Plump and savory dark berry flavors intertwine with secondary notes of garrigue, burnt embers, espresso powder, and a subtle floral element. A Rhône reverse mullet of sorts, with a party-ready meaty…
The initial nose only spits dusty cedar and some of grandma's dresser drawer at you, making you wish you could put the cork back in and pretend you didn't make this mistake for another 3-5+ years. On…
Brambly, wild dark berry, purple plum, licorice, cassis, and some peripheral garrigue and thyme notes make for an inviting and unctuous delivery of flavors that cruise effortlessly along the palate.…
Notes of wild blackberry and blueberry, black raspberry, purple plum, black licorice, graphite, asphalt, and subtle pepper, limestone, and garrigue notes. After about an hour of air, this wine really…
Beautiful aromas of tropical fruit and honey on the nose. The initial attack rewards with flavors of the same, with additional notes of lemon, quince, beeswax, Brie rind, and subtle salinity. On the…
Linear and tight on PnP as expected, with some higher toned red and purple berry fruit flavors managing to elbow their ways to the front line on the initial attack. A bit of a bite on the finish,…
Quick Coravin pour. Holding back but not totally inaccessible. Purple plum, black raspberry, limestone, garrigue, and some purple licorice (if that even exists). After an hour in the glass it got a…
I suppose the only likely punchline analysis on the Imperiale is to say this thing needs tons of time. Shut down and muted for the most part throughout consumption. Some primary flavors of kirsch,…
A deeply pitched core with dark purple and red berry liqueur, dark/deep kirsch, blueberry, earth/loam, spice box, wood, and some green/gray stone. Showing the best of the three varietals, with all…