PnP was a "wow" moment, but the finish was followed up with a decent amount of heat. Otherwise, my previous notes apply. It took about two hours in the decanter and some significant swirling to blow…
Well made. Skillfully balanced. Beautiful and pure fruit flavors. Nice red cherry, raspberry, and some subtle spice and cola notes. This was decanted for approximately two hours before consumption. I…
Previous notes apply. A smooth and somewhat delicate example, but really interesting and inviting black and deep red fruit flavors. Beautifully sweet tannins and a rounded mouthfeel that makes this…
PnP and decanted over two+ hours. Didn't change much over time. Immediately accessible and kicking out great blackberry, olive, mushroom, earth, and streaks of black raspberry flavors.
This is really performing well now. Previous notes apply. I didn't even need to decant it. After a couple of hours of slow O2, it was singing gorgeously. Highly recommended and drinking WAY above its…
I like it. It's good. It goes good with food. It is a nice combination of modern and restrained. My girl really loves this wine (like 94 points loves it). Drink now.
Unfortunately I am growing more and more bored on this wine. I popped it along with a number of other FAR superior wines. The Club QPR of the Optimus is indeed decent, but at some point it doesn't…
Pretty much the exact same as my notes a few months ago, except that I thought this really rose up to a level that I rarely have seen in a straight Merlot. Great structure, big, bold, dark fruit, and…
Same as previous notes. Much more of a spicebox element evident this time around. Still a really interesting bottle of Pinot, and one of my favorites of the vintage. Drinking great with a splash…
The best this wine could ever become was what it in fact became right after the first sip... poured directly into the red meat sauce for a homemade lasagna.
Cheap BDX wine. What do you expect? Not bad. Not great. Prominent cedar flavor and kinda weak fruit; finish was especially drying. Tolerable, just not favorable.
Okay folks, it seems as though we are making our way into a drinking window of bad a**-ness with this wine. On 9/15/2016 when I last had this wine, it was a bit restrained and linear...just a bit. I…
Love this wine! And since I'm the only one on the planet apparently posting notes on Herold's big Cabs, I'll simply say that all of my previous notes apply. It has an awesome chocolate covered black…
PnP was extremely tight but still giving off some wonderful and brambly fruit flavors, purple and red berries, black cherry, limestone, and alcohol. A chalky (but not bitter) finish that made me…
PnP gave me the same standing hairs on the back of my neck that screamed, "Oh crap, you opened this too soon yet again, and it's gonna be just another high-toned red fruited Cabernet that shouldn't…
Similar to my previous notes. My last bottle. It was good, even a little better than when I last tried it back in December. A few hours in the decanter helped significantly. But even as I type this,…
Same as all of my previous notes. 97-98 points. Wonderful dusty tannins that beautifully frame the classical red and black currant, earth, and spice flavors.
Same as 12/17/2016 and all my other notes on this wine, except this was decanted for about two hours total and ended up tasting fairly dark and smooth, but still pleasantly sassy with some spice box…
