Blackberry, black cherry, and some earthy rock. Medium bodied with a slightly saturated delivery. Decent weight here, layering-on some bitter chocolate notes with air. Finishes medium and somewhat…
Black currant, black and red cherry, leather, cedar, and some earth. Lighter weight, with a watery mouthfeel and an alcoholic-laced delivery that makes for a bit of an awkward execution. It's not a…
A pretty good value at $25-ish bucks, but slightly more juvenile and angular than some other Bordeaux in that bargain category. Served next to a 2016 Meyney and a 2016 Vieux Chateau Palon, both of…
Very similar to a Meyney served beside it, with ripe, dark berry fruit heading up the front end delivery. Deep and saturated by Bordeaux metrics and perhaps a bit of an abomination by purist…
Wild dark berry fruit, black soil, black rocky scortched earth, mocha, and some sappy cassis. Quite the mouthful on initial entry, but some nicely executed red and black cherry and dark raspberry…
Red and black currant, tobacco leaf, subtle spice, and some earth, this delivers some decent flavors but can't hit the target on weight and depth. Finishes with lingering alcohol that further stomps…
So what's worth noting here is the QPR at $17 bucks. For what it delivers, it's stupid not to have a stash in hand for your friends that could give a crap about wine, but you don't want to suffer by…
This caged monkey is gonna need some bottle time to really start showing any semblance of maturity in terms of flavor expansion on the palate. Gains points for zippy and super fresh acid-driven…
A little pithy and linear on the initial entry, with white stone fruit, pumice, and steely lemon leading the charge. Overly racy in its current state, missing the main mark mid-palate as it rapidly…
Plump blackberry, red and black cherry, chocolate, and some mocha. A bit of earth circles around the core. A slight tinge of alcohol on the finish, but otherwise a giving and ample base rate…
Fresh and pure, with pleasantly viscous flavors of lemon/yellow citrus, lemon curd, vanilla, sourdough, and some white minerality. Hints of guava and honeydew also show up in the profile. Finishes…
This took about 2-3 hours of decanted air to fully open up. Wild blackberry, red and black cherry, red and purple plum skin limestone, muddled strawberry seed, and violets. A near-perfect combination…
Blackberry, red and black cherry, mocha, coffee grounds, spice, and a floral note. Round and fairly plush on entry, with a really nice cut that grips everything all in the right place. Finishes…
Orchid, acacia, lemon water, pear skin, and some chalk. Finishes dry and fairly focused. Worked great with a kale salad and poached egg with sourdough croutons and Parmesan-buttermilk dressing.
Surprisingly powerful for such a base model Bordeaux. Some booze and a fairly dusty tannic spine needed some air to shake off a bit of astringency on the initial Coravin pour. However, once it…
Don't expect this to deliver the goods on the initial pull of the cork, as it takes a few hours of decanted air to start gaining any depth and expanding its flavors. PnP is all speed, with a racy…
A noticeable step up from some of the $25-ish range Bordeaux served alongside it, with better focus and grip than some of its lesser comrades. Though with the $40+ price tag comes a little more…
Black and red cherry, sour plum, muddled strawberry, and some limestone. Wound up pretty tight at this juncture, keeping a linear trajactory most of the way through delivery. Finishes fuzzy and…
Red and black currant, plum, and the typical cedar-spice-earth trifecta that lets you know it's a Bordeaux. It was a fine wine, but a bit thinner mid-palate than I had anticipated. I was hoping that…
