Conrad Green

9.2

tangy and brash. Apple and wet cut grass. Zingy. A bit one note — 2 months ago

with Matt and Paul

Andrew Schirmer

9.3

Brash mousse. Fine creamy aromatics. Chewy texture. Strawberries, minerals. Fabulous. — 3 years ago

with Alsu

Emily Kresie-Harrington

9.2

2020 vintage. Palate is quite fascinating. Red fruits wild strawberry and dried raspberry have a definite black plum skin and violet pastis candy action going on. Dark in the herbal spectrum, like tarragon or Thai basil, but much more in the background than those assertive flavors usually reside. A little bubblegum, lilac, incense, graphite, mace, and tea round it all out. Medium-bodied, seems like maybe some partial carbonic going on. Whatever it is, a very fun and interesting manifestation of Cabernet Franc. — 5 years ago

S Butterfield

Sommelier Flask Fine Wines

9.1

Young and brash. A big dude with a soft heart. Give it some time. Find it in 2028. — 6 years ago

James Forsyth

9.2

I’m a fan of this wine. Indeed of Trinoro generally but this wine particularly because of the value. It’s rich and bold, overt and delicious. It’s as subtle as the brash label. — 7 years ago

Brett Rogosin

9.0

This has a full body and nose. Nose of tropical fruits, pineapple, Meyer lemon, maybe a bit of fresh peeled almond too. You can almost smell the acidity, which coats the palate (not in a brash way). There’s a creaminess that sits on the tongue. There’s a bit of honey as well. The acidity mellows with time in the glass. — 8 years ago

with Brooke

Kirk F

9.3

Similar notes to earlier tastings, this wine is big and brash. Opened for 90 minutes no decant. I get the maraschino 🍒 for sure along with abundant candied red berries. Watch out for the 15.1 ABV. Snuck up on me tonight 😳! — 8 years ago

Mike Miller

9.3

Brash but delicious most certainly — a year ago

with Anne

ESF

8.9

Wild stuff - big bold brash - you don’t expect that w/this varietal, but this had all kinds of body & texture. Austere nose til it warmed up then it was throwing aromas like lime peel, green tea, Granny Smith, kiwi - green things… plenty of acidity, mineral & resoundingly dry finish. Anomaly / interesting, not sure we loved it — 3 years ago

Rhonely Boy

9.1

100% Zibbibo (Muscat), old vines planted in 1945. 13.2% ABV

Muscat done as orange wine in clay Amphora, and some time under Flor. Dried apricot, floral, terra cotta notes & texture. Dry, long finish. Very nice, fun & exciting. — 5 years ago

Jaz

9.0

Juicy, enough tannin, great chilled — 6 years ago

S.S. Mandani

8.9

Sweet raspberry, leather, baking spices. I like this bouquet.

Very fruit forward. Honestly, wait for it... watermelon. This is straight up jammy, picnic wine.

Unreserved, brash, jammy. Bae got this for me for my burrday. It’s not amazing, but it’s hella drinkable. Shh, don’t tel her I said that, though. — 6 years ago

Leslie Bartos

9.2

New Year’s Eve courtesy the Higgins. Decanted a couple of hours, but still so young. Very promising! — 7 years ago

with Tony

Matt

9.4

Serious wiggling in my nether regions. Deep, robust, yet carrying a freshness that I don’t often correlate with Aussie wines. I admit complete dismissal of their wine and this is the perfect smack in the face. Humility is a good thing sometimes. Deep hue, bursting with ripe and slightly baked black berry, plum fruit. Espresso, bitter cocoa, wood smoke, baked leather, cool herbs, spice, game, warmth earth. Savory and fruit perfectly mingle about, tannins are ripe, soft, yet giving enough foundation and posture to carry all that richness it has. Hides its alc very well. Great wine that is hitting all the right buttons with BBQ. Omensetter Vineyard. — 8 years ago

Shay A

9.3

I’m between 92-93 here, but this definitely has upside. Followed over three days.

Very translucent ruby in the glass. Extremely floral on the nose alongside plenty of juicy red fruit (strawberries, raspberries) and savory herbal spices. If whole clusters were used, it was minimal, but this isn’t a brash new world Pinot with overpowering oak. It trends toward a faint kirsch and black tea finish. I always enjoy Lato’s SRH Pinots and this is a good one now and will be for a solid 5-7yrs. — 3 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2017 vintage. 90% cab. Big and brash but the finish pretties up. — 4 years ago

Karen Simmons

9.5

Another pearler from @Brash Higgins — 6 years ago

Scott Rowe

9.2

Superb and dependable year in, year out. I’ve always got time to drink Brad’s gear. — 6 years ago

Ron R

9.3

Big, but not brash. Untypical of pinot, but that’s what we enjoyed about this.
Ripe nose filled with smoke, charcoal and dense stone fruits. Extracted palate is almost flamboyant. Mid-palate displays sweet herbs and complex wood treatment. Finishes with cloves, and oddly, lavender. We love idiosyncratic juice like this. — 6 years ago

with Anne-marie

Kurt Schuster

9.3

Bold and brash. Pepper, dried dead flowers, Mexican cocoa powder. Pepper. American Chateauneuf-du-Pape. This is that girl that I always want to ask out but can’t! Ugh. — 8 years ago