Iron Side Cellars

Château Pontet-Canet

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2002

I love this vintage now. Cedar, camphor and pine as well as dry roses and pot pourri. Long finish full of elegance. The marker of Pauillac for me is blood sausage/iron/cured meat and here it was just exploding. Great bottle, classic, perfect for a blind tasting. — 11 days ago

Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1988

Shay A
9.2

Annual birthday WWC hosting. As normal, 1 sparkler, 3 whites, 4 reds, 1 dessert, all presented blind.

Fun to open birth year wines around your birthday, especially when you can do a Bordeaux and Napa side by side. While not a great vintage, this held up well after a few hours and presented as expected. Clean and zero Brett. Great color! Deep ruby with hardly any bricking. Leather, cassis, vanilla pipe tobacco on the nose. Sporting a good bit of dusty red and black fruits (mostly tart raspberries and blackberries), there was a little savory truffle note mixed with an herbal and mocha finish. Still quite grippy. Pretty.
— 2 months ago

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Iron + Sand

Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon

PM
8.9

We like Paso Robles cabs. This is good. — 5 months ago

Iron Horse Vineyards

Unoaked Chardonnay 2018

As always, Unoaked Chardonnay from Iron Horse is the best. — a month ago

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Cayuse Vineyards

Bionic Frog Walla Walla Valley Syrah

A garnet-purple color and expressive nose with that initial Cayuse funk and notes of red berries. smoked meat, herbs, bark and dusty like minerals. Taste: beautiful silky and soft feel. Red berry fruit stands out with gamey meat, iron & bitter chocolate notes and a metallic medium, plus finish. Was looking forward to opening this 2016 again and it did not disappoint! — 2 months ago

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Brenda, Ira and 8 others liked this

Iron Horse Vineyards

Green Valley Brut Rosé 2019

Excellent porch wine to watch the sunset!! — a month ago

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Thierry Allemand

Chaillot Cornas Syrah 2015

Expressive nose showing dark fruit, graphite, spice, mineral with meat, blood, iron, underbrush & violet that is balanced, finessed with a silky texture — 2 months ago

Shay, Jan and 7 others liked this

Iron Horse Vineyards

Classic Vintage Brut Sparkling Blend 2015

As always, best bubbly anywhere. — 2 months ago

Bonnie Hodur
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Thierry Allemand

Cornas Reynard (R) Syrah 2011

Another great btl that is structured showing finesse with beautiful aromatics of dark fruits, olive, iron, spice, crushed rock, graphite & violet. Still youthful that will continue to develop for many years. — 2 months ago

Shay, Tom and 10 others liked this