Interestingly, I found this 1989 Montrose to be much more awake and fresher than a funky 1990 Montrose I had a while back. Mulch, forest floor, and tobacco leaf are beautifully counterbalanced by…
Instantly captivating, with beautiful tobacco, leather, macerated plum, and orange rind flavors that roll across the palate with classicism and sophistication. Super fresh and fully mature, with no…
This bottle was pristine, and needed at least a couple of hours of decanted air to get into form and offer some decent flavor expansion. Plum, black cherry, cedar, dusty spice, and subtle hints of…
Super funky and pretty rustic in terms of fruit flavor, but with an insanely creamy and balanced texture and contour that both confuses and satisfies at the same time. Orange rind, tea, and red…
Consistent. Consistent. Consistent. The slow build on this wine over time really spoke to me. I kept coming back to this bottle. It wasn't too flashy. It wasn't too classic. It was a beautiful hybrid…
This was one of those wines that seemed somewhat reluctant to express itself wholly and was perpetually stuck in the land of unreciprocating interest. No romanticism here..yet? I sensed dark fruit…
Boy, this thing was popping off like a fruity Napa cherry bomb for the first few hours of consumption. And...the heat wouldn't quit. Frankly, it was a bit blasted and kinda wonky on first pass.…
Lighter and dustier than the previous wines poured, telegraphing Bordeaux in spades. Earthy cherry, great grandma's hope chest, tobacco, green peppercorn, and dusty plum push out all the hallmarks of…
Primary plum and black cherry flavors. Clean and pure, but somewhat flat on delivery. Especially drying on the finish. Not much depth or complexity to speak of currently. Similar to the 2015 Pagodes…
It took about 2-3 hours in a decanter to show any real signs of life, and even then it was a Simple-Simon overall. Not bad by any stretch, but fairly pedestrian and not a whole lot of distinguishable…
Wild dark berry fruit, black soil, black rocky scortched earth, mocha, and some sappy cassis. Quite the mouthful on initial entry, but some nicely executed red and black cherry and dark raspberry…
Packed and stacked, locked and loaded, 5 by 5, and whatever other militaristic colloquialism you want to use to describe a wine that is party-ready for a suave shindig, but not until 2030. Red…
Muddled plum, black cherry syrup, and old-school red and black currant flavors dominate. A seamless balance and delivery in conjunction with a familiar, traditional earth and cedar-inflected profile…
Black and red currant, blackberry, cedar, applewood wood chips, blood orange, earth, and some embers. Delivers the cedar and charred wood notes throughout. Finishes dry with a hint of spice, with…
