Same as my previous notes from November. The best showing of this wine I've ever had. 98 points from RP seems about right. My last bottle. Wish I had more, but at more than twice the release price…
Same as last year's notes. Without question, one of the best domestic Syrah producers in the nation. This is fully resolved and ready to be consumed now. No decant necessary, unless you want to…
Something to leave alone for another 2 years. Really nice, pure black cherry fruit and some earth notes, but it fell apart after about three hours in the decanter. Acid and tannins were lower than…
PnP was immediately accessible with gobs of red and black cherry, red and black raspberry, and a viscous young blackberry liqueur note. Acid seemed a bit low, but a few spice flavors gave way to a…
Brought by a friend. Luckily this was not as "hot" as some of the Rosella's and SLH Pinots I've had in the past. This KB came off very young and in need of about 12-18 months in bottle to hopefully…
Round and soft, especially for a Viognier-based white. It completely lacked the acidic citrus, grass, and/or steely mineral cut desired from this varietal to make it more palatable and interesting.…
Oak, butter, oak, butter, oak, butter, and a hint of oak. The back end was speckled with flecks of oak and butter. Hints of vanilla and butter contrasted with a slight hit of oak and butter. An…
Some plum, black cherry, and faint kirsch. A little bitter and sour on the back end. This came off as pretty young and a little tight (not surprisingly), but also seemed to lack depth and complexity.…
Purple Syrah-based fruit with a clipped and simple finish. As a GSM (or actually a SGM), the depth is almost completely absent. Not a lot of energy. Round and bitter at the same time, which was odd.…
Fruity, jammy, and a bit disjointed. Unfortunately this seemed to encompass all the things that I find troublesome about Zinfandel. This had a muddled grapey profile about it coupled with a bitter…
Weak, thin, and linear. Some pepper and herb notes surrounding would-be fruit flavors of bitter cherry and dried plum (to the point of saddle leather). An odd wine. Almost no depth or concentration.…
Stems, stems, and more stems. The 60% whole cluster on this wine was currently displaying in a way that was so distracting, I could barely get a sense of the purple berry fruit hiding in the…
A lot of black cherry fruit and some earth initially pumping out of this wine. The attack seemed as though it would easily sail on through the finish...but it didn't. Fell flat and quickly faded as…
About what I expected from the Estate Cuvée, with more broad shoulders than the Cote a Cote, but with a little less focus at this point in its infancy. The young Syrah components are most evident,…
Pepper and flowers sum up this wine. Also a little stemmy (100% whole cluster), but not nearly as abrasive and woody as the 2014 Denner Syrah. It, along with the fruit, was masked by the seemingly…
This and the Estate Cuvée were the top wines in the lineup, with the Cote a Cote probably inching ahead with the best concentration and mid-palate overall. The sweet tannins were in perfect balance…
Like the Contrarian, this was served too warm. Nose was instant barnyard and fertilizer. Everyone in our party caught a whiff of some version of manure and/or funk. Our hostess explained it away as…
Not surprisingly, the youthful Mourvèdre component dominated over everything else. The mid and back end were especially bitter and immediately clamped down on any other identifiable flavors. It was…
The failure here was that it was served at room temperature. This needed to be at least 15+ degrees cooler. As fair as I can be with this wine (temperature aside), this was an ok white blend. The…
Super young and wrapped up, with primary notes of black raspberry, tart blackberry, brush, herbs, and some pumice. Mid-palate was thin and linear, but likely has the potential to broaden its profile…
One of the nicest Rose wines I've had. Unfined and unfiltered, leaving a cloudy, viscous wine in the glass. But this gave it a noteworthy body and fairly intense mid-palate. I was a fan (for a Rose).
Good for what it is. Started off the L'Aventure lineup as expected, with a refreshing kick of strawberry, watermelon, and hints of citrus and minerality. A little more body than a lot of wines in its…
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. As a BDX blend, this was completely too round and soft to classify as a Cabernet driven blend. Plum, black cherry, and some funky chocolate notes. When…
