A notable showing, with blackberry, red and black currant, cedar, dark cassis, rock, and some faint leather and bitter floral notes working their ways over the palate with purpose and delineation. At…
Previous notes apply. This bested a '13 Carlisle Sonoma Syrah served next to it, as the Favia had a greater breadth overall, especially in regards to its complexity of flavors. Medium mid-palate,…
Previous notes apply, except that after a few hours of air, the Viognier component started to mellow out and seemed to work its way more seamlessly into the Syrah element. Still could use another…
Previous notes apply. Not as tight as nearly two years ago, but only moderately as complex or deep as I would have preferred. Some interesting purple fruit flavors, but the floral (Viognier)…
Just 10 days ago, the bottle I had of this was really singing with about an hour of air. This time, it was wound extraordinarily tight throughout most of consumption. Almost like a totally different…
Previous notes apply. Displayed a beautiful, silky finesse throughout consumption. Extremely focused and balanced delivery. The perfect amount of weight and lift working in tandem to enhance its…
PnP started out with plum and alcohol; hot brick and purple fruit notes competing with each other. This needed about two hours to calm down. Notes of ripe plum, blueberry, boysenberry, and some…
Super tight and linear initially. Took a couple of hours to start to be a quasi-enjoyable drink. Certainly a different style of red, with freshly grilled/seared meat, peppercorn, plum, currant, coal,…
Outstanding improvement from 6 months ago. About two hours in the decanter at 54 degrees (and then a little warm up to a cool room temperature at around 65 degrees) really brought this wine into a…
PnP with a striking hit to the palate of dark fruit, red and black licorice, pumice/stone, asphalt, and the faintest of clove. Wonderful tension and verve, with an energetic pulse of ripe muddled red…
Notes of huckleberry, purple/red plum, ollalaberry, pulverized granite, faint vanilla bean, and some residual alcohol. Nothing hollow, filling the mid-palate nicely, but just a tad shy on the back…
Tasted at Favia alongside the 2012 Cerro Sur and the 2012 Napa Cabernet. The Napa Cabernet was the clear frontrunner, with powerful dark fruits. The 2012 Cerro Sur was #2 for me, with the 2011 just…
Tasted alongside the 2011 Cerro Sur and 2012 Napa Valley Cabernet. This was my #2 favorite, with the 2012 Napa Cabernet the clear #1 at the moment. My other half preferred the 2011 to the 2012 Cerro…
Tasted at Favia alongside the 2012 and 2011 Favia Cerro Sur. I found the Napa Valley to be the best of the three in terms of complexity and current accessibility.
Started off with chalky, slate-driven tannins that initially cloaked some of the fruit and spice nuances. After a total of two hours+ in the decanter, this really came out of its shell, with black…
Tasted alongside a 2009 Grade Napa Auction Cabernet. The Favia out-performed the Grade, in that the Favia had more rounded dark berry flavors. The cedar and wood components of the Grade started to…
