Bringing this to a BDX tasting is like having Marilyn Manson as an opening act at a Celine Dion concert. Heavy metal devil horns brings the ripe fruit, the heat, and. well, the ripe fruit. Yet, this…
From .375ml. This took some time to get out of its gobs-o-fruit lush and fruity mode. It has shed a bit of its trampy overt liqueur side (which is a good thing), but it stayed in black cherry and…
Similar to previous notes. A little rounder and more plush this time around, displaying a beautifully balanced and smooth entry, if not lacking just a bit of verve and grip to best house the gorgeous…
Almost a year and a half since I last had this wine. Notes of red and purple core fruit, earthy plum, blackberry, black and red cherry, blueberry skin, red and black licorice, railroad tie,…
Exhibiting beautifully brooding and complex flavors of black, purple, and dark red core fruit, the 2015 Amoenus kicks out notes of deep, dark black cherry, wild blackberry, black soil, black olive,…
Previous notes apply, though this is starting to show some beautiful yellow citrus and pear notes that give it some additional mid-palate depth. Starts out just as racy as when I had it back in…
A fascinating wine, and ironically one I would have potentially mistaken for a twenty-year-old 1st Cru Burgundy had it not been for the perception of higher alcohol here, especially on the finish.…
"Holy bottle variation Batman!" I'm not sure what in the holy heck happened here, but this poor lost soul of a wine just couldn't get up to speed amongst the rest of the wines around it kicking tail…
These adorable little .375s make it too easy to grab-and-go with one when you're headed to a restaurant and want a crazy ace up your sleeve during dinner. This wine is bringing all sorts of fun with…
Bright, lively, and hyper-crip flavors of yellow citrus, Asian pear, green apple, lemon oil, pumice, and hints of vanilla alcohol. A wake-you-up-in-the-morning fresh water splash attack, with bracing…
We killed another .375 to see if it would perform any different than the previous night. It was a bit of a futile effort, as the Vice Versa wines dominated and wouldn't let any other wine stand in…
Specific notes of dark candied black raspberry, black and red cherry, cassis, blackberry, fresh vanilla bean, dark chocolate, and some subtle grey river rock (adding a bit of cut through the…
All of my previous notes apply. Still awesome, if you like your Cabernets on the riper side of things (which I typically do as long as the grip is fully intact - which it absolutely is in the case of…
Similar to my tasting notes in March, except that this especially showed dominant red and black cherry liqueur notes, along with red volcanic minerality and red clay earth notes. A fascinating wine…
My previous notes apply. The Maybach was a straight PnP from a .375ml. Compared to the Tusk, the Maybach was equally "perfect/near-perfect" but on a whole different plane. The Maybach is delivering…
This 2014 Amoenus offered a fascinating contrast to the more instantly flavor-forward 2014 Materium. The Amoenus was more of a slow burn, where the Materium flashed the palate almost immediately on…
Naysayers be dammed, because I can't for the life of me find a reason not to rate the 2014 Materium much different than the 2013. In fact, I have to say that this wine is perhaps singing even better…
I am actually reluctant to rate this as 100 points just because that tends to set different expectations for different people. Tonight, for me, this was a perfect wine for my palate. Somewhat…
