Creamy and a bit rich on first pass, the 2007 RD holds a rounded profile, slowly unfolding with grilled and bruised yellow citrus and stone fruit, ginger powder, olive oil, poached pear, Rainier…
This bottle of 2008 Yquem (.750ml) is in the most beautiful place in its evolution at the moment. Hallmark Yquem, the balance and flavor expansion are utterly harmonious, with the distribution of…
This was a peachy creamsicle otterpop kind of experience, with some sweet, ripe stone fruit and vanillin cream enveloping the yellow citrus elements in such a way that it masks the other mineral and…
Dark and detailed, the 2019 L'Evangile is a stellar and suave stallion. It's a soft, galloping-on-the-sand type of explosion with this equine, with super giving black and red raspberry, cherry,…
Prickly pear and ginger notes make for a spicy entry, with red apple skin, bosc pear, anise, grilled lemon rind, wet limestone, sweet & sour margarita mix, unripe green and yellow apple flesh, and…
Well isn't this just a happy little ray of sunshine popping out lemon/limey-ness and spring flowers all up and down its fun flavor profile. This is delivering on all fronts really so early on in its…
This bottle lacked a bit of zip. Succulent and full of deep lemon curd flavors, the execution rolls across the palate in a somewhat viscous delivery. Finishes with a sweet tinge that dulls the…
Butterscotch and fresh caramel chews playfully dance with yellow and orange citrus, grilled lemon, saffron, golden raisin, walnut oil, date, and apricot, notes. Intoxicating, like a terroir nymph of…
Instantly captivating, and clearly the stallion of the stable, the powerful push on the front end of the 2009 Cheval Blanc benchpresses the initial thrust of dark black and red cherry, licorice,…
Without question the best 2012 Bordeaux I've had to date, this bottling of Cheval Blanc is a smooth operator through and through. With an elegance (not fragility) that interlaces the core red cherry,…
Well ok ya'll, I'm-a gonna hafta tell a secret here now, cuz anyone even remotely thinkin' bout bustin' out their plastic money chomper from their wallets best do so with haste, cuz I just grabbed a…
Sauvignon Blanc can often come off a bit angular for me, with any attempt to smooth out the edges resulting in a boring, though somewhat less boxy, profile. Either way, none inspire me so much…
This bottle was a pretty linear and primary showing. Purity of fruit is evident and refinement is also notable, but it is skimming the surface at the moment. Leave these alone for five years. Lemony…
This was a blind bottle of some sort of Cabernet Sauvignon-type or Cab-blend, presented by sfwinelover1. The profile was a bit funky and brambly, and certainly not immediately steering me toward…
As much as I have championed Ultramarine as a unique alternative to Champagne (In reality, they really couldn't be further apart in many ways, but that's not necessarily a bad thing), I unfortunately…
Huge blackberry cobbler, camphor, brush, and booze. It has the hallmarks of the SQN Syrah flavor profile that I love, but like all things SQN, I recommend at least another 7+ years (more like 10)…
Not dissimilar to the 2020 Distenta II Syrah served beside it, this year-older sibling is even more megabomb boom in its delivery. The 2019 is more busting out the seams with just pure black and blue…
If you had told me this was a 2005, I'd say you were a couple cans short of a six pack. I would've called this thing as ten years younger easy. I know that SQNs typically need more time than I…
A biiiiiiig daddy, the M7 is the most powerful and bicep-driven of all the 40+ wines served up over the course of three days. Having come off a tasting where the 2016 M7 was the belle of the ball in…
Rich without being rich, day one of this wine was fairly plush, pumping full throttled black fruit and chocolate notes out like a firehose. A baby Vice Versa M7, the Lail was unsurprisingly showing…
Restrained blackberry seed, dried thyme, black cherry, and river rocks, the Lore shares characteristics similar to a 2016 Shafer HSS served beside it, but for the profile of the Lore being more…
Tannic and drying, the chest on this thing is bumping and thumping with push, thrust, grip and clutch, but the fruit has a difficult time elbowing past the bro-code bullishness of the frame. Black…
More accessible and blacker fruited than its 2013 sibling served next to it, the 2015 is still just as medium-bodied but offers more mouth-watering fruit, with less of the 2013's green elements…
Grippy blackberry, with healthy doses of green peppercorns, bark, menthol, and pyrazine elements make for a profile that is fairly strict and taut. There is a bitter tinge that carries through the…
The roots (literally) and history of this wine are indeed an interesting lineage to follow insofar as the To Kalon fruit and the MacDonald connection. For that, I am forever appreciative to have…
