Winery - Moon Mountain Vineyard
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Great price for a crisp, dry, clean Chardonnay that’s so friendly with food. Tart acidity and a touch of smoky oak bring a smoky, vanilla richness to the tangerine, pineapple and pear flavors. Nice with grilled shrimp or mushroom and asiago cheese risotto.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Starts off with pretty blackcurrant and black cherry flavors, and a lush overlay of oak. Fills the mouth with fruit, and then it suddenly turns tough and dry from those stubborn, hard mountain tannins. May age out.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A beautiful Zin that showcases Dry Creek’s briary, brambly personality with near perfection. Dry and tannic, it has pepper-infused flavors of wild blackberries, cherries and mulberries, while oak adds rich, Bordeaux-style notes of smoky vanilla and cedar. Now–2013.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The essence of black cherries is the taste that floods the palate, with rich overlays of oak. There are sturdy tannins yet they are gentle, making the wine immediately enjoyable. This is a firm, full-bodied red wine that will be delicious with lamb or steak.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
From this famous old mountain vineyard, a dense and concentrated Zin that blows you away with deliciousness. It’s very dark and young, with a flair of acidity and sweet tannins, and blackberry, cassis and mocha flavors that finish with a superripe raisiny note. But that slight Portiness is a seasoning element, and does not distract.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This mountain wine is thick in dusty tannins, and too young to fully enjoy now. But it’s a guaranteed ager, with its balance of acids and deep, delicious core of black currant, black cherry, cola and cocoa flavors. It has that extra edge of complexity that makes for a great Cabernet. Drink after 2007.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
What’s likeable about this wine is that it doesn’t go for the cheap thrills of superripe fruit and form of oak flavoring so common in Chards of this price. What you get is a dry, minerally wine, with a firm spine and just enough peach and oak to make it rich and complex.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Moon Mountain dropped the price on their basic Cab years ago, and with it, quality dipped. The concentration just isn’t here. On the other hand, it’s a nice, smooth, clean wine, with enough blackberry and currant varietal character to satisfy Cab lovers.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Easy to imagine drinking this with a really nice lamb dish or grilled steak. It has an upscale feeling, with a complex interplay of tannins and oak, and the flavors are long, lush and liqueur-like. However, it’s soft, and not ageable.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a yummy Cab, gentle in the mouth, insistent in flavor, and rich and balanced. There’s a rich herb edge to the blackberry flavors, and the finish is dry, with a dusting of tannins that a good steak will cut right through.
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