Ellen Clifford

9.0

The second label to Amy Christine’s Holus Bolus, but still top-notch. From Santa Barbara! It gives ripe black fruit (cherries, plums, berries) for days with a touch of licorice and lilacs on the nose. The palate is spritely, with decent acid and sandy tannins adding grip to a surprisingly light-bodied blend. Easy-going but complex enough to add intrigue. — 2 months ago

David Wasserman

9.0

Light and crisp! — 6 months ago

with Katie

Sarah Oettel

9.3

Like stomping on strawberries in a field. — a year ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

Nose: closed.
Palate is nice. Good fruit. Bright cherry. Some pepper.

No wholesale. — 2 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.0

Nose: elegantly tropical.

Palate: big tropical. Very fruity. Balanced.

13.5%
$320 — 2 months ago

Jason Keefer

9.0

My lone madrone drought is over! Great, but still not as good as Bailey ranch. Mild Christmas spice and cherry, juicy! — 8 months ago

Mary Ellen Bonisteel

9.4

One of my favorite roses’!!! — 4 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

Nose pepper.
Palate: pepper. Savory. Medium to dark cherry.
13% very close to coast. — 2 months ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured, enjoyed over the course of a couple of hours. The 2017 pours a deep ruby/purple color with a transparent core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with drop-dead gorgeous notes of mixed bramble fruit, fresh blueberries, freshly cracked black pepper, purple flowers, spiced and grilled kofta, dried green herbs and hot asphalt after a rain. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. This is a beautiful wine and one of the best New World Syrah’s I’ve had. If Tynan’s “Judge Family” is to Hermitage, The Joy Fantastic’s is to Saint -Joseph. Stunning. Drink now through 2032 — 4 months ago

Jake Hajer

9.1

Tar, wild blackberry and brine. Intense without being overblown. — 2 years ago