Hum

9.2

Flinty reductive precision. So pretty and delicately wound up. Learned it is on Jurassic bedrock and makes total sense. Love what this guy is doing. — a year ago

Chris Thompson

9.3

Was not expecting this Zin to become a fave. I am not a huge Zin guy but I cannot deny an amazing wine when I taste one. This is highly flavorful, deep, robust, and satisfying. — 10 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

2011 is very round, expressive bouquet. Made of 85% chardonnay - a grape that's doing great in Limoux - and 15% mauzac. A nose with citrus, pear and Guadeloupe melon. I met winemaker David Serodes a few weeks ago, a nice modest guy, with clear views. He recommends this wine with Thai food, the best combination he tasted until now. I combined the wine with spaghetti vongole, halibut and goats cheese. Each combination was OK. — 10 years ago

Wendy

9.0

This 2012 was my first taste of David Bruce and it knocked my socks off straight out the bottle. Will keep this guy in my arsenal in the future. — 10 years ago

Jeff Smith/Vintner

9.0

Pretty solid wine from a wet vintage. From the Ric Forman era. I think this my be the second, or third Abreu vintage. Cinnamon, spice, toasted brown sugar. Very bright acidity. Fruit is fading a little, but still pure. Black and red currant. If you have it in the cellar, I'd pull the cork. Still very solid, but maybe on the back 9. David was sitting at the bar at Mustards, so I got to share it with him. Fun to drink it with the guy how made it. — 11 years ago

Geoff Troup

Sales Eder Brothers, Cellar Fine Wines

9.2

Great cab. Not too heavy but great layers of flavor. Don't decant! This guy is ready to go right out of the bottle. — 11 years ago

Will Paulus

10

Usually not a Pinot guy but I'd s dgs d any day — 12 years ago

David Kidd

9.2

David V’s Boulder Colorado guy — 5 years ago

Mike Woodruff

9.0

Was a little skeptical when Costco was selling this and 92 pts was all over the packaging. VERY pleasantly surprised. Not too sweet and very flavorful. New go-to table wine for this guy. — 8 years ago

Lucas Newman

9.6

much love for this guy. salty and savory just like I like it. — 10 years ago

Andrea Emdad

8.9

Lesson 1 I've learned in my 30s: always trust a guy with tattoos. In the words of David Wooderson in Dazed and Confused, "alright, alright, alright." — 10 years ago

Steve Stong

9.3

Absolutely love this.
— 10 years ago

Corbett Foster

9.4

Nice garnet color. Ripe cherries on the nose and palate. Very nice wine and still a favorite. David Mahaffey is a great guy and his wines do not disappoint. — 11 years ago

debbie rosenbaum

9.3

"Peakish and nonchalant". Like a guy who knows how to play it cool without seeming like he's trying. — 11 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.6

Chenin blanc the only one in Naps when dad purchased the vineyards one was planted to Chenin they tore it out 2004 replanted 2005 Molly chappellet is the label only sold at the winery apple honey extract honeysuckle and bright acidity. Bought a homesteaders propery homestead 600 proprty 400 for the home real estate 300000 acre they were the only ones on the hill lovely intensity with a creamy texture long finish lovely minerality. Finish 45+? All vineyards replanted they have learned a lot so the wines keep getting better. Original 320 acres intact from Prichard. Very close to a dry vouvray. Neighbors Ovid continuum Bryant David Arthur they are 100% solar and organic the next generation will have a better piece of property. Bought next door neighbors property to protect the family but not a real estate guy so he only bought the extra 300 acres of property this is also where all of the water comes from. 120 acres of vineyard today. sister does legal work and brother oversees winery production. M and dad still around. The next generation? — 13 years ago

Bo Conrad

9.0

Not a chard guy but love this — 7 years ago

Bill Bender

9.6

This is my 1000th wine on Delectable and I wanted to post something that meant something special to me. @Steve Anderson brought this to an incredible tasting we attended last night at a beautiful cellar in the home of @Scott Kahn who graciously hosted many of our local tasting group among wives, neighbors and other friends of his. It was an exemplary night that I had to cut much shorter than I preferred because I had to pick up my teenage daughter from a friend's house. It was a perfect storm of many important elements impacting my life both past and present. First and foremost I am a Father and even though my daughter called me much earlier than I wanted on an evening of wine involving first growths, Napa giants and Burg greats....I left because I was needed. My daughter just recently started living with me and we've been through a lot in the last year. The men I was with are almost all parents who totally get the importance of my daughter in my life....they are exceptional Dad's who have raised special kids. I respect them immensely and that is why I am honored that wine brought me together with a group that I would not likely have become friends with without it. Wine does that. It bridges gaps. It creates memories. It develops community. Delectable has done that for me as well. I have never been much of a social media guy but something about this app drew me in. Yes it was the wine...but it's the people that make this "place" truly special. I've made legit friends here and I'm better for it. I spent an amazing weekend in Chicago this summer with @Roman Sukley and @DAG...those 2 couldn't have been more generous, gracious or cool. I've also developed a synergy with @Ron R @TheSkip @Martin G Rivard @David A Lentine @Kimberly Anderson and many others I've never met but I feel like I know somehow. These people know who they are.....but back to the wine. Montelena has a special place in my heart. When I passed the bar in '93 I brought a '87 Montelena to dinner that night. Just me and my Mom. She grew up on a dirt road in a small rural town in North Carolina. Not wine country. By the time we shared the Montelena she had become a pretty ardent Chardonnay fan but did not seem to take to reds. Wine was fairly new to me but I was always trying to get her engaged with my love of red wine. Unsuccessfully. That night we shared a meal and memories at the La Valencia hotel in La Jolla and enjoyed that bottle. She was proud of me and said so. Without reservation. I was the first person on either side of my family to graduate college and now I was a lawyer. The moment touched her and it has stayed with me always. She said "you're my only child and I'm so proud of the man you've become and now you're a lawyer. I can't believe it. More than that I can't believe how much I loooooove this wine. I'm actually more impressed with that!" My Mom had a sense of humor too 😉 and right there a lifetime memory was created over a bottle that now had meaning beyond the wine. When she passed suddenly in '05 I had dinner with her husband. I brought a '90 Ausone and a '91 Montelena. We toasted my Mom. I have no recollection of the $500 Ausone but the Montelena is still one of my top 10 wines of all time. Each wine is its own experience and those you share it with enhance that experience immeasurably. Cherish each glass....and @Steve Anderson thank you for granting my request by bringing that bottle. You know now why I chose it. — 10 years ago

Matt Darrow

9.3

We love his Pinots. Earthy and delicate. Plus he's a really great guy. Doing things the right way in Santa Cruz. — 11 years ago

JamesB

9.5

I'm not a Pinot guy... but best Pinot I've ever had. — 11 years ago

Peter Heidt

10

This is the famous; "smoky ham, eggs, and bacon" wine... I almost coughed up a lung when the guy said that... Joke is on me because I bought two cases.... This wine is GOOD!!! — 14 years ago