Earth and funk.like, a lot of funk. Like, flawed. Like broken in pieces, except that the two Pegau-hounds at the gathering kept telling me how amazing it was and that this whole "I'm in touch with…
A massive wine with massive booze. Wildberry whiskey and Cachaça cobbler. Wait for ten years and see what happens, or open now and use for a circus fire breathing act. This is a straight 4 on the…
I used to drink the 2013 vintage of this wine back when it was an inaugural release. I loved it then and I find it just as interesting now. The 2014 is a more rounded delivery and less intense than I…
Ok, I gotta call it like I see it. This was HOT HOT HOT. A Grenache cocktail if there ever was one. No, we didn't decant (so I'll take the hit on that for less-than optimal service). But oh lordy was…
Checking in on this wine from a couple years ago, I found this to exhibit its best glide after a few hours in the decanter, where it had the opportunity to blow off its slightly boozy heat on the…
Pours a tawny color, fooling you into thinking this is going to be all funk and no flash. On the palate, this is surprisingly sound and correct, with obviously advanced notes of muddled strawberry,…
This comes off as big and brash, with a mid-palate that wants to desperately go deeper but is stifled by the sense of booze and grainy grippiness. Crunchy blackberry seeds, chocolate cake batter, and…
A big-boned GSM (34%, 32%, 34%) that comes in hard and fast with purple and black berries that are all octaned-up and smoking with a core that is chockfull with gushing midnight ripe fruit and meaty…
Blackberries and cracked black peppercorns kick off a spicy profile that is laced with dark cassis and violet notes. Muscular but focused, and less of a bruiser than the initial unabashed hit of…
Suuuuuuper tannic and powerful, with crunchy blackberry and plum skin notes skipping off rock and stems, finishing grippy and slappy. A fairly loud showing, the Colombis is best fitted for the exact…
Final bottle and last review of this wine (of many reviews). A really gorgeous showing, with a whirlwind of flavors that swarm around the palate with both flowing finesse and depth, as well as…
Signature Applewood bacon and mulch kick off the launch of earthy dark red and black berry, kirsch, cedar plank, garrigue, soppressata, sandalwood, and earthy funk flavors that culminate in a…
Funky and a bit barnyard, this was one of the least fruit-driven of the 2016 CdPs. Leather and garrigue dominate the front end, with raspberry and black cherry coulis rounding out the profile.…
A HUGE mouthfeel here, powerfully ripe and not ashamed to throw it in your face with a fistful of dark and heady fruit. This is a Napa Cab on steroids type of CdP that somehow manages to majestically…
An outstanding effort and one of my favorite wines of the night. A complete and put-together 2016 CdP, outshining the Chaupin and even the XXL with its unmatched combination of balanced concentration…
Rich and dark cassis and concentrated black berry fruit play off of the earthy plum and spice elements. There is a slight bitterness on the finish currently. This also threw out a decent amount of…
Ripe and extremely powerful, with alcohol dominating the profile from stem to stern. What plagued this wine more than the others was its cloying and sticky sweetness. There is just SO MUCH fruit…
This was still holding up decently given its age, but it is most definitely spiraling. Burnt orange peel, tobacco, leather, band-aid, sherry, and autumn leaf notes make for a predictable aged wine…
One of the top wines in the lineup, the Ex Machina inched past the Sanctus by a hair due to the Machina's amazing concentration and complexity, even with its pile of ripe fruit off-loading on to the…
Vastly improved from the 2003 (467), this 2005 (580) showed a decent resume of red fruit and earth in a friendly package. Still, this carried flavors familiar to the 2003, including sherry, caramel,…
Blackberry, black cherry, black licorice, black everything, this brooding cave-dwelling bat boy is ripe and gothic in posture. There is decent flex here as well, with its Emo personality still…
Party-rockin' and sexy ta-boot, the Clos des Papes struts black licorice, blackberry, spice, and tears of shame like it's not coming back home til the next day. Ripe and ready, the black licorice…
A 2003 Clos des Papes was thrown into the mix, along with a couple of Mordoree Plum Peintre (2003 and 2005). The Clos was the freshest of the older wines, with an earthy profile that spit out wild…
