Restrained blackberry seed, dried thyme, black cherry, and river rocks, the Lore shares characteristics similar to a 2016 Shafer HSS served beside it, but for the profile of the Lore being more…
Similar as before. Exceptionally good in terms of exhibiting a nuanced and quasi-complex flavor profile from start to finish. Orange peel, red raspberry, and some bark elements dominate. A touch thin…
Predominately red fruited, with some citrus peel and rock notes. A easy-going Pinot at this stage. Not as much of a loosey-goosey experience as last year's sample, but definitely lacks some of the…
This poor little gawky ogre is still in a bit of a tug-of-war mode with its vanilla-glycol-alcohol versus grilled pineapple-lemon flavors all competing for center stage in Thunderdome. More of a…
Same as before. I know others think time in bottle will help this wine, and I hope they are correct. For me, I'm not confident time in bottle will help. It stands to smooth out a bit and shake off…
Eeeeeesh.... This was unfortunately a little tough for me to get on board with in its current state; not the most inviting or expressive... or complex example of the varietal or the site. I'm not…
Lemon and glycol-laced alcohol. Some yellow citrus and vanilla flavors swirling around that appear to have promise, but the seamlessness is almost completely absent. Clunky on delivery and a bit…
Ripe black cherry, dark red raspberry, cranberry, loam, forest floor, evergreen, stems, and some citrus. Medium on the attack, with a ripe core fruit drop mid-palate that added weight and some depth.…
Initially heavy on the lamp oil, lemontini, and vanilla alcohol flavors, making for an angular entry and less-than-seamless delivery overall. Primary and somewhat hollow yellow citrus and bruised…
PnP was almost immediately accessible, with a fruit forward attack that also pushed out the requisite acid, grip/tannins, and verve to keep it all moving to the mid and back ends in proper…
Previous notes apply. Some nice red cherry and red raspberry notes. Has lost a little zip. Agreeable and satisfying, if not a bit simple and slower-paced at this stage. Drink now.
This has put on a bit of weight and progressed rather rapidly since I last had it back in February 2017. Rounder and more accessible (a fairly good thing to some degree), but a little cloyingly…
PnP. Same notes as a few months ago. I definitely prefer this over the Kanzler Pinot that I had the other day. This Silver Eagle had some more earth and spice notes to elevate its flavor profile. The…
Fairly typical profile of the Pinots that come out of this house. Cloudy red raspberry, red cherry, orange rind, and some subtle earth. Medium all the way around, with rounded edges that seemed to…
Black cherry, black/red plum, currant, earth, wet mulch and tobacco, and soil. Subtle spice. Round and straightforward. Decent depth, medium bodied. Not super complex. Notably satisfying but not…
Much like the 2016 Rivers Marie Joy Road I had the other day, this Bearwallow serves up healthy doses of vanilla oak and glycol before you get any sense of the lemon curd and lemon oil trying its…
Served side-by-side with a 2014 Rivers Marie Kanzler Pinot, which was much fruitier and less complex by comparison. This Summa OV displayed wonderfully complex notes of black cherry, orange rind,…
Served side-by-side with a 2013 Rivers Marie Summa OV Pinot, which was much more focused and complex by comparison. Beneath the Kanzler's rounded, fruity (but kinda furry) tannins lied a core of…
Vanilla oak and glycol currently take up the lion's share of the flavor profile on this wine, with some lemony lamp oil and lemon drop martini notes also rushing up to flank the primary attack. At…
PnP with sappy black cherry, wild dark raspberry, black soil/earth, loam, and dark spices. More on the black side of the fruit spectrum (as opposed to the Kanzler which is much more red fruited);…
A little better than when I last had it a couple of months ago. When given the chance to air out a bit, it showed some nice yellow citrus flavors. Fairly agreeable, pairing well with salmon over a…
Previous note applies. Some cranberry, raspberry, and orange rind. Keeping this at a cool/cold temperature helped. When it started to inch away from a cold cellar temperature, it got a little blasted…
Similar to previous notes. One of the finer examples of this particular wine. Lemon citrus, lemon zest, vanilla glycol, pumice, and hints of hay. Somewhat straightforward, but flavorful and balanced.…
This seems to have lost quite a bit of drive since I last recall. Displayed some nice saturated red raspberry, ripe red/black cherry, and citrus rind notes, but there was nothing to propel the…
