Reviews

Bevan Cellars EE Cuvée

You might be utterly shocked to hear this, but the 2012 Bevan EE is a big, beefy, and slathering mouthful of black smoothie fruit that completely coats the palate and finishes with gushing viscosity…

L'Aventure Estate Cuvée

Composed of 50% Syrah, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 15% Petit Verdot, the 2019 L'Aventure Estate Cuvée is quite a purring black panther of a wine, even without the benefit of a decant or extended air.…

Myriad Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Peterson Family

I wrote quite extensively on my experiences with the 2020 Myriad barrel samples back in March 2021, so I'll focus these most recent notes straight toward the issue everyone is likely concerned about.…

Quivet Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Kenefick Ranch

I wrote quite extensively on my experiences with the 2020 Myriad barrel samples back in March 2021, so I'll focus these most recent notes straight toward the issue everyone is likely concerned about.…

Myriad Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard

I wrote quite extensively on my experiences with the 2020 Myriad barrel samples back in March 2021, so I'll focus these most recent notes straight toward the issue everyone is likely concerned about.…

Myriad Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Empyrean Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard

I wrote quite extensively on my experiences with the 2020 Myriad barrel samples back in March 2021, so I'll focus these most recent notes straight toward the issue everyone is likely concerned about.…

Myriad Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Elysian Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard

I wrote quite extensively on my experiences with the 2020 Myriad barrel samples back in March 2021, so I'll focus these most recent notes straight toward the issue everyone is likely concerned about.…

Myriad Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard

I wrote quite extensively on my experiences with the 2020 Myriad barrel samples back in March 2021, so I'll focus these most recent notes straight toward the issue everyone is likely concerned about.…

Fait-Main Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras

This was an especially ripe and ready showing. Deep and dark plum, black cherry, blackberry, smoke, wet tobacco, and slate notes are delivered in balanced but gushing and plush waves of chewy fruit…

Bevan Cellars Syrah Moaveni Vineyard

Still best to hold for another 4-5 years. This thing is just a monster of a Syrah that slaps the sass right out of your palate before you even have a chance to take a second sip. It's straight Viking…

Clos Fourtet

This bottle was a shy guy throughout most of consumption. After three hours with the cork off and swirling in the glass, it found depth and a dollop of richness. Otherwise, it was in the friend zone…

Cliff Lede Cabernet Sauvignon Poetry

This is pretty solid stuff right here kiddos, with all the black cavernous fruit one would want, but it's gotta lot o' working out to do in the meantime. Structure, stuffing, and sophistication all…

Bevan Cellars Ontogeny

Blueberry pie, plum, and black cherry notes make for a ripe and ultra-modern showing. Though it's certainly a big mouthful, its overall intensity of flavor is fairly medium. It's a lush buster for…

P. Dubreuil-Fontaine Père & Fils Corton-Clos du Roi

A similar showing to last year's bottle, with an initially cagey but alluring display of red cranberry, red currant, and dusty spice notes slowly skulking out of the back alley and cautiously…

Realm Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard

It's big. It's rich. It's ripe. It's To Kalon. It's Realm.

Andremily Mourvèdre

Super meaty, rich, and perfectly balanced. Silky smooth and a gushing mouthful of a wine, with plush cassis, blackberry pie, sanguine, salami, and ripe raspberry notes, this vintage of Mourvèdre is a…

Andremily Mourvèdre

Blackberry cobbler, cassis, black raspberry, and licorice notes are front and center on the flaunting push of gushing ripe and viscous fruit. A round and enveloping mid-palate makes for a saturated…

L'Aventure Côte-à-Côte Estate

A big-boned GSM (34%, 32%, 34%) that comes in hard and fast with purple and black berries that are all octaned-up and smoking with a core that is chockfull with gushing midnight ripe fruit and meaty…

Henri Boillot Clos Vougeot

The more recent vintages of Henri Boillot pinots (currently crafted by Boillot Jr.) really have a strikingly suave as well as a beautifully racy comportment, with a saturating texture and viscosity…

Jérôme Chezeaux Clos Vougeot

With not too much coaxing, this Clos Vougeot came to life with characteristic flavors of red berry, red currant, forest floor, mushroom, and an orange rind note that did everything to lift up the…

D.R. Stephens Cabernet Sauvignon Moose Valley Vineyard

Notable hits of grip and energy set off plum and fig notes that are wrapped in a surprising amount of acidity, which work exceptionally well to catapult the additional black cherry, earth, faint…

Allbaer Sangiovese Le Retour

A penetrating and pungent candied red cherry fruit flavor dominates the profile in a frank delivery that pushes pronounced ripeness and alcohol to the forefront of the attack. It's a cocktail-driven…

Fulldraw Vineyard M.E.M.

Blackberries and cracked black peppercorns kick off a spicy profile that is laced with dark cassis and violet notes. Muscular but focused, and less of a bruiser than the initial unabashed hit of…

Fulldraw Vineyard Syrah Honey Bunny Fulldraw Vineyard

Big boned and beefy, with a bit of a grapey mid-palate that is luckily saved by some extra intensity and frame, the Honey Bunny is a predictable but pretty tasty Paso purple bumpkin. It's a bit…

Arrow & Branch Cabernet Sauvignon Vine Hill Ranch

A singular detonation of primary berry fruit and alcohol arrives hastily and without any sense of timidity, signaling a fledgling Cabernet Sauvignon that is all flexed-up and quite brawny on its…