1/8/2022 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

Off balance. Good mineralogy and fruit, moderate plus acid.

11/2/2021 - Cantina Hill's wrote:

Tastes very full and rich. On my blind taste I was confused, Cabernet flavor and GSM fullness, richness. Then I looked at the blend. Very good.

9/20/2020 - Cantina Hill's wrote:

Very fruity, no finish, watery at the finish. An unbalanced wine.

9/13/2020 - Cantina Hill's wrote:

BRETT. SPOILED.

9/12/2020 - Cantina Hill's wrote:

Brettemycoses. Barnyard and band aid mixed. No fruit left. It is spoiled. I checked a second bottle from the same lot, marked on the bottle, same thing.

I have had this wine in the past and it was excellent. This is a bad lot.

12/2/2019 - Cantina Hill's Does not like this wine:

Thin and acid. Unbalanced.

12/2/2019 - Cantina Hill's wrote:

Corked and acetic acid

1/19/2019 - Cantina Hill's wrote:

Brett.

9/17/2018 - Cantina Hill's wrote:

Tasty

12/1/2015 - Cantina Hill's wrote:

MLF in Bottle. Effervescent. Bitter. Angular, out of balance.

11/27/2015 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

Balanced fruit and earthy flavors, cherry, strawberry, a little cranberry, forest floor, structure of Cote du Nuit

6/3/2015 - Cantina Hill's wrote:

Excellent. Mineral driven. Good lemon and grassy flavors. Loving the acidity. Perfect for a warm spring day in the sun

2/20/2015 - Cantina Hill's wrote:

Ok.

12/27/2014 - Cantina Hill's wrote:

American CDP.long finish.

8/11/2014 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

Long finish, carmel, orange, flowers, creme brule, fantastic.

8/11/2014 - Cantina Hill's Does not like this wine:

hazy, slight oxidation detracterd from flavor.

7/30/2014 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

great mix.

6/23/2014 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

rich, good acid, riper fruit, but nothing tropical, mineral, slight hint of petrol

6/23/2014 - Cantina Hill's Does not like this wine:

Slight Brett, missing the strength I expect from top Brunello.

6/20/2014 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

Lemon, red apple, pinapple, minerality-limestone, wet stones, toast, new oak, not too buttery.

6/20/2014 - Cantina Hill's wrote:

Slight Bett. Subtle at first but as the wine openned up the Brett became more in the forefront of flavors. Fuit is mellow and secondary to earthy and mineral flavors.

6/3/2014 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

grassy, lemon/lime, pungent nose with hints of green pepper, mineral, wet stone, med finish, med plus to high acidity, no oak,

5/26/2014 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

Pricey. Good reliable GSM.

5/26/2014 - Cantina Hill's Does not like this wine:

Grape juice.

5/14/2014 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

Still needs a few years. Decanted and needed one plus hour to open up. Herbal flavors went well with verde sauce on steak.

5/5/2014 - Cantina Hill's Does not like this wine:

Dissapointing, out of balence, fruit is mild, green, unripe flavors, acidity and minerality below expectaions.

4/29/2014 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

on openning fruit, strawberry, hint of cherry, rasberry, earth, new wood on nose, opened up to get more earth and mineral and fruit becam,e more mellow, vanilla, baking spices, moist earth, slight forrest floor, ,
low intensity of color, garnet, bright,rim goes towards brick,
med acid, med minus tnniins, med body to med minue,

4/15/2014 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

Tannic structure higher than expected for merlot.

4/13/2014 - Cantina Hill's wrote:

nice crispo apple, peear, lemon, mineral driven, good finish

4/12/2014 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

muted fruit of a mature wine. lovely secondary flavors. Still great firm tannic struture, but not aggressive.

3/26/2014 - Cantina Hill's wrote:

Rivch full body oaked Chardonnay. More acidity thsn some CA.

3/26/2014 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

Excellent balance, apple pear, citrus, lemoon over hint of line, wet stone minerality, med +finish. Med body. Med plus acidity. What an awsome alternative to classic whites. This is a great example.

3/17/2014 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

balance, finese, med long finish, smooth tannins, comples

3/9/2014 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

balance. acidity with mellow fruit and buttery flavor that is not overdone. minerality comes through. med plus finish.

3/7/2014 - Cantina Hill's wrote:

excellent for price. young tanins, good fruit that is not in your face. good acidity.

3/7/2014 - Cantina Hill's wrote:

nice mature wine but not great.

3/2/2014 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

apple, slight pear, wet stone inerality, high acidity, muted citrus, lemon. Finish is not long.

2/26/2014 - Cantina Hill's wrote:

Mild level of Brett, ok but not my taste.

2/12/2014 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

Nice grenache blanc. Not Flabby like some. Still has some acidity. Citrus comes throiugh. Good body.

2/9/2014 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

ripe, plum, not stewed, nice perfume

1/26/2014 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

Fruit and earth well balanced.

1/26/2014 - Cantina Hill's Does not like this wine:

Love Merry Edwards. This one did not deliver. Too much fruit and little else.

1/18/2014 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

grass, herbs, slight mineral, green pepper, med finish, high acid, better balance than many CA sav blanc.

12/29/2013 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

stawberry and cherry, not on the tart end. Med plus acidity, med finish, hint of mineral. little earthy flavours, med minus u=intensity, bright,

12/11/2013 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

Great acidity. A little more oak than my dream chard. Fruit is not tropical but riper than Burgundy. Some Mineral it comes through. Wet stone. chalk. Love that it is not too buttery.

12/7/2013 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

The wine looks Ruby colored. The legs are Slow. It smells like Blackberry, and Blackberry. The body is Full. The wine has Leathery texture. The wine finishes Long.

12/7/2013 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

dark intense color, full body, high alcohol, feels like 15.5%. Dark fruit but not stewed or prune. Med tanin

12/6/2013 - Cantina Hill's wrote:

Ok. But not like I expect from a Mosel kabinet. A little taste that's makes me think a different grape. But the crisp acidity is there. Fruit is good but not as distinct as better reisling.

11/20/2013 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

at peak age, good earth and mineral flvor. fruit is secondary. still strong tanins.

11/20/2013 - Cantina Hill's Likes this wine:

great acidity, lemon, mineral, slate med plus body