Black cherry, blackberry, deep/dark kirsch, rich cassis, and ripe purple plum round out the core fruit here. Additional notes of hoisin and clay make an appearance midway through the attack. There is…
PnP was fairly hot and cocktail-esque initially. After an hour in the decanter, some of the booze dissipated, but never fully ceased distracting a bit from the overall core fruit. Dark red and…
Finished the bottle. Previous notes apply. It took about two hours of decanted air to blow off some heat that pulled away from the core fruit flavors. In the end, I would hold for another year+ on…
Another Coravin pour. Same as last week. Solid...but...in need of some oomph... I'll finish this bottle soon enough, but I'm not super confident I'll be chasing this wine down in the coming vintages.
Coravin pour. A little more subdued and "quieter" than the last time. Still, excellent purity of fruit, with a black, red, and purple core that delivered ripe but controlled levels of extraction.…
Black raspberry, cranberry, red and black currant, cassis, white pepper, and tart plum. A lot of unresolved flavors going on here. The stuffing is certainly there, but this needs more time. Give it…
PnP with tight, somewhat compacted notes of dark black raspberry and vanilla alcohol flavors. After two hours in the decanter, some of the "truer" flavors came out. Dark purple and dark red berry,…
An extremely well done white. The Roussanne component is stunning, with white peach, yellow citrus, and sweet flowers all wrapped in a nice kiss of vanilla. The Viognier seems to add a perfect cut to…
The difference between PnP and decanting for three hours was minimal; the wine didn't change much at all. Not wound tight necessarily, but clearly not stretching its legs at the moment.
Tasting exactly how I remembered it back in August 2015 (refer to my prior CT notes on this wine). Smooth, silky, and not a hard edge to be found. A great mid-term drinker. Drink now and over the…
