3/13/2024 - pmk wrote:

amazing old style - buy it when you can consistently spectacular. Check Wine Advocate

3/13/2024 - pmk wrote:

CA Chard does not get better than this

3/13/2024 - pmk wrote:

Wonderfully complex and a joy to enjoy. Well resolved tannins, layered with terroir and fruit on the palate. wish I had more. A great California Cabenret

3/13/2024 - pmk wrote:

ready, simple, good value

3/13/2024 - pmk wrote:

typical Tensley - highly extracted fruity easy drinking. not especially complex

3/13/2024 - pmk wrote:

elegant old world style, ready now

1/23/2024 - pmk wrote:

complex fruit and long finish wonderful drink now

1/12/2024 - pmk wrote:

a wonderful wine! very subtle, combination of several vineyards of Weinbach pinot blanc wines - dry but fruity beginning, followed by minerality and perfect acidity, finishing long with a touch of salinity. Paired with tilapia en pappiote with vermouth in the sauce. Incredible pairing. Only have one bottle and cannot find more!

1/12/2024 - pmk wrote:

decanted 2 hours. very dry, little fruit forward, funk, terroir and tannin in the long finish. gassed the bottle and on day 2 it tasted the way Parker described it - delicious red fruit forward followed by integrated and smooth layered finish with resolved tannins. Merlot came through! I suggest waiting another year or two

1/9/2024 - pmk wrote:

at Tour D'Argent, paired with loin of duck - superb match, lovely fruit, vibrant, spice and resolved tannins. A superb buy from their amazing wine cellar

1/9/2024 - pmk wrote:

in a perfect place. Drink now. wonderful combination of of lush fruit and acidity and a hint of salinity. Perfect pairing with honey glazed spiral ham - marruage made in heaven

1/9/2024 - pmk wrote:

burgundian style, fruit dominant, bright cherryn flavors, nice acidic finish, not a lot of body or complexity. Drink now. no decant

12/28/2023 - pmk wrote:

prunes and raisins, loaded; tar and tannic finish, needs heavy tomato based sauce meats to enloy

12/28/2023 - pmk wrote:

consistent with other notes - flawless montrachet like chardonnay

12/28/2023 - pmk wrote:

peach and gingerbread, acidity to finish. Gorgeous layered wine. bought a case

12/28/2023 - pmk wrote:

rich, layered, fruity forward, slightly acidic at end, complex. I loved it but cannoit find any more

12/16/2023 - pmk wrote:

poured through vinturi, not ready - left in bottle corked and gassed in wine cellar- opened again 6 dys later - finally ready., Keep these at least two more years.

12/13/2023 - pmk wrote:

spectacular with lamb curry - lovely fruit forward but not cloying, with following acidity and a long finish. in a wonderful place .popped and poured from 375, ready now!

12/3/2023 - pmk wrote:

world class montrachet like wine. complex, layered, seamless, fruit forward, but elegant, with minerality, just a touchn of acidity, and stones in the loooong finish.

9/9/2023 - pmk wrote:

Enjoyed a bottle at Tour D D’Argent with family celebrating my 80th. Paired with Quinelles. No decant opened over an hour with mango, brioche and crème brûlée flavors, long finish, complex, layered with spice and goat notes in end. Nice acidity. Great terroir. A memorable wine of 34 years.

9/16/2023 - pmk wrote:

79 cab 21 merlot most complex of the three very layered red fruit forward resolved tannins second layer of cherry then terroir earthy but not Smokey

9/16/2023 - pmk wrote:

52 cab sauv 48 merlot
Well integrated and seamless incredibly long finish throughout mouth gripping tannins Smokey really loved this wine. Can feel tannins even in gums.

9/16/2023 - pmk wrote:

55 merlot 27 Cabernet petite Verdot ?

Fruit forward slightly bitter second well resolved tannins then terroir

Tasted at domaine

7/10/2023 - pmk wrote:

burgundian

7/10/2023 - pmk wrote:

consistent with earlier notes - last bottle.

7/10/2023 - pmk wrote:

The best of the Aussie Cabs. And my last one. wonderfully complex and layered. Seamless with soft but perfect tannins. Not a big bad cab like california, but more in the French style and made to go with food.

7/10/2023 - pmk wrote:

a typical heredia gravonia - bone dry and layered with flavors, minerality and stones. long finish. one of a kind varietal.

7/10/2023 - pmk wrote:

popped and poured, at about 50 degrees. Spectacular! wonderful crisp fruit forward, followed by spice and toast and looong finish of minerality and acidity with subtle fruit notes. No oak, no buttery stuff in this wine. Great body that coats the tongue. may be the best CA style chard I've ever had and compares favorably with Peter Michael and its ilk.

5/20/2023 - pmk wrote:

consistent with earlier notes

5/14/2023 - pmk wrote:

best on day one

5/4/2023 - pmk wrote:

beautiful fruit firward, soft tannins and leathery notes. best through a vinturi, and better day 1 than day 2. lost fruit forward character

3/20/2023 - pmk wrote:

full bodied, rich and intense, with a wonderful mouthfeel, honeyed fruit followed by spice and a longlasting deliciious finish. A great wine for gewurtz lovers. Drink now.

3/20/2023 - pmk wrote:

PnP, luscious fruit, seamless, soft tannins, finish long and dry

Like an old world bordeaux and ready to drink up now

2/22/2023 - pmk wrote:

Not CA style - closer to old world Bordeaux, improved over several hours in glass, smooth tannins, not earthy. Genteel. See wine Advocate tasting note

2/22/2023 - pmk wrote:

so different from NZ style - fruit but dry finish, long finish with mineral and some acidity, lovely mouthfeel, well integrated, complex.Will try again in 6 months.

2/22/2023 - pmk wrote:

dark fruit - needs a good decant; better on day 2.

2/22/2023 - pmk wrote:

rare and wonderful Drink now - impossible to find. Parker has it tabbed.

2/22/2023 - pmk wrote:

one of a kind, complex, and as per Parker: Honey and caramel notes adorn tropical fruit, with hints of pineapple and guava framed and supported by orange and lime zest. It's full-bodied and rich, with a long, lively finish. A real beauty

2/22/2023 - pmk wrote:

Amazing, complex, golden mouthfeel.

2/22/2023 - pmk wrote:

Ordinary, not complex, tossed on day 2. Better buys out there

2/22/2023 - pmk wrote:

Fruitier than expected, low tannins, improved over three days. Not overly complex, ripe little terroir, easy drinking. Did not have the earthy finish Parker describes.

1/24/2023 - pmk wrote:

wonderful willamette pinot burgundian style. Drink now

1/24/2023 - pmk wrote:

"Elegant, with loads of black currant fruit, cherries and dusty, loamy soil notes as well as hints of tobacco leaf, spice box and cedar, it is a medium to full-bodied, nicely textured, fleshy wine" - as per parker.

Ready now drink up

1/24/2023 - pmk wrote:

i like tis wine, but it lacks the body and mouthfeel that others have.

1/24/2023 - pmk wrote:

unique and a special white - so different from other varietals. Closest is to a white bordeaux.

1/24/2023 - pmk wrote:

superb, balanced, seamless layered fruit followed by terroir and supple tannins. Ready to go, poured through venturi, but perfect on day 2.

1/9/2023 - pmk wrote:

remains an amazing dry white with layers and seamless depth

1/9/2023 - pmk wrote:

does not live up to the ratings. lacked depth and aged fruit flavors. a bit disappointing -

1/9/2023 - pmk wrote:

fruity but overpowered by spice and toast - prefer others

12/23/2022 - pmk wrote:

needed a 2 hour decant