Austin Hohnke

8.9

Mostly Grenache with Mourvèdre, Carignan, and Syrah from cool sites throughout the Santa Cruz Mountains. Pure, fruit forward, and borderline jammy without being over the top. Alcohol clocks in at 13.5%. Pair with suckling pig. Organic. — 2 months ago

romo

9.1

Consistent notes. Homestead. — 2 years ago

Neil Valenzuela

9.1

Beautiful Rhône style blend. Medium purple color. Aromas of cherry, blackberry, smoke and dried herbs. Mulberry, floral with red fruit flavors on the palate. Paired nicely wit homemade Detroit style pizza.

100%=
52% Grenache
23% Carignane
20% Syrah
5% Mourvedre — 5 years ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

Beautiful. Young Tempranillo is rough & rugged Wild West tumble weed. This is soft, ruby, lush falling onto minerality and dry brush.

The fruits are dryish to ripe, creamy and rich; blackberries, black raspberries, black plum into black plum pudding, dark cheries, blueberries hues on the long set, dry tobacco, sandalwood to cedar, dry herb-sage & thyme driven, limestone/sandstone minerals, black pepper, anise to black licorice, dark chocolate, caramel, mocha, moist, grey, volcanic clay, withering, dark red, flowers, round acidity, balance, softened tensioned, nicely structured and polish for days that lasts two-minutes.

Paired this with/ a dry rub tri-tip and a burgundy marinaded Cardiff Crack tri-tip. Both very different and enjoyable, but this was a slightly more enjoyable with the Cardiff Crack burgundy marinate.

Photos of; two of their different seasonal vinyards, cave entrance & large cellar vats. — 4 months ago

Henry Fuseler

9.0

6/2022. Nice Grenache blend. Full of flavor and a smooth finish.

Mr. Friendly’s — 2 years ago

Daniel P. Drake

9.3

Well we made it to the weekend, it is Friday night and we are in the midst of a pandemic. So, let's not dwell on that, we need to be positive and try and keep things as normal as possible. Tonight I have opened the 2013 Alexander Valley Vinyards Cyrus Cabenet Sauvignon Blend. A blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Cabernet Franc, 5% Malbec and 4% Petit Verdot.

The nose is very expressive with notes of black cherry, blackberry, black currant, licorice, herbaceousness, vanilla bean, hint of green bell pepper, black peppercorns and cigar box.

On the palate is also very expressive with black cherry, blackberry, black plum sauce, black licorice, green bell pepper, minerality and rich earth.

This wine is big bold full bodied with medium + acidity and medium + to high chewy mouth coating tannins that lead into a long black fruit finish. Please try and enjoy the weekend the best we can and stay safe. We will all make it through these trying times sooner than later. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 5 years ago

Eric Urbani

9.2

Terrific domestic Roussanne grown in the Santa Cruz mountains from this great producer. 190 cases. 13.2% ABV — 5 months ago

Sharon LaDuca

9.2

Classic OR Pinot A favorite vineyard and wine — 9 months ago

Scott Soren

9.4

I love this. I’m a huge Michters fan and this is no exception. Deep rich Carmel with no backside burn. Two fingers neat please — 4 years ago

CA Haynam

9.0

Balanced red blend with notes of raspberry and cherries and some residual sugars on the finish. 5 years in the bottle makes this a wine of note. Goes well with corned beef on St Pats. Thanks for the recommendation Jennifer! — 5 years ago