Similar to previous notes, except that I felt this was a little lacking in the depth department this go-around. It also didn't help that I had an awesome SQN In The Abstract a couple of days ago that…
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. As a BDX blend, this was completely too round and soft to classify as a Cabernet driven blend. Plum, black cherry, and some funky chocolate notes. When…
Pepper and flowers sum up this wine. Also a little stemmy (100% whole cluster), but not nearly as abrasive and woody as the 2014 Denner Syrah. It, along with the fruit, was masked by the seemingly…
Stems, stems, and more stems. The 60% whole cluster on this wine was currently displaying in a way that was so distracting, I could barely get a sense of the purple berry fruit hiding in the…
Extremely accessible given its youth, especislly for a GSM. No hard edges or astringency to distract from the core fruit. This was much more purple fruit driven than the L'Aventure Cote a Cote I had…
I very much enjoyed this wine, even more so than Denner's reds. Nicely balanced, with acid and frame in wonderful check. Lemon citrus, minerality, lycee, white peach, and some pumice.
