Medium-to-light all the way around. Light yellow citrus and unripe pear notes dominate. I wasn't mad at it, but it wasn't necessarily a conversation I was excited to continue once my glass was empty.…
A pleasant and easygoing Chardonnay, with lovely lemon and yellow/white citrus flavors dominating. An extremely clean entry, with a purity of fruit that was notable. Youthfully linear mid-palate, but…
Not as memorable as the last few times I've had it. Medium in drive and length. A bit less intensity than I remember from that beginning of the year. Still a great bottle of Chardonnay, with lovely…
Vibrant and focused, the Three Sisters delivered its yellow citrus and white stone fruit flavors with notable purpose. More exacting and Burgundian than the rounder 2014 Lolita served before it; the…
Much more fruit-driven than the 2013 Bondi Pinot, with ripe red raspberry and cherry notes. A good delivery of flavor; a bit simple across the board, especially when compared to the more earthy and…
Dark pink/red in the glass, almost veering toward a light grenadine color. Notes of ripe strawberry, ripe red peach pulp, and some melon. A richer and sweeter version; a bit heavy and saccharin-laced…
Plush, round, ripe, and fruity, the 2014 Lolita delivers all the goods up front with a straightforward hit of ripe yellow citrus, lemon curd, lemon butter, glycol, and vanilla notes. A little simple…
Initially served blind. Somewhat subdued fruit flavors of dark raspberry and woody black cherry. A strong herbal/evergreen note encompassed the core fruit, with some cardamom and cumin spice as well.…
The 2016 Wren Hop Three Wishes is a 3 barrel "reserve" of the Shadow Voices. As advertised, this delivers exactly how one might expect a BBS version of an already amazing wine (Shadow Voices) to…
A truly complex and layered Pinot Noir, expertly displaying what seems to be a signature level of focus and sophistication from this house. Exacting and methodical, but also exciting and flavorful,…
The 2016 Wren Hop Ritchie by Proxy opens up with a straight-lined, attentive attack of sprightly yellow citrus, lemon crud, lemon zest, lemon grass, ripe green apple pulp and skin, and some subtle…
So you've all been through the drill before... You show up for your tasting all eager-eyed and anxious about trying the winery's newest releases. You're in Sonoma; so naturally you have Pinot and…
Sonoma County · Green Valley of Russian River Valley
Earthy black and red cherry, citrus rind, mushroom, tree bark, smoke, black Darjeeling tea, and some sea salt. A complex and deliberate delivery, with medium weight mid-palate and agreeable intensity…
Easy going and avoiding the over-cloying zone that a lot of these types of wines can enter, this Muscat delivers pleasing notes of dried apricot, honey, and candied lemon peel. Medium across the…
A little bit of biting heat and some spice swirl around the red-purple core fruit. Clamped and linear in its current state. Some swirling in the glass helped, but it was showing some youthful tension…
Much more plum driven than the Jackass Zinfandel served beside it. Some notable wild blackberry flavors spit energy into the delivery of this plush and round wine, but it was certainly a tough act to…
A powerful and spicy Zinfandel, with a decent push of power and tannic fortitude washing over the wild blackberry and black pepper notes. Thankfully, this steers away from being jammy or overly…
Consistent with my notes from a year ago. This is aging very nicely, with an enhanced, progressing profile that especially stands out for its deliberate and focused display of flavors. A beautiful…
Previous notes apply, though this wine started to make more sense to me tonight. Decanted and put back in the refrigerator to keep cool (but not overly cold). Probably served at around 50 degrees…
Deep, dark red raspberry, ripe red and black cherry, forest floor, mushroom, and faint orange rind and evergreen notes. A fairly rich and ripe rendition, with gobs of sappy fruit coating the palate.…
Previous notes apply, though this greatly suffered from a temperature issue, where its focus and frame became a bit flattened out as it reached room temperature. The flavors were all still there, but…
Notes of green apple, quince, dry hay, mountain grass, lemon verbena, and faint travertine. Deeper but subtle flavors of dried apricot, grapefruit rind, cantaloupe, and white peach emerged with some…
Yellow citrus, yellow pear, lemon and orange zest, candied/honey lemon, white stone, and hints of buttered popcorn and glycol. A fortified flavor burst of energy on the front end, but still holding…
Wild blackberry, black river rock, camphor, railroad tie, creosote, black soil, and dark black plum. Beautifully resolved and kicking out funky flavors that completely elevate the purple/black core…
PnP with sappy black cherry, wild dark raspberry, black soil/earth, loam, and dark spices. More on the black side of the fruit spectrum (as opposed to the Kanzler which is much more red fruited);…
