Tree Kilpatrick

9.0

Dark color. Not explosive in the nose. Hint savory. Some herb/spice. Flavors are old. Books, attics, and leather. Bit strange. Almost has roasted beets and roasted meats. Extra complex. — 6 months ago

Chris Moskal

9.2

Yum. Plum, cherry, cocoa, a hint of leather. — 4 years ago

Ellen Clifford

9.0

Oooh super fun juicy n fresh. Coy tannins. Spicy, blackberry-y and elegant. — 4 years ago

Rhonely Boy

9.1

Very impressed with this old vine Zin. Nicely balanced, appropriate oak. — 6 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.0

An interesting Viognier probably a little past prime. A little dusky on the nose. Smelled like lemon air freshener in a YMCA locker room. This did improve as it warmed to room temp. Definitely full bodied with some crushed rock and pumice stone. Meyer lemon and orange blossom. Nice little wine, but guessing it had quite a bit more acid 3 years ago than it did today. — 7 years ago

with Dan and Shay

Josh Reeder-Esparza

9.2

Raspberry and clove 🤤 — 9 years ago

with Leila

Mike Beltran

9.1

Just outstanding Albariño!! Fresh and bursting with melon pear and lime flavors. Long finish that paired well with crab.... — 9 years ago

JKT

9.0

Well balanced and aged version not stereotypical of New World types — 7 months ago

Freddy R. Troya

8.9

This is actually 100% Zinfandel sourced in collaboration with Bokisch Vineyards in Lodi, California. A fully certified green based on the farming sustainable practices from Old vines (+100 years) which provides a nice fruit-forward style Zin, long but not overly sweet and lingering finish. Plummy, dark cherry and some raisins too. Vanilla and some toasted notes were present. Very approachable. — 2 years ago

John Frederick

9.0

Beautiful floral and oily fore pallet that gives volume without sweetness. Finishes crisp and clean. Slight bit of sweet grass with pomelo dominating. Great mouthfeel for a floral white. Compliments all food. — 5 years ago

Turd Ferguson

9.2

Underground shit. Single barrel of Lodi Tempranillo 44 months in neutral oak. Cedar and tart and complex. Turning creamy and peppery with air. Basically a Gran Reserva Rioja from Lodi California. Great with grilled lamb. — 7 years ago

Joseph Gannon

9.2

Soft leather, blueberry, smooth tannins, a really interesting wine made from obscure grapes for California. — 7 years ago

with Brooke

Dennis Jarosch

9.0

Very nice white wine. Well balanced, with mild fruit and acidity, yet crisp and perfect for a warm summer night. — 8 years ago

Laurier Tremblay

9.0

Nice crisp fruit — 9 years ago

with Janet

Freddy R. Troya

9.5

Truly artisan, made in small batches from the Angeleno Wine Co. This is a quite different Albariño sourced in collaboration with Bokisch Vineyards. The V.22 was the only vintage they made as it ended up being a little bit of a warmer year in California. Grapes for this wine were harvested on August 2022 at 20.9 brix, destemmed and macerated for 20 hours overnight, then pressed it off.
It fermented in tank and then racked half of it into stainless steel barrels and half in regular neutral Hungarian oak barrels. Fermentation took off from the indigenous yeasts on the fruit and in the winery. The wine in stainless steel was not allowed to go through MLF, while the wine in oak barrels was allowed to go through MLF naturally. After 7 months, it was blended the two wines together, filtered it, then bottled.

All this processes resulted a compelling multi-layered and extremely complex Albariño never tasted before, the array of citrusy from lemon peel, ripe mandarine, to some hints of fermented pineapple on both nose and palate, takes you to a joyful savory roller-coaster, it has the prefect balance of oak and acidity, perfectly balance on the mid-and-back-end of the palate. Mouthfeel is exotic and sharp but not tarty, a very harmonious combination of acidity and dry, clean and crispy finish. If you are lucky to find it, get it as it will not disappoint. Cheers! — a year ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.0

Pale red color. Sweet spice aromas. Perhaps a bit too much oak for the lightness of the wine. Alcohol also seemed a little out of balance, but still a very enjoyable and fine #Garnacha #lodi — 4 years ago

John Frederick

9.2

Oily coating mouthfeel gives you just a touch of decadence before the mineral and acid cleans and refreshes your pallet. Ripe yellow Mellon, pineapple guava and a hint of lime and sweet grass. Stunning wine. — 5 years ago

Katie

9.1

Beautiful packaging, delicious wine — 7 years ago

with Alex

Steve Anderson

9.2

Abe Schoener visits San Diego - Vino Carta 7/16/2018 - Lodi Study, Wine #2. nice nose, a ver fragrant Verdelho from rocky soils. MS favorite. — 8 years ago

Sarah Stierch

Food & Wine Editor Sonoma Valley Sun

8.9

Nice acid, pear and cherry on the nose and it tastes like baking spices and a bit of crabapple. 👍🏻 — 9 years ago