Mountain Tides Wine Co.

Bedrock Wine Co.

Vineyard Under the Mountain Heritage Santa Clara County Red Blend 2021

Holy smokes this is good! My expectations were modest due to my stereotyping its Santa Clara County provenance, but I stand corrected. This is apparently an old-vine blend featuring about 50% Zin and a mix of Carignane and Mataro (Mourvèdre) to round it out. The purity of the black and red berries on the nose is remarkable. A bit of crushed stony earth. In the mouth, there’s tremendous flavor concentration but with an athletic mouthfeel that balances nice acids and super-soft tannic support. Great length. Color me duly impressed. Shoulda got more. 14.5% alcohol thank you very much. — 10 days ago

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Doug Powers

Doug Powers

@Tom Casagrande, I am rapidly becoming a huge fan of Bedrock’s wines the 2023s we have tasted (and more to taste at the next pickup party) really show how good the vintage was!!

Bedrock Wine Co.

Vineyard Under the Mountain Carignan 2015

Fruit juicy goodness. Dark, inky purple and nice acid/black fruit balance. Blackberry, goose berry, boysenberry...plenty of fruit but lively in the mouth and remarkably light on its feet. Round, soft tannins escort the wine on its finish. I used to recommend Cabernet to accompany that crusty, juicy medium rare filet... but this makes a brilliant case for carignan from a good producer and old vines. — 4 years ago

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Mountain Tides Wine Co.

California Petite Sirah 2018

Super light for a petit sirah, has jamminess/fruitiness that goes down smooth, with just the slightest tannins. Native yeast and minimal sulfur - started chilled and continued through the night, excellent wine to pair with anything. Would buy again! Purchased from Flatiron. — 5 years ago

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La Jota Vineyard Co.

Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 1985

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

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Mountain Tides Wine Co.

Partial Carbonic Petite Sirah

Good character but not inspiring. Unidimensional. — 2 years ago

Vicki Sliwa
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Rocky Mountain Vineyards

Road Kill Red Red Blend 2018

A fun semi sweet table wine. Goes down easily. Even the bottle is fun - red!
A note: it is produced in Palisade, CO not in CA as listed on the front page.
— 4 years ago

La Jota Vineyard Co.

Heritage Release Howell Moiuntain Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

2O Years, going strong, beautifully balanced fruit in a 1.5L. No rush to even drink it!!!!! — 5 years ago

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Paul T HB

Paul T HB

20 years🤔 wow I’ve lost track of time with this pandemic!

La Jota Vineyard Co.

Howell Mountain Merlot 2019

Jeremy Shanker
9.1

A much more serious take on Merlot than most do in Napa. Graphite, blackberry, cacao. — 6 months ago

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Otokoyama Brewing Co.

Otokoyama Tokubetsu Junmai Sake

Mountain river fresh. Quite juicy and clean.

Smooth, not sharp. Rounded and creamy in the mid palate.

Tropical fruits galore. Good smooth, casual drinking.
— 2 years ago

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Correlation Wine Co.

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

What a perfume... Martha McClellan and Wesley Steffens worked in tandem to craft this inaugural release. The fruit is sourced from two estate vineyards farmed on top of Spring Mountain, as well as the Beckstoffer Melrose Vineyard in Rutherford, CA. The resulting wine shows very focused yet fresh and vibrant aromatics, polished tannins with great tension, smooth texture throughout the wine ending with a very pleasing and lengthy finish. This wine will drink very well upon release, as well will continue to reward with aging in the cellar for many years to come. — 4 years ago

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7&8 seem a very inverted crew