Followed this over 3 days. Man, this is a potent potable for sure. Day 2, into Day 3, it was at its best. No heat. Just gobs of blackberry and blueberry fruit saturating the palate with…
From hero to zero, this bottle smelled like a wet dog park in Seattle and tasted like blackberry seeds grown in a Duracell factory. Down the drain. Weak.
A massive wine with massive booze. Wildberry whiskey and Cachaça cobbler. Wait for ten years and see what happens, or open now and use for a circus fire breathing act. This is a straight 4 on the…
Chewy and earthy, with a road tar and sanguine thing going on. Finishes with a grainy texture that adds to the rustic profile. Past its prime, without knowing exactly what its prime might have looked…
Double decanted 3 hours. Heat. Angular. Fruit muted. Some interesting honey and marzipan notes poke out, but not much depth to be had; a completely clipped finish. The 15.8% ABV is distracting at…
Well, hot dang! What's up blackberry bombshell?! Huck a slab of tar in your face and top with some chocolate, gingerbread, and ...pine needles? ..and you got yerself a Booker that, once the booze…
Ok, I gotta call it like I see it. This was HOT HOT HOT. A Grenache cocktail if there ever was one. No, we didn't decant (so I'll take the hit on that for less-than optimal service). But oh lordy was…
This comes off as big and brash, with a mid-palate that wants to desperately go deeper but is stifled by the sense of booze and grainy grippiness. Crunchy blackberry seeds, chocolate cake batter, and…
Similar to my note on January 4, 2022 (more info than you probably need to know in that note), the Estate Cuvee shows much more complex and reachable than the bruiser boy Côte-à-Côte. Where the…
A blend of 46% Grenache Blanc, 31% Roussanne, 23% Chenin Blanc, the 2019 Saxum White displays quite a beautiful core of deeply pitched yellow melon and peach notes counterbalanced with judiciously…
If you've been on a quest for an awesomesauce inoculation of huckleberry Hubba Bubba mainlined into your flavor muzzle, the Turtle Rock G2 may very well be the Forever 27 yurple drank syzzurp that'll…
Composed of 50% Syrah, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 15% Petit Verdot, the 2019 L'Aventure Estate Cuvée is quite a purring black panther of a wine, even without the benefit of a decant or extended air.…
A big-boned GSM (34%, 32%, 34%) that comes in hard and fast with purple and black berries that are all octaned-up and smoking with a core that is chockfull with gushing midnight ripe fruit and meaty…
Still an abrasive showing, with the crunchy blackberry and Chambord martini flavors never hitting any sort of desirable glide; the alcohol is constantly hacking rough edges into the flavor expansion.…
Blackberry compote, blueberry skin, black cherry, ripe black and purple plum, wet limestone, asphalt, railroad tie, and spices (clove and cardamom). Beautifully built, with frame and flavor…
An even more integrated and overall improved animal than when I last had this wine two years ago. This took a couple of hours of decanting to open up, but once it did it kicked out beautifully deep…
PnP was wound up tight with all sorts of Russell Crowe angry, just spitting poisonous nails across the palate and finishing with a hot, linear, and bitter barb on the tail. Double decanted and back…
Still needs another year or two to fully come together. It's a bit stuffed-up currently, with a bitter component that is creating a higher register effect; the core fruit is displaying in more wild…
Blackberry seed, purple plum, red licorice, black tea, underbrush, pencil shavings, and some blue river rock. An interesting array of flavors, if not stunted a bit by a more linear delivery and…
PnP at 54 degrees with somewhat reserved notes of kirsch, black and red cherry, saline, and some underbrush. Cloudy in the glass and fuzzy on the palate, with a medium attack and somewhat simple…
Previous notes from a few months ago still apply. Needed a decent decant (2+ hours) before it really started to come alive and lose some of that firm grip it was exhibiting on PnP. Still good advice…
A pleasant surprise with this wine. Notes of black and red raspberry, red cherry, kirsch, red licorice, garrigue, and hints of chalky limestone. Medium-bodied and a littler linear on the back end,…
Similar to my previous note. This needed about two hours to open up and be...well...less stubborn and boring. It kinda reminded me of a pouty little snot kid sitting by himself on a stool in some…
