Tree Kilpatrick

8.9

Tall and straight heavy bottle. Looks kinda cool. CA wine style. 14.0% abv. No specifics on the blend. They say it arose from the wrong hose in the wrong tank ;-). Color is ruby red with a translucent shimmer. Smells like some other red wines in that it’s fruit and the smell of old places. (Like attics, cellars and libraries full of old books). Hint of savor. Like fresh steak or lamb. Flavors are excellent. Supple and fairly elegant. There’s a cherry streak, a black licorice streak, and brightness. It’s pretty Italian styled. I’d suggest there might be some Sangiovese and/or Barbera in it. And these are excellent CA Foothill grapes, so no surprise at its finesse and grace. This is a nice El Dorado red. I’d love to try the rest of their portfolio.

Website says, “…it’s a 4 way blend of Zinfandel, Grenache, Merlot and Mourvedre that will make your Tuesday night glass of wine Exciting Again.” — 22 days ago

Peter Nyvall

9.0

Very light barely sparkling rose perfect for summer and birria tacos — a year ago

Ely Cohn

8.9

Mildly muted green tea with a rose gold shimmer — 2 years ago

David Kline

9.3

Red amber glow inside mahogany. Off-white balsa crown of finest bubbles. Active, glistening, living bubbles shimmer-lacing. Planktonesque mesa-motif replete with angular minutiae bordering crystal frost. Cherry notes, hot dog bun, stony dust suggestions, Spanish moss on elm for the nostrils. Expectedly active mouthfeel shows less cherry, cola, cinnamon stick, dark flaky croissant, pepper, savory, and the slightest sarsaparilla and nutmeg if you can imagine a smooth assimilation of all of them, without any awkward protrusions, which means the loudest spices are all in check.



#zwönitzer #zwönitzersteinbier #zwönitzersteinbierdarkspezial #Germanbeer #privatbrauereihegerer #grossköllnbach #bier #beer #bière #cerveza — 2 years ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.0

14.7% ABV! Hot foothills vino. Nice deep red color with a maroon shimmer. Smells like sun baked blackberries and gunpowder. Or is it hot decomposed granite and strawberry jam? Anyway smells like CA-Italia wine. Flavors are berry driven, but balanced and complex. Bitter almond and cherry pits soaked in vodka. With bright blackberry brandy streak. This might turn some off with the high alcohol and fruit forward stuff, but I liked it and found it was pretty balanced for how ripe the grapes musta been at harvest. And there is a cute bike in the label… — 6 months ago

paul kretzer

9.7

Coppery gold shimmer to a medium bloody amber. Stinky warmed cured meats that were left out too long. Spiced cranberry Xmas cocktail, red raspberry puree, woody earthy cedar, with hints of tobacco and spicy fragrance/cologne. Somehow reminds me of a carnival with spicy sugary roasted nuts, cotton candy, and meats and cheeses- with some slightly stale meaty pizza. Leather and old rope. Spicy bloody raw meatiness on the palate. Great firm acidity, and zero alcohol noticed. Very well balanced and smooth with a great mineral backbone. So savory with all the meat and spice, but still has great fruitiness. — a year ago

David Kline

9.2

Cola and rose aromas, sweet tobacco and dried cherry shimmer with cilliate violet strands, and seared meat. Eucalyptus awash in tannins rakes the palate initially before softening to black and bing cherries, allspice, cinnamon and cedar. Clove puts the spice over the top in a food-worthy wine that checks every Barolo box and then some.


#barolo #Oddero #odderobatolo #brunate #nebbiolo #nebbiololover #nebbiololife #piemonte #piedmont — 2 years ago

David Kline

9.5

Cosmic Little Thing (Hazy-Double) IPA {Sierra Nevada}
Peachy-pear colored soup with a sugar-white, neoprene porcini underside for a corona. Ocularly challenged swamp blobs connote a slimy, runic, nebulous, message long lost to the galactic decay. The nose is bananas. Plantain, papaya, passion fruit, tangerine, creamy peach, dried apricot, coconut, candied lemon and candied lime. Lively mouthfeel of bursting stars and stardust shimmer before expressing a creamy lemon curd, and ripe pineapple pudding in a glinting chainmail shroud that melts into oblivion. The golden mirror splinters infinitesimally. The liquid universe is ours! — 7 months ago

Tree Kilpatrick

8.9

Whimsy on the label. Color is great. Sorta glint of gold in the silvery shimmer. Smells of lemon peels and apple-pear juice. Hint like Sauv Blanc. Flavors are balanced and smooth. Slightest of sweet with plenty of Meyer lemon and Oro Blanco grapefruit. Citrus in spades. Tannins are strong and pleasing to finish. This is still a winner. Maybe not as stunning as it was the first couple times I had it, but a perfect wine with white meats (including fish), shoshitos and lighter cheeses. — a year ago

Tree Kilpatrick

8.9

Fancy castle of the Moorish style on the label. Rest of the label is pretty basic, but effective. Color is a velvety shimmer of red. See through. Smells perfumed and like herbal tinctures. Hint of smoke. Flavors are complex and chewy. Not showing much aging 7 years later. Some nice cherry-berry flavors in there. Also liqueurs or fruit brandy. But savory. This is a wine with finesse and elegance. Balanced and made for the connoisseur. — 2 years ago