Neil Valenzuela

9.3

Deep purple with garnet rim. Aromas of creme de cassis, raspberry, blueberries and plum. Solid wine. Incredible vintage.

🏅 95 Points - Vinous
🏅 94 Points - The Wine Independent
🏅 92 Points - Jeb Dunnuck — 8 months ago

JKT

9.1

Dark Cherry plum earthy notes. Still vibrant and lively, good firm texture and long finish. Paired well with beef brisket and miles ahead of the winc Independent zin — 4 years ago

Anjali Prasertong

9.0

Dark berries and earth. Juicy, great warm weather red. Reminds me of local wine in Italy. Had with Kerk burgers. From The Independent Caveau. — 5 years ago

Jordi Pazo

8.9

Vella Terra, Fira Independent del Vi Natural de Barcelona. Estació del Nord.
09.02.20
— 5 years ago

Michael Walker

9.9

Excellent Beauj I picked up at an independent store on Dixie Hwy…recognized Thevenet from an earlier rating….classic muddy fruity Beauj that will be really awesome in ~5yrs, but drinking well now — a year ago

Randy Fillingim

9.0

After 16 years still bringing it. fruit and tannins still doing their jobs. not bad for this small independent winery in Washington State grapes sourced from the Columbia Valley AVA — 2 years ago

Jordi Pazo

9.1

Vella Terra, Fira Independent del Vi Natural de Barcelona. Estació del Nord.
09.02.20
— 5 years ago

Jordi Pazo

9.5

Vella Terra, Fira Independent del Vi Natural de Barcelona. Estació del Nord.
09.02.20
— 5 years ago

Lisa Chalmers

9.3

Really smooth wine, leaves a lovely aftertaste, not too sharp and an easy drinker (the wine not me).

In my local corner shop I paid £9.99, a little expensive, I'd expect to see these prices in BP/Marks and Spencer or waitrose, however I like to support my local independent shop so I took a chance and glad I did!

BTW I'm not drinking in my local park, it's the only option near my house 😁 — a year ago

Severn Goodwin

9.6

Happy Father's Day 2020 to all; I'm posting pictures of our fur-kids, an independent and somewhat self-interested bunch. Two boys (9) and two girls (3), all rescued from various locations across the East Coast of the US. They generally bring the utmost of joy to my life on a daily basis.

Nose has blackberry jam on moist leather, minor cedar, very light barnyard notes, grilled blackberry,
blueberry compote, brewed dark roasted coffee, wet garden soil, chocolate vines candy and dried orange peel.

Palate has over-ripe blackberry, wet tanned leather, dark chocolate syrup, dehydrated black cherry, chocolate covered blueberry and moist cedar.

Silky smooth, intense finish running +2m, still showing tannins. Expect this bottle to easily hold another 10+ years without concern, in proper storage.

Decanted ~5h. Paired with well salted (in advance), medium-rare, grilled NY strip steaks from my favorite, local farmer in Columbia Co. NY (Kinderhook Farm) and sauted, early season, baby squash in ozro with our garden herbs.

INAUGURAL vintage on this wine, I certainly didn't realize that fact when we bought it in September 2005! This has been in storage for the prior 15 years, just coming back home in January 2020.

Merlot 50% / Cabernet Sauvignon 40% / Petit Verdot 10% — 5 years ago