An absolutely phenomenal example of Mike Officer's ability to extract the very best PS juice from the coveted Palisades site. Deep, inky black and purple fruits, with specific notes of ripe…
Deep and dark with a great motor oil viscosity that coats the palate. Specific notes of black licorice, asphalt, blackberry liqueur, black raspberry, marionberry, pumice, and river rock. Hits the…
PnP with notes of blackberry, blueberry, and some high-toned raspberry; alcohol and a bit of a chalky spine were evident, clamping down on the primary fruit core.
Tasted at the Pott pickup party at the Quixote Winery alongside other 2013, 2012, and 2011 Pott wines, as well as the 2010 and 2011 Quixote Helmet of Mambrino PS.
Tasted at the Pott pickup party at Quixote Winery alongside other 2013, 2012, and 2011 Pott wines, as well as the 2010 and 2011 Quixote Helmet of Mambrino PS.
Tasted at Mending Wall from a Coravin. Electric purple and black fruits. The Palisades Vineyard comes out in spades. A vibrantly youthful PS, but carrying its weight in a great way
PnP with tightly coiled but layered notes of electric and lively purple, black, and ripe red berries, blackberry, dark plum, dark raspberry, asphalt, charcoal, and cool, wet granite. Some nuances of…
Inky purple and black fruits, with notes of blackberry, blueberry, tar, smoke, and wet slate. Accessible right now, with a friendly tannic spine that creates nice structure for the dark fruit. It did…
Dark purple, blue, and black fruit notes; blueberry, blackberry, smoke, tar, and faint flower notes. A little chunky and chewy, throwing off quite a bit of sediment. Mellowed out nicely after an hour…
Similar to my previous notes on the 2010 Old Vine version of this petite, with a little less extraction and less sweet, overt vanillin notes than the Old Vine.
Though I have been a fan of Sumos past, this 2011 was incredibly disjointed for me at the moment. The floral and lemon citrus components of the Viognier almost completely overshadowed any other…
Initial PnP was a little tight with blackberry, black cherry, and somewhat gritty tannins. Had a 30 minute decant and began to open up with smoother, richer black fruit flavors, as well as muddled…
On the nose, deep chocolate, mocha, dark berry. On the palate, a core of huge, rich blackberry, marionberry, blueberry, sweet chocolate, cassis, and prominant vanilla. A extravagantly extracted…
A big Petite with a very ripe fruit profile, indicative of seizing the most "grape" out of the 2012 vintage. I was concerned the fruit was going to come across overly-ripe, as the initial entry…
