Foxen

Ernesto Wickenden Vineyard Old Vines Chenin Blanc 2024

9.3

2024 vintage. Last tasted 9.3.25 (9.3). Still a fave CA white-especially for the price. A touch of class. 3.12.26. — 10 days ago

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De Bortoli

Noble One Botrytis Sémillon 2013

Bob McDonald

9.0

From half bottle. Generally regarded as Australia’s best “sticky “ (dessert style). Colour getting darker (burnished copper). Drank some with plum pudding on Christmas Day and finished it yesterday with Duck Pate and crackers, having returned from a week in Mossman and the Daintree in FNQ. Aromas of Apricot and over ripe pear. A generous mid palate with diminished acid. Time to drink this. Only 10.5% ABV. — 3 months ago

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Bob McDonald

@Peter van den Besselaar That’s quite the accolade Peter but I wouldn’t be keeping it for many more years.

Peter van den Besselaar

@Bob McDonald thanks. After tasting 2001 six years ago, I was determined to lay this in the cellar. I bought 2014. Will try this year.

Doug Powers

@Bob McDonald, jealous about your excursion to the Daintree, love that area. There is a tea plantation there that I love called Daintree Tea, volcanic soil, that I’m able to get in California (at one time a SD sales agent, now direct from the estate)!! Thanks for mentioning the Daintree!!

Bodegas Ateca

Atteca Armas Calatayud Old Vines Garnacha 2018

ESF

9.3

confirming previous note: went back and grabbed every bottle they had left! 2 things jumped out - hi ABV but wears it well and grippy chewy tannins, but well-integrated. worth seeking out — 7 months ago

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Cline Cellars

Ancient Vines Contra Costa County Mourvèdre 2022

Angelo Casagrande

8.9

Lot of dark fruit: blackberries, blueberries, and a tinge of spice. Dark, the wine smells like it tastes. Good value. — 12 days ago

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Tom Casagrande

Seriously, has there ever been a disappointing red wine from Contra Costa? Every red vine there is over 100 years old on ungrafted roots in 20 feet of pure sand. What kind of jerk can fuck that up?

Noble Vines

337 Lodi Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Lois Bloom

9.0

Wood Ranch yummy dinner on a very windy night before NY Eve, almost the end of 2025. Thanks to Mitch and Krista for Xmas gift card here. — 3 months ago

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St. Francis Winery

Sonoma County "Old Vines" Zinfandel 2021

Brada

9.0

Very dark with a robust taste. I would buy it again. — 5 months ago

Bodega Catena Zapata

High Mountain Vines Mendoza Cabernet Sauvignon

Amaia

9.1

Ez dauka ezer berezirik baina oso ondo edaten da. — 12 days ago

Feudi di San Marzano

Sessantanni Old Vines Primitivo di Manduria 2013

Martijn

9.1

Great wine with a fantastic pqr.
Cherries all over and a silk mouth feel. The tertiary notes are showing very slightly after some 12 years. But the fruit pushes that aside still. — a month ago

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Bodega Catena Zapata

High Mountain Vines Mendoza Malbec 2022

Hillary Johnson

9.2

Shockingly great. Only Malbec I drink — 4 months ago

Scherrer Winery

Scherrer Vineyard Old and Mature Vines Zinfandel 2002

ESF

9.8

Last bottle — opened for an old friend and like the PN alongside, this was a stunner, nearly flawless. Intact cork, bunch of sediment, and after only half hour in the decanter it was game time. Had PN and this alongside gorgeous ribeye — 6 months ago

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Tom Elliot

Spoken from first hand experience, Scherrer’s are one of the few good Zinfandel bets for extended aging into very special wine. Good young too.