Tree Kilpatrick

6.6

Charles Shaw, wow they still sell this?! Aroma is fruit leather and candy. Flavors are awful. Thin. Bland. Boring. Too much vanilla and toffee to balance the cherry syrup. This is not very interesting and it leans in heavy on CA red wine style. Aka Apothic and such. All fruit and oak, no backup plan. — 3 days ago

Tree Kilpatrick

8.8

Crianza. Has a cherry and berry jam nose. Hint of char. Flavors are good with plenty of berry sauce. (Blackberry and currant). Tiny bit bittersweet to end it. This is a nice example of a good Crianza from Rioja. Tempranillo represent. — 4 days ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.0

Woodsy with a mineral oil scent. Tannins are great. Full bodied, but full of flavor. This is about as great of value as you’ll find in CA fine wine. Complex, interesting and fulfilling for under $10… — 4 days ago

Tree Kilpatrick

8.7

Catchy label for sure. Who is that hairy dude?! Cola and cherry sauce. Balanced. Is it a ‘Reserva’?! Meets the requirements, nice enough Spanish red. Not special, but pretty bueno vino. — 4 days ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.0

Fancy bottle. This was a gift from my friend given for me to try as a long aged wine she loved. Still has a dark color 11 years on. Aromas are perfumed and musky. Has a bit of berry. Bit of fancy soap or shampoo. Wet stone. Flavors are full and ripe. Juicy couture. Plenty of flinty and soil to go with the deep caisis and olive. This is balanced yet big. A Napa gem for sure. Lovely Cab. — 4 days ago

Tree Kilpatrick

8.5

Label is very cool plant. Are plants and flowers the new ‘critter labels’? Running out of critters maybe? Colors are plum red and just a hint of rust on the edge. Smells like wet, hot asphalt. And cherry-berry jam. Flavors are the more opulent type of Zin. Jammy and fruity. Hints of vanilla and caramels on the finish. Candy apples flavored with blackberry sauce. This is Lodi style Zin for the bombastic wine lover. — 6 days ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.4

Nice herbal and fruity nose. Hard to describe. Maybe horehound. Flavors are dense and crazy. Pine needles and berry. Zippy. This is not your Italian grandma’s Sangiovese. Plenty of bite. Similar to Nocetto up in Amador. — 4 days ago

Tree Kilpatrick

8.4

Boring label. Very light color. Thin. Simple. Not very complex. Has a slightly gamey side. Hint of Grenache, but without the bite nor tartness. Meh. Think this was stripped of its good parts in the name of cheapness. And $9 for Trader Joe’s Nebbiolo is hella cheap. Too cheap maybe. — 4 days ago

Tree Kilpatrick

8.9

Critter label with a cute cat. Funky town nose. Flavors are strange yet interesting. Big and bold. Berry stuff with a big old tannic hairball on the finish. Nice CA Malbec with plenty of savory and smokey stuff on the back end. — 4 days ago

Tree Kilpatrick

8.1

This is really old wine that wasn’t made to age. Smells cooked. Very port like. Flavors continue the port theme. ‘Sweet’, ‘fruit-bombed’ and strange. It has some decent interesting stuff going on, but it’s kind of rough. High alcohol for sure. Stew of black and purple fruits. — 7 days ago