Tree Kilpatrick

8.9

Cute drawing on the label. CA villa. Nice color. Smells nice. Cranberry sauces and cherry cordial. Stems of bushes from a northwest forests. Flavors are crisp and tart. Easy drinking, but interesting. Backbone is good. — 7 months ago

Andrew Belzer

9.1

crushed violets, black pepper, plum, blueberries, and silky tannins — 6 years ago

Joe Schenk

9.0

With Farzad & Pam. Very nice. — 8 years ago

Amy Rehagen

9.1

Barrel fermented Pinot rose, awesome! Welcome summer to the Pacific Northwest! Concentrated, tangy, salty watermelon 🍉. — 8 years ago

with Candace

Michael Mallon

8.9

This needs some serious decanting. Best on the third day when all the finer nuances have been revealed. Black cherries, strawberries, mocha, oak, smoke and a touch of mint. Balanced and smooth. — 8 years ago

Lisa Blake

9.2

Dry, complex, floral and lush. 2014 damn good. — 9 years ago

Patti Kenyon

9.1

I like this. Not dry or too sweet. — 9 years ago

Rachael Bjorklund

9.3

More than drinkable. Drank with the group for Jessica's birthday. — 10 years ago

Kapyrick Wine

9.5

v11. Last bottle… amazing. Color has changed to a clear garnet. Fragrant melted lollipop nose. Luscious, oily, apricot , honey and lime fruit. Clean, long, cloying finish. Very pleasing. — 8 months ago

Vanessa

9.1

Here’s a serious mountain wine that is LOVELY!! 🏔️🏔️

It offers a bouquet of vibrant, high-toned fruit qualities, such as grapefruit, mandarin orange peel, lemon zest, pear, just ripe white peach, and apricot, layered with white blossom, acacia, herbal, crushed stone, wet gravel, cheese rind, and delicate cream notes. 🤩🤩 It’s dry with a firm structure including medium(+) acidity and medium alcohol (13.5%).

It’s the Grosjean Frères, Vigne Rovettaz, Vallée d’Aoste AOC, Petite Arvine (2020).

The Grosjean Frères winery has been owned and operated by the Grosjean family since 1968. Today, it’s the father, his five sons, and their cousins, who collectively treasure their vineyards like precious heirlooms of the earth, meticulously tending to them, while employing certified organic farming practices.

These vineyards are located in the stunning Alpine region of the Vallée d’Aoste AOC in far northwest of Italy (north of Piedmont), sharing a border with both France (to the northwest) and Switzerland (to the northeast). 

For context, Mont Blanc (15,780 ft elevation) calls the Vallée d’Aoste its home…  please take me there!

Surrounded by this dramatic landscape, you’ll find the Rovettaz Vineyard, where Grosjean Frères grows its Petite Arvine grapes for this complex, textured wine that saw sur lie (with bâtonnage), and partial French oak, aging for 8 months prior to bottling.

Cin cin to this beauty! 🥂🥂 — 3 years ago

with Deked1

David P

9.3

Great northwest wine in the north. — 8 years ago

with Marty

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

The Latin name for north-northwest winds is CERCIUS – the defining feature and raison d'etre for partners Michel Gassier, Philippe Cambie and Eric Solomon to launch this new project. A blend of 85% Grenache and 15% Syrah, with nice berry and floral aromas. Raspberry & cherry flavors maintain freshness from concrete tanks used during vinification. Fine tannins, medium finish, nice value. — 9 years ago

Kapyrick Wine

9.2

V11. Cherry licorice and cedar nose. Blue and blackberry fruit. Finished with hints of mocha and dry velvety leather . Nicely balanced. — 9 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

8.9

A small family-owned winery in Mendocino County, bonded in 1982, located at the northwest end of the Anderson Valley on 59 acres of the original Holmes Ranch. Still standing on the property are the now-refurbished ranch house, barn, and the original water tower. Stone and tropical fruit aromas with spice and oak notes. On the palate apple and citrus flavors, with nutty oak tones. Lingering finish ending with mineral characteristics. — 9 years ago

Austin Baird

9.0

Deep tobacco and pepper with dark Marionberry notes. Wonderful showing of Mendoza, but gives Pacific Northwest vibes. A great wine for the North American Palate to transition to Argentina style wines 🍷 — 3 years ago

Richard Gray

8.9

Purchased on sale and was an amazing bargain. Stood up well to a smoked prime rib. — 5 years ago

Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7

9.7

Smooth as silk, give it some air for the nose to open up
Winery notes, Our small cabernet franc vineyard is the most easily viewed block from the terrace of the winery, on a northwest-facing slope along the southern edge of the 29 North Estate. We planted our cabernet franc vines in 2000 and have enjoyed watching and tasting their amazing development year over year.
The nearly textbook conditions of 2012 presented very few challenges starting this almost ideal growing season with a mild spring, healthy bud break, steady flowering and even fruit set. Summer ushered in warm days and cool, frequently foggy, nights; fall had beautiful warm temperatures, with very few heat spikes. The bountiful fruit enjoyed long, slow ripening resulting in highly developed and expressive flavors. Light rainfall arrived after we had harvested optimally ripe fruit. The 2012 vintage is marked by wines of exceptional balance, captivating aromatics and are succulent on the palate. Immensely enjoyable in their youth, these wines are cellar-worthy and will gratify for the long term.
Our 2012 Cabernet Franc is loaded with rich and seductive aromas of cedar, clove, allspice and ripe blackberries. On the palate, creamy vanilla and seductive hints of oak are supported by velvety tannins and a pleasing lift of bright acidity. The balanced, welcoming structure of this wine allows it to be paired with even the most delicate dishes. We love roasted sea scallops or duck with dried cherries. Our Franc is beautifully expressive and approachable with a long and balanced finish to be enjoyed now and for the next 6 to 8 years.
Cases Produced: 296 Retail Price: $140 ~ 750ml — 6 years ago

Kimberly Anderson

9.1

Blackberry and spice on the nose. Black fruit compote, graphite and dark chocolate. Lush and plush. Merry Christmas to all my #delectable friends! — 9 years ago

with Chad

Lawrence Cooper

9.8

Unusually supple , refined and beautifully balanced for one of the Heavyweight Cal Cabs especially as it is so young. As I was told by the Sommelier " this wine although not having enough Merlot to consider it a Meritage , Uncle Rodney and his crew do blend with more than a modicum of Merlot and have made a conscious effort to make the wine more eminently drinkable and approachable at a younger age .
Gorgeous full forward fruit w cherry notes , I feel a roundness of toasty oak as well.
Worth higher marks than the rating I saw at 8.9. I would give this wine about 9.3! Incorrect not north by northwest sb Rodney strong Alexander valley 2014 — 9 years ago

Sarah TX

9.0

Loved this wine. — 9 years ago