Similar to some of my CT notes from the 2006 & 2007 Salinia Heintz Chardonnays, however the 2008 started out a bit tight and reserved, with less of the alluring oily, viscous texture found in its…
PnP with tightly coiled but layered notes of electric and lively purple, black, and ripe red berries, blackberry, dark plum, dark raspberry, asphalt, charcoal, and cool, wet granite. Some nuances of…
Tightly coiled notes of cool, dark purple and dark berry, black licorice, chalk, graphite, and wet slate. Offered a nice zing of red fruit notes, with currant and ripe raspberry darting across the…
Drinking very well right now. On initial entry, chalky (but not aggressive) tannins dominated the palate, with black and purple berry fruits, asphalt, graphite, and slate peeking through. After a…
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…
Double decanted for an hour. Notes of black licorice and dark black fruits dominated. Started off with some prominent, chalky tannins, throwing off a lot of sentiment as well. Mellowed out after an…
Similar notes as 09/12/15. This bottle was a little more coiled up, leading me to believe this will last a little longer than I had originally anticipated. Drinking well after a slow O2 over two…
A very open and accessible 2012 Cabernet blend. The quality and purity of the fruit is evident, with plush dark berry notes, currant, and mocha. Tannins were extremely tame, with not a hard edge to…
PnP with not much of a nose; some saline, alcohol, and muted red and blue fruits. On the palate, medium red and purple berry and plum notes, with olive, sea salt, and blood orange.
Very similar to the 2009 Myriad Dr. Crane, with an initial subdued nose of dark fruit, earth, wood, and alcohol. On the palate, dark brooding berry fruit, blackberry, cedar/wood, and earth. Not as…
On the nose, somewhat muted aromas of ripe, wild berries and alcohol. On the palate, initial notes of raspberry liqueur, blueberry, boysenberry, licorice, and some spice. The fruit is just a tad…
PnP. On the palate, nice plum, dark red raspberry, blackberry, salami, and a pleasant kiss of vanilla bean. A faint herbal tinge on the back end, but not distractingly so. A pleasure to drink,…
Inky purple and black fruits, with notes of blackberry, blueberry, tar, smoke, and wet slate. Accessible right now, with a friendly tannic spine that creates nice structure for the dark fruit. It did…
Dark purple, blue, and black fruit notes; blueberry, blackberry, smoke, tar, and faint flower notes. A little chunky and chewy, throwing off quite a bit of sediment. Mellowed out nicely after an hour…
Similar notes as last month, though this bottle seemed even more tightly wrapped and less forgiving at the moment. Black licorice and coiled up fruit just waiting to burst in a couple of years. A…
Notes of black fruits, dark currant, earth, and some spice. Chalky tannins surrounded the fruit, but the wine was still accessible considering how young it is.
Initial notes of purple and black fruits, blackberry, dark plum, black licorice, chocolate, and a hint of asphalt. A ripe, fruity style, similar to a number of 2012 entry level Cabernets.
This wine did not exist on CT, so I was compelled to create it. It will not yet be released until January 2016 (bottled in the beginning of 2015). 50% Grenache, 32% Syrah, 18% Mourvedre, from a new…
Over the past few years, this and the 2009 S&M have been a couple of my favorite hedonistic Syrahs. Notes of deep plum, ripe raspberry, blueberry, leather, salami, and a hint of chocolate.
Nose of muddled raspberries, cola, earth, and spice. On the palate, a decent swath of fruit-forward dark cherry, ripe raspberry, plum, rhubarb, sassafras, and cola. Some baking spices, black tea, and…
