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Rosé - Sparkling
N.V. Rob McNeill Demi-Sec California Champagne Blend (view label images)
10/8/2023 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
94 points
The wine looks rosy colored and the legs are fast. It smells like strawberry and honey. It tastes like strawberry with a touch of lemon. The body is light/medium and the wine has juicy texture. The wine finishes medium with a low/medium acidity.

I like sweet wines like Moscato’s, so I knew I would probably like this wine since it is a Demi-sec wine. (I also love bubbles). This wine has a sweetness to it which I really enjoyed, not as sweet as a Moscato, but sweeter than your typically rose. For me this was a perfect level of sweetness for a nice day. (Sitting on the patio or screen porch or sitting and working on the weekends while sipping a nice rose bubbly!) I really enjoy this wine and will be order more bottles. If you don’t like sweet wines at all, this wine is not for you. If you like sweet wines or wines that are on the sweeter side, you will probably love this rose bubbly, it is awesome! One of my favorite rose bubbly wines.
Red
7/7/2023 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
86 points
The wine looks garnet colored the legs are medium. It smells like prune and red currant. It tastes like butter, red currant, blackberry and a touch of black pepper. The body is medium and the wine has angular texture. The wine finishes medium with medium acidity.

We left this wine sit for about 20 mins in our glass and it opened up. It was a good wine that we enjoyed.
Rosé
7/3/2023 - Tazdevil wrote:
96 points
This rose is light rhubarb in color and has strawberries and pear on the nose. There’s a refreshing tartness to this wine with grapefruit and red berries it’s very refreshing and definitely should be a summer staple. Highly recommend!
White
6/30/2023 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
95 points
The wine looks yellow gold colored and the legs are fast. It smells like lemon, cantaloupe, grass and butter. It tastes like guava, butter, cream and passion fruit. The body is light/medium and the wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium with medium acidity.

This wine has a nice unique flavor which we enjoyed. We started with a regular white wine glass and then switched to a Pinot noir glass (bowl glass) as recommended by the wine maker and the flavor was very different and better. We really enjoyed this wine!
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White - Sparkling
6/4/2022 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
92 points
The wine looks light gold colored and the legs are fast. It smells like guava. It tastes like pear and almond, and has a crème undertone. The body is light and has a bright texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity and low tannin.

This is a good daytime bubbly. It is light with a nice smooth taste. We really enjoyed this one.
White - Sparkling
12/31/2021 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
90 points
Nice smooth bubbles! Nice Light almond flavor. We really enjoy this bubbly.
Red
12/16/2021 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
92 points
The wine looks purple colored and the legs are medium. It smells like oak and black currant. It tastes like blackberry and plum. The body is medium/full. The wine has polished texture and finishes long. The wine has medium acidity and medium/high tannins.

We left this wine breathe for about 30 mins. This wine has a great dark fruit flavor. I am having a hard time identifying the flavors, it is just a good smooth/polished flavor I’d dark berries/fruit. This is a great wine, which is easy drinking. We really enjoyed this wine.
Red
12/14/2021 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
91 points
The wine looks purple colored and the legs are slow. It smells like prune, fig and apple. It tastes like black pepper, tobacco, prune and strawberry jam. The body is medium/full. The wine has polished texture and finishes long. The wine has medium acidity and medium tannins.

Nice deep red wine that packs a flavorful punch. We let it decant for two hours, which smoothed it out nicely.
White
12/13/2021 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
95 points
The wine looks blonde colored and the legs are fast. It smells like almond, pear and guava. It tastes like butter, grapefruit and a touch of lemon. The body is light/medium and has a juicy texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity and low tannin.

This is a great wine! We had it with chicken alfredo and it paired nicely. It is smooth and very buttery, which we love. Can’t wait to order more.
Red
11/15/2021 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
94 points
The wine looks ruby colored and the legs are slow. It smells like fig, prune and earth/forest floor. It tastes like strawberry jam, tobacco and red currant. The body is medium has juicy texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity and low/medium tannin.

A nice bold and fruit forward wine, with a nice depth. We enjoyed it on its own. Looking forward to how this wine ages. Definitely buying more bottles.
Red
11/8/2021 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
93 points
The wine looks ruby colored and the legs are medium. It smells like butter, cherry and plum. It tastes like tobacco, plum and prune. The body is medium and has a juicy texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity and medium tannins.

This is a bright and juicy wine that is fruit forward. We really enjoyed this wine.
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White
10/16/2021 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
88 points
The wine looks yellow gold colored and the legs are fast. It smells like lemon and honey. It tastes like lemon, honey and butter. The body is light/medium. The wine has bright texture and finishes medium. The wine has low acidity and low tannin.

This is a bright Chardonnay that we enjoyed. A great wine for a nice summer or fall day.
White
9/24/2021 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
86 points
The wine looks straw colored and the legs are fast. It smells like pear and honeydew. It tastes like pear, butter, pistachio and apple. The body is light/medium. The wine has silky texture and finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.

This is a nice Chardonnay, with a good amount of buttery flavor which is nice. We enjoyed this wine.
Rosé - Sparkling
9/5/2021 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
90 points
The wine looks rosy colored and the legs are fast. It smells like a touch of strawberry and has a bubbly / sparkling wine feel and taste with a light fruit flavor like strawberry. The body is light and has a bright texture.

This was a great rose bubbly for a beautiful warm day. We love their regular Prosecco wine, this one just adds a touch of summery flavor. We really enjoyed this wine!
White
7/31/2021 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
88 points
Nice crisp wine with some good citrus notes. We enjoyed this wine and it was great for a nice summer night. A great sipping wine that is refreshing. Great wine!
White - Sparkling
7/23/2021 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
92 points
The wine looks onion-skin colored and the legs are fast. It smells like strawberry and honeydew. It tastes like lemon and honeydew. The body is light. The wine has juicy texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity and low tannin.

We really enjoyed this bubbly, very nice brut! Good for any day, light and easy. Will be buying more.
White - Sparkling
3/20/2021 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
86 points
Nice golden color with nice bubbles. Light honey and a touch of grapefruit. I have not had this type of wine before, it is interesting and I am enjoying it.
Rosé - Sparkling
3/20/2021 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
85 points
It is a nice rose color with light bubbles. It has a light strawberry and cucumber flavor with a slight kick at the end. Nice wine on a summer (warm) day. It’s a unique wine with a nice flavor.
Red
2/28/2021 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
94 points
The wine looks ruby colored and the legs are slow. It smells like cranberry, raisin, cherry and prune. It tastes like blackberry, cherry and chocolate. The body is medium/full. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity and medium tannin.

This is a nice deep wine. We decanted it for an hour. It has a nice mixture of deep flavors.
Red
2017 Aperture Red Blend Alexander Valley Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
2/26/2021 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
93 points
The wine looks inky colored and the legs are slow. It smells like cherry, plum, fig, black pepper and tobacco. It tastes like fig, dark berry jam, cherry, black pepper and a touch of tobacco. The body is full. The wine has leathery texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity and medium tannin.

This wine needs time to open as it states. This is a nice wine with some great flavors. It was tight tasting when we started but opened up nice with a little more time. We really enjoyed this wine!
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Red
2/2/2021 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
83 points
The wine looks inky colored and the legs are slow. It smells like jam and cherry. It tastes like dark berries, cherry, prune and a touch of leather. The body is medium/full and the wine has narrow texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity and low/medium tannin.

We left the wine decant for 45 mins. It taste young and like it has more opening up to do. (Going to leave half the bottle for tomorrow to see how it opens up.). Some nice flavors in the wine, can’t describe or pin point all of them which makes the wine and flavors somewhat mysterious.
Red
1/31/2021 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
91 points
The wine looks purple colored and the legs are slow. It smells like blackberry, fig and prune. It tastes like prune and plum, with some butter. The body is medium/full. The wine has round texture and finishes long. The wine has medium acidity and medium tannin.

This is a nice dark wine with a good butter finish. We enjoyed the wine.
White
1/4/2021 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
89 points
The wine looks light gold colored and the legs are fast. It smells like walnut, butter and a touch of lemon. It tastes like butter, pear, hazelnut and green grass. The body is light/medium and the wine has linear texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity and low tannin.

This is a nice wine with multiple layers of flavors, which we enjoyed. The wine has more earthy and nutty flavors to use. Very nice wine which we enjoyed.
Red
12/4/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
96 points
Beautiful burgundy in color with a nose that highlights the red fruits that give this wine a beautiful depth. An earthy base on the palate gives way to prune and pomegranate notes and finishes clean and dry. Highly recommend if you enjoy a big, Spanish or Tuscan red.
Red
11/29/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
96 points
We kept the wine in our cellar for a few years. This is a nice smooth wine. Butter and dark berries on the nose. Nice and smooth as you drink it, butter, cherries and light prune on the flavor.

We really enjoyed this wine. Great Pinot Noir that we will continue to buy future vintages. We always love Daryl’s wines.
White
11/29/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
91 points
A bright Sauvignon Blanc with a light gold coloring. On the nose there are sweet notes of honeysuckle and sugar. The flavor is bright with moments of citrus and a clean green apple finish. Recommend for a warm day or a crisp autumn afternoon or evening.
White
11/27/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
89 points
The color of the wine is light gold with an aroma of slight butter, lemon and green apple. The flavor is warm and buttery with a citrus finish and crisp overall. Recommend for a warm day with a nice lunch outside.
Red
11/26/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
89 points
The wine looks garnet colored and the legs are medium. It smells like fig. It tastes like cherry and diacetyl (butter). The body is medium. The wine has angular texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.

This was a nice wine. Would like to see what it taste like in a year. We left it decant for two hours.
Red
11/25/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
93 points
The wine looks ruby colored and the legs are medium. It smells like cranberry and light leather. It tastes like raspberry, lemon and light cherry. The body is light/medium. The wine is thin and has juicy texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity and low tannin.

This is a nice light and juicy wine. We left it decant for 30 mins. This is a nice lighter Pinot Noir. We always love Derek’s wines. We really enjoyed this one.
White
11/20/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
91 points
The wine looks silver colored and the legs are fast. It smells like lemon. It tastes like lemon and a touch of grapefruit. The body is light. The wine has bright texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity and low/no tannin.

Very refreshing wine, nice and light.
Red
11/20/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
94 points
The wine looks garnet color and the legs are medium. It smells like butter, cherry and tobacco. It tastes like cherry and raisin. The body is medium. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity and low tannin.

This is a very enjoyable wine. Often, it’s not easy to find a true buttery red but this has a depth of flavor that underlies the butteriness and gives way to warm fruit flavors. Highly recommend for a red fan who wants an awesome go-to wine.
White
11/18/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
92 points
The wine looks light gold colored and the legs are fast. It smells like lemon, grapefruit and honeysuckle. It tastes like honey, guava and a touch of lemon. The body is light and the wine has bright texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity and low tannin.

This is a nice light white we tried it with pumpkin alfredo and it went great with it. Would definitely buy more for a nice light white wine, alone or with food.
Rosé
11/7/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
85 points
The wine looks amber colored and the legs are fast. It smells like green apple and light strawberry. It tastes like green apple and light dill. The body is light. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.

Nice light rose, has a nice round flavor. Don’t chill too cold. We enjoyed it.
Rosé
11/7/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
88 points
The wine looks salmon colored and the legs are fast. It smells like strawberry, apple and pear. It tastes like strawberry and lemon with a light touch of butter. The body is light/medium. The wine has juicy texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.

Nice refreshing wine from a 70 degree day. Has a good body to it.
White - Sparkling
10/25/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
90 points
The wine looks straw colored. The legs are fast. It smells like a touch of lemon. It tastes like light raspberry. The body is light and has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity and no tannin.

We enjoyed this bubbly. Nice and refreshing on a Sunday afternoon!
Rosé
10/2/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
90 points
The wine looks salmon colored and the legs are medium. It smells like grapefruit, lemon and a touch of butter. It tastes like strawberry with a finish of honey and butter. The body is light/medium and has juicy texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity and low tannin.

We really enjoyed this wine. A nice fresh wine for the summer, fall or whenever you want a nice light Rose wine! Definitely buying more to have on hand.
Rosé - Sparkling
9/26/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
86 points
The wine looks rosy colored and the legs are fast. It smells like strawberry. It tastes like apple, butter and light red berries. The body is light/medium. The wine has juicy texture and finishes medium. The wine has medium/low acidity.

This is a nice fruit forward buttery Rose wine with light bubbles. We enjoyed it.
White - Sparkling
9/12/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
90 points
The wine looks pink colored and the legs are fast. It smells like light lemon. It tastes like cantaloupe and a hint of strawberry or raspberry. The body is light. The wine has bright bubbly texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium low acidity and low tannin.

This is a nice bubbly/fizzy wine. It has a touch of sweet to it which we like. We really enjoyed this wine!
Red
8/29/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
89 points
The wine looks garnet colored and the legs are medium. It smells like plum and cherry. It tastes like cherry and jam. The body is medium/full. The wine has juicy texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity and medium tannins.

We let it decant for 90 mins. This is a nice wine that we really enjoyed.
Rosé - Sparkling
8/15/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
89 points
The wine looks amber colored and the legs are fast. It smells like orange and apricot. It tastes like apricot, honey and a touch of nutmeg and cinnamon. The body is light/medium and it has juicy texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.

This is a nice Brut Rose! We really enjoyed this on a nice summer evening.
Red
2013 Franc Dusak BXR Sonoma Valley Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
8/14/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
89 points
The wine looks inky colored and the legs are slow. It smells like prune, strawberry jam and cherry. It tastes like dark fruits and fig. The body is medium/full. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity.

This is a very dark smooth wine. (The second day was much smoother and more open). We really enjoyed this wine.
Rosé
8/14/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
90 points
The wine looks pink colored and the legs are fast. It smells like guava, honey and lemon. It tastes like light lemon, honeydew and honey. The body is light/medium and the wine has bright texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity and low/no tannin.

This is a great light summery Rose wine! We really enjoyed this wine, buying more when we can.
Red
8/8/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
87 points
Tasty and a good representative for petite sirah. Fruit forward and the nose has an unquantifiable quality I can only describe as fresh donuts. The flavors are bold and dark as a petite sirah should be. Dark plum and tobacco as well as hints of black pepper on the tongue; very good and highly recommend.
Red
8/8/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
90 points
After letting this wine sit for a couple of years we tasted and enjoyed it. It ages well and has a nice depth by comparison to when first purchased. Fruit forward with nose of cherry and bright red fruit, the flavor is bright and lingers nicely with jam and cherry on the tongue. A beautiful wine, though not a typical tempranillo.
Red
8/2/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
90 points
The color of this wine is garnet with notes of plum, pepper and red fruit on the nose. The flavor is buttery with cherry and dark berries throughout. The wine spreads on the tongue and bursts with flavor from the first sip. A deep, juicy red highly recommended for anyone who enjoys a deep mouth feel and complexity of flavor.
White
7/31/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
86 points
The wine looks straw colored and the legs are fast. It smells like lemon, grapefruit and guava. It tastes like lemon and pistachio. The body is medium and has A bright texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.

This wine has a lot of citrus notes. Nice wine.
Red
7/28/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
86 points
The wine looks ruby colored the legs are medium. It smells like tobacco and alcohol. It tastes like red currant and cherry with other red berries. The body is medium and has narrow texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity and medium tannin.

We only let the wine decant for 45 mins before tasting. It is tight and could tell it needs to open up more. We are looking forward to tasting it in another hour. This is a smooth thin wine.
Red
7/24/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
95 points
The wine looks inky colored and the legs are slow. It smells like red currant, cherry And other dark berries. It tastes like cherry, jam and prune. The body is medium/full and has silky texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has low acidity and medium tannin.

This wine is fantastic, a wonderful silky smooth wine! Very well balanced, a great red for those who love a smooth wine with many textures and flavors. Definitely buying more.
Red
7/22/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
93 points
The wine looks garnet colored the legs are medium. It smells like butter and fig. It tastes like butter, black pepper and fig. The body is medium. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity. A brilliant pop of flavor with a great mouth feel. Highly recommend this for someone who enjoys a deeper, fruit-forward red.
White
7/22/2020 - Tazdevil Likes this wine:
88 points
The wine looks straw colored the legs are fast. It smells like papaya and lemon. It tastes like apple and pear. The body is light/medium and has juicy texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.

This is a light easy drinking wine. We really enjoyed it.
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