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…
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.…
Same as my notes from two weeks ago. The best of the bunch again, even when compared to some 2014 and 2013s tasted alongside it. I'll still look most forward to trying this again in a couple of…
Same as my notes from two weeks ago. This definitely needed some air to get going. Came off a bit restrained at first, but then opened up and yielded more fruit and some spice. Still more reticent…
Same as my notes from two weeks ago. Best served super cold. As it warmed up in the glass, the fruit got a little flat. Nonetheless, when cold, this wine is a fun and fitting start to any lineup.
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…
The wine in the lineup I would certainly seek out again was this 2012 Old Wente Chardonnay. Offered up a generous balance of lemon and yellow citrus, vanilla, and plain popcorn, along with just the…
Offered up more minerality than the other Chardonnays, making it seem more Burgundian in style than its siblings. Threw off some Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc characteristics that were a little…
Drank quickly and without much thought given to its nuances, but not too captivating overall when compared to the other wines served. Red berry and earth. That's about what I can remember. As was the…
#2 - Second of two bottles of this wine poured: This was a PnP version (the other first version had been opened for 24 hours - tasted side-by-side for for comparison).
The best of the Pinots offered in the tasting. This was served alongside the 2014 and 2013 versions of the same wine designation. The 2012 was far superior (which possibly shows these wines'…
A slight improvement when compared to the 2014 served alongside it, this 2013 had a little more earth and deeper cranberry notes. Still on the leaner side of the Pinot profile, but able to at least…
A nice, refreshing start to the flight. Fairly typical Rose of Pinot; decent acidity and mid-palate all things considering. Nothing especially memorable, but still delivered some pleasurable diluted…
Served alongside the 2013 and 2012. Understandably, the 2014 was wound pretty tight, and displayed the least expressive core fruit flavors of the trio. Needs time to develop. Give it another 2+ years…
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.
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…
