It's been eight years since I've had this wine and it appears to be showing its age in anti-Benjamin Button fashion. It feels like another flashy 2007 that is tanking faster than it should (looking…
Black and red cherry, red plum, coffee grounds, cedar, and some bark. A surprising amount of balled-up energy and tension here, indicating even more time in bottle will allow for the flavors to…
BIGTUNA and WINEPT have this wine pegged. A wine-by-the-glass at a bar that doesn't specialize in wine kind of wine. It is tolerable and will pass the time as you skulkingly peer across the room…
Super young, high and tight, this Marine was in bootcamp mode, with a fairly stiff delivery, high-toned red cherry and black raspberry core fruit, and a finish that was washed over by alcohol and…
PnP started this wine out with some astringent characteristics that masked the core fruit at first. However, it didn't take but 30 minutes or so in a decanter before it really started to leap forward…
Well, I suppose I'm in the minority here. This was an ok wine at best for me. Pedestrian and fairly predictable flavors of black and red currant, earth, and some spice. A little leather and dark soil…
Dark black fruit, oak char, wood, mulch, and some stone. An earthy, brooding rendition, with the forest floor and wood notes really dominating over the fruit after some air. Seemed as though it was…
Needed about 30+ minutes to loosen up (and that still wasn't nearly enough time - but we killed the bottle among the four of us by that time). It was a bit tannic and acidic in the beginning. Red and…
Tasting event at 750 Wines in St. Helena with winemakers Russell Bevan, Aaron Pott, Benoit Touquette, Roy Piper, Helen Keplinger, Dan Petroski (Larkmead), Sam Kaplan (Memento Mori, Arkenstone, Nine…
PnP with extremely tight, acidic, and high-toned red currant, pomegranate, and tart blackberry, along with black licorice, and asphalt flavors. Initially a bit repelling, with that "Uh Oh" response…
