TwiLea Fletcher

7.9

04/24/24
Wine Tasting #1
Nope. Too much fizz and citrus. — 6 hours ago

with Neal

Tom Garland

9.2

2017 Wine Spectator #1 wine of the year.

Hour decant(some fine/cloudy sediment). A majestic dark crimson color. On the nose: beautiful notes of cherry, vanilla Graham crackers, floral, mint. Taste: smooth, creamy, balanced wine with a little dark plum, dark chocolate, graphite, pepper, and a medium dry oaky tar finish. YUM! unfortunately my last bottle, though I would drink em if you got em, seems to be at the end of its peak. — 2 months ago

with Brenda

Joe DAscoli

9.3

An impromptu Ridge night paired with eggplant pasta. Wine #1 is the Boatman - great blueberry pie fruit with enough acidity and grip to not be a bomb. Quite good — 3 months ago

TwiLea Fletcher

9.2

04/17/25
David Bowie
Wine tasting #1 — 7 days ago

Eric Urbani

9.5

Nine Santa Rita Hills (Santa Barbara County) PNs, 2004-2010. Loved the smokiness on this one, my #1 — a month ago

Neal Ferry

9.2

#1 last night in the 4 bottle blind tasting. We brought this and won with 4 1st place votes. A lesson relearned; gauge your audience, some will bring cheap stuff and luckily win, some go high and it’s too sophisticated for the audience. Generally, if you wanna scope this go for the most popular that sells around $15 — 3 months ago

Eric Urbani

9.4

Seven 1999 Cabs/Cab Blends. This one from McClaren Vale is mainly Shiraz, was our group’s #1. — 3 months ago

romo

9.4

#1 in a single-variety blind tasting. All the sigs. Called Nebbiolo — 10 days ago

Eric Urbani

9.4

Wes Hagen, 20 year veteran wine maker at Clos Pepe Vineyard, joined our group and gave us a master class in Santa Barbara pinot noir. We tried 11 PNs from 2004-2010, made by Loring, AP Vin, Sandler, Siduri, and Brewer-Clifton. This was my favorite as well as the group’s #1. — a month ago

Mary Hickerson

7.0

Grocery Store #1: Taste testing under $20 bottles of wine that can be found in the grocery store. Two criteria: sipping and drinking with food. This flunks sipping, kind of soury, especially on day 2. Was ok with food. Skip this wine. — 3 months ago