85% Viognier/15% Chardonnay. Strong grapefruit, lemon juice, and rock notes. A vibrant and high-riding yellow citrus white, finishing with a slight pucker factor but also incredible purity. Previous…
Iron, earth, black raspberry, muddled red raspberry, and plum notes fill the mouth with superb purity. The bit of age the Caldera has received in bottle has helped broaden the span of flavor. This is…
The one thing I was curious about with this sample was the integration of the Viognier element. Past infant Sumos have been overridden by the floral component put out by the Viognier, masking what…
Previous notes apply. This bested a '13 Carlisle Sonoma Syrah served next to it, as the Favia had a greater breadth overall, especially in regards to its complexity of flavors. Medium mid-palate,…
Previous notes apply, except that after a few hours of air, the Viognier component started to mellow out and seemed to work its way more seamlessly into the Syrah element. Still could use another…
How in the name of all that's holy is anyone getting any flavor or semblance of the varietal out of this wine is beyond me. Constricted, astringent, and bitter as the day is long. This needs more…
Previous notes apply. Not as tight as nearly two years ago, but only moderately as complex or deep as I would have preferred. Some interesting purple fruit flavors, but the floral (Viognier)…
Notes of black raspberry, wild blackberry, green and black olive, green peppercorn, and some mossy wet black slate. A little bit funkafied, with a clipped and clunky finish. It was ok, but a somewhat…
Same as all of my previous notes. Drinking great now. Decanted, but it didn't need it. In a good window currently. Drink now and over the next 3+ years.
Man, some folks are absolutely loving this wine right now. A few in our party killed this bottle almost instantly. I continue to find it more and more middle of the road as time goes on. It was super…
All previous notes apply. This was tasted next to a 2012 Boich Cabernet GIII and a 2013 Myriad Cabernet, which both bested the Pruett. Not exactly a fair fight.
Still about the same as my notes from last year. A very well-made Syrah, especially for the price-point. Not sure time will really move this into any further significant or elevated flavor profile;…
Tight and totally balled-up through the entire 4+ hours of tasting (decanted in a wide-bottomed decanter for most of that time at 54 degrees - warming it up in the glass to more room temperature…
PnP with high-toned notes of violets, grass, stone, bitter blackberries, and some blue fruit. Three total hours in the decanter didn't help to evolve this much.
Notes of huckleberry, purple/red plum, ollalaberry, pulverized granite, faint vanilla bean, and some residual alcohol. Nothing hollow, filling the mid-palate nicely, but just a tad shy on the back…
PnP with dark blackberry, black cherry, raspberry, red licorice, and granite dust. Coming off a little overly fruity this time around after the initial popping of the cork. With more time in the…
PnP with reserved notes of dark berry, black currant, plum, chocolate, anise, and faint vanilla. After about two hours in the decanter, some nice mocha and licorice notes emerged.
Started off with chalky, slate-driven tannins that initially cloaked some of the fruit and spice nuances. After a total of two hours+ in the decanter, this really came out of its shell, with black…
