Smokey Robinson

La Rioja Alta

Viña Alberdi Reserva Rioja Tempranillo 2019

See: med red
Smell: berries, red fruit, Smokey?
Sip: Smokey, red fruit
Tannins: med
Acidity: med
— a month ago

Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2003

From 3L bottle

1 hour decant. A majestic dark garnet color with some bricking. On the nose: perfumed fragrant notes of dark plum, currants, creme brulee, herbaceous, eucalyptus, wet forest floor. Taste: silky, creamy, wonderful coat your palate wine with red plum/cherry, that Cos spice, mineral, graphite, worn leather, and a smokey chocolate coffee medium plus finish. YUM!
— 4 months ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland
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Ron R

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@Tom Garland, very nice. Cracking such a large bottle, what was the celebration? Happy holidays.
Tom Garland

Tom Garland

x Birth year wine for our son. Not sure if he and his friends appreciated all the qualities of an aged Bordeaux, but my wife and I really enjoyed it. Cheers! and happy holidays.
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Wonderful Tom and Brenda. Congratulations to you both and your son. A great way to celebrate for sure…

Cayuse Vineyards

Bionic Frog Walla Walla Valley Syrah

Color - dark purple garnet. A bold expressive funky perfume fruit nose so classic of Cayuse with mineral-meat, smokey and mint notes lingering with a vanilla toast scent. Juicy and elegant; rich with dark plum-cherry flavors intertwined with a smokey soil bacon bitters taste—the mineral-iron characteristics follow with a tobacco long finish. Looking forward to seeing how the flavors change with different foods and as the wine opens up. Bionic Frog is favorite and definitely a wine to try and store in your cellar. Christophe Baron does it again! — 4 years ago

Karin BlazonaJill Young
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Hugh O'Riordan

Hugh O'Riordan

I love Cayuse wines. what’s with the funky?
Paul T HB

Paul T HB

Horsepower Syrahs are the only ones I’ve had with more funk than Cayuse.

Belle Glos

Las Alturas Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021

Really tasty. Perhaps the first Cali Pinot noir that I’ve enjoyed, also probably because it drinks more like a zin. Dark opaque red. Slightly smokey. Full bodied. Bought it on sale for $35. Would love to have again. Had with apps on New Year’s Eve, but would be great with food and could even hold up to a heartier meal (steak, etc). — 4 months ago

Ethan HeyboerPeter HeyboerDiane Heyboer
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Robinson Family Vineyards

Stags Leap District Estate Merlot 2011

Wonderful wine. Was afraid I might have waited too long but just a wonderful taste. — 10 months ago

Gantenbein

Pinot Noir 2017

I have been a huge fan of this domaine since they produced their first bottles in 1982. The wines are pure expressions of Pinot, delineated, mineral and salty. When young they can be very smokey/toasty but that bleeds out through aging. Unfortunately they are irresistible when young but the reward is even better with 7 to 10 years of bottle age. Tough to wait for that long. — 4 years ago

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Of course pinot not chardonnay

Château Musar

Bekaa Valley Red Blend 2002

Smokey, with a hint of cherries, strawberry jam, and vanilla. A little less “earthy” and a little softer than other vintages I have had by this producer. — 4 months ago

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Château Montrose

Saint-Estèphe Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1976

Very elegant and distinguished. Bold but no rough edges. Organic bark and wet forest floor. Soft graphite and pencil lead. Smooth finish - a little Smokey. — 8 months ago

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Château Lafite Rothschild

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2012

Yummy. Dark, Smokey but balanced with plum, currant and cherry notes. — 2 years ago

Marilea Campomizzi
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Duckhorn Vineyards

Three Palms Vineyard Merlot 2014

Dark crimson and garnet color. Very dark cherry fruit, bacon spices and a smokey vanilla hit the nose then lingers with a spearmint menthol scent and chocolate that is pleasant and inviting. Velvety feel fills the mouth with a cherry liqueur hitting the pallet; as the wine coats the tongue a raisin-prune and cedar taste comes out with hints of vanilla and coffee floating in and out. Medium to long finish and tannins pretty much resolved. 2017 Wine Spectator’s wine of the year! — 5 years ago

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Deborah M

Deborah M

Wonderful!