Barrel sample. So the only reason I didn't just jump straight to 100 points on this phenom was because I have had no experience with this wine label and had never even heard of Vangone until this day…
Barrel sample. Dark and dense, rich and concentrated, this Vangone is a stellar example of a decidedly monstrous fruit core encompassed by a formidable but amazingly flavorful robe of sweet tannins.…
Barrel sample. Enticing and brooding blackberry and obsidian flavors lead the way on the front wave of the attack. Swiftly tannic and mineral-driven within seconds of delivery, skirting across the…
Barrel sample. Much in line with the 2016, the 2018 Memento Mori Crane seems to be headed on a trajectory that highlights gorgeous, dark black and red core fruit, most especially in regards to…
From two separate barrel samples (Clone 4 and 337), the VHR is slated to be a new SVD from Memento Mori starting in 2017. This is an extremely exciting edition to the already mind-blowing bad-assery…
Black and red cherry syrup, ripe bruised strawberry, bitter chocolate (similar to the 2016 Bard but with a bit less confection), and Indian spices. Additional notes of rust, iron, and an upper…
Exhibiting a more fruit-driven core when compared to its LPV sibling, this sample of the Crane delivered darker and richer plum and black currant notes, with less of a mineral-driven undertow than…
Black raspberry, blackberry, black and purple plum skin, black cherry, asphalt, slate, bitter chocolate, clove, and some incense. The rock elements continue to encompass and drive the rest of the…
Red and black cherry, ripe strawberry, red-purple plum, red currant, sandalwood, leather, and a little vanilla-alcohol on the periphery. Riding a little higher and redder than the LPV and Crane…
Notes of cranberry, strawberry, red and black cherry, red licorice, and vanilla lead the way in the newest rendition of the Arkenstone NVD. Riding high with a register that currently darts around the…
Red and black berry core, with a thick bloody roast beef/black sanguine of Satan element that rides shotgun with the fruit and dark oak char flavors. A little gamey and roasted in its current state,…
As versions of the various Bevan wines offered up from this site go, this Tench Cabernet Sauvignon is bit more of a front-end downshift from the EE or Calixtro in terms of the initial push of…
This latest experience with the 2012 Wildfoote was from a multi-Coravin'd bottle than clearly was a bit tired and flat. The flavors were all there, but the drive and intensity had fallen off quite a…
Take one 250-pound ballerina barista roasting a vat of Death Wish coffee in a 55 gallon drum of plutonium, add 185,000 teaspoons of chocolate covered chocolate, mix with a six-mile strip of newly…
Black and red cherry, purple plum skin, unripe wild blackberry, and wonderfully compelling dark bitter chocolate notes undulate along the length of the palate with intent and to layered effect.…
An intense pop of red and black cherry, red and black raspberry, and some red plum skin flavors launch across the palate in a flavorful and powerful front-loaded attack. Mid-palate intensity and…
Black currant, plum, charcuterie, topsoil, and faint leather. The tannins grip throughout but are offset well by the meaty core fruit that takes the flavor intensity up a tick or two and makes for a…
Earthy plum, black and red currant, dusty black cherry, topsoil, and saddle leather compile the profile of the 2012 Mon Chevalier. A medium attack with a more lithe skip across the mid-palate;…
This is just now starting to embark on its consumable evolution and is coming into a worthy drinking window since I last had it two years ago. A great deal of power and fortitude pushes an array of…
Initially taught and a bit linear, but keenly focused and energetic, the 2013 Harbison hits the palate with a firm push of dark black and purple berry core fruit. Black rock, clove, burnt bark, and…
Previous notes apply. Still TRYING to hold off popping these, as I truly believe a year or so will bring it into a perfect focus, but it is definitely compelling now. Followed over two days. Even…
Black cherry, red and black currant, dusty leather, earth, and some ginger snap cookie spices. Notable verve and energy here. The dust note is interwoven throughout the profile, adding some…
