Uluwehi

9.1

Very much enjoyed with Christmas duck. Found at Whole Foods. — 2 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.1

Homeboy’s B day part 2, at Basque restaurant: a delightful pairing by the Somm after we realized how much the Ribera Sacras would set us back. Female vigneron once again wins: young red cherries on palate, but with enough smokiness & creaminess to balance its tart expression. Plenty of funk but gets integrated. A delightful fresh foil to a delicious meal. I have to look up the varietals because they weren’t obvious. — 4 years ago

with Owen

Chris Grimm

9.1

Tastes like a mini CdP, at a fraction of the price. — 5 years ago

Fredybeans

9.4

Robe claire
Nez anis miel coquille d huître buis
Bouche miellée ample l anis et la coquille d huître sont là
Manque en finale la profondeur d un grand crus mais belle bouteille — 6 years ago

with Pico and El

Ariel Rojas

9.0

Cosecha 2017
— 6 years ago

Fredybeans

9.3

Robe jaune très claire
Nez délicat de buis de miel et coquille d huître
Bouche vive et mûre avec un côté cristallin en finale. Quelle fraîcheur pour un 2009 — 7 years ago

with El

Mark Flesher

9.5

Gemstone tasting graciously arranged by Al Buis. Tasted from Magnum. This was a rather awesome piece of Gemstone history opened tonight. In Magnum, it seems as though this bottle has done very little aging. It is a very powerful wine that has lost the sweeter front characteristics that the current releases had, which were tasted as well tonight. But the maturity of the black fruit shines through. Lots of chocolate on the middle of this wine. I was getting some sort of a dried herb and nutty component towards the Finish. This one is perfectly balanced. Ready to go! — 8 years ago

with Dan, Benjamin and 2 others

Mario Vaillancourt

9.1

Nez de sauvignon, buis, floral, fruits jaunes, ananas, sans être très tendu, il y a juste assez d’acidité pour supporter le tout, très bien et fait changement de boire du Bordeaux blanc. 90-91

Sauvignon nose, floral, pineapple, yellow fruit, just enough acidity to support the richness, nice. — 3 years ago

M

9.0

$26 juicy, tasty, bio, like a lot — 4 years ago

Remington Barrett

9.0

Relatively dry; mild — 5 years ago

Mario Vaillancourt

8.9

Funky nose that then develops to a more complex and explosive aspect, green apple, litchi, mint, touch of hazelnut, and then a slight varietal and vegetal aspect of the Sauvignon. Palate is crisp, wide, massive but a medium length on day one, day two the wine is so much better, more balanced and in place it seems.

Un nez très exhubérant et complexe après un début bizarre un peu, Litchi, pommes verte, touche de noisettes et de menthe, du buis finit par se pointer. Bouche avec beaucoup d’acidité, une certaine amertume, longueur moyenne, au jour deux est bien meilleur avec plus de précision pour monter plus vers 89 pts que 87-88. — 6 years ago

Fredybeans

9.3

Jaune cristallin
Nez buis feuille de cassis
Bouche mûre épaisse dense mais avec une belle fraîcheur et un côté salin et minéral notes d orgeats et anis — 6 years ago

Mandi Lovasz

9.2

Lovely, fruity, aromas of honey, apples, fresh grass, and honeysuckle. A very drinkable Chardonnay! — 7 years ago

with Alex

Jo

9.0

Tropical with good acid — 7 years ago

Adam Kincaid

8.9

Fun little natty here of Cab Franc with a volcanic background. Light ruby hues, and wafting scents of cranberry and violets. Light effervescent bubbles along with medium acid and a light body structure that opens into tart red fruits- raspberries and pomegranate. — 3 years ago

with Jillian

Mario Vaillancourt

9.3

Robe un peu plus foncée, de la pomme verte au nez, une touche de buis avec de l’air et du temps dans le verre mais avec de la classe, clairement Sauvignon blanc d’un bon producteur de Sancerre. La bouche est délicieuse, c’est frais, belle acidité, c’est assez riche pour balancer cette tension, bonne longueur, légère amertume qui ne me dérange pas trop en finale, au dévoilement d’une jeunesse insolente. 92-93 Pour moi à égalité dans un style différent que le Perrières.

The color is deeper, green apples, some herbal scents (buis). The palate is crisp, feels young, has nice richness to balance the tension, the finish is ling but with a touch of sourness though, great and feels so young. — 5 years ago

Fredybeans

9.0

Robe jaune claire
Nez épicé, de buis et pierre humide
Bouche mole mais gardant de la fraîcheur — 6 years ago

Fredybeans

9.0

Robe très claire
Nez frais buis cassis
Bouche fraîche acide tendue finale mêlant acidité et belle amertume
Encore très jeune et ne pas servir trop frais — 7 years ago

Paul Henderson

9.1

Cherry, tannin, leather. Route but not overly fruity. Resembles Italian style, sold as forte — 7 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.3

@Delectable Wine this is more specifically the alluvial selection cabernet from 2015 . I did not see it in the database . This was a selection at the Gemstone tasting arranged graciously by Al Buis. My rating of this wine at the present time is a 93. I certainly think it is capable of more. TRB wine sourced from the upper blocks of the Gemstone Vineyard. I would say this wine is more medium to full-bodied. Red and black fruits are certainly present. There is a little bit of plum, hint of chocolate, lead pencil, flinty. Finishes with a red clay sort of note. Almost a touch metallic. Loads of tannin here. Not really sweet, just stiff. I look for that to take a decade to blow off. I took about 300 ml from a partially consumed bottle. Plan on trying this again in a couple of days, when I feel this one may be drinking very differently. Very nice wine. 20 years left at least. — 8 years ago

with Dan, Benjamin and 2 others