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…
PnP with a tightly wrapped core of black licorice, blackberry, bitter cacao, and chalky tannins. After two hours in the decanter at cellar temperature, it unwound enough to show some of the sweeter…
A very nice medium-to-full bodied wine (by Carter standards), with a rounded and plush texture. Notes of black fruits, licorice, asphalt, graphite, cedar, and some earth. Some chalk and granite…
Great mountain fruit, with notes of wild, ripe red currant, raspberry, blackberry, boysenberry, marionberry, graphite, red soil, rusty iron, and cloves.
Notes of dark/ripe raspberry, blueberry, wet slate and granite, black olive, and hints of charcuterie. A softer Obsidian; it continued to become even more delicate with an hour or two in the decanter.
PnP with notes of black and purple fruits, blackberry jam, black licorice, tar, and wet rock. An hour of slow O2 and opening up in the glass rounded out and softened this wine a bit, whereby some of…
PnP with tight notes of licorice, black fruit, wet slate, and asphalt. Firm, chalky tannins on entry. Slow O2 for over an hour and some decent swirling in the glass opened up additional notes of…
PnP with notes of dark purple and black fruit notes, alcohol, and baking spice. Full of energy and just a little bit of initial, unresolved tannins, the 2010 Relentless is an electric, fascinating…
Similar to my notes on 7/20/15. A profile of chocolate cherry and blackberry liqueur, vanilla, cassis, and chocolate truffle. Not overly sweet like the flavors might first have you believe, but…
Tasted at Mike Smith's house in late 2014 and this thing was really screaming with bold, young notes of powerful black and blue fruits, licorice, cassis, and spice. Clearly it was flaunting its youth.
