Sam Friedland

8.9

Very pleasant, but not complex — 13 days ago

Brandon Boesch

9.1

Big sb rhone blend. It’s fine. — 2 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.2

Pings your nostrils with sequence of subtle vibrations at hummingbird frequency. Lime, orange blossom, burnt match. Then a slow slip into my absolute favorite honeyed dimension. I love when honey shows up - it's one of my favorite notes in wine. Here it changes the direction from steely stern face to a textured viscous warm smirk. — 4 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.2

Mastery Champagne style blend of Chardonnay and Malvasia - buy with frequency.

Spiced rye bread and lemon zest. Teeny bubbles with high pitched lemon, jasmine, yellow apple.

Bone dry racing acid and zippy. Also rich and round in the epilogue. — 6 years ago

Rich Huber

9.5

What an amazing wine considering it’s youth! On the nose there are great notes of black cherry and a slight hint of smoke. The palette bring this wine into a completely different level. Up front the fruit is is amazing mid palette the milk chocolate begins to appear and the win finishes with a great balance of cherry and chocolate!!! If you can cellar this beauty  — 7 years ago

Nicole Hetzel

9.4

This is hands down the most elegant yet powerful GSM coming from Santa Barbara County, the art on the label says it all. (Ps Vernas vineyard *heart eyes*) — 9 years ago

Jeremiah Allen

9.0

High frequency zing — 11 years ago

Vinny Eng

9.5

Marie Courtin: fresh cut grass, sweet thrilling sounds of the Love's vast potential. Let us vibrate at the frequency of Angels. — 11 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Notes on a half-hour decant. $59.99 at Costco; which shows again there is a wine glut out there in the marketplace. All the Napa wineries have stepped up their frequency of emails, added texts and backed up w/ personal calls. They have all raised their pricing over the years and now an abundance of fruit being sold for less, but less buyers these days due to a troubled economy & new generation(s) not buying wine like previous ones. They might have to rely on very good AI to figure out those issues.

The nose is; dark, lush, ruby; dark currants, blackberries, elderberries, black plum, boysenberries, some blueberries, dark cherries, plum & raspberries. The core is black currants, sweet tarriness with anise that runs into black licorice. Dark chocolate, dark cocoa, soft baking spices; vanillin, cinnamon, nutmeg & clove, cedar with shaved oak, shaved coconut notes, fresh tobacco, new leather, dark, sweet, turned earth w/ dry leaves & twigs, under toned dark spices, dash of fresh & dry herbs, dry stone, crushed limestone, liquid, ruby, candied, dark fresh & withering flowers framed in lavender & violets.

The M+ tannins are big, bold, round & coated with dust. Bigger & bolder than most other 21’s I’ve had. It is still beastly and definitely needs another 5+ years in bottle before opening and will last two decades w/ change. The sense of the 14.9% palate ABV seems more 15.7 at this point, but believe it will tame with more bottle age. Lush, ruby, dark currants, blackberries, elderberries, black plum, boysenberries, some blueberries, dark cherries, plum, raspberries w/ strawberries notes. The core is also black currants, sweet, deep tarriness with anise that runs into black licorice. Dark chocolate, dark cocoa powder, a little more pronounced baking spices; vanillin, cinnamon, nutmeg & clove, big, dry cedar with shaved oak, shaved coconut notes, dry tobacco, new leather, dark, sweet, turned earth w/ dry leaves & twig, grey volcanic ash & clay, charcoal w/ ash, bolder, dark spices; which penetrate the tongue with heat, a dash of fresh & dry herbs, dry river stone, crushed limestone with volcanic rock, liquid, ruby, candied, dark fresh & withering flowers, red roses, framed in lavender & violets. Good, round acidity with a huge finish that shows big structure & tension, not quite in balance yet as it needs to resolve further, the promise of more elegance and a lasting long finish landing squarely on earth & spices.

This shows all the elements that promise another two, maybe three points with better aging.

86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 2% Merlot & 3% Malbec. Aged 20 months is 80% New French Oak Barrels.

Photos of; their estate vines, tasting room & patio, swing on the small lake that sits on/near the estate. . — a year ago

Jordan Wardlaw

9.2

Powerful floral and lychee notes on the nose with touches of grilled pineapple, banana taffy and hazelnuts. Tropical fruit flavors grip the mid palate with plenty of intensity. The skin contact again brings a nice phenolic element that frames the exuberant fruit very well. Low brix/high acid provides a great treble frequency to balance the generous mid-range and booming bottom-end tones. — 7 years ago

Ira Schwartz

9.4

Greets you with a blast of pear, almonds and brioche. The palate less flamboyant than the nose but more precise. Great freshness and youth . Wonderful complexity and length. Not a champagne I drink with any frequency but this was the best example I have consumed. — 10 years ago

H

9.1

At eleven years this was still a very young wine. Bright red fruits backed by a darker, lower frequency, savoury note. Long aftertaste. — 11 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Dark Ruby color with blue and black fruit aromas, slightly floral. The palate shows sweet fruit, ripe blue and black fruit with spice, lively acidity, firm tannins, all nicely balanced. Medium+ finish ending with the fruit still coming through with slight smoky espresso notes. Has good short-term aging potential, but enjoyable now. — 2 years ago

Neal Ferry

9.0

Blanc K …… faint Pineapple…. Tremendous — 3 years ago

with TwiLea

Rich Huber

9.0

Caramelized sugar on the nose bing cherry on the palate with dried cranberries on the finish. This is an amazingly well balanced wine dispute it’s youth. So time in the bottle would make this a spectacular wine. — 6 years ago

Richie Diesterheft

9.0

Young but opening up quite well with berry notes and a pepper finish. — 6 years ago

Matt

9.0

Seemed a bit tired and operating on a low frequency. Don't have much experience, if any, with old Bordeaux but despite the lack of presence I enjoyed the tertiary notes this wine has. Texturally the wine was elegant and beautifully textured. Curious if past prime or off bottle? — 9 years ago

Julie

9.5

Dessert wine for people who don't like like dessert wines. Yummy, velvety, toned down but to the right frequency. Love it. — 10 years ago

with Igor

Diedra West

9.0

Diedra had this 11 years ago

Chrissa Chase

9.5

Sleek with frequency and uplift. This 1er Cru will have you at hello. Poached pear with ginger whipped cream and a touch of shortbread. — 12 years ago