Daniel Diaz

9.3

With mom and dad June 9 2025 — a year ago

Trixie

8.9

Smooth toasted malts with hints of caramel and mellow coffee ☕️.

•6.0% ABV• January 9, 2023 ⛅️ — 3 years ago

Brett Foskett

9.0

Rounded up to 9 — 4 years ago

Natasha Langton

9.1

A present from Malin from a vineyard just a mile down the road from us. Almond flavours, very drinkable. — 6 years ago

Timothy Lynch

9.0

A HUGE CC that is nowhere near approachable. Brooding and clearly looking to get in your face. An easy potential for 9+ down the road but leave this one alone for at least another 3 to 5 years. — 8 years ago

Jake Rubash

9.1

First of our 16's, gave it a 3hr decant and I feel like it needed more time. I think these just need to sit in bottle a bit longer to get up to the level of the '15 which we loved about 9-12 months after release. Still a lovely, juicy wine but missing the exotic spices element at the moment. — 8 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.3

The Fiddlestix Vineyard is located at mile marker 7.28 on Santa Rosa Road in Lompoc, California, which is situated in the Sta. Rita Hills AVA. In the mid-90's Kathy Joseph of Fiddlehead Cellars, along with the viticultural icon Taz Steinhauer, acquired the 133-acre, former flower farm, across Santa Rosa Road from the Sanford & Benedict Vineyard, and in 1998 they planted 100 acres of Pinot Noir. Aside from the small amount earmarked for Fiddlehead's own production, much of the vineyard is contracted to other producers, including Ampelos, Ancien, Anglim, Arcadian, Bonaccorsi, Dragonette, Jonata, Ken Brown, Hartley-Ostini Hitching Post, Gainey, Ortman, Pali, Paul Lato, Prodigal, RN Estate, Rusack, Summerland, Tyler, Vogelzang, Wedell , and TAZ, not to mention Etude.

Opens with an austere earth note in a tone reminiscent of Barbaresco, and in the words of Miles Raymond, it's "tighter than a nun's ass." 45 minutes later, though, and it's singing and juicy. Black cherry, but not overripe, leads this medium bodied, pungent thinker, while a virtual greenhouse of floral shades help twist and shape its direction. Secondary dusty earth and walnut skin reveal the source of its austerity. True to its terroir, there's a tertiary layer of spice and rocks that provides the depth needed to go from good to great. — 9 years ago

Jess

9.0

Pale lemon color.
Aromas of honeydew, honeysuckle, mineral.
Off-dry. Flavors of baked apple, bruised apple, lime, mineral.

Intensity: 5/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 3 years ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.0

63% Temp, 17% Petite Verdot, 10% Graciano, 9% Tannat. Dark color. Almost black in low light. Aromas of smoke, cherry cobbler and licorice root. Maybe slight petrichor. Flavors are nice. Dense and fruit driven. Cherry pits and licorice chews (the Dutch salty, fruit flavored kind). Hint of herbal backbone (sage and basil meet mint and marjoram). For its fairly low price (think this was $12.99) this is a great CA wine. Restrained but big. Fruity but balanced. Fun but elegant. And it’s from just up da road! Nice work neighbors. — 4 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.1

Dark, ripe cherry with integrated soft earthy tannins giving it a very nice finish. Notes of leader, fig and spice. We drank out of a stainless steel thermos with our picknick, baguette, salami, fig spread and various Italian cheeses picknick after a 2.5 mile hike along the abandoned rail road with a roaring Payette river as the back ground. Fun times! — 6 years ago

with Tammy

Michael Meyer

9.0

My last bottle (of 4 that I bought 9 years ago) of an odd Syrah. The funk has finally started to mellow. — 7 years ago

VC

9.0

Crisp and zesty green apple, beautiful soft bubbles and a creamy body. Happily have this as a regular or celebration bubbly. :) — 8 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.0

Excellent tasting with Chris!

Mix of ruby and garnet red. Elegant nose with cinnamon, purple flowers, roses and darker berries. Strong acidity and warm mouthfeel. Medium tannins (6.5/10) and medium plus bodied. Darker on the palate than the nose with notes of blackcurrants, cassis, and nutmeg. Medium plus finish. Made of 100% Grenache. Fruit comes from 9 coastal vineyards. Drink from 2018 till 2024. — 9 years ago

with India

Eric Gardner

9.0

Watching football and drinking champs with KFC. Bereche is the bomb. I love opening it and waiting and hour or two to drink it, to let it balance out. I like to wait on all champagnes especially Bereche. After getting some air, you get such a nice mix of tart and sweet, like hard candy (Green apple jolly ranchers?), but you get the sophistication of a traditional 3 grape blend with a decent amount of reserve, plus some funkiness from all the naturalness of the process that they use to make it. It is a really smart wine that offers something for everyone without sacrificing anything or making compromises. I like this a lot more than a 9, but I have to save some digits for the Emidio Pepe '85s or the Pol Roger Winston Churchill '88s of the world. If you look at my scores, you see a lot of 9s but that's because I rarely write about wine I don't like. I don't want to be one of those yelpers who only bitch, especially when I know how much sacrifice goes into making great wine. I want to celebrate the Bereches of the world who go that extra mile to touch greatness, even though wine economics resist it. — 9 years ago

Jamie Lauder

9.2

2018 vintage.
76 % Cabernet Franc, 15 % Cabernet Sauvignon and 9 % Malbec. 20 months in French oak barriques.
All estate fruit from 3 vineyards in Naramata: Rockyfeller, Golden Mile and Freedom 75. All fruit is hand picked and sorted.
Dark ruby red in colour. Ripe raspberries, black fruit, eucalyptus and cigar box on the nose.
Cassis, dark berries, savoury herbs and scrub brush with smooth, fine tannins and a crisp, acidic fresh finish.
— 3 years ago

Ivor

8.9

Fresh nose. soft attack of blossomed pears with glacial acidity and a hearthy mineral finish. Pretty long for a middle of the road Soave! Nice buy for 9,- — 4 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.3

Vertical with John Duvall Winery Shiraz 2015 vs 2016. The 15 was lush, full bodied with great spice and depth. Perfect pairing with bbq grilled pork chops, sautéed red onions, red peppers and mushrooms. Heck after 9 mile float on the Payette from Cascade doen river, everything tasted awesome!!! — 6 years ago

with Tammy

Matt Duncan

9.2

Very nice fruit/acid balance at 9 years. A vintage to shine in for the best producers! — 6 years ago

David Barnes-Trujillo

9.2

Jeff 9 me 9.7 — 8 years ago

with Jeffrey

Mark Flesher

9.4

Enjoyed for Christmas. This one should have been popped after the kids opened presents and enjoyed 9 hours later. Really, what this one needs is about 7 to 10 more years in bottle. Took 30 minutes for funk to blow off. After that there was a blackberry core and some truffle, earthier middle, very tannic and peppery finish. Still on the muted side. This rating is halfway between my experience yesterday and the expectations of this one 7 years down the road. Still has a LOT of life left. — 9 years ago