LM Segal

9.5

This Flacc is OTT. Bordeaux gestalt with a nose of Tuscany. Whiffs of thyme and sage, so many secondary aromatics over cedar and old, dry earth. Smooth as silk, brick-edged and tasting of red clay and old cherrywood. Needed only 20 mins in decanter to open wide. Drink up. — 4 years ago

Conrad Green

9.5

Delicious. Dark plummy fruit. Hints of tobacco and leather. Very complex on the midpalate with herbal notes. Long and serious and sexy. — 4 years ago

with Bex, Gregg and 1 other

Todd Abrams

9.1

Sappy, fresh, luscious fruit like a four-berry pie with silky tannins to balance. — 5 years ago

Casey Curbow

Sales Associate Windsor Wine Merchants

9.4

I don’t have a good foundation for Chianti and have been told I need to kiss a lot of frogs. This was no frog. — 5 years ago

JP Pierce

9.2

Warm ferment with low with wood impact. Nice delivery for CA. Focused and concise palate with loads of avid and phenolics. Interesting as it open up. Thank you Dave! — 4 years ago

with Heidi and David

Al Shikoh

9.4

dark ruby violet; cassis, licorice, mocha, vanilla, cedar; intense, concentrated flavors with plum, black cherry, bit of spice; full bodies, good acidity, supple tannins, 14.5% ABV; sourced from Panek, Pellet, Larkmead, and Kennedy vineyards, project of Thomas Rivers Brown and Genevieve Marie Welsh, great appellation level wine at $65 — 4 years ago

Matt Duncan

9.6

Velvet, not silk! Terrific showing out of 3L. Darker fruit than expected, but typical of the vintage. A perfect expression of Pomerol. — 5 years ago

Shay A

9.4

Finally getting around to posting wines from my annual Napa trip from two weeks ago. Always goes by quick! Lots of fun new stops this year.

Really enjoyed my visiting with Will at Mending Wall where he poured Rivers-Marie as well as his personal label William & Mary.

A baby, but lots of great things ahead. The fruit is very pure and concentrated without being overly rich. Hardly any trace of oak. Bright lemon zest, crushed limestone, honeysuckle with fresh and zippy acidity. Lots to like here. Thanks for a wonderful hosting @William J. Segui . — 4 years ago

John Willison

9.1

Blood orange, pomegranate, pine needle, gripping tannins. Reliably good. — 4 years ago

Matt

9.5

Great to finally get this in a glass. PB CH grapes came into the winery pristine, fully intact and healthy. I remember tasting the macros and thinking how they would turn out, given how crisp and fresh they were on the palate with zingy acid and full flavor. Direct translation from vineyard and vintage to bottle, always a hallmark of these wines. Energetic, fresh, bursting with bright flavors of citrus, crisp orchard fruits, chartreuse, and lemon blossom, all backed by a jolt of salty minerality. Focused, nothing excessive, nothing too austere either, very harmonious and even-keeled on all fronts. — 5 years ago