Some Dude

9.0

Really nice! We made some simple baked tofu with a spicy peanut sauce and it was just right. Wonderful full mouthfeel, racy acidity and yeah, a slate finish. Perfect foil to the spicy peanut sauce. Enjoy! — 21 days ago

Jody Wycech

9.0

Aroma is woody. Long barrel aging. Lots of cocoa and vanilla with those lovely tobacco, pepper, and a kiss of smoke. Then the fruit aromas kick in with plum and currant. Definitely more of a medium body and a stronger acidity with a nice oak tannic finish. Of the more moderate body zins the heavy oak makes this one more favorite. — a month ago

with Ethan, Peter and 1 other

Doug Powers

8.9

Diesel/petrol, lovely Riesling fruit, I know this is way too young to drink, but the bottle looked like it wanted to be drunk today!! — 2 months ago

with Jim

Jerry Raphael

9.1

Notes of dark cherry, blackberry, and a touch of cedar and tobacco. I popped the cork and started drinking it kept on opening and getting better with air. At the BH. — 24 days ago

Michael Amoruso

9.0

2024 vintage. Wow delicious. Just off dry enough. Luscious ripe apricots. Georgia peaches. Nice finish. — a month ago

Max Phillips

9.0

Buttery on the nose. Very light at first and complex and dry finish — a month ago

Kamall

9.1

Lovely with a long decant — 3 months ago

David Carter

9.3

Very good for us, our fav US S blsnc so far. Acidity and fruit but better balanced softer w some minerality. Label says Sonoma and Valley Floor. Label says intent is Loire style. No oak maturation. $15ish, Total Wine. — 10 days ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple of hours. The 1997 pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity with light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is vinous with beautiful notes of cherry lozenges, star anise, leather, horse blanket, black pepper, organic earth, and fine warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannin and medium acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. I recently got to spend some time with Ren and Marilyn Harris of Paradigm and he shared with me that he thought Zinfandel was a variety that has the potential of being longer lived than Cabernet Sauvignon. I didn’t argue with him. Anyway, this is a killer Rafanelli Zinfandel that is aging ever so gracefully. Drink now through 2037. — 2 months ago

Paul J

9.3

Very nice! No “wow” factor, just a solid Riesling for a great price! — 3 months ago

with Brooke