Fairly lean and lithe (bordering on watery), with some pedestrian red berry and subtle wood notes. The thinnest of the Pinots in the lineup; mid-palate was linear and pretty forgettable.
A very fine example of a Wente Clone Chardonnay, displaying a nice tension between lemon curd and creme brûlée richness and yellow citrus acidity. Some stone fruit and green fruit (apple, pear)…
I remember this being a "fine" Chardonnay, but in comparison to the other Chardonnays we had throughout the day at Lynmar and Wren Hop, this got lost in the shuffle by the end of the day. I recall…
This was THE wine that caught everyone's attention. Darker and a bit more intense than the Killing Moon, the Night Children reminded me of the 2013 Architects & Saboteurs (gotta love these titles) in…
Now this is a 2015 Pinot to keep your eyes on. I became more and more a fan of this wine with every sip. PnP was understandably a little tight, but once it was able to breathe a little more, some…
For a "second" wine, this presented notably well. Higher toned and a little thin compared to the usual Wren Hop Pinots, but still some nice pleasure to be found here. More medium-bodied, with some…
A fresh acidic blast of tart strawberry, light cherry, unripe watermelon (like in May, before they become summery sweet), and some citrus peel on the back end. A lot of energy, with some pucker…
Honeycomb and syrup. Bashingly cloying and richly sweet. No real Chardonnay fruit was able to peek out behind the wave of sticky honey and viscous gomme.
Similar in profile to the 2013 except that this didn't carry as hearty of a bell pepper note as its older sibling. Some brush and vegetal notes on the back end, but this 2014 was much more focused…
Dark red berry, cedar, mulch, stale cinnamon stick, and a strong vegetal note that rushed up on the back end. Bell pepper, earthy cranberry, and cola flavors competed with each other.
Though I remember liking this wine ok, I honestly can't remember it in comparison to the others in the tasting. Like other CT notes have mentioned, it was more medium-bodied than the others, which…
Lees, lees, lees! Tart and pithy, with hits of stale lemon, dry grass, alkaline, chalk, pumice, and alcohol. Any real semblance of fruit was instantly hammered by bitter lemon seed and sourdough…
At first this seemed like it was going to deliver in spades with plush black cherry and spice box notes, but it instantly turned into an ultra-round and ripe plum fruit bomb. Muddled and flabby, with…
My first time with this producer. JHIEB's notes are spot on. The BT exhibited wonderfully tiered black cherry, black raspberry, incense smoke, and a wild spicebox note that carried on through the…
It's good. It's better than the 2012. As my other half said, "I really liked it, and then it fell off a bit." Agreed. It held up for a couple of hours, but then it became a little bit blasé. It had…
An exquisitely balanced Chardonnay that represents the finesse that can actually come out of a well crafted domestic Chardonnay. This carried some upfront citrus fruit, lemon curd, and subtle vanilla…
Sonoma County · Green Valley of Russian River Valley
A finessed and elegant style with signature notes that are seemingly driven from the 2011 vintage. Not surprisingly, this wine is less fruit driven than Wren Hops of other vintages. However, as a…
Previous notes apply from 6 months and a year ago. An initial wave of very nice brambly purple and red fruit, and some hints of mulch, earth, brush, and river rock. The acid seemed low; the frame…
Same as my notes from six months ago. Decanted a total of three hours, which helped. There is definitely a spine left in it for sure, and enough grip to keep the frame solid throughout consumption.…
Previous notes from last year apply. A beautiful interplay among traditional Burgundian flavors (minerality, acid, citrus oil) and more modern notes of lemon curd, popcorn, and vanilla bean.
A beautiful and poised bottle of wine. Definitely a more restrained version of Bevan's usual flashy, fruit forward Pinot lineup. To me, this had a cooler climate feel about it, but the core fruit was…
For a number of reasons, I just couldn't get behind this wine. It was clearly young and came off like it had some serious working out to do in-bottle before a logical conversation about its…
