It's been three years, and a revisit of this wine since 2018 reminds me of why there is so much appeal to be had here, what with the powerfully modern style doing its best to meet halfway with a…
It's been 2.5 years since my last having a bottle of this wine. Time has been very good to the Night Children, with an even more integrated sense of itself. Gushing wild black cherry, earthy and…
As it's always been, the Cautionary Tale is a Vegas Bionic Cowgirl machine that pumps out Spice Girl sultry to the nth degree. It's loud and splayed on the toasted spice and saturated and sappy on…
Similar to all of my other notes. Needed an hour or so to start delivering a less manipulated and confectioned advancement of flavors. Lemon meringue and curd, vanilla, and mojito dominated the…
Same as my previous notes on this wine, except that this was a tad boozy on the initial pull. Luckily, with some air in the glass, the alcohol dissipated quickly, revealing its fun and fascinating…
Boy did this perform like a champ! A similar and familiar flavor profile to when I had this last summer, but with even more fascinating flavors prairie-doggin' all over the place on the palate. Black…
About an hour of direct air allowed this wine to shake off some of the heavier coconut pie crust and vanilla flavors from its coat, allowing the lemon curd and pear notes to take center stage. Some…
Held up great over the course of two days. A decent amount of power and fortitude, but balances-out with spicy, ripe, and saturated black and red raspberry and cherry flavors that make for a fairly…
Similar to my previous notes. Definitely an upfront, gushing fruit type of Pinot. A deeply pitched red raspberry core, with additional notes of red and black cherry, spice box, and some subtle earth.…
Upon service, and once the wine warmed up to around cellar temperature (initially served at refrigerator temp - too cold/muted for me for the first 15+ minutes), the Ritchie displayed its familiar…
For a Chardonnay that is a decade from vintage, this had a beautifully elongated stretch of flavors that drove across the palate with surprising verve and tension. Showing some age with the slightest…
A wine I'm very familiar with as a stand-alone, but also one that paired surprisingly well with a bittersweet chocolate pots de creme dessert. There was a dried fruit element in the chocolate that…
Behaving like a younger version of the 2013 Oracle's Whisper served before it, the Shadow Voices displayed a bit of booze on the front end of the attack on the initial sips, but then kicked into…
From magnum. The best showing of the Oracle's to date. Dark and earthy black cherry and black raspberry, forest floor, incense, evergreen, orange citrus sencha green tea, burnt orange rind, bark, and…
Coming off rich and spicy right out of the gate. Previous notes apply. A dark, ripe, and spice-driven Pinot, with saturated, viscous flavors that you have to chew on a bit to get the full effect.…
Green apple skin, vanilla glycol, and lemon seed on PnP gave way to more unctuous flavors after about 30 minutes of air, with apple pie, poached pear, honeyed lemon oil, vanilla bean, and an enticing…
I fully concur with fellow CT'er Air Guitar in that this wine really seems to be coming along nicely since I last had it over a year-and-a-half ago. It carries a more cool climate profile overall,…
Revisiting this wine after a Coravin pour a week prior. With a little air, this filled out even better than my initial experience. Previous note applies, except that it displayed increased depth and…
Red cherry, kirsch, red raspberry, rhubarb, and subtle Tab cola. Clean and pure flavors, with a straightforward attack; especially focused on the back end, with a purposeful and studious finish.…
Coravin pour. This is really starting to find its glide. A bit fruitier than I recall from the beginning of the year, with an inviting attack of red raspberry and cherry, cola, rhubarb, and subtle…
Previous notes apply, though this is quickly becoming my favorite Chardonnay of the vintage; each time I have this wine I experience more layerings of flavor and depth. This particular bottle was…
PnP was all about green apple skin on the front end, but after about 15-20 minutes of air, cinnamon and cardamom flavors peeked out, creating a warm apple crust effect; some vanilla also showed its…
So you've all been through the drill before... You show up for your tasting all eager-eyed and anxious about trying the winery's newest releases. You're in Sonoma; so naturally you have Pinot and…
