Brian Hearty

9.0

2025. The skin contact amplified some of the floral notes of base wine. — 3 months ago

Frank Soldano

9.2

Drinking the 2018 in 2026. Dark thick long lasting legs. Nose has dark fruit and cherry notes, slightly sweet. Light flavor for a cab. Very smooth with a fruity finish. Nice wine. — 7 months ago

Ross Bathgate

9.6

Non vintage but with >5 years bottle age. Amazingly dry and crisp. Was not expecting apple and dryness. So fine with yeasty notes. Long and satisfying — 8 months ago

K L

9.0

Still very good but needs more time to be great. Good standby. Drinking nice with the aerator but a very big wine still. — 4 years ago

with Matt

Jennifer Pletcher

9.3

Fruity start, a little green pepper on finish — 5 years ago

Paco Suro

9.1

This was terrific. 16 years in. Softening. Still holding onto those leathery notes. Good stuff. — 6 years ago

Tracy Hall

8.9

Classic Pinot — 8 years ago

Brian S

9.5

Truffle cheese — 3 months ago

Rachel Wolf

9.5

Mossy on the nose, Pinot fruitiness in the mouth, grows in complexity and depth as it breathes — 5 months ago

Sándor Jaguar

9.0

Possibly a potential go to medium $ Pinot noir. Can't think of what is better except for stuff we have equity in — 8 months ago

with Sydne, Ryan and 22 others

Kelly Way

9.5

Fantastic! — 4 years ago

Jody Scharf

9.0

Spicy but Nicy. — 5 years ago

Ellen Clifford

9.2

Chasing my chaotic self-administered pandemic hair chopping with a Gewurtz from Arroyo Seco which seems to me apropos as I imagine the region as wind-swept and tousled. This wine is not so much and that is a good thing. All is in harmony. There is just the right amount of everything and it hits you in order—the lychees are followed by a green lawn leading to the flower garden full of roses and gardenias all spirited along by a nice amount of acid and powered by a prickling tannin. I’m not normally the biggest Gewurtz fan but I’d reach for this a second time. I’d maybe even pair it with a “hard to pair” thing like artichoke. Something about the floral nature of both I think could line up. Is that crazy? Maybe. But this is coming from someone who just used her kitchen scissors to give herself an intentionally asymmetrical haircut. — 6 years ago

Tobin Spratte

9.3

This is the first wine I've rated where I stood right on the soil where it grew. Classic blackberrry-raspberry and strawberry jam aromas of domestic Zin but significantly more character and earth as it breathes in the glass. — 4 months ago

Christian Fischer

9.2

Well that was a weird bottle. Smelled amazing and tasted very off, no TCA or anything like it, difficult to describe. It had a layer of very tart tannin-like overlaying flavor that was not good. Left it open for 24 hours and it was much improved. After 48 hours it was a nice bottle of CA cab. Clearly something off with this bottle and the 9.2 rating is a 9.1 from day 3 and some add for ‘not typical’. I had high hopes for this wine and don’t think I have had a fair sampling of it — 7 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.0

Pretty deep , almost opaque , thin rim . Quite wild , dried herbs , touch of rounded red fruits . More fruit on the palate , quite ripe red fruits , quite soft but fine , nice balanced acidity . Slightly warm. Quite good length though quite dry finish . Nice now , wouldn’t want to leave this too much longer however . — 4 years ago

Ben Christen

9.5

So good. Corkage. — 4 years ago

Sarah Robards

10

All 3 loved it. Sweet, but not overly — 6 years ago

EL

9.1

Still got it. — 7 years ago

Joe Cox

Production Assistant, Wine Writer

9.5

Fruity, plucky, and wonderfully dark and rich. A soft brown leather in the finish that only makes you want to come back for another sip. — 8 years ago