Chewy and earthy, with a road tar and sanguine thing going on. Finishes with a grainy texture that adds to the rustic profile. Past its prime, without knowing exactly what its prime might have looked…
Red and earthy at first, with some funk blowing off with air, this was a decent showing, but lacking some focus and flavor direction along the palate. Leather and cedar make an appearance, behaving…
Relatively thin and diluted red currant, cedar, earth, and macerated red cherry flavors make for a seemingly tired wine that is trying to hold it all together but seems to be fraying with every…
Muddled and slightly unfocused at first pass, this found a decent glide for a very short period of time before making another hard left on to the dirt road, making for a bit of a rough ride…
This really is a phenomenal wine. The 2013 is probably the best wine this house has ever made. So much focus and chiseled intensity, with a flavor expansion that can turn on a dime. Expertly crafted,…
A very well put together wine. It was overshadowed by a 2019 Ovid, but stylistically was better judged on more of the classical spectrum than that of the more modern Ovid. On its own, the red and…
From Magnum. A wine that may need some more time in bottle (especially since it was a 1.5L), the 2017 Promontory was thinner than expected. Though the focus and exactitude was impressive, the…
Gothic and black as the night is long, the 2019 Ovid is a White Zombie black asphalt Thunderkiss '65 blackberry bonfire of tar, embers, black soil, obsidian blood, and Kraken ink. An intense…
It's big, juicy, and has all sorts of purple-red berry waves rumbling over the palate, though there is a cocktail element that orbits the profile throughout consumption. It's a young pup, so its…
Big, juicy, juicy, juicy, and juicy. Some alcohol comes to the party, but it's washed over pretty quickly by the (you guessed it) juicy fruit. This is rounder than I recall, with a big bubble of…
This bottle presents a good argument to the age-ability of certain Carter wines. This 2010 TK is a beautiful specimen, perhaps even slightly eclipsing the 2013 GTO served beside it (though I think…
A big wine, with redder fruit than I recall, but with a sophistication and focus that is most notable. A great wine, though I was actually a little more drawn to a 2010 Carter TK served next to it…
Ooh Lordy this bottle was hot and angry on first pull. AIR!!! When we woke it up, it didn't wanna get up, it didn't wanna come down for breakfast, it didn't wanna do its chores, it didn't wanna do…
A few Coravin pulls from this bottle remind me that 2020 Cheval Blanc is an off-the-charts pure and regal expression, but it will require patience for sure. This had a flash in the glass of…
Brighter red cherry with some purple-black fruit kick off the straight-shot profile of the 2019 Margaux. To no one's surprise, this is about as primary and linear as it gets in its current state. The…
Incredible polish and poise here, with a linear profile that is just starting to give in the fruit department. This presents as a fairly serious wine, and one that will need more than a handful of…
My note from last year applies in terms of this wine's specific characteristics and flavor profile, though I will say the performance this time around was absolutely beautiful on day one (a healthy…
I guess I'll just have to keep giving this wine 100 points. I've had the privilege of tapping this wine a number of times now, and every time it just kills it. This time, its prowess was tested…
Deeper than the day is long, this was a shot across the bow with a concentration cannon that blasted flavor and depth right to the mid-palate, diving even deeper and with more fortitude as it…
A pretty wine, with violets and juicy red/purple fruit popping on the palate. Here the nose is muted, but the affable flavors skip along the front end upon first sip, marking the path of a wine that…
A full bodied, masculine front end kicks off a rush of deep and dark black cherry, black raspberry, and soil notes. A pine needle flavor adds further interest on the finish. This is a broad stroke of…
True to its name the Mysterons was fairly cat-and-mouse on the nose and the palate. It was truly a bit of a mystery with its dodgy flavor expression and somewhat indiscernible profile. For some…
At first pass, this thing was balled up like, well. a ball. Quivering and compact, I sensed this might be M7 simply because of the sheer Oppenheimer-type encased fury-boom potential it possessed, but…
