Tasted in tank just before its scheduled bottling. An outrageous bottle of domestic Chardonnay. A beautiful gold-green hue. Hits the palate with an assertive but meaningful attack. The focus on this…
Previous note from two weeks ago still applies. I absolutely love this Pinot. So much power and refinement all lined up in a perfectly focused and framed profile. Deep pitched red fruit and a verve…
Same as my notes from 11/4/2016. Good Chardonnay with decent yellow citrus fruit, some green apple, and lemon curd. A little flinty and sharp on the back end, adding some frame, but distracting a…
I was a fan of this wine. Beautiful body, with a lemon curd and white peach core. Some vanilla and popcorn on the back end. The attack was really succulent without being heavy or muddled. Good focus…
Smooth and inviting, the 2014 Motifs Pinot is an easygoing wine with enough complexity to hold interest throughout consumption. It has that weekday wine feel about it; not extremely cerebral, but it…
An earthy, somewhat funky rendition of a domestic Pinot. This seemed like a bit of a departure from Justin's other Pinots (but in an interesting, wine geek kind of way). Some fascinating flavors of…
A Welch's grape juice kind of Zinfandel, but with a deadening of the core fruit that left it muddled and lost. The attack was flat and awkward. Some wood on the back end pretended to add interest,…
Tasted in tank just before the scheduled bottling. More butterscotch and lamp oil nuances when compared to the '15 Simpatico Ranch. A tad bit fuller and richer, but just shy of the high end laser cut…
This was a beautiful bottle of domestic Chardonnay, fashioned with focus and balance in mind. Somewhat more Burgundian in style in that it had a crispness and acidic frame that held the core lemon…
The best of the three Pinots (which unfortunately isn't saying too much), the Jennifer's was lauded as their biggest and boldest Pinot. This maybe so, but if that is the case, it's still an…
Similar to my notes from last year. It was good...and that's about it. Cedar and mulch notes dominated over the black currant and black cherry fruit. Not overly complex and a bit of a disappointment…
Liquified black cherry gummy bears and Cherry Coke. Would pair great with a fistful of Red Vines, watching Fast & Furious MMXXV in IMAX, while dropping acid with Roger Waters...
Light and thin overall. Some crisp citrus notes, but almost watery on the attack. Finished with hints of zest, however, ultimately lacked any real depth or body throughout consumption.
So you all know it's too early to open this bottle of wine. You know that you're supposed to wait a couple of years to let it settle into itself and become this would-be 100 point wine. Some of you…
Dark black cherry liqueur, plum, ripe black raspberry, blueberry, blackberry, vanilla bean, and hints grey river rock. Immediately accessible and even more giving after a total of three hours in the…
This has integrated and fanned-out significantly since I last had it at Realm on 11/19/2016. Nice purple and black berry fruit notes, plum, black cherry liqueur, dark red and black currant, vanilla…
This was much better than a 2011 WS Sonoma Coast Pinot served alongside it. A 2011 DuMol Connor Pinot came along and bested both of the 2011 WS Pinots.
Similar to my notes on 10/22/2016. Much more acidic and linear than the Hustle & Flow. Certainly has focus and frame, but needs another 3+ years to stretch its legs and deepen. Air in the glass…
Displayed some nice higher-register red berry fruit notes, cranberry, unripe raspberry, orange rind, and some alcohol. Outperformed a 2011 Williams Selyem Sonoma Pinot served alongside it. Fairly…
Similar to my experience with this wine on 10/22/2016. This was more open than the War & Peace. The Hustle and Flow still seems to be transitioning. The mulch and spice notes were at the forefront.…
