every day wine!