Ronald LaMascus

9.2

Now this is Pinot Noir the way it was meant to be! Floral, more subtle and less in your face like Meomi or Belle Glos. The nose is shy upon opening but after a couple of decanter days, it’s really come alive! Excellent with pork or salmon and turkey, it’s great for sipping or pairing. The mouthfeel is excellent and the flavors linger long after your last sip. Never thought California Pinot could be so authentic tasting. — 8 months ago

K

9.6

島田屋で購入
カリフォルニアらしいジャミーな味わいと複雑さが同居したカベルネソービニオン — 6 years ago

Scott E. Becker

9.0

[Tasted on October 10, 2020 at Home during the Virtual Nashville Wine Auction]

Estate fruit from Annahala (77%) and Apple Barn (23%) vineyards in Anderson Valley. Cool and coastally-influenced vineyards. Barrel aged for 10 months in 41% new French oak. Sweet black cherry, black raspberry and strawberry fruit, with graphite, violets, and mineral and smoky notes.
— 6 years ago

Adrian Shanker

8.9

Very nice flavorful wine! — 6 years ago

Tom Garland

9.2

2 hour decant (minimal fine sediment). The much hyped 2005 vintage!.....A dazzling dark purple/ruby red. On the nose: black fruit, forest floor, cedar, and the start of some barn yard funk. Taste: blackberry, currents, graphite, tar...tannins still there, but starting to sweeten with a long brooding finish. If you like em young and have some bottles, open one and keep the others for the next 20 years (we will pop another in 4 years). — 7 years ago

with Brenda

Alyssa Volpigno

9.1

Barn yard smell, almost carbonated. Delicious! — 7 years ago

Natalie Jordan

9.3

Excellent wine on its own or wen with chicken Parmesan! — 8 years ago

Yan Gagnon

8.9

Belle robe rubis foncé. Un nez médicinal, camphré et iodé avec en plus du tabac, des fraises et du chocolat. La bouche est aussi dans la pharmacie, c'est agréable, moyen-long, une bonne acidité. Rien de spectaculaire, on a vu des Zinfandels moins cher et meilleur. Composé à majorité de Zinfandel (81%) de St-Helena (White Barn, Molinari et Gonzales vineyard) d'une touche de Petite Syrah (10%) et de Carignan (9%). Le tout en agriculture biologique. J'adore l'étiquette. — a year ago

Joe Roth

9.1

Delicious — 6 years ago

with Michael and Jeff

Amber Collier

9.7

Best Syrah I’ve had in a long time! Compliments of Dr. LaBove 👌🏻 — 6 years ago

with Mary, Rachel and 2 others

Olga Liamkina

9.1

Affordable (at bottle king), with distinct flavor profile: fruit, flower notes, leather — 7 years ago

Pat Taylor

9.0

Way too young. Wait a decade, at least. Wouldn’t be fair to judge honestly. Like a unbridled beast that just arrived in its new barn. — 7 years ago

Lance Williams

9.1

Best $18 bottle Pinot that I’ve had in quite some time. Thank you to the great people at the California Wine Country podcast and Bottle Barn in Santa Rosa for turning me onto this wine... — 7 years ago

Jordan Wardlaw

9.0

Barn saddle leather, damp forest, wild berries, dried herbs, violets. Fairly bretty but it adds some lively mouthfeel component. — 8 years ago

Jess

9.1

Deep ruby color.
Aromas of barnyard, earth, leather, dried cherry, dried herbs, peppercorn.
Dry. Flavors of barn floor, leather, dried thyme, black olive, peppercorn. Rich, chewy tannins.

Intensity: 5/5
Complexity: 5/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 2 years ago

Tom Garland

9.6

1.5 hour decant (decent chunky/fine/cloudy sediment). An amazing dark purplish ruby red color...still looks young. On the nose: Nice big beautiful aromatics of graphite, currants, forest floor, sweet tobacco, creme brulee, and a little green veggie/barn yard funk. Taste: NICE! A smooth, soft, elegant, vibrant medium plus body wine with cedar, leather, blueberry, earth, smoke, and a crushed gravel-pencil lead_medium plus finish. Could drink this all night, but will probably be gone in the next hour. — 5 years ago

with Brenda

Brenda Terzich-Garland

9.2

Color a is murky red brown. Nose—a sweet red cherry plum and forest floor barn yard funk with green veggie. A slight menthol lingering. Taste— Sweet strawberry tea flavors hit the pallet. A slight smoky and tobacco medium finish with touches of currant, tea and spices hanging around making the wine soft and pleasant and wanting more. Tannins have sweeten but definitely still there! — 6 years ago

with Karin and Jill

Tom Garland

9.4

Double decant (lots of fine sediment). A beguiling Deep Purple [Machine Head rules]. On the nose: black fruit, earthy, floral some slight barn yard funk which I luv. Taste: silky, nice balance with black cherry, pencil lead, spice and cedar with a long finish...drink em now or over the next 8 years!! — 7 years ago

David Wanek

8.9

Wanted to like this one but it was really fading. Loads of barn yard, iron, not a ton of fruit. Expected much more. — 7 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

Beautiful, dark red, perfume fruits. Black currants, blackberries, dark cherries, black plum, black raspberries, boysenberries, lots of blue fruits, expresso, anise, leather, some graphite, sweet dark moist soils, medium intensity volcanic minerals, limestone with blue and dark red floral bouquet.

The body is full. The tannins are round and nicely soften. The structure, length, tension and balance have hit harmony with plenty of life left ahead. Dark currants, blackberries, dark cherries, black plum, black raspberries, boysenberries, loads of blue fruits, expresso roast, anise, dark chocolate, a little caramel, leather, some graphite, leather, dry tobacco, touch of dry herbs, sweet dark moist soils, medium intensity volcanic minerals, limestone and blue and dark red floral bouquet. The acidity is round and beautiful. The finish is long, very well balanced, elegant, polished and lasts minutes.

Photos of; The barn used for winemaking and to host tastings. The first harvested Cabernet grapes of the season, an old school basket press that decorates their grounds, Estate vines and a giant fan to dry the vines if needed amongst the hilltop mountains that surround the Estate. — 8 years ago