Dylan Thomas

9.0

Citrus slice precise like a scalpel slash.

Lime peel, green apple, it’s a tongue reaction,
Gooseberry funk, now that’s chemical satisfaction.
Aromatics hit like alien spores,
Givin’ tastebuds tours through interstellar doors.

Acidic but smooth, like vinyl in the lab,
No oak cloak — just stainless swag.
I diagnose it: crisp, dry, a clean incision — a year ago

Ericsson

9.4

Very wrongful but very necessary pairing. Paul Hobbs Napa Cab with “on the fly” turkey avocado sandwich. Intense ruby color with cocoa, oak, tabaco, dark fruit, cassis and leather on the nose. The pallet is full bodied and dry with medium high tannings, medium acidity and high alcohol. It feels like simple elegance: naked fruit with only the basic oak cloak, and a hint of dark chocolate to accentuate it all. What can I say? This is drinking, necessarily, on point. — 5 years ago

Harvey Raben

9.4

Special Estate Reserve, This wine opens with a velvet cloak of leather, oak, bay and tea leaves. There is the fruit of super ripe plums and figs. The structure is still intact with firm tannins. The finish lasts long with some sweet and sour cherries. All the things one expects from a well aged wine. — 6 years ago

Ellen Clifford

9.1

Velvet as can be I picture wrapping up in a purple velvet cloak (okay confession sorta-former goth I could do that right now), hiding in a cedar closet with a glass of creme de cassis, bouquet of lavender and dark music but not to dark. The more air it gets the more interesting things come out. This is the Joy Division of Stellanbosch cabs? Dark and deep yet consumer friendly. Not pop but not quite goth. — 8 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.8

This sweet Bordeaux pushes all the right buttons for a wine style that wants to be known as “more than dessert.” The rich golden hue beckons, while the nose of candied fruit is draped in a cloak of minerality. The palate certainly wants to be more than an after-dinner afterthought. The viscous mouthfeel, bracing acidity and mineral-driven flavor profile form a trio unlikely to be caught traveling together in most sweet wines. These have been doing it for centuries. — 9 years ago

Keith Lite

8.9

TE KAHU. Means the cloak. Named for the cloak of mist that covers the hills of this vineyard. Blend of cabernet shiraz and petit verdot. Grown in gravelly soil. A nice find — 9 years ago

with Ilene

Steve Reiss

9.1

A nice Paso blend - Purchased downtown — 2 years ago

Simone M

9.1

Light and tasty — 5 years ago

Alex Lallos

Owner No Limit Fine Wines, Private Wine Consultant

9.4

Young as all get out but fabulously delicious. Shows some green character from the vintage but it is offset by pure, elegant fruit and wrapped in a cloak silky tannins. Awesome wine — 5 years ago

with Lee

Bart Brassil

8.9

A nice Pinot Noir that matches well with my filet mignon I cooked up tonight. Need to sample more than the one glass to give a definitive review. I may prefer Oregon Pinots but it was a really great pairing to the meal. — 7 years ago

Fin Jams

8.9

Silky...lots of red fruits...slight salty finish — 8 years ago

Daron Watson

9.2

a potpourri of exotic spices, dried flowers & minerals cloak dark red berries who’s tartness burst onto the palate followed by a broad wall of fuzzy fine tannins — 9 years ago

October Cleveland

9.2

Ever wanted to sip essence wrung from Lindow Man's shrivelled glands? This is truly weaponised Ardbeg- an iron broadsword to the 10 yrs' bronze dagger. — 9 years ago

WC Fields

9.1

2 hour decant and it’s barely peeking out from behind the cloak of tannins… — 3 years ago

Carol White

9.7

Light - nice Pinot - little Smokey - easy to drink — 5 years ago

William Paley

9.4

open 42 hours.....lost its heavy cola cloak and brightened up into something as charming as the label itself.....green fennel, touch of dill, fine herbs galore, falls into bright cherry, bitters, even a little citrus-cola in the back. a great find in the @chambers street shop, and a strong case for judging a book by its cover...... — 5 years ago

with Ron, Marisa and 1 other

Ellen Clifford

9.2

Mineral mania! This stinks so good and slaps so hard of smoky flint shaped into a dagger someone rounded the edges off on. It doesn’t cut like a knife but teases the tongue with a sparkling (except it’s not) gleaming sensation cuts then softens then gives one last teasing punch toward the (god help me I’m about to use the term “back palate” I tend to hate dividing my palate) back palate. Oh yes it does. Goddess DAMN that’s good. — 7 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.4

Tresor is a deep ruby wine that lets the Cab come through amid four other Bordeaux varieties. The nose is laden with black and blue berries, cassis, oak spice and some pencil shavings. The palate is beautifully savory, with a cloak of olives, cigars and minerals draped over the dark fruit. — 9 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.4

The straw-gold wine offers up a nose I don't expect on a Pinot Grigio. Floral gets a check, citrus gets a check, but there’s an earthiness that sneaks in on apricot and lanolin aromas. The Meyer lemon on the palate wears a cloak of minerals and stark-raving acidity makes the wine flexible enough to go with lot of different dishes. Anything with mushrooms, shellfish or a lemon sauce will be a fine pairing. — 9 years ago

Reed Boehringer

9.3

berries and plum, good acidity and mellow tannins. another great value from K&L — 9 years ago

with Charlotte and Luke