Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

8.9

2018 vintage. Decanted and tasted after 2.5 hours. It’s easily been a decade+ since tasting their entry level stuff. Medium/medium heavy body. A bit riper than expected. Haven’t come across those levels of ripeness on their higher end stuff in the last few years. Can see why some would absolutely love this tho. Missing structure that usually accompanies Hall reds. For such a big *ss vintage, thought there would be mas. Sadly, no. 11.7.24. — 14 days ago

Alexander Bastian Nielsen

9.1

Nice and balanced Chardonnay with golden apples, fat peels of lemon, some orange zest, cream, butter and very refined touch of vanilla. Nice acidity and not too heavy. — a month ago

Katie Dudgeon

9.2

2019 - beautiful aromatics, blackberry, hints of smoke, subtle black licorice, mulling spices. savory and herbaceous, elegant and smooth — a month ago

with Heidi

Ericsson

9.2

The Hyde Vineyard is like a Cathedral for Chardonnay. Merely tasting Chardonnay from this site, sought after by California wine making royalty becomes and extraordinary experience. Hobbs and Ramey have taken California Chardonnay to new highs with fruit derived from this soil. This example is no exception, with a good seven years of aging, the wine has developed deep nuances like nutty and brioche notes which soften as the wine breaths. Finish is long and refreshing with abundant citrus. Cheers. — 20 days ago

Brian Ellerman

9.0

Very nice balance of the grapes. Pairs well with grilled chicken and pork. — 22 days ago

Doug Powers

9.1

Very fresh, lively, primarily redfruited aromas and flavors, some spicy notes as well, super nicely balanced, great acid, shows admirable restraint, should age nicely midterm (5-10 years?), very good “entry level” Zinfandel, long finish!! I’d read that the 2023 Zins, grown in a relatively cooler year, had a very long growing season, with excellent acidity, and I’d say this shows all of those characteristics. Morgan nailed this, it was great to finally meet his “adult” version, my wife and I first met him about 35 years ago at a ZAP event at Ravenswood hosted by his father Joel. — a month ago

with Jim

Bruce Dunbar

9.0

This is a substantial wine with lots of depth and complexity. A field blend, the 2013 Pagani Heritage is nearly black in the glass with a musty nose of dark berries and dried fruit. It’s still rich with drying and framing tannins, berry, mocha and earth. Ten years on it is still a heavyweight. — 6 days ago

romo

9.1

Out with customers. I picked the wines! — a month ago

Harry Hackett

9.5

It’s a shame they don’t make wines like this any more — a month ago

with Lesley

Conrad Green

9.0

Very intense pure fruit. Plum, pencil lead, iron. High in flavor and alcohol. Punchy. — a month ago

with Jonathan, Paul and 1 other