A plummy Zinfandel-esque profile with an overly ripe, round, and simple core. Flavors of plum, plum, plum, black cherry, macerated blackberry, cedar, and plum. Finishes plummy, with a plum-ridden…
Plump, plush, round, sweet, ripe, ripe, ripe lemon curd, lemon tart, custard, buttered popcorn, and yellow cupcake batter with vanilla frosting. An obese amount of oak influence made for a super…
Uber fruity. Oceanspray Cran-Cabernet cocktail. Some black cherry, blackberry, and cranberry-plum flavors. Next-to-no depth or focus. Finishes weak, with no sense of nuance or sophistication. Better…
Same as last year. Performs like a champ after a few hours of air. I'll try to hold another 8-12 months just to really optimize its drinking window. The 2012 vintage was a huge success from Bevan…
Previous notes apply from last year, though I do think another couple of years will produce even more upside for this wine. The 2014 is an agreeable vintage no doubt, with a personable delivery of…
It's been three years since my last bottle of this wine. A slight bit of evolution in bottle has served it well, but it hasn't changed all that much. Perhaps a little more expressive and less linear,…
Still sticking to 2020+ (maybe even 2021) as a marker for offering an even more improved drinking window on this wine. It performs quite decently with a healthy decant, but would do well to shed a…
Previous notes apply. Still best to hold until after 2021++. This bottle was followed for four separate days over the course of two weeks (Coravin pours and a final day of a few hours of open air).…
Similar to all of my other notes. Needed an hour or so to start delivering a less manipulated and confectioned advancement of flavors. Lemon meringue and curd, vanilla, and mojito dominated the…
A definite contrast from the Magnum I had of this a year ago. This bottle was (as others have noted) somewhat muted in the fruit department. In fact, the fruit seemed somewhat progressed and…
Same as my previous notes on this wine, except that this was a tad boozy on the initial pull. Luckily, with some air in the glass, the alcohol dissipated quickly, revealing its fun and fascinating…
Constricted and wrapped around the axle, this hyper-young wine is still in the embryonic state. Notes of crunchy cranberry, pomegranate, red cherry, red currant, cedar, green peppercorn, and some…
Similar to before, except that this was exceptionally cloudy in hue and delivered a much cooler attack than I remembered from a few months ago. It was interesting and unique, but it certainly made…
Blackberry, chocolate, railroad tie, and wet black soil. It's a good Cali Syrah that delivers round flavor, medium weight, and a bit of a thick delivery. No hard edges; fairly plush, but exhibits a…
White stone and white melon. No display of yellow citrus, tropical, or lemon/lime zest notes. A small detectable grass note. Linear and straightforward on the attack, with a Pinot Grigio lightness…
Black and red cherry, muddled overripe strawberry, pomegranate juice, peat smoke, tobacco leaf, sea foam, and hints of citrus rind. Nicely focused, with a cut that is deliberate but somewhat subtle…
As soon as the juice hits the glass, the nose cons you into thinking you made a big mistake, with crushed ripe blackberry and Grey Goose slithering up the nostrils. It's not a full-on Everclear…
This bottle seemed to have an angular delivery and showed a more progressed profile in terms of a bronzed/oxidized finish that was omnipresent. It was drinkable, but the lamp oil aftertaste and added…
Same as last month. Great body and mid-palate weight/depth, notable complexity, and gorgeous lime and grass flavors to compliment the yellow citrus core. Even better with air.
Followed over three separate days - divided (March 18, 21, and 28) via Coravin and finally open-air on the final day. The initial Coravin pours were certainly flavorful, but with a bit of a…
Ultra-ripe blackberry, boysenberry, huckleberry, black cherry, cinnamon stick, wet mulch, and huge blasts of alcohol. Even after 3+ hours of decanting and trying to cool this way down…
Delivered as expected given last year's performance, the 2014 Cloudy's continues to kick out a solid bevy of dark/black flavors; black raspberry, blueberry, black currant, asphalt, black soil, and…
