Initial pull was a linear delivery of subdued red raspberry and pumice. With some air, additional notes of red and black cherry, graphite, strawberry cream, and faint bark emerged. Mid-palate…
Over two years since I last had this wine. Holding strong and maintaining a worthy spine and grip to frame-out the beautiful dark black and red cherry core. Wonderfully balanced, with a deliberate…
It has been over a year since I last had this wine. Much less funky and yeasty than I remember (thankfully), with the sea foam and saline notes orchestrating much more seamlessly with the rock and…
A wine I'm very familiar with as a stand-alone, but also one that paired surprisingly well with a bittersweet chocolate pots de creme dessert. There was a dried fruit element in the chocolate that…
Behaving like a younger version of the 2013 Oracle's Whisper served before it, the Shadow Voices displayed a bit of booze on the front end of the attack on the initial sips, but then kicked into…
From magnum. The best showing of the Oracle's to date. Dark and earthy black cherry and black raspberry, forest floor, incense, evergreen, orange citrus sencha green tea, burnt orange rind, bark, and…
Ripe black cherry, dark red raspberry, cranberry, loam, forest floor, evergreen, stems, and some citrus. Medium on the attack, with a ripe core fruit drop mid-palate that added weight and some depth.…
PnP was almost immediately accessible, with a fruit forward attack that also pushed out the requisite acid, grip/tannins, and verve to keep it all moving to the mid and back ends in proper…
Black cherry, bark, spice, and some faint evergreen. Similar to my previous experience with this wine a few months ago, except the core fruit seemed a little more deeply pitched and saturated this…
Coming off rich and spicy right out of the gate. Previous notes apply. A dark, ripe, and spice-driven Pinot, with saturated, viscous flavors that you have to chew on a bit to get the full effect.…
Previous notes apply. Some nice red cherry and red raspberry notes. Has lost a little zip. Agreeable and satisfying, if not a bit simple and slower-paced at this stage. Drink now.
Now that this is in bottle it's exciting to see how this is settling in and where it's ultimately headed. A treasure trove of black cherry, red and black raspberry jam, earthy mulch, ginger snap…
Red and black cherry, strawberry, rhubarb, earthy cinnamon, and some cedar. Held its own fairly nicely for an appellation Pinot. The lighter side of medium bodied, with a medium finish. Not a ton of…
As with my previous notes, I mention this wine's lushness and ripeness first and above any of its other elements; it's profile is modern and rich, with plump red and black raspberry flavors gushing…
Ripe black cherry, black and red raspberry, smoke, earth, incense, forest floor, and lichen. A fairly dark and rich attack on the front end, with the lush black cherry core leading the way. Some…
Red and black cherry, red raspberry, earth, and some spice. Medium all the way around, with notable mid-palate and a nice, fruit/earth driven finish. The earthy red fruit notes repeat themselves on…
Earthy black cherry, wild strawberry, mulch, evergreen, tree bark, stems, forest floor, and some wet rock. Clearly an earth-driven type of Pinot, with a nice dose of fruit flavor to hold interest and…
Earthy and little more cool climate in its profile than the Gap's Crown served beside it. Anderson Valley vs. Sonoma Coast. The River Turn showed off restrained but focused notes of black cherry,…
A medium bodied-delivery of black cherry, earth, and some subtle spice. Medium-to-light on the back end. Soft a gentle on the finish, with black cherry and alcohol repeating at the tail end. A little…
I fully concur with fellow CT'er Air Guitar in that this wine really seems to be coming along nicely since I last had it over a year-and-a-half ago. It carries a more cool climate profile overall,…
Revisiting this wine after a Coravin pour a week prior. With a little air, this filled out even better than my initial experience. Previous note applies, except that it displayed increased depth and…
Red raspberry, ripe red cherry, evergreen, old cinnamon bark, and subtle citrus. Front-loaded with red fruit on the initial attack; full, round, and fairly plush overall at first. The mid-palate was…
This has put on a bit of weight and progressed rather rapidly since I last had it back in February 2017. Rounder and more accessible (a fairly good thing to some degree), but a little cloyingly…
Red cherry, kirsch, red raspberry, rhubarb, and subtle Tab cola. Clean and pure flavors, with a straightforward attack; especially focused on the back end, with a purposeful and studious finish.…
Coravin pour. This is really starting to find its glide. A bit fruitier than I recall from the beginning of the year, with an inviting attack of red raspberry and cherry, cola, rhubarb, and subtle…
