Michael Chelus

9.2

Black cherry, raspberry preserves, licorice, cassis, oak and hints of vanilla. Full-bodied and soft tannins. — 2 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.2

Dense dark Ruby in colour. Red berry perfume with Sous Bois. Medium plus bodied with rich cherry and red berry flavours. Somewhat closed and constrained - yet to spread its wings and reveal its full potential. — 5 years ago

Iwan

9.0

@Delectable Wine This is the Nik Weis Gefen Hashalom Ockfener Saar Riesling. This is a special Kosher bottling of a beautiful Kabinett Riesling, fresh and juicy with tropical fruit/tart pineapple and mineral on the back. — 6 years ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.0

Medium bodied, red fruits, red plum, waxy, floral and spicy. Very good. Great with chicken wings. New variety and region. — 7 years ago

Bill Bender

9.6

From Mag with bone-in NY prime. This is finally in an approachable drinking window. An hour decant gave this wings. As “Bordeaux” an Insignia I’ve had in a while. I know it’s a Bordeaux blend but it’s never really performed that way for me. Great strength here, silky lines and some legit nuance. — 8 years ago

Todd Goldian

9.2

Best beer brewed in dc — 8 years ago

Donald Williams

9.1

Mencia never disappoints. Terrific with pizza and wings. — 9 years ago

with Bonnie

Carolyn Herlihy

9.4

Another winner from NZ and TJ’s (millbrae)

Tropical fruit and crisp finish - deliciously paired with chicken wings and pork loin. — 4 years ago

with Fahmeen and John

Dylan Thomas

9.3

Last bottle. Has been my go to wine with Brazilian chicken wings. Decanted. Cedar ash, chocolate. Ungraded vines planted in 1935. Old balls — 6 years ago

LangoTsar

10

Small-to-medium sized, cylindrical, compact bunch with two small wings; the grapes are medium to large in size with a yellow-greenish pruinose skin. The two medium sized grape-pips are pear-shape. — 6 years ago

David Shaw

8.9

Last bottle, fair to call this a white blend, maybe even an orange wine. Light pumpkin orange in color, excellent clarity. Floral and sulfite notes in nose initially. Stone fruit flavors - apricot, ripe peach - plus spice (wood? white pepper?) and a touch of vanilla with moderate skin astringency and lemon-orange flavor in finish. Love this winery and what they do — 7 years ago

Ann Kunes

9.2

Keuka Spring Dry Rose: very good. Repeat. Excellent with BBQ wings! — 8 years ago

Robert Lim

9.1

21 years young - lots of herbal secondary notes (especially sage) with tertiary notes waiting in the wings. — 8 years ago

Jana Russo

9.0

2016 vintage. Little sweet on the nose but also a crisp smell. Doesn't taste as sweet, apple, crisp flavor. Had with hot wings, cut through the heat nicely!!! Very good! — 9 years ago

with John

Chris MacLean

9.3

Wings on the close. — 4 years ago

with Sarah

Donald Williams

9.0

Needed something to go with chicken wings. This filled the bill perfectly. Keeps getting better. — 6 years ago

with Bonnie

Sanjay Frank

8.9

Delicious with my naked spicy hot wings. Connection Feast group — 7 years ago

Mandi Speidel

City Territory Chicago, Maverick Wine Company

10

A 10 for Value and a 15 for Price! Wings & Brut in Logan Square with my Chickens — 8 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

I’ve had at least two cases of the 97 over the last eight years or more. Our friends Jeff & Hedy brought this bottle of 97 to dinner tonight. It’s the best bottle of this wine I’ve had. We drank our last bottle roughly two years ago. The wine continues to improve. Tonight it’s so lush, ruby, elegant with blue & dark & mid red fruits. Great balance of fruit & earth. So beautiful & easy to drink. The 97 vintage was one no one wanted to buy as it was critically panned. I have said this many times, “in every difficult vintage, there are always producers that make good wine.” In the case of the Potensac, it took 15+ years to fully spread its wings and it continues to improve with another 10 years left ahead. No critic would have told you in 98 & 99 when the initial reviews came out to buy this wine. Potensac is made by the same technical team as Leoville Las Cases. Always follow good producers, even in difficult years. K&L bought 5,000 cases of this wine 10+ years after the fact. They are Masters in Bordeaux wines for this kind of value. Clyde took the shipments in two blocks of 2500 cases and sold through them in about a year or less at $24.99 a bottle. It remains the bargain of a lifetime! @Shay A This is the wine you want to buy to keep you from opening your 09’s & 10’s too early. So delicious tonight!!! Photos of; Potensac, concrete tanks, fruit near harvest and their barrel room. — 8 years ago

Patrick Vanhoucke

9.0

LONGING FOR THE SOUTH

Yesterday I drank this very nice Macedonian semi-dry T'ga za Jug red wine.

The wine is made of the native grape variety Vranec. It has an intense red color, and the distinctive taste of raisins and raspberries, which make it a nice sweet treat (hence: semi-dry).

The wine is named after the poem ‘Taga za Yug’ of the Bulgarian poet Konstantin Miladinov (1830–1862), one of the Miladinov brothers, who originate from Ottoman Macedonia. Both brothers are thought to have laid the foundation of the Macedonian literary tradition.

‘Taga za Yug’ means ‘longing for the South’ (el anhelo por el Sur): "If I had an eagle's wings, I would rise and fly on them to our shores, to our own parts [...] Here are frost and snow and ashes, blizzards and harsh winds abound [...] There the sunrise warms the soul".

When it is cold outside, and fiercely raining, I can assure you that it makes you long for the sun that warms the soul. Drinking the T'ga za Jug wine in good company and nice surroundings makes for a wonderful or sometimes even better alternative.
— 9 years ago