I love SBR Petites and have had great luck with them. They are generally extracted, high octane monsters that are still fun to drink and experiment with in terms of hedonistic pleasure and downright…
Similar to my notes 6 months ago. This continued to improve over the course of three hours in the decanter. I'm surprised we were able to stretch this wine out for that long, as it was one of the…
From PnP through three hours of consumption, this Pinot was firing on all cylinders the entire time. A big, rich display of dark cherry, deeply pitched raspberry, and fistfuls of baking spices. A…
Some of my previous notes apply. Not a particularly noteworthy showing this time around. PnP was tight and predominantly alcohol and acid based. The fruit was reserved, hidden under a tannic clamp…
PnP was tight and a bit off-putting. Linear flavors of purple and red fruit. A total of 2 hours in the decanter allowed for some more focused and flavorful notes to emerge. Some deeply pitched…
Same as my notes 2 months ago. Not something I'll likely revist after my remaining bottles are consumed. A bit plumy and lithe. Mid and back end fell off a bit more than I'd prefer. Drink now and…
No joke, this is a colossal monster of a wine. Massive tannins and dark purple and black fruit on the attack...and I mean ATTACK. Hits you like a sledge hammer at first, but in the absolute best of…
Similar to my notes from September, except that overall I feel as though this wine is smoothing out quite a bit. This is fine, but it also flattens out some of the more concentrated flavors I've come…
Similar to my notes from last year except this displayed some clunkiness it had to work out during consumption before it settled into a decent glide. PnP had some alcohol and overtly ripe fruit notes…
It's been six months since my last bottle of this. Previous notes apply. After two hours in the decanter, this was singing beautifully. Rich without being heavy or over bearing (the way some PSs can…
I'll give credit where credit is due. I've been less than pleased with KB this last year, especially with their more recent appellation Pinots. But at this moment, with this wine, it was indeed a…
DAY 1: PnP was tight and restrained, with notes of black and red currant, black cherry, spice, and alcohol. Took about four hours in the decanter to open up with additional, deeper flavors of…
Exact same notes as two months ago. After having some grape-ape Zinfandels the day before, this at least had some frame and acid. Though the structure was nice, the mid was a little thin and…
Previous note from two weeks ago still applies. I absolutely love this Pinot. So much power and refinement all lined up in a perfectly focused and framed profile. Deep pitched red fruit and a verve…
All previous notes apply. PnP and this thing was rolling out its signature big black cherry, ripe black raspberry, smoke, and spice flavors. Unabashedly forthright with its unctuous attack.…
An earthy, somewhat funky rendition of a domestic Pinot. This seemed like a bit of a departure from Justin's other Pinots (but in an interesting, wine geek kind of way). Some fascinating flavors of…
Smooth and inviting, the 2014 Motifs Pinot is an easygoing wine with enough complexity to hold interest throughout consumption. It has that weekday wine feel about it; not extremely cerebral, but it…
Much like the Zinfandel, this seemed to lack a little focus; a sort of afterthought wine. For a PS, it was too cranberry and black cherry driven for my tastes. It didn't have the depth I would've…
Blackberry and grape flavors dominate (no surprise - it's a Zin!). Lacked a little backbone, which made it come across a bit wonky, but it was tolerable. In the end, this was my least favorite wine…
I felt like this wine was "fine," but it lacked a bit of depth for me. The standard 2015 Pinot was much better in my opinion. This Goddard has laser focus, but it lost a bit in the body department.…
Strawberry and raspberry core fruit. Some wood and earth on the back end. Mid was solid (thank god, since the Pinots we had at Hartford earlier in the day were thinner than Kate Moss in 100 degree…
A Welch's grape juice kind of Zinfandel, but with a deadening of the core fruit that left it muddled and lost. The attack was flat and awkward. Some wood on the back end pretended to add interest,…
The best of the three Pinots (which unfortunately isn't saying too much), the Jennifer's was lauded as their biggest and boldest Pinot. This maybe so, but if that is the case, it's still an…
Sonoma County · Green Valley of Russian River Valley
Unfortunately the best I can say about this wine is that it was better than the Sevens Bench. However, it too was thin and light-bodied to the point that identifying the core fruit became a bit of a…
Incredibly thin and watery. Some extremely light strawberry, rhubarb, cigar box, and earth notes surfaced, but you had to really struggle to find the flavors. Nearly no depth or concentration. So…
