The vintage here does the Teres all the favors in the world, with initially a tight front end, but with requisite power to throttle the fruit and push it forward so that it can compete with the…
How many different versions of wine perfection can one consume in one sitting?! Well, if you're gonna throw down with a 2018 Abreu Thorevilos, then the answer is +1 whatever other bottles of…
A new project by Jack Bittner, with Graeme Macdonald as winemaker, the 2019 001 (double-O[oh]-one) will be the inaugural wine from prime plots on the Ecotone site. Jack was gracious enough to meet us…
The 2021 LPV and Crane especially lead with vanilla and chocolate notes, flaunting their baby fat like the happiest kid on the planet with a triple scoop ice cream cone in one hand and a pinwheel in…
Tight, linear, and a bit spicy, the 2013 Teres shows some of the stern hallmarks of the vintage. With air, red and black currants, herbs, unripe raspberries, and dusty earth emerge. Finishes with…
Dark and deep, with ripe blackberry, purple plum, and red and black raspberry notes almost immediately landing on the mid-palate with a perfect dollop of savory goodness, but also with red currant…
Comparatively darker and chewier than the Red Hen, The Ceniza rolls out the blackberry, ash, bitter chocolate, pulverized granite, pencil lead, and wet cave flavors with a gothic and semi-serious…
The 2019 Mysterons (Ecotone) was served side-by-side with the 2018 Abreu Thorevilos. The vintages and stylistic differences between producers/winemakers was evident, with more…
Huh. This was. initially pretty perplexing. Round and uber-plush. Displayed pretty yummy black and blue fruit that was indeed tasty, but lacked the extra frame and tension to keep things moving and…
The powerhouse of the three SVDs, the Alluvium elbows past the partygoers and shows its upfront opulence and swanky luxury. Ripe blackberry is encircled with a bit of booze on the initial cascade of…
What can you say? It's M7. I've consistently given it 99 points the last few times I've had it. Why stop there? 99 it is. Always a bottle of crazy juice. If you haven't had a enough superlatives from…
As before, I found this bottle compelling. I will say that it takes some time to come around, and with a fair amount of decant-type coaxing and swirling in the glass acrobatics, it starts to really…
While the 2019 Impensata Ecotone Merlot is out at the clubs dancing the night away, the 2018 Engelhard is stuck at home studying for the LSAT. There is richness here, but it is corralled pretty darn…
The polish and texture here is really something to take note. Accessible and giving, the Spinning Plates is more than just an introduction to the Vice Versa portfolio. It possesses a singular…
Ok, so it has now gotten to the point where it infuriates me every time I have a Colgin. I mean, does every bottle always have to stomp on everything else around it due to its supreme awesomeness?!…
As much as the LPV and Crane are like eating a blackberry pie with the best fruit ever made on earth, the BTK is undeniably the leader of the SVD triad. The concentration is so insanely on-point,…
Quick math question for you. What's 2018+2019? If you answered 4037, then you should definitely think about taking another stab at community college and reapplying for that cashier position at…
Plush and opulent in the mouth, with blackberry, chocolate, dark spice, pink roses, fresh soil, and ripe red and black raspberry notes wasting no time in enveloping the palate and leaving a deep…
When I last had this a year ago, it was displaying all sorts of deep, ripe, and dare I say plush attributes that this go-around were absent for the most part. I can't recall exactly what…
I don't want to fall in love with 2017s. I don't even want to fall in like with 2017. In fact, I want to love 2017s as much as I love 2020s, or even 2011s for that matter. If I have to hear one more…
This was a bottle purchased at the restaurant (Thanks again Bill!). It was very good and, with some time and air (two things that were kinda lacking at the time the bottle came to the table), it…
As Cristal2000 covers thoroughly in his notes, this barrel sample highlights a chiseled restraint and wonderful purity. Beyond that, it rides high and tight, with bright red fruit popping on to the…
Black currant, unripe black cherry, and a hit of sour berry flavors lead off the charge on the 2018 Penultimate. It stayed tight and a bit wiry on the first pop of the cork, but it became much more…
I've ripped through a number of versions of VHR from most of those producing wine from this site and have found them to vary quite a bit depending much upon what I believe to be the winemaker's…
Another bottle of this got thrown into the mix courtesy of Cristal2000. This bottle OWNED the table in its own right. A Howell Mountain beauty that really outshined its other Adamvs peers all the way…
