Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Medium lemon color, aromas of stone and citrus fruits with floral, honey and mineral notes. On the palate flavors of apple, peach and pear with citrus and floral wrapped in a nutty vanilla spice. Medium+ finish, lively acidity, ending with fruit, toasty oak, spice and savory citrus character. — a year ago

Michelle Berryman

9.2

Lovely cab franc. Wow. — 7 years ago

Jonathan McCarthy

9.8

Clove, anise, allspice, fennel seed, cherry skins, plumflesh, topsoil, corn chips, toasted seeds, sage brush, manzanita berries, manzanita berries, and manzanita berries! Unreal balance and poise, savory yet fresh. Black tea, espresso and chili flake dry rub. Layers on layers of complexity. You won’t get tired of looking for new threads of flavor. Has decades to go, still youthful at 14 years old. — 7 years ago

Erica Gamble

9.0

Smooth, dark flavors. — 9 years ago

Emmy Zhang

Sales Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant

9.5

Emmy had this 10 years ago

Aaron Holland

9.1

Red zinfandel — 10 years ago

Kari Pierce Ashley

9.2

Cooper and I enjoyed this wine at Blackbird in Manzanita, OR. We had a fabulous dinner including flat iron steak, and this Tempranillo was a perfect compliment. Cherry, leather, tobacco, slightly sweet but not overdone, and very smooth. Cooper LOVED this one! — 11 years ago

Jeremy.Buss

9.1

If the wine says it’s from Rockpile, get it. . . Or I will! Was introduced to this region a decade ago and love the wines. For a 15.3% alcohol, this felt lighter, almost 2-3% less. Flavors are blending well, still has a strong fruit forward but the jammy sensation has tempered. Color starting to change slightly. This may have several more years and glad I have more bottles. — 3 years ago

Matt

9.5

Mixed ripe black cherry and currant with some edges of purple fruit, quite rich and coating. Backed by very mineral notes of iron, chaparral, bay, leather and savory meat. The palate has considerable flesh to it, muscular with some roundness in shape to finesse it out. Somewhere between Tychson and Cariad in concentration. Again lovey terroir notes of chaparral/manzanita, bay, hung beef, leather, cigar box and espresso. The alcohol is present here, on the finish. Notes from 9.7.18 — 7 years ago

Matt Forester

9.1

Plum. Dark brambly fruit. — 8 years ago

Jonas Johansson

9.5

I love this Freigeist Charred Manzanita Ale from Fort Point. — 10 years ago

Nicholas Browning

8.9

To me it is a little more sweet than I'm used to for Sonoma County Zin, tastes a bit more like Lodi. If $10, a steal. If $15, maybe just ok. — 10 years ago

W S

9.8

Manzanita beach trip - summer 2015 — 11 years ago

Douglas Braun

9.0

I don’t think this was super expensive but a nice surprise 72 % Sonoma - 28% Mendocino but really deep jammy black fruit ( perfect SM tri- tip wine ) spice , slight oak background 15.5% abv but nicely balanced in the bigger style — 5 years ago

Michelle Berryman

9.0

Fantastic! Served with Christmas lasagna! — 7 years ago

S.Carey

9.1

13.9 but totally yummy — 7 years ago

Shelley Kemmerer

9.1

The color is an incredible fuchsia! Visit Dixie’s in Manzanita for this one — 8 years ago

with Darin

Kari Pierce Ashley

9.9

Purchased at winery in Montepulciano, September 2016. Enjoyed at Manzanita, OR 11/26/2016. Such a delicious wine with such a splendid memory. Heavy notes of tart cherry, iron, tobacco on the nose. Velvety mouth feel. Tastes of tart cherry, iron, cedar, leather, charcoal smoke. A super, Super Tuscan. — 10 years ago

Bradley Brown

Owner/Winemaker Big Basin Vineyards

9.3

Delicious paired with manzanita smoked turkey — 11 years ago

Allen Prescott

9.5

A pleasant surprise. — 11 years ago