Austin Hohnke

9.2

Well concentrated and tropically fruit forward with wild gummy fruits. Faint green/herbaceous note. A good wine, but hardly the first in class glass that Suckling makes it out to be. Trust your own palate, not a critic’s. Don’t pay $100 for this because you see it got 100 points. Still a good pairing for curry, Thai, or smoked salmon. — 6 days ago

Austin Hohnke

9.2

Definitely bigger for Burgundy as many tasters note, but it’s so easy to get along with right out of the gate. Delicious, quaffable, and insanely palate pleasing. At Liar Liar. — 25 days ago

Austin Hohnke

8.9

Bigger name. Easy drinking. Approachable if not a bit uninteresting. — a month ago

Austin Hohnke

9.3

@Delectable this is the “La Charme aux Pretres” and it is a beautiful wine. Lifted and expressive with partial whole cluster but also concentrated with good stuffing. Oak is integrating nicely already. This should age gracefully for quite some time but is a joy to drink now as well. Snagged a case. — 7 days ago

Austin Hohnke

9.1

Nearly effervescent apples and peaches. Juicy night cap at Liar Liar. 11.5% abv. — 25 days ago

Austin Hohnke

9.2

Still seems like a baby. Citrus, apricot, cranberry, and sandalwood. High toned with structure and length. Better on day two. So juicy. — a month ago

Austin Hohnke

9.1

Quite polished with judicious oak. — a month ago

Austin Hohnke

8.9

First time these vines have produced fruit, doubling the production of Gamay Noir in California. Tart, juicy, pomegranate and cranberry notes. — 19 days ago

Austin Hohnke

8.8

Reduction. Minerality. Stainless steel. Etna is getting expensive. — 19 days ago

Austin Hohnke

9.5

I’ll be incredibly pleased if I can perform like this at 41. Fully saturated cork and somm said, “I think it’s ok.” Faint funk right out of the gate that blew off quickly. This opened beautifully over 2 hours. American oak led the charge but air added weight and dimension with red berries, eucalyptus, tilled earth, and spice box revealing themselves in the glass. Bottle said “Selection 45%” meaning less than half of this Montebello vintage made it into this bottling. The rest went toward Santa Cruz Mountain Cabernet. 13.1% abv and it showed in how refreshing and approachable this was. Don’t know that I’d store a ton longer, but this was the perfect accompaniment to dinner at Keen’s. — a month ago