1/23/2021 - Neecies Likes this wine:

A blend of vermentino and grenache blanc, a genius blend that pairs a grape that often has too much acidity with one that often has too little. Very pale, almost water-color, with immediate notes of smoke and canned pear followed by (we argued about this) green banana and lemongrass--it def had acidity but it wasn't citrussy acidity. And most unusual but quite interesting is a sherryish flor flavor though I'm aware of nothing about its winemaking to attribute that to. Very different and very good.

11/5/2021 - bdhanna Likes this wine:

Great value !! This Pinot Noir tastes great !!
The 2018 Prema Cellars Reserve claims to be from Russian River Valley and the Petaluma Gap which is in the Sonoma Coast. Huh? Is it a blend of multiple sites? The website doesn't say.
Perfect cork easily removed. This young wine is medium ruby colored with no evidence of oxidation and good clarity. Consumed over two days where the wine only improved with time and oxygen. Aromas of pomegranate, forest floor, and strawberry. Flavors of black cherry, cola, raspberry, and strawberry compote with a medium to long spicy finish. A balanced and flavorful Pinot Noir. This age worthy wine has many more years of life remaining, at least a decade from the growing year. A great winemaking effort by Melissa Kuhn.

4/2/2021 - ABOVETHEINFLUENCE wrote:

real tasty stuff.. its waxy almost but salty and kinda tasteless...like waxy tastless jello its amazingly good though ..strawberry pit... has me agreeing with everyone saying i only drink french ... mauahah but ill pop anything anytime in fact some times the weirder the wine the better! someone spilled couversiour all over the counter a minute ago i cant smell anything else right now btw the couversiour smells like honey and apples...wines quite pale as if it never saw light nor heat..hard to find 2017 rose this pale excellent provenance on this bottle

12/1/2020 - buffyst Likes this wine:

Easy 90 or something, and a Chianti Classico, pedestrian-priced, outperformer (without the fiasco). Dark, crystalline ruby. Long legs: top to bottom of glass. Bright cherry reindeer nose. Super food-friendly. Med. acids. Tannins and alcohol in balance and in-tegrated. Smooth operator. 14% abv. A nice surprise. QPR.

7/6/2015 - buffyst Likes this wine:

Possibly best ever from here. I've been enjoying this "tooth-stainer" for nearly a decade, and the production has always been small. Opaque purple/black. Med. body with subtle black-fruit aromas that expand with airtime. More balanced and refined than previous vintages. Although very young, this is already quite impressive. Drank solo (without food) with friends last evening, and the bottle disappeared quickly. The palate showed beautiful blackberry, blueberry, cherry, mineral and earth tones. Med.+ acidity. Med.+ finish. I had intended to let this rest for a few more years . . . But it was thoroughly enjoyable, and has some new fans as a result. The 15.7% abv is not even noticeable. QPR. Drink or hold.

2/24/2016 - buffyst Likes this wine:

A brilliant experiment from the warm 2011 vintage, this seductive blend of 65% Garnacha, 25% Cariñena and 10% Syrah is ripe with aromas of red & black fruits, herbs & spices (garrigue, crocus, nora, vanilla), freshly-ground coffee beans, and moist tobacco. The rich and concentrated palate expands with extracted black cherry, boysenberry, raspberry, smashed-plum, and licorella flavors. Jubilant acids balance silky tannins, and a long, dry-ving (sic) finish. Salanques is the second wine from Mas Doix; however, in 2011 the grand vin was not produced. So, some of their best fruit bl/ended here. 15% abv (no heat). QPR+ Drink or hold.