Brad Jensen

9.3

Held up well over the last 28 years! Took a gamble on some birthday wine and it payed off well. Prominent bricking and the cork obviously fell apart, but the wine maintained the rustic, leathery notes of age, with hints of black tea, overripe plum, and some lingering acidic energy, like a ripe strawberry with some dark chocolate. Medium bodied, with some leathery, smoky ash over the dark cherry like fruit, there’s notes of cranberry and strawberry compote still alive in here. The finish lingers for a while, fresh, but not acidic with tannins that only really started to show after a few hours of opening. Grippy, but well integrated. If the measure of a great wine is in its ability to last, this wine has earned the title despite poor storage conditions and lack of faith from its sellers. — 8 months ago

Paul St Clair

9.0

The Smokey caramel and vanilla from the Pappy Van Winkle barrels blends fluidly with a fruit bouquet and massive red and black berry bringing together a full bodied Grenache that is in a class of its own. — 4 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.0

Nose is quite dense. Blind I might guess California.

Big fruit for a Chablis. Tropical. Minerality is an after thought. Very delicious.

Poor typicity. Delicious . — 5 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.4

Dark purple tawny. Killer nose. Notes of smoked meats, black cherry, white pepper and exotic spices, some anise and some course gravel. Silky in the mouth. Long finish. A poor man’s La La. — 5 years ago

Bill Koplos

9.2

Strawberry pie bomb, toasted brown sugar, lavender. Diggin’ this — 6 years ago

with Jenny

Paul J

9.1

Solid wine! PnP. Dark purple color. Nose has oak and dark cherry. Oak continues to dominate on the palate with blackberry and cedar tones. Solid finish. Surprised modestly to the upside, but did follow a poor wine. — 7 years ago

with Brooke

Ron R

9.0

The vintage was poor, producer is superb. Reflection and introspection leads me to regret. If you’re on a tight budget, don’t go here. In my opinion, the vintage presents too many fault lines to be addressed. — 9 months ago

with Andrew and Rick

Jeff Decker

9.4

Excellent young natural with mild fermented strawberry and light tobacco notes. We’ll rounded earth and fruit makes for a real treat. — 4 years ago

Ron from VA

9.0

Delicious and spot on for summer patio lunch (grilled shrimp and creamy grits etc)…great volumous mouthful and generous stone fruit (peach) with just enough acid verve. Quaffable :) 13$ — 5 years ago

Morgan Reese

9.5

Maybe my favorite Walt. — 6 years ago

Chip Hughes

9.2

Poor man’s Raveneau...which is no faint praise. All Servin’s ‘17s are beyond great. — 7 years ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.1

Classic Bandol rose’ with a full mouthfeel. Mouthwatering. I agree with @Geoff Troup, poor man’s Tempier. Killer value. — 7 years ago

Jonathan Evans

9.0

Smooth and vivid. No aftertaste. Sediment from the cluster adds character, takes nothing away. A fabulous wine 🍷 — 7 years ago

with Kristen

Ron R

9.6

Brilliant. Especially with home made beef wellington. Never had a poor bottle from this producer. — 9 months ago

with Andrew and Rick

Jessica Knickerbocker

9.1

Night out as a couple. Very nice! — 4 years ago

Jan A

9.4

Golden yellow color, from a very poor stoney soil vineyard. Lemon and biscuits on the nose. It has very good balance between roundness and precision accompanied by sizzling acidity. — 5 years ago

Davenport Edwards

9.0

Poor REM. Good otherwise. Glass cork — 5 years ago

Michelle M

9.4

Rich smells of milk chocolate, ripe blackberries brambles and fresh blueberries, with hints of white mushroom, tart cherry, and saltwater taffy. Medium-light weight, deep opaque red with rich oily umami mouthfeel and light red fruits like cherry and plum on the palate, and soft well polished black tea tannins lingering nicely on the finish. Very interesting red, like a poor-mans-Ho-Brion (😉), would probably go well with tomato-cream sauce dishes and grilled meats or great by itself. Great value — 6 years ago

RL

9.3

Drank this beauty in New Mexico with friends. Blackberries, sour apple and pine. — 7 years ago

Doug Sayed

8.9

Big Sonoma Pinot framed by very fine tannins and a bit of heat (14.3% abv). Well made, but poor QPR, and a bit too much ripeness for my tastes. — 7 years ago