Similar to last year, this version of Tin Box displayed its signature red, black, and some purple fruit flavors, plum, black and red currant, black cherry, and the slightest hints of spice. This was…
Pure yellow citrus, lemon curd, pear, and subtle stone fruit. More focused and precise than the 2014 Salus served before it. This had a notable delivery of flavors across the palate; very deliberate…
Round, plush, fruit-forward, and indicative of the 2014 vintage. Not extraordinarily complex in terms of its delivery of any captivating, tiered flavors, the Ineo was a bit forgettable, especially…
A special treat to be able to try this wine. Tasted with "Danger D" himself - a remarkable man indeed. Beautifully integrated tannins with resolved flavors of deep black and red fruit, black and red…
A nice, round style exhibiting expected notes of lemon curd and yellow citrus, creamy vanilla, and subtle pineapple. Smooth and simple. The balance is noteworthy, as is the overall mouthfeel and…
From Magnum. Drank over the course of two nights. Black and red currant, black cherry, cedar, mulch, and some pebbles. Alcohol lingered on the finish throughout consumption. The fruit was more…
Same as previous notes. Not bad. Not earth shattering. Held interest to pair well enough with 6-hour smoked pork ribs, but I think that had more to do with the ribs than the wine. Seemingly higher in…
Notes of red and black currant, black cherry, and black raspberry. Acid seemed a bit higher, with a more red fruit profile than the Bergfeld and Diamond served before this Veeder. A lot of tension…
Similar to my notes four months ago. Spice and cedar lead the way this time. A decent amount of verve to move the flavors through the palate. In the end I found it to be "pretty good," but nothing…
In a world amongst $150+ Napa Cabernets, this $35 bugger was a "decent" surprise. Was it epic?.uh, no. Was it captivating?...still no. Was it at least complex and attention grabbing?...not…
Same as my previous notes, except that I found this to be especially thin and forgettable this time around. Some red and black fruit, but nothing too complex or captivating about this wine in…
Exact same as my previous notes four months ago. Deeply pitched blue and black fruits. Fairly plush and round, but also has a decent amount of tension to keep it from going too far into the "fruity"…
FRUITY, with a side order of even more fruit. Fruit on the attack. Fruit mid-palate. Fruit on the back end, with fruit rounding out the finish. I like me some fruit and all folks, but man this black…
When in doubt, go for the port? Well... It was a rocket-fuel injected vintage port version, with syrupy blackberry and Absolut flavors clashing into each other. The finish was a blast of straight…
Goofy and fruity. No real sense of balance of complexity. Strange fruit cocktail flavors that tasted completely out of place. It tasted like Cabernet Franc for about one second, and then went…
Not much better than the Greenwood, this PS suffered from the same lackluster performance and complete milquetoast flavor delivery. Thin and forgettable.
Completely cooked to the point that even the stewed plum and raisin flavors were only barely identifiable as fruit. Beef broth and wrinkly raisin aftertaste. A muddled grapey note showed up briefly,…
Even better than when I had this wine four months ago. Much more open and giving (the bottle had been open a couple of hours). Powerful and concentrated blue and black fruits. Some nice char and…
Almost unidentifiable as a Petite Sirah. The wonderful intense fruit flavors of this varietal didn't come through at all in this wine... and this was supposed to be Vincent Arroyo's flagship wine.…
From three different sites (instead of the six sites for the standard Napa Cabernet). The outer limits had a slight bit more push and "depth" than the standard Cabernet, but nothing that would…
Another Mondavi sister (Angelina) creation. The Limitless was an ok representation of Howell Mountain (different areas than Aloft), but it fell behind even the Aloft Cabernet in terms of complexity…
