Candied red cherry liqueur and dried flowers dominate the youthfully primary profile, with a linear expression of the varietal currently limiting the layering of the execution. A stunted flavor…
Dark mixed berries, a little funk and saline, and hints of dried herbs. Relatively smooth given its youth, but not especially expressive or interesting. Finishes a little flat in its current state.…
A big blast of kirsch, black cherry liqueur, black raspberry, and a hefty amount of rocket fuel on the finish. This needs a martini glass. My nose hairs... Where have my precious nose hairs gone...?…
A black and red raspberry core is sophisticatedly flanked by subtle notes of kirsch, leather, wet bark, underbrush, and spice. Finishes with a faint push of heat on the back end but still…
Pours clearer and more translucent than expected. A more feminine expression, with black cherry, garrigie, and some subtle earthy spice. The slightest animale note circles around the core. Finishes…
Well, if you know Cayuse and you know God Only Knows and you know the 2011 vintage, then you know what you're getting into. Light strawberry water, pork blood, bitter bark, wet terra cotta, and salt…
Holy Criminy this is a massive monster of a wine. Blackberry liqueur, ripe black raspberry compote, licorice, purple plum, creosote, tar, and wet rock. A voluminous mouthfeel and a rich mid-palate…
Plump and savory dark berry flavors intertwine with secondary notes of garrigue, burnt embers, espresso powder, and a subtle floral element. A Rhône reverse mullet of sorts, with a party-ready meaty…
Dark, fairly round and rich, and displaying a ripe and ready attack of brooding black and crimson core fruit. Less of the funk than its Syrah counterpart, but equally as opaque. No high-toned red…
From magnum. After about 4-5 hours of decanted air, this wine blossomed into a massively concentrated beast, with sexy, deep kirsch, ripe raspberry, bruised strawberry, soft-warm leather, garrigue,…
From magnum. Dried strawberry, bitter plum, kirsch, cherry water, and some underbrush. Strawberry and blackberry seeds on the finish, making it bitter on the back end. Purity of fruit was notable,…
From magnum. Purple/red plum, deep kirsch, raspberry, strawberry, and wild red and black cherry. Some garrigue and underbrush on the finish. Seemingly higher on the acid spectrum, with a formidable…
From magnum. An extraordinary wine whose distribution of flavor had so much to do with temperature control. When I first tasted it on PnP, it was operating in that 94-ish point range. The bottle was…
From magnum. Moving from the 2000, 2001, and 2002 SQNs and skipping a few years to embark on the 2007s and 2008s in the lineup, this is where I really started to find pleasure and excitement. Though…
An absolute monster of a Grenache-dominated blend, with viscous and deeply pitched black raspberry, red/black licorice, Amarema black cherry syrup, black and blue river rock, and subtle incense…
PnP at 54 degrees with somewhat reserved notes of kirsch, black and red cherry, saline, and some underbrush. Cloudy in the glass and fuzzy on the palate, with a medium attack and somewhat simple…
Served side-by-side with the '12 SQN Touché. Decanted over the course of 5 hours, and followed throughout the night. PnP displayed a dark red and black core fruit profile. A little higher-toned black…
Young and primary, but teeming with pent up purple and red berry core fruit just waiting to unfold. Soft, furry tannins surround the black raspberry, cassis, purple plum, and chalk rock notes. A…
Notes of kirsch, strawberry, cranberry, subtle earth, and alcohol. Somewhat linear and one-note at the moment. In need of some further time in bottle to help it fatten up (hopefully). Not astringent…
I know Tor loves his Rhone varietals, but I always seem to struggle with his versions of these wines, especially the Grenache. I've been trying these wines for the last 6 years or so, and quite…
