I've been sitting on this bottle for about 4 years now, and then milking it with a Coravin over the last few months. The final pop and pour was stellar, with the perception of alcohol nearly gone,…
What started out as a wine with great potential on the first pop, began to decline over a few hours of consumption. Blackberry, purple plum, and black raspberry-driven, the core fruit profile was…
Coravin'd over a few weeks here and there and opened the bottle after about half was remaining. A total smooth operator. It's big but it's silky smooth and airy. Blackberry, purple plum, pen ink,…
A smooth operator with a cool blackberry, plum, and black cherry core that is flanked by flecks of raspberry and purple licorice notes (.no need to ask me what purple licorice tastes like. I have no…
Why on earth I don't listen to my own advice time and time again on SQN and NoK drinking windows is beyond me. So here it is: Wait 10+ years from vintage. Just do it. Trust me. Do not open. Nothing…
On initial pull, the nose showed ripe blackberry, plum, and incense smoke aromas. Similar on the palate, with a fascinating smorgasbord of bramble and chewy ripe flavors of muddled blackberry,…
From magnum. Tight, tannic, and hyper-linear for most of the evening. Decanted for 5-6 hours with little signs of letting go of its firm grip. Some notes of boozy black cherry, unripe raspberry,…
From magnum. Upon first pull, this showed some intriguing blackberry seed and purple plum notes that desperately wanted to jump out of the glass. The first few hours were a slow burn of an awakening…