Lyn Farmer

9.5

Clean and crisp, powerful acidity held in check by ripe fruit with green apple, lemon, acacia, mirabelle plum, wet stone, flint and toasted brioche, and Hawthorne. A bit of spice enters on the close. Great density on the palate with a long finish. Wonderful finesse. — 6 months ago

Dawn Hetherington

9.0

Buttery mouth feel. Hints of lemon and butterscotch. — 6 years ago

Kelli

8.9

First leaf. Medium to heavy body. Lot of fruit up front. Very juicy. Smooth finish. Crowd pleaser. Would buy again — 7 years ago

Ichiro Kawachi

8.9

@Hawthorne w/lab members. — 7 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.5

This wine is in a perfect spot right now. After about an hour and a half of air, it was singing. Nose with hawthorne and a little red fruited. Entry was more dirty dusty blackberry. Middle shows the meaty, earthy, red clay side with a really dense and somewhat dark finish. Rutherford dust VERY present here. I just love how these wines age. — 8 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.6

2015 Chene Petit Verdot..... Best bottle of Texas wine I've ever had. This bottle pours a dark purple color into the glass. Nose is lavender, hawthorne, cinnamon and plum. Black tarry color. The entry reveals a FULL BODIED wine. Dark, black plum, earthy, black fruit, red apple cinnamon spice with plum tart overlay. Finishes dark with mint and acidity and youthful oak tannin that is ABUNDANT. This wine is THICK. The acidity from start to finish is quite high which pretty much just tells me that this wine's best days are STILL ahead of it. This glass was enjoyed from Coravin, so I can only imagine how amazing it would be with a 4 hour decant. WOW. Drink 2020-2030. — 8 years ago

Vito Polosa

9.3

Flint and slate, with defidels and Hawthorne on a bed of mix citrus, all in super balance. — 9 years ago

Shengli Hu

9.0

50/50 Grenache-Mourvèdre. 100% whole cluster. 11 months aging in 50/50 concrete eggs and neutral barriques. Sour cherry, Hawthorne, raspberry, red flowers, tart blueberry, dried herbs, white and black pepper, high acidity, medium+ med grained tannins. Med+ finish. — 4 years ago

Bruce Gunther

9.0

A nice chardonnay from a winery we've always enjoyed. Notes of butterscotch and caramel and even a hint of apple (such as honey crisp). Lemon on the palate, as well as oakiness, with slight acidity at the end. — 5 years ago

Fabian Kühlhorn

9.0

Beautiful, clear copper color. Hawthorne, baked yellow apples and nuts. — 7 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.2

This wine looks, smells and tastes like an elegant Pinot Noir despite the fact that the grapes gets fourth billing. Cabernet Franc, Pinot Meunier and Merlot lead the way, with Gamay bringing up the rear. The color is very strong for a rosé, and the Meunier brings a note of Champagne to the mix while the Cab Franc is pronounced on the palate. This drinks like a red wine without the tannic structure. It's very pleasant and leaves a bit of tea on the finish. Quite nice. — 7 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.3

This one was opened alongside a 2006 Aubert Reuling, and in all honesty this one was thicker, deeper, and more 'youthful' although this one really was showing some secondary notes too. The nose of this wine showed dirty raspberry, clove, and entered with a much more 'full bodied' expression. Hawthorne and lily. The middle of this wine seemed as though it wanted to go darker, but never did. I think that the best drinking time for this wine was likely 2016-17, although there is likely to be a bit of bottle variation at this point. — 8 years ago

with Dan, Shay and 1 other

Osvaldo Mendoza

9.3

A low acidity, medium bodied Merlot. Translucent, with a beautiful shade of ruby/amber. Silky smooth tannins. Hints of dark fruit and plum. — 9 years ago

Rebecca Fletcher

9.0

Lemon, green apple, Hawthorne, honey, grapefruit, pineapple and pear. M+ acid, M body, r/s. Long finish. — 9 years ago

Ali Copp

9.2

hawthorne
Clean but not overly crisp. Not too dry
Apricot, slight citrus,
Grape called Melon
Fruit fwd — 4 years ago

Ali Copp

9.2

2019
Hawthorne $38
T-4
A-3.5/4
Solid PN. Silky. Light acidity.  Some berry

Went in OR and sat outside — 4 years ago

Friday Hill

10

Little more yeast and a little more sugar makes it carbonated/sparkling


Champagne Method- using traditional grapes (PN, Chardonnay and Pinot M) but can be from any where

Naturale- zero dosage which means no sugar added

Brut- little bit of sugar, but still dry. Little sugar added allows for second fermentation in the bottle.

Cava has just as strict laws as champagne. Originally called Spanish champagne. 100% in the Champagne region. Use common Spanish grapes. Can only use approved grapes.

Fun Fact- if you do a rosado,’it has to only be a 100% of one particular grape. Can not be a blend.

Champagne taste on a great budget.

$18.99 at Hawthorne Bottle Shoppe

— 6 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.4

Really still not able to be rated right now but would be solid at 94 (previous rating given here). This wine is so young that it was finally starting to show its character after being open for an hour and a half....but overall, still locked up. Nose on this wine is hawthorne, rose petal, and red fruits. The wine is medium bodied, red fruit dense, medium acidity to the middle, and finishes with anise and red clay notes among a floral and youthful red berry backbone. The proper thing to do with this wine is cellar it for another 5 years. Considering that I've now consumed 9 of 12 bottles purchased, that's not going so well. Will go another 10 years with ease. — 8 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.5

This wine is a solid 95 even still, and has 96 potential in the next year when it will be a pop and pour wine. This is a hawthorne and jasmine, purple, black and blue fruit, earth and brambly cabernet franc that takes no prisoners. A full bodied wine from start to finish, this one has a nose of wildflowers, blueberry and brambleberry. The entry is dark, full bodied, still a touch acidic and a touch sweet with a blue/black/purple dark entry, giving way to a touch of petrol in the middle. Darker finish actually, dusty black fig and blackberry with a hint of fruitcake spice. Still a bit tannic as well when served PNP, but backed off after 30 minutes in the glass (enjoyed via Coravin). Still has 5-7 years left -- immense structure to this wine. — 8 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.3

Showing the tiniest bit of oxidation at first, with a rather strange funk. This one has a classic volcanic soil nose and when it was bottle decanted it still had a 70's shag carpet funk to it. This quickly blew off. The terroir note of the red volcanic soil is still present throughout the entire presentation of this wine. This one shows blackberry that has started to show the tiniest bit of age. From front to back, this one was blackberry and volcanic soil with some lavender and hawthorne. Finished still with some tannin, so I know this one has at least another 5-10 years to go. Tasted very similar to a Barnett Rattlesnake Hill which, to me, was WOTN. — 9 years ago

with Shay and Keith